Importer Says Shortage Of White Cotton is Over
PA WELLINGTON, May 16. Supplies of white cotton will show a definite improvement this month and future supplies are assured, said the Wellington representative of a large British firm when asked for a statement on the reasons for the current shortage. The shortage, he said, had been mainly due to panic buying by women who had heard rumours that white cotton would become short. In fact, there had been a drop in production, but nowhere near enough to account for the shortage during the past 12 months. Retailers, he said, knew that some of their customers must have built up stocks to last them 12 months. He emphasised that import licences were adequate for requirements.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27082, 17 May 1949, Page 4
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