TOPS FOR UNIFORMS
BIG PURCHASE BV ' BRITISH GOVERNMENT t AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CROSSBREDS. AMOUNT OF ABOUT £250.000. INVOLVED. (Independent Cable Service.) LONDON, June 1. Bradford officials stated today that the British Government intends to buy J,000,0001b of tops of 50 quality from the British Empire to expedite the manufacture of uniforms. This will be the first direct buying from partly manufactured wool. The value of the deal will be nearly a quarter of a million sterling and the transaction is substantial but not sensational. The calling will be chiefly from Australian and New Zealand crossbreds and the price will be in line-.with the current season’s modest values. ADVANCE IN PRICES. PROTECTIVE MEASURE BY TOPMAKERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 1. The Government’s decision to buy| 3.000,0001bs of crossbred tops for/ Army uniforms has resulted in a halfpenny advance in quotations, as a protective measure, on the part of topmakers until they see how much business it brings. The order should bring welcome employment to wool and textile workers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1939, Page 6
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174TOPS FOR UNIFORMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1939, Page 6
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