BRISTLES SHORTAGE
SUPPLY FROM CHINA (0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Pig bristles were recently flown from Chungking to Assam and thence to Calcutta before being sent out to New Zealand, according to Mr. A. West, who appealed on behalf of Bunting and Company. Limited, for a horsehair drafter before the No. 10A Armed Forces Appeal Court at Christchurch. The appeal was adjourned sine die.
Owing to a world shortage of pig bristle, horsehair, was required to take its place, said Mr. West. It was a bad second, but it was the next best thing. English manufacturers were mixing 75 per cent to 80 per cent of hair with paint brushes. In New Zealand the proportion was 50 per cent. . Hair could not be imported, as all countries had an embargo against exportation. The firm had heavv commitments for the armed forces of New Zealand and America, which would take 8001b a month for the next two months, without further orders coming in.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 204, 28 August 1943, Page 6
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