MANUFACTURE OF LENSES
PROGRESS IN BRITAIN EMPLOYMENT DOUBLED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 3. The progress of the British spectacle lens industry was commented on by the Health Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, at the opening of an exhibition of ophthalmic goods in London. •
Improved types of lenses had been introduced by British manufacturers, and the output had so increased that at the present time probably only 25 per cent of the home requirements were imported. .ft was estimated that the numbers of workers in the industry had doubled since 1921. During 1934, -British manufacturers produced some 553,C00 spectacles, compared with 478,CC0 in 1930.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 5
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106MANUFACTURE OF LENSES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 5
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