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• Later, however, the union ran into a problem of a severe shortage of sandshoes in Queensland. The rationing authorities, in reply to a union request on this, said that the Chief Inspector of Coalmines had condemned use of sandshoes in mines as being “not conducive to health or safety.”
• Sandshoes had been issued for shipboard use, to avoid damage to the decks by hob-nailed boots.
• The sandshoe versus the boot; this is an issue that has stirred the blood of bushwalkers for more than fifty years.[...]The demise of the ubiquitous hob-nailed boot (circa 1950s) in favour of a boot with a patterned rubber sole generated concern, but the popularity of a boot that combined a rubber sole and a canvas upper with no ankle support simply went too far for some.
• But because yer sandshoes, if they were dirty, it was a point off yer team, so ye were just to try yer hardest.