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The Press Friday, November 17, 1916. The Wool Negotiations.

Considering the various interests involved, and the very complicated problems to be solved in connexion with the commandeering of the wool clip, tho negotiations appear to bo progressing quite as favourably as could bo oxpocted. On the part of tho producers and • others interested there seems a very reasonable desire to meet the wishes of the British Government on fair and equitable terms. It would indeed be lamentable if, at this stage of the war, obstacles wore placed in tho way of an arrangement which is xibviously so desirable in the interests of the Empire. It is most important not only that sufficient wool should b© secured for tho wants both of the British Army and of the civil population, but that supplies should bo prevented from getting to the enemy. The commandeering of the clip will be an effective means of securing these results. New Zealand farmers readily consented to the commandeering of their meat supplies, and the British Government, which treated them fairly da that occasion, may be relied upon,

we think, to act justly in regard to wool. Tho growers may not receive the high prices which would be brought about by unrestricted competition, butthey will enjoy compensation in a sure and steady market, the absence of worn* in regard to securing freight, which will be in the hands of the Government,' and. aliove all, the satisfaction that they are "doing the fair "thing" instead of trying to exploit tho needs of tho Empire. ;

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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15750, 17 November 1916, Page 6

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The Press Friday, November 17, 1916. The Wool Negotiations. Press, Volume LII, Issue 15750, 17 November 1916, Page 6

The Press Friday, November 17, 1916. The Wool Negotiations. Press, Volume LII, Issue 15750, 17 November 1916, Page 6

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