MATERIALS FOR CIVILIAN CLOTHING

Otaki Mail, 25 January 1943, Page 4

MATERIALS FOR CIVILIAN CLOTHING

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 22. That the Government already had the supply position for civilian clothing • under consideration was stated by Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Supply, in 1 replying to-day to representations by the tailors of Christchurch. The stocks |of materials on hand had been disj cussed at a well-attended meeting of city bespoke tailors on Wednesday j evening. The difficulty of obtaining supplies was also emphasised. It was stated that the meeting had decided to place the position before the Minister with a request that further supplies of suitings from New Zealand mills be I made available to the trade. 1 Mr. Sullivan, replying, said his Department was at present making a thorough survey of the position in regard to stocks and other action was being taken. The mission which had gone to .Great Britain from New Zealand was negotiating for the delivery of supplies to this country and representations were also being made in America. Military contracts were also being reviewed and an endeavour would be made to assist the bespoke tailors, but the success or otherwise of these endeavours would in the main depend upon the success achieved by the Government representations overseas to which he had referred.*