SOUTH AFRICA'S SHEEP
PROVIDE LIFEBOAT GLOVES FOR SHIPWRECKED MARINES The skins of South African sheep are to-day helping to save the lives of shipwrecked British sailors. Sheepskin gloves, large and warm, are now included in a lifeboat's equipment. Two and a half pairs of them are got from each sheepskin and big quantities are being turned out by the makers. They are also producing a great number of other types of gloves, mostly for the Royal Air Force, not to mention leather flying helmets at the rate of a thousand a week, j The Army is getting from them gloves of ample size for protecting men at bayonet practice and thej'. are also distributing quantities of boxing gloves to the Forces gener- , ally. 1
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 38, 10 April 1942, Page 8
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124SOUTH AFRICA'S SHEEP Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 38, 10 April 1942, Page 8
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