MEN’S SUITINGS
NO CHANGE DECIDED FAIRNESS TO PRISONERS Wellington, June 26. Although consideration is being given to ways and means of conserving men’s suiting in order to have sufficient on hand to clothe the thousands of repatriated prisoners of war expected back in New Zealand on the coming months, inquiries made to-day established that no proposals have been decided upon, the whole question being still in the discussion stage. There are limited supplies of suiting in the country, but it is essential in fairness to the men who have spent perhaps years in miserable prison camp conditions that when they return they can be re-equipped as civilians. Any undue demand for suits at present would seriously jeopardise the returned prisoners’ chances of getting suitings to which they are fully entitled. No doubt it will be necessary to safeguard the position by some revised rationing arrangement, but no firm policy has yet been announced to this end. In the meantime, it is up to those who have had the advantage of normal civilian life to restrict their purchases of suits to the absolute minimum, to give the returning men a chance.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 26 June 1945, Page 5
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190MEN’S SUITINGS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 26 June 1945, Page 5
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