THE TWEED SUPPLY
IMPROVEMENT INDICATED. A leading tailor mentioned to a Time* reporter yesterday that, if anything, the tweed shortage was easing. This, however, applied only to English tweeds, the New Zealand materials being seemingly in as short supply as ever. He accounted for this fact by so much tweed being used in the manufacture of box and made to measure suits. It was commonly thought that comparatively little material was used in this way, but this opinion was contrary to fact. He knew well that several of the mercers in the town got large numbers of these suits made, and one man, in a very small way, too, had told hmi that his orders averaged twelve per week. The tailor went on to say that he was led to conclude that the position was proving by the fact that he had been waited on lately by two or three warehouse representatives with lengths of cloth—a thing unknown for a very long time. Prices did not show any evidence of coming down.
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Southland Times, Issue 18822, 15 May 1920, Page 5
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172THE TWEED SUPPLY Southland Times, Issue 18822, 15 May 1920, Page 5
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