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SURPLUS MILITARY STOCKS.
"' HUGE SALES EFFECTED.
MBLBOTJRNB, December 31.
Since the Disposal Board of tho De-
fence Department began tbe task /if
clearing accumulated stocks of »rar ma-
terial, sale.*, ha»o been made to the
value of moro than .£834,000 Up to Sep-
tember 30 goods sold »reie valued at
.£765,063'. and between that date and tile
end of las* »vrek JE31.303 was taken in
direct wies in Vittoiu, and in other
States During that period the approxi-
mate total for nil sales «un X30.000
There have been hugo bnlei of 6omo of
Stlie surplus war dot bing During tbe
past fortnight. 7,000 vards of flannel weio
hold at 6s a yard Ttvo day» sufficed for
I the disposal of 15,000 pairs of sock* at
Is 6(1 per pair, and in a week l'i 000
pairs of liraces were cleared at the *? ima
prue There wa« a fetrnng demand for
blankets, .¡0,000 I pin,; -old lu the labt
two and a liulf uiofltha.
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