SHEEP FARMERS NOT SO MUCH BETTER OFF
WELLINGTON, June 14. I'ublished statements about woo! prices had creatod a false impr.ession , that slieep faniieijj^weres muc,h-,b.etter o(T iliau otller faruie'rs, said M'ATL1" JNL. Christie, acting cliqirinan .o'p the New Zealand Wool Distiosa-r LbnMissiou, in, a statement tonight. The preseut com-? parative average prices for wool, butter aud meat showed little change from the relative averages for the years 1934-39, said Mr, Christie. ■ . Couuneuting ou statements about the possible stabil.isati.pn of wool values, Mr. Christie said. the existing Wopl.^igposal scheme . altjiough it had , not' achieved in full .ttye results lioped for had undyubtedly been the. means .of avoiding a violent flqctuation in prices. It was still too ea.i;ly to .estimate what. sum miglit. be available fo;r distribut/on in New Zealand ftom saies, of wool from Joint Organisatiou stocks. The • saies had been good so far but. tlie situation could chaqge and -make it( necessarv tp .buy qjj.,, wool. .iT'Jie . Joint Organisatiou plaii was lo be .reviewed . in 1950. There w-as a st-rong bodv ot opinion in New Zealand in favour ot soiue plan for a cqntinuation o'f orderiy marketing."
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 June 1948, Page 6
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