BOOTS AND SHOES
DOMINION MANUFACTURE Almost 5,000.000 pairs of boots, vlioes. slippers and sandals wore made in New Zealand during the rear ended March 31, 1941. This is 850.000 pairs more than in the previous year. The Abstract of Statistics states that factories worked at high pressure during the Tear.
The number of persons engaged in the industry was 4.384, an increase of 18 per cent over the previous year, while salaries and wages paid showed an advance of 25 per cent. The cost of materials rose by 49 per cent, and the value of the products by 37 per cent. New Zealand leather represented 75 per cent of the total cost of leather used in 1910-41, against 70 per cent in 1939-40. The number of adults' boots and shoes, including sandals, made during the past year increased by 23 per cent in quantity and 3(5 per cent in value. Children's boots and shoes rose by 3 per cent in quantity and 26 per cent in value. Overtime worked in New Zealand factories totalled 145,469 hours, against 107,187 hours in 1939-40.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24103, 23 October 1941, Page 8
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