BIG USERS OF WOOL
STATE DEPARTMENTS PURCHASES IN N.Z. ' ‘ i' ’ t The Government’s policy of specifying New Zealand woollen material where it -can bo utilised makes tho State Departments some of the best ol New Zealand woollen mills. The lost Office alone requires 12,200yd5. of cloth for uniforms, and another 300ycls. foi caps each year. Waterproof _ clothing has to 'oq made from cotton which must be imported, but the material is macie up for the Post Office in New Zealand, and even the cork helmets used by postmen are of local manufacture. As the purchasing agent for other State departments, tho Post Office annually buys New Zealand cloth as billows .- Defence, 10,000yds.; Education, 1350yd5.; Legislative and Internal Affairs, 650vds.; Mental Hospitals, 8900yds. ; Police, dOOOvds. ; and Prisons, 1060vds. These purchases, in addition to tho.se of the 12,500yd5. bought by the Post Office, make a total of 38,460yds Another big customer for New* Zealand woollen cloth for manufacture into staff clothing is the Railway Department, which requires about 10,000yds. pc annum. , ~"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 13
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