MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR 1918

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 8

MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR 1918

m DISPLAY BY MESSRS. KIRKCALDIE AND STAINS. At the request of the Minister in charge of Munitions and Supplies, Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains are making an exhibtion of military clothing to be supplied to 1918 Reinforcements. The display is of special interest, as a demonstration of the quality of goods obtainable from New Zealand woollen mills and clothing manufactories. The garments consist of socks, undershirts, underpants, working shirts, putties, cholera belts, blankets, and service uniforms, including , trousers, tunics, pantaloons, hats, boots, i and great coats. The names of the | various mills supplying the articles are also displayed, and that the Dominion is able to equip its soldiers with a complete | outfit of clothing from its own resources 1 is a fact that should- impress itself on the i public mind. A certain number of | articles, cuch as denims, thread, buttons, ! j etc., are not yat produced in ITew Zea- j | land, bnt apart from v few such details, | men leaving the. Dominion this year will stand equipped in New Zealand-made equipment throughout. It is ths intention .of the Department to forward the collection to the other I chief centres of the Dominion in order to i give ihe public a better understanding I of what is now thoroughly satisfactorily 1 accomplished for New Zealand's soldiers in New Zealand.