EXPORT OF WOOLLENS TO RIO

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 3

EXPORT OF WOOLLENS TO RIO

I With reference to a letter on this sabj o • which we pubtUhod the other day, Mr Mortlonn, •• ai»ger of the Mo 'g el Woollen 0 mp»oy, demure to what he considers an •tnp'l'd oaarge of want of "mercantile pirk "oq the part of the Company. As a tua'ter of fact, the enterprise of the Vfoa ial Oompiny is well known, and is evidenced m the preaeut osaa by the fEorro they havoinoade to open np the Bmnoa Ay res market. Mr Mirriam na« j ut rec-»ivyd a letter from Mr J, L. L eiinith, who t>ok with him to Rio some »ampit» of the Mo»t;iel 0) npany'ti i l'he followmg extracts will be cf inter63t : — " The «ainples I brought here »re much liked and admired f.»r tnelr genuine quality and tyideot laaiiug wear hut the patterns are not liked — they are >• o qnlet for the Kaate of the ppople, The o i tu a 6b is muoH hkd that of Sydney, and the people go through ranch moie ve-y ight clothing than wuter diit<, slthoagh for tli-ee or foar mont^e the weather la pte'.ty eharp and fros'y " Mr Lm»BmUh idda that Qermm, Frecch and Baish goods supply the ma-ket. New Zealand goods wonld o Jtue m ander the same dot p. which is by Weight, being at preeent 900 per kilo, or about Is 8i per lb. With direct c ramunlcAtlon and low fre'ght, the writer thinks ihe Mus^ie) Ootnp^ny mi^ht get af- o»iuL f In thn market. — • Press, 1