BIG USERS OF WOOL.
The Government’s policy of specifying New Zealand woollen material where it can ho utilised makes the State Departments some of the best customers of New Zealand woollen mills. The Post Office alone requires 12.200 yards of cloth for uniforms, and another 300 yards tor caps each year. Waterproof clothing has to he made from cotton which must he imported, hut the material is made up for the Post Office in New Zealand, and even the cork helmets used by postmen are of local manufacture. As the purchasing agent for other State Departments,, the Post Office annually buys New Zealand cloth as follows:—Defence, 10,000 yards; Education, 1350 yards; Legislative and Internal Affairs, 650 yards; Mental Hospitals, 8900 yards; Police, 4000 yards; and Prisons, 1060 yards. These purchases, .in addition to those of the 12,500 yards bought by the the Post Office, make a total of 38,460 yards. Another big customer for New Zealand woollen cloth for manufacture into staff clothing is the Railway Department, which requires about 10,000 yards per annum.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 197, 19 July 1935, Page 13
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174BIG USERS OF WOOL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 197, 19 July 1935, Page 13
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