KHAKI CLOTH
LIGHTER IN THIS WAR THAN IN LAST. CALL ON WOOL RESERVES. Khaki in this war is not so heavy as it was in 1914-18 when it weighed about 240 z a yard. It is rather lighter today and some would have it lighter still. Experience of the varying climates in which the fighting forces find themselves has shown, however, that the present weight is the best for general use. In addition to the new khaki, certain Service uniforms which need not be too roughly used are now being very often made of a cloth got by blending crossbred wool with lower grades of merino. The crossbred sort is tougher and therefore more suitable for uniforms but so much of it was used up in the earlier months of the war that the new blond with the softer merino was tried out, and with complete success. The fighting Services of the United States are using 167,000,0001b5. of the Australian wool reserve established by the British Government in U.S.A., and the amount is about to be supplemented by a further 125,000,0001b5. of Bri-tish-owned wool from South Africa.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1942, Page 4
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187KHAKI CLOTH Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1942, Page 4
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