PROCESSING WOOL

Press, Volume C, Issue 29518, 20 May 1961, Page 8

PROCESSING WOOL

Shrink-Proofing Urged

(N.Z P.4.-Reuter—Copvrtokt I MELBOURNE, May 18. All wool might soon be made shrink-resistant before it was spun into yarn, Dr. F. W. G. White told the International Wool Secretariat in Melbourne today. Dr. White, chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, said processes were already available to shrinkproof all woollen goods that needed frequent washing. It seemed quite extraordinary that woolgrowers had not found ways of convincing textile manufacturers of the importance of these processes.

As far as he knew, there was no great difficulty about costs. Dr. White said. “I would think this perhaps outweighs all other aspects of technology in relation to w>ool promotion.’’ he said. "It certainly deserves the fullest attention of the International Wool Secretariat.” Dr. White aaid some aspects of wool research had not received the attention they deserved.

“What we call the wssh-no-iron process has been released and demonstrated to the trade in Australia,” he said. “It has been adopted to some extent here, and I know there is great interest in it overseas. "But I am distressed that a process of such unique interest as this has not been given the trials or attention it deserves.”