800,000 WALK ON SHEEPSKIN CARPET
Approximately 800,000 people walked on a large Australian-made sheepskin carpet which was used at the International Wool .Secretariat’s display at the recent Ideal Home Exhibition in London. After the carpet had been cleaned there was no. trace to be seen of the terrific trampling to which it had been subjected, states the New Zealand Wool Board. The total number of visitors to the exhibition was 1,100,000 and as the I.W.S. stand was in a central position near the main entrance hall, the. Secretariat estimates conservatively that-the number of per-sons-who walked on the carpet was in the region of 800,000.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 100, 27 September 1948, Page 2
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104800,000 WALK ON SHEEPSKIN CARPET Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 100, 27 September 1948, Page 2
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