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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20823, 30 June 1942, Page 4

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DEMAND FOR WOOL 111 spite, bf. the elltttinatlßn. of wool inters on the Continent, the quantity, passing into consumption is surprisingly larfte. The chief l-eason is the equipment of vast numbers of men in the Uiiited Suites: but trie ritdiritenance of the large forces throughout the British Empire also accounts for a large weight of tlio sheeb’s stdpl'e. The use of over 400,000 bales in a year by Australian mills, mostly in Governmbitt work, is, an exathple of milt,activity caused By tHe, war, a report, by .Winchcqmbe Carsqn, Limited, points out. It was announced in,New Yoyk that Government, orders for .1942 are esti : mated to be i57,(>00;.l)00 yardii of wopllfns and worsted and ifi,300,000 blarikets. Orders werd recently placed for 4,000,000 woollen undershirts,... 5,000,000. pairs of underpants and. 13,692.000 pairs of socks. The value of. wool for dlotliW has n'fjver been better demonstrated than during this war.. Artificial fibrils have beeii improved in the ■ last 10 years, but the Allies, recognising . the definite merits of the, sheep’s stdple for wearing, capacity, warmth and health, have used it in every possible way.