CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR
MEETING CIVILIAN NEEDS (F.0.P.R.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 13. “Arrangements have been made for a ‘ switchover ’ in New Zealand industry as far as possible to meet civilian needs in clothing material, clothing, and footwear, and to catch up on shortages," said the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr D. G. Sullivan, during the discussion on the Estimates in the House of Representatives to-day. The Minister, who was replying to Mrs W. J. Poison (Oppn., Mid-Canterbury), said that as a result of the special mission which visited the United Kingdom and the United States, the Dominion had succeeded in getting undertakings for the supplv of a greater quantity of material than ‘New Zealand was strictly entitled to.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25304, 14 August 1943, Page 4
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