LEATHER SHORTAGE.
PROBLEM OF REPAIRS
LONDON, Sept. 4
''I?eonomy m boots is essential^ for ■lea thor i« scarcer than wheat," said a boot niam.fa-ctiirer. to a Daily Mail representative*. * "Very "feA*? 1 Vps^ple- practise thi.s eboiiomy, and the public' authorities by .spreading graA'el on. the footways Avast© an enormous quantity of sole leather. If gravel Avere removed from all footways and these -were made as smooth for men and AA-omen jwdestrian^ as the roads are for horses boot-repairing bills would be much less than they are. Dubbin or some other grease rubbed into the soles keeps out the wet and- makes the soles last longer. Boots should hot be kept m a damp 'place or placed near the. fire. They should b'e-wor'rt as* little as possible m the house. There are scatera! cben.p and efficient substitutes for sole leather. The more we '..s»ave .m leather the less will be th© .rise, m .•price"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 8
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153LEATHER SHORTAGE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14448, 7 November 1917, Page 8
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