CO-ORDINATING RESEARCH IN WOOL INDUSTRY

Chronicle (Levin), 26 June 1946, Page 3

CO-ORDINATING RESEARCH IN WOOL INDUSTRY

DUNEDIN, June 24. Members of Ihe New Zetiiaiul Wool lioanl aud ttheep and Wool Keseareh Advisorv Committee set up by tliu board uiider the Wool ludustrv Act, arrived at Dunedin today in iuspeet work being earried out at the Univcrsity of Utago by the New Zealand Woollen Alill Owners Keseareh Commiltee. The purposc of the advisory eonimittec is to eoordinate researeh work at present being earried on throughout N'ew Zealand. Members oi' ihe Wool Board wlio arrived wero Messrs. W. llorrobin (deputy cliairmuii), A. Briseoe Moore ( Whangarei i, (i. E. Macdonald (Kaiigiora), J. B. Kevie (Crookston) and 1). ('. Aubre.v (Wanaka). Members of the Keseareh . Advisory Coiuinittee present wero Messrs. Janies Begg and F. C. Johnston, represeuting the A* e w Zealand Meat Produeers ' Board, i)r. F. J. Filiuer, Departnient of Agriculture, Mr. W. R Carey, representative of the New Zenland* Woollen A1 ill Owners' Assoeiation Br. C. Barnieoat, Massey Agriculture College, Dr. I. E. Coop, Lincoln College and Alr. F. K. Callaghan, of the De partinenl of Seientilie aud lndustria Keseareh. Explaiuing the purpose of the new comiuittee, Mr. Horrobin stiid tliat re seareh had beeu funetiouing at variouagrieultural researeh stations am th rough the Woollen Mill Owners Assoeiation and it was t'elt that lliet'i

was insuilicieut eo-ordinatiou of elfort whiie lack of funds had also been aj liandicapping faetor. Tho new body , was Ihe lirst of its kind in the southem i heuiisphoro aud it was hoped tliat vs ith | the examination of the work being j earried on throughout New Zealand in regard lo the raw libre, the manufacturing sido and animal lxusbandry, a programiue of co-ordinatiou of researeh work eould be impiemented. "It is liighly dcsirable," Mr. Ilor- ■ robin said, "that elosest liaison shouid . be niaintained betweon this country, Australia and Oreat Britain in researeh work. The Wool Board is procuring a puppet show from Oreat Britain, displaviug tlic latest typos of line woveu fabrics to show the people of New Zealand possibilities of researeh and investigation, both to meet the publie demand and to eountcr the inroads of synthetic niaterials. We niust be in a : position to apply latest metkods of , inanufacture of iine woven inuterials oi to ensure importation of tliose ma- , terials. The Wool Commission, a suU- . sidiar'y of the Loudon joint organisa- ■ tiou, is iio w in operation and while . having delinite aud speeifie duties^ in i thc joint disposal scheme, is working . in complete harinony witli the indus- - tjrv's representatives aud' the New I Zealand Wool Board. ^ The Wool Disposal Commission in New Zealand acts " as agent and administrator for the - . parent body in London. ' The M ool 3 ! Board continues as the representative I I and voice of the producing industry." Members of the Board and Commit- > j t,ee will leave on Wednesday morinn'g

for Christchurch and will visit all researeh points and agric.ultural colleges in New Zealand to see the work being donc and classify it in ordcr of importance to the industry.