NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT VAST NEW MARKET FOR CARPET More Being Purchased For Homes in Addition To Commercial Use Auckland textiles company, U.E.B. Textiles Ltd., reports a rapid increase in sales of domestic carpet on the U.S. and Canadian markets. ' From its San Francisco sales office and from the company’s Vancouver agent have come a ■ stream of inquiries for U.E.B. “Towerbridge”, “Ambassador” and other carpets from the New Zea- ' land range. U F W have previously lars in overseas exchange for rica - allow for greatly in- a corresponding increase in eninwed excellent success New Ze*l«wl- creased production runs at race. The New Zealand purenjoyeu excellent success Greater Production Benefit the U.E.B. yarn-producing chaser of a carpet from the in selling their conuner- a more direct benefit to the and earpet • manufacturing U.E.B. range obtains a carpet cial type carpets over- local purchaser of UJE.B. car- plants. that would normally cost consens Hotels and motels Pet is that these large sales And this has allowed the siderably more than it does overseas -in Australia and company to significantly in- in stores throughout the around tne raciticnasin we y as in crease carpet quality without country today, have installed U.E.B. commercial carpets. And a good many office build- ■-y? > s . ** V . J offices, stores, restaurants and H- J’ “ 1 ‘, *’• .“ ' ‘ specified U.E.B. carpets. ; _ A \ the to architects nominal- SgS'-K mg U.E.B. domestic type car- gH ’/•_ It be part the . to ■■ carpet. . are cr blends Evian carpet U.E.B. for home not to the coast B.BSHm Orders have been received by office across the continOne home as far as Philadelphia was laid with UXB. carpet in the early part of last year, and ' since then carpet firms in ‘y?* other states have shown in- V* -- <- w VgW»WMMwM l terest in these New Zealand- *" . ..» 1 made carpets. And placed -Kj* Tsj SS&i >. A.. * y -arMSyorders. «•»-*' ■- **■ " ' , ■ '--V 1 gflk i ; / • ” •' ' ' ' 7 ' ' - - ■ • Totem poles of the North American Indian stand in the background as a glamorous Canadian model dances on a New Zealand-made “Ambassador” Carpet. In rugs and as broadloom, this deep-pile all-wool earpet has been one of the really big successes of i U-EJL’a export drive on the North American market. « ADVT. , " ' IB Luxury rugs, also made by >- : ■ W»1 this Auckland company, have J .-.gH also sold extremely well in ■ < P>wm the U.S. and Canada. To- .7? ' v/W gether, the export of U.E.B. c ‘> carpet and mgs is earning > w hundreds of thousands of dol- 1 In Swinging Sydney V£f 'X* 188 traiian Marysia Tocatly, for- ■ ■ ’£9■ meriy of Poland, typifies the new-look decor in Australia’s JdfjWtX^^M^^EE£aßO t I* 1 jtyi'--newest hotels. Mini-skirted Marysia is a waitress in the new Maeleay Street Travel- S^^^^lK£^BK|BSBimKii3m I WIK '" B -F*Tg ■ BEKSe! odge motor hotel in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Decor in the hotel, and the predominantly k *N? wool carpet underfoot, was devised by leading Australian interior design consultant Donald S. Johnston. .... and we get thesame The hand-sculptured look in carpet can be expensive. BSH| It’s not. ,.xv^^W€^ t *‘ > " ’ Luxurious hi-lo weave gives “Towerbridge” a multi- gE ••*- . million sculptured 100 k... at a price you can afford. In any Ww room, with any type of furniture, “Towerbridge” will always be t the feature attraction. Made from 70% pure new wool and 30% jtK Evian M, the Cburtaulds carpet fibre, it is available in 8 of today’s most • Travelodge Motel, t : fashionable colours. Inherently resilient, U.E.B. Wellington. Bv—■ _~ 7w “Towerbridge” will stand up to the heaviest traffic, Tsp Australian designer Don ' 5 r#,ain th ® elegant texture of its hi-lo weave. Johnston has chosen the same ■ - —■.« ***■-■*"***-* ■fr *-r- a z> / ’ made from 80 per cent New i® . c^nt sb N^ w “eai«nd J An International Carpet of Australian interior de- . Ball ' ** ■uy Sra”^ 1 which TOWERBRIDGE:,- $27.95 , per 12 FT. BROADLOOM YARD. U.E.B. sella with such mark- manufactured by the caMfef owision of u.E.b. textiles ltd. which it is now marketing in this eonntry..- . *
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