KHAKI OF 1914-18

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 71, 29 June 1942, Page 2

KHAKI OF 1914-18

HAS TWO SUCCESSORS IN UNIFORMS OF TO-DAY

I Khaki in this Avar is not so heavy | ns it was in 1914-18 Avhen it Aveighed about 21oz a yard. It is rather lighter to-day and some would haA T e it lighter still. Experience of the varying climates in which the fighting forces find themseh'es has shoAvn, hoAveA*er, that the present Aveight is the best for general use. In addition to the neAv khaki, certain Service uniforms Avliich need not be too roughly used are now being A*ery often made of a cloth £ot by blending crossbred avool Avith lower grades of merino. The crossbred sort is tougher and therefore more suitable for uniforms but so much or it Avas used up in the earlier months of the Avar that the new blend Avith the softer merino- Avas -ried out, and Avith complete success , J The fighting Services of the United States are using 3(>7,000,000 Hjs of ■'he Australian wool reserve established by the British GoA'crnment in U.5.A... and the amount is about to -if. supplemented by a further 125,()00,000!bs of British-owned avool from South Africa.