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Southland Times, Issue 25358, 9 May 1944, Page 3

YOUR Rags are Wanted for Urgent War Work.... 67,2001b5. or 30 tons of Rags are wanted every month to beds for the Armed Forces. Your help is urgently needed. After being thoroughly sterilised, Woollen and Cotton Rags are processed into flock to replace kapok in mattresses. THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. 1. Save all the woollen and cotton rags you can—makers’ woollen and cotton offcuts, worn-out clothing, hous hold linen, and your own dressmaking scraps. 2 Remove anv metal hooks, clasps, or domes, as these are liable to damage the processing machinery. Clip off buttons and save for further use. 3 Save vour rags till you have a sugar-bag full. Then take or send them to your nearest dealer listed below, and he will pay you cash for them. . • FRANK HOLLOWAY & CO. LTD., 118 Spey St., Invercargill A. E. BROUGH, 17 Eye Street, Invercargill HOLLOWAY BROS. LTD., 126 Tay Street, Invercargill * COUNTRY HELPERS. Wait till you get at least a corn sack full of rags before consigning, as the freight and cartage on small parcels are often greater than the value of the rags. We appreciate and need your help, so combine with your neighbours and send in your rags in sackfuls.

WHAT CAN I SEND HIM? Tinned food? Yes, but do not forget things like handkerchiefs and a bottle of Baxters Lung Preserver. There is always somebody “over there” who will be glad of a dose or two of “Baxters,” their old familiar friend. “Baxters” is New Zealand’s proved most popular remedy. Sold by chemists and stores everywhere. Prepared solely by Baxters, Ltd., 602 Colombo street, Christchurch. —Advt.