British Wool Output Still Rising
Wool consumption in Britain is still rising. Production of wool tops, the New Zealand Wool Board news service states, is the highest since the war, with a weekly average of 5,670,0001 b in the four weeks ended March 13. The weight of tops drawn for worsted spinning is also the highest since the war. Although deliveries of worsted yarn and cloth show a slight decrease on the previous month this is because there were fewer working days in the period for which official figures have just issued. Based on daily output, yarn and cloth production figures are both about 5 per cent, higher than in the previous month. The present labour force of the industry, the Board of Trade estimates, is 194,000—an increase of about 1500 on the previous month.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26772, 15 May 1948, Page 4
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