A NEW INDUSTRY
TO OPERATE IN WELLINGTON Another new industry, the. manufacture of felt slippers, is to be started in Wellington shortly. This is the mission of Mr. H. Van de Velde, managing director of Felt and Textiles of Australia, Ltd., who arrived by the Makura yesterday from Sydney.
Mr. Van de Velde stated that the company had already taken premises in Wellington and had the nucleus of a staff who arrived about two weeks ago. It was proposed to start active operations during the next three or four weeks. The New Zealand business would be a subsidiary company to the Australian concern, which was now turning out over 3,500,000 pairs of felt slippers every year. Much of the felt used was made from New Zealand wool, of which about £5OO worth per week was used. The locally made slippers would be manufactured from felt made from New Zealand wool in Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 130, 26 February 1929, Page 12
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152A NEW INDUSTRY Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 130, 26 February 1929, Page 12
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