SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3340, 8 September 1917, Page 2

SOCKS FOR SOLDIERS.

In the House of Representatives, the Hon. D. Buddo asked the Government whether, owing to the high price of knitting wool for soldiers' socks, the Government would supply and contract with the woollen mills of the Dominion to supply the Red Cross and Lady Liverpool Societies with knitting wool at less than 8s lid per lb. The Hon. A. M. Myers has replied that under the existing arrangement each soldier was equipped with what was regarded as a satisfactory supply of socks, Arrangements were made'for these supplies direct from the New Zealand woollen mills. The socks given to soldiers were by way of an extra supply. In regard to_ the knitting wool required, inquiries would be made with a view to ascertaining whether it was practicable to obtain the supply suggested.