BUSY WOOLLEN MILLS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24050, 22 August 1941, Page 8

BUSY WOOLLEN MILLS

OBSTACLE TO 24-HOUR DAY SUPPLIES FOR THE FORCES (0.C.) WELLINGTON. Thursday "It has boon stated that New Zealand woollen mills should be working 21 hours a day." said Mr. \V. li. I'. Barber, cliainnan, at the annual meeting of the Wellington Woollen .Manufacturing Company, Limited. "To that we, as one unit, heartily subscribe, but to establish such a drive at I'etone we should want first to lill the day staff vacancies, then add largely to the existing night staff and also secure enough adults to work from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Where could we get even a proportion of additional trained, -emi-trained and other adults, totalling, say, 150, to make a worthwhile attempt at a 24hour day? "An outstanding feature of the 12 months' operations is that, while we have had rationing, or rather limitation, of domestic supplies, the responsibility we accepted to do all possible toward equipping the fighting services has been faithfully performed." The New Zealand woollen mills had supplied for Army and Air Force requirements the following principal items: — Blankets. 276,000 pairs; flannel shirting, J .511.000 yards; socks, 1.264.000 pairs; undervests, 418.000 garments; shorts, 398.000 garments; jerseys. 213,000 garments; worsted cloth, 2.1.'18.000 square yards; overcoating, 933.000 square yards.