I daresay everybody in this country now knows what the drab serge mixture is.
It is blue serge which never keeps its crease.
They include 17,646 lorries; 8,843 cars; nearly 44,000,000 yards of linen; 17,000,000 yards of linen and cotton cloth; and 9,500,000 yards of serge.
Arrangements are being made to supply them with serge clothing, consignments of which have already been sent.
The average price of genuine woollen goods, flannels, serges, and so forth, with this tax, is just double the pre-war price.
Let me make clear that in past years we have participated in these contracts for serge, great coatings and shirtings.
It is largely used for dyeing ladies' costume serges and ladies' gabardines, and we all know that our wives have been wearing these for years.
We are having an improved diagonal serge which is more comfortable, smoother, and smarter than the present one.
