SHORTAGE OF GOLOSHES
WEATHER CAUSES A RUSH Duo to the excessive wet weather since Christmas, there is .a shortage of goloshes in New Zealand, especially m the north where the rush to procure overshoes lias caught wholesalers and retailers napping. As last winter was ,t comparatively dry one, there was Jit tie demand for foot covering, and few laid in stocks in anticipation of a wet season to follow, with the result that when the demand commenced a few months ago many North Island firms found their supplies insufficient to meet requirements. Some hastily appealed to Dunedin wholesalers to furnish supplies, and one man who had obtained some 2500 pairs last, year was thus able to clear them at his own price. ’ _______
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18397, 15 May 1934, Page 7
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122SHORTAGE OF GOLOSHES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18397, 15 May 1934, Page 7
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