Shortage of Shirts
“Most notorious of the shortages is that of men's neglige shirts with detachable collars,” says an article in the “New Zealand Draper,” official organ of the New Zealand Retailers’ Federation. The deadlock between the manufacturers arid the price control authorities, says the article, has resulted in an almost total cessation of production in some lines, “because manufacturers simply will not make up at the margin allowed.” “The New Zealand market is virtually barren of these shirts. Yet it is known that there are hundreds of thousands of yards of attractive shirtings in the bulk stores.” It is claimed in the article that the overgrowth of certain non-essential manufacturing industries, which compete on the severely restricted labour market, is a contributing factor to the “unhappy situation” in the supply of many lines of clothing.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 9
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136Shortage of Shirts Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25227, 4 July 1947, Page 9
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