WOOL INDUSTRY'S PROBLEMS

Chronicle (Levin), 4 July 1946, Page 3

WOOL INDUSTRY'S PROBLEMS

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CONFERENCE OF BROKERS

By Telegraph

\\ J-.I.MAI. TUX. ,Jui\ i'. A I hui t M) (iclc^alcs ivjm-M'jitiiig liruki-rs fiom Ain-Ukiiid lo I n\ cirar^iu, allcinii'il u ('f)ii fen'iirc oi' Mork and .station ngciits and wool uliiciais lield ul .Massey Agrii-ultural ('ullege, l.'ahncrs1 oji .\ortli. ixi a lejiort oi llu: coa the Xeu Zealand W'o.d I M okers ' Astax'iation suys Lliat the ayenda eo\ ered a sei ies oi' lectures In' i Ihe colle^e stalT as ueli as di.«eussioa.s uaimigst the hi'ukers oa all jihases of ihe iiidusliy. Coniing as it did just joior to tlie iiiau^ui'alioii of t lic new v. ool disposal seheine, nnn-li \aiuali'!e work w as done in perfee! inj; aiTiuigrinenls l'or the Iiandling and disposal oi liolh old and new uools. lAn-ilil ies oiVered l»v the ( oileye wore ideal for snch a gatlionng. Addn-sses hv the piineipal, I'rofessor G. S. ."eren. a> well as leeturcs liy ineaibers of the Colleye Mal'f relative to niodern wool yrowino and solling inctliods, ivere of great in tensl and valne to delegates and pro- \ ided the basis for a wide and inst ruetive diseussion. I'artieular cnipliasis was piared oj; breeding as it all'eels the romnioa interests of growers and iirokers and perliaps witli even inore iinporlain-e on Ihe faults of Xeu* Zealand woois whieli, in tiine, it may be possilde lo redure l»\* a better understanding of ihe. canses underlying tliese fanlts. .Maxiiiann reliuns for the farniers is the aim of Xew Zealand wool brokers and tliev ' I'oe] thnt only by eooperal ion witli Ihe, produeers and with those rairving out researeh af the present linie. i-mihl ihe'

Xew Zealand. wool induslry lioid ihe prtaid place it has oecupied in the paal. .Mr. ('. Ci. Andersou, of ihe New Zealand Wool Disposal Commission, allended and uddressed tlie meeting aud while it was not possible at this junc ture to snjpply iinal details of the new srheine, he was nevertheJe.ss ablo to give a clear pieture of tlie tentative selii)i and proeedure whieh will be observed under tlie wooJ disposal seheine. Xo definite uunounceiiient with regard lo "floor" priees, the coutributorv charge, eteetera, eould be nxade but in eonjunetion with tlie brokers, mueh useful diseussion took plaee wliich should pave the wuy for tlic suiooth and eflieient operation of the seheine. Drokers took Uiis opporlunity of fully (lisen.ssiug inatlers of salc partieularly as regards rehandled wool, sucli as binning and elassing, witli the object of bringiiig to tlie peak of ellieieney this iniportant seetion of the business. It is felt that this e.\e hangi: of opinions will enable brokers throughoul the Jioniinion to display ciips in a manner designed to produee inaxiinuni results to tlie growers, keeping in mind the varying doinands of the spinning and top ntaking seetions of the trade. The reeoiiiinemlations of the conferenee will be eonveyed to tlie prineipals of Ihe various assoeiations for further diseussion.