No Linen Thread. "The sale of linen thrcad.-soAving to the necessities of the Avar is being restricted to the manufacture ol' army clothing and boots and certain heaA r y industries. There is not a sufficient quantity to enable aiiy allocation for the civil clothing or tailoring trade and the requirements for these- trades or domestic pur-i poses Avill have to.be filled by ton substitutes." This Avas the {{nr swer receiA'ed in- a firm of importers to an inquiry of Dominion agents for a rencAval of supplies of these goods. The restrictions, it is stated by those concerned,, are a serious bIoAV not only to retail traders in threads, but to the clothing manufacturers business, especially the tailoring trade, boot makers and all leather goods manufactured and sail and tent makers, to Avliom cotton substitutes are of littlie use and in some instances quite unsuitable. 1
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 220, 2 October 1940, Page 8
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