WOOLLEN GOODS DEARER

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21886, 12 September 1936, Page 16

WOOLLEN GOODS DEARER

DOMINION PRICES RISE

MILLS ISSUE NEW LISTS

(THF PRESS Special Service. I

WELLINGTON, September 11. Woollen mills throughout the Dominion issued new price lists on Monday, showing advances of IQ to per cent, on the old rates, as a of, higher costs caused by advances m wages and the operation in their industry of the 40-hour week. Overseas prices for materials also are rising, one northern importer having received six cablegrams in the last few days announcing increases in quotations. It is stated that apart from the higher price of materials, both imported and Dominion-made, the cost of making up clothing has also increased. A manufacturer’s estimate of the increased cost of making a suit of clothes for a man was Vlh per cent., which would represent about 5 to 6 per Cent, on the total value of the suit. To these advances would probably soon be added a slight addition representing increased selling costs. In the shirt-making industry, prices recently were advanced by about 5 per cent, to cover extra wage costs, but no increase is said to be expected for the time being because of the operation of the 40-hour week. Much may depend, it is stated, on the rates if wages fixed by the Arbitration Court in an impending dispute.

ORDER YOUR SUIT BEFORE THE Rise.

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Only by scientific management, large scale buying—buying the bulk of our supplies direct from the manufacturer, and passing these savings on to our custgmers. has given us an increasingly large business. No bad debts —no paying for other men’s clothes this is another way in which we save you money. Several large shipments of the newest materials have just been unpacked.

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