WOOL CONTROL
SIR H. SHACKLETON DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION RESTRICTIONS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. DENIAL OF PROFITEERING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February 13. The Wool Controller (Sir Henry Shackleton) told hosiery manufacturers that they must bo prepared for drastic restrictions of the civil wool supply. Only what was absolutely necessary would be supplied and manufacturers would not receive more if they used up their rations. He denied that rationing was unnecessary and refuted assertions that pre-war reserves were adequate. Consumption at present was thirty per cent above the peak of the last war. Sir H. Shackleton denied, that the Wool Control was guilty of profiteering. Actually no profits were being made. The Wool Control was forced not'’ only to buy the nation's wool, but to withstand losses arising from the sinking of ships. Two vessels sunk by the Admiral Graf Spec had made large inroads on the modest allocation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 February 1940, Page 7
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145WOOL CONTROL Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 February 1940, Page 7
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