London, June 23, Britain to-day captured a record which America has held for more than thirty years when a suit of clothes, ready to be worn, from wool which had been on the sheep's back only three hours and 20) minutes previously.
The suit was made to the mea surements of Mfr.
Jel. Thomas, Dominions Minister, and" may." be worn by him at the Imperial Wool Industries Fair in duly, This new record neatly halves the American record time, which was 6 hours and 28 minutes, established in. 1898 by John Kitson, a. Bradford man who emigrated to the United States.
Tod 's performance started at 8.50 this morning on the hills of fley, when ten sheep were in 74 minutes. The wool was w: ed, dyed, dried and spun, and then the fini wed tweed was rushed: by motor car to a tailor shop in Leeds where 40 tailors manufactured sports sylt in only 37 minutes—Through Reuter.
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