IN SHORT SUPPLY
WOOL FOR SOLDIERS' SOCKS
(By ■■ Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, December 12. Difficulty in securing sufficient supplies of knitting wool is likely to interfere with the making of socks for members of the New Zealand armed forces. It was originally intended that wool should be purchased in bulk and distributed to: various committees, but it is now announced that because of the shortage of supplies it has been found impossible to purchase wool on a bulk basis, and various committees, have been advised to obtain whatever supplies may be available locally. Already £200 has been spent in Auckland in buying knitting wool, and an endeavour is being made to obtain further supplies/
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 142, 13 December 1939, Page 19
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113IN SHORT SUPPLY Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 142, 13 December 1939, Page 19
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