HUGE ORDERS PLACED
CLOTHING FOR ARMY INDUSTRIES BENEFIT ,British Official Wireless.! Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, June 10. The magnitude of the demands made on sections of industry which are not connected with armament production, by the enlargement of the armed forces is demonstrated in an order which the Government has placed with boot manufacturers for 1,000,000 pairs of boots which are intended for the militia and the increased number of territorials, 39 well as in orders for nearly 3000 miles of khaki which is now being woven in Yorkshire mills for uniforms, the total cost of which will not be less than £4,000,000.
This last order is not the only one for service purposes from which textile industries are benefitting. Other recent orders include 2,000,000 yards of cotton material for the Royal Air Force, and 15,000,000 yards of heavy duck, for the army. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19961, 12 June 1939, Page 5
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