COLOSSAL ORDER
20,000,000 YARDS FOR S. AFRICA PLACED IN LANCASHIRE Orders amounting in all to 20,000,000 yards have been placed with the Lancashire cotton industry by the South African Government. Much of the material is in keen demand at home but South Africa will be given first call upon it. The class of cloth wanted is largely for “drills” which are such an important part of military equipment. “Denims” are also required. These, usually needed for overall colth are already being used on a colossal scale for the Civilian Defence Forces in Britain.
South Africa’s orders are completed with a large item for “ducks.” The last generation remembers these tent cloths as made of pure flax. Nowadays not many tent 4‘ducks” are made of linen and now that flax is short the cotton meeting this new demand more cheaply and as serviceably as before.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 50, Issue 3053, 21 March 1941, Page 2
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144COLOSSAL ORDER Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 50, Issue 3053, 21 March 1941, Page 2
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