WOOL BOARD'S STATEMENT ON PROPOSED ALTERATIONS.

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 8

WOOL BOARD'S STATEMENT ON PROPOSED ALTERATIONS.

-'Press Association

By Telegr'aph—

WELLINGTON,. JUn. (5. r n a statement on the proposed altorations lo the present aa-ooI saies the New Zealand Wool Board said today that wet weather at the opening of the sheai'itig season had delayod the desipatch of aVoo! from farms to brokers' stores. The board had realised that j under normal conditions of tlie loading of ships the sitnation AVotild have been 1 diffieult, but tlie recent de velop tiienfs ' oii the waterfront and the eonsequenl ! delay in loading ships had wilhout" doubt caused a further deterioration in the situation and had opened up a prospect of ali appeal by buyers for a postpone-nient of the saies. Th.e Board felt that the Urraiigements arrivod at by the New Zealand Wool Disjiosal Conimissioii, the New Zealand Wool Brokers' Assoeiatiml and ! Hue .Ne.w Zealand Wool Buyers' Asso- ' ciation to carrv oii the saies- With as little disruption as possible Was the best that could be done to obviatc. an immediate holdup, or such lesseningr -of | competitioii at tlie saies as make them unsatisfactory from the growers ' point of ATiCAV. The statement adds: 4Tn vieAv of tlie uriportance of the smooih running of the Avhole schenio and tlie curront jauetioiis to the trade and groAVers. it is j hoped there will be an early resumptioi) I of full-scale loading of ships and that there Avill be no further holdup which j Avo.iii'd .undquhtedly economicallv atl'ecl ^iL.Sec^mu^:^';^a-,;ppnniuinity. " . .