Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-03
AUSTRALIA NOW
MANUFACTURING
MANY W0O[ENS
Land Which Formerly Export
ed Most of Its Wool in Raw
State Taking Up Burden Of
Supplying Uniforms.
tAssocIated Press Correspondence

Melbourne, Australia. April 3 -
Some idea of the part Austria as
a component. of the British empire Is
playing I'm the war as a purveyor of
supplies of a military kind for itself.
Great Britain and the allies may be
gathered from the following facts and
figures:
The defense department has requi-
stioned the entire output of the va
rious wooden mills throughout the
commonwealth for an indefinite time
and the mill owners and managers
are undertaking to do all In their
power to facilitate the manufacture
of the cloth and garments required by
the department.. Besides supplying
each Australian soldier on active SER
vice with a uniform when he embarks
on a troop ship the department en-
gagged to supply him with fresh uni
form every three months while at the
front. AT present the superintendent
of army contracts. Capt. j. c. Ormis-
ton is requiring at once l,l12,0O0
yards of flannel, to say nothing Of
200, 300 wooden undershirts and 220,-
400 pairs of drawers OF the same ma
terial Australia being country
which, singularly enough. exports inn
few wooden or other textile establish
ments as yet, the strain upon the ex-
isting mills is enormous. Meantime Il
representative OF the federal govern
ment has placed orders with single
wQolen manufacturing firm In New
Zealand for 900 navy sweaters,
212,000 knitted drawers, 100000 knit
ted shirts. 100000 pairs Of socks and
more than million yards Of flan-
mel II Is doubtful, however, IL all the
wooden mills in New Zealand can cope
with this order inasmuch as at pres
ent they are doing their utmost to
keep the dominion contingents sup
piled with clothing of the above de-
scription.
Authorities Confiscatc Mutton.
In Sydney the whole OF the mutton
in cold storage within the mctropoli-
tan area--a supply variously estifnat-
ed as numbering between go, Gee and
800, ,000 sheep--has been taken over
on behalf OF the imperial authorities |
at prices already fixed at frcm eight
TO ten and a half cents a pound by
agreement between the owners and |
the home and the overseas authorities |
Although the New South Wales gov
ernmenr this is the biggest transact
tion of the kind that has ever been |
carried out in sydney The state gov
ernment is acting under direct re- |
quest from the government in Eng |
land which was recently translated t
into an act of parliament. The first I
viii consist of about |
5000 refrigerated sheep, but much |
heavier consignments will be forward
ed before long. The imperial govern /
ment has engaged to provide the
transportation.
Meantime the state abattoirs at
Homebush. near sydney. viii shortly
be in full swing and sheep will be I
at the rate of 5000 daily.
The New South Wales authoritlesl
have been advised that the demand
for the British army and navy is prac-
iicaliy Iimltless.
shoe company in Melbourne is
Negotiating with the Russian governs
ment to supply il with a million and
4 half pairs of soldiers shoes within
Twelve months at the rate of 10000
pairs a month The contract, If en-
tered into. win involve nearly $4,000
200. the matter is not yet settled.
however.