LIBYA'S .MOSQUITOES
KEPT OFF TROOPS BY LINGERIE MAKERS' JI.GOO MILES OF NETTING Millions of yards of mosquito netling for Allied troops in Li'bya are being made in a factory which in peace time suplied artificial silk in delicate pastel shades for ladies' lingerie. When the Libyan campaign began, the British Government called for 20,000,000 yards of this netting to protect the troops against the ma-laria-carrying mosquito, sandflies and other pests. The material had, of course, been produced in Britain for many years bj r the lace machines of Nottingham, but more than 11,000 ;r>/:lcs of it, required "at on?e or sooner," was a tough proposition. The Government, however, was soon relieved of its anxieties, for all the owners of warp-knitting machines in Britain met and undertook to adapt their machinery to the jo!). The alterations called for careful work by expert machinists and many impromptu ideas, but one of the first factories to announce its readiness was that of a South. Wales firm whose name in peace time was a household word in artliciai silk.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 51, 11 May 1942, Page 2
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175LIBYA'S .MOSQUITOES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 51, 11 May 1942, Page 2
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