THE NEW FABRIC
ITALIAN WOOL SUBSTITUTE. MADE AT HALF COST OF WOOL. DOUBTS OF ITS DURABILITY. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, January 8. Through sanctions curtailing the exports of Gorgonzola, 'ltaly is increasingly churning her surplus casein into a substitute for wool, aiming at an 'output of 15,000 tons a year, at half the cost of real wool. Samples of this fibre were examined by Professor King, of the Textile Research Branch of the Leeds University, who does not think it will ever rival natural wool. It looks well superficially hut lie doubts its ability to stand the tests of durability and washing. ___
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 74, 9 January 1936, Page 6
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