HIGH PRICED SUITS
FIELD FOR INVESTIGATION WOOI, GROWERS' SMALT; SHARE (By Telegraph.— Parliamentary neporter) WELLINGTON, this day. Prices-for woollen goods in New Zealand to-day were high, even though the wool growers rendered valuable service by contributing £250.000 annually to assist in keeping prices down, said Mr. Kidd (Nat., Waitaki) in the House of Representatives yesterday when discussing the Wool Industry Bill. Mr. Kidd declared that the prices charged was a matter that should be investigated because New Zealand should "be able to sell the cheapest, woollen goods in the world. He added that an analysis of the prices showed that what, the grower received for his wool was only a mere bagatelle compared with the prices charged for the finished woollen articles. One could not buy a very "flash" suit to-day for under £15. Mr. Broadfoot (Nat., Waitomo): Your tailor-made to-day is £20. Mr. Kidd said that would be for a suit of English The wool grower's share in a suit costing £15 was about 2/2. "I think," he added, "there is a field of investigation there —from the tin - the manufacturer receives the wool until the time the finished article is bought by the customer. If the growers gave the wool that new suit of clothes would cost about £14 15/."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 290, 7 December 1944, Page 8
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