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Reduced spending on clothing by men alone probably amounted to £1,000,000 in the past year, according to an estimate offered by Mr. Barber at the Wellington Woollen Company's annual meeting. That seems a large sum and yet it repregents only about 40/- per head of the adult male population. Naturally this reduction involves a serious loss of turnover to the clothing trade. Before very long, however, they must experience a revival of business. There comes a stage with suits and overcoats when they can be pressed into service no longer; They become too rundown and shabby for decency. Underwear may be reduced to
— . r an even more acute stage of deDility but the time arrives when the most crafty darning will not hold the veterans together. Many men's wardrobes must be rapid- . y reaching the stage where renewals cannot be postponed. The same applies, no doubt, in other :rades. In fact the depression has been building ifp in its usual way the conditions of a business revival. The signs are that it is . already beginning, and, as confidence grows, its scope and pace will increase. When prosperity does return, it may be hoped we shall use it more sanely and providently than in the past.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 307, 22 August 1932, Page 4
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