JUTE FIBRE IN WOOL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 3

JUTE FIBRE IN WOOL.

WIRE-NETTING TACK INVENTED. The impossibility • of separating jute fibre fronr. wool, 'and' the consequent loss and annoyance;,to '-the traded (mainly on account of tlio fibre' not taking the dye), has, 1 after ;considerable, discussion, in London by the •variousinterested;-associations, ■' culminated 'in .the 'a'pppintinent of a : . ve'ry strong and, representative-' committee.' =' ■ Messrs. Dalgety arid Co. j-. of .-London,;, have placed Iheir head office .at the committee's service, and . are furthering the > inquiries and,; experiments in ; •a: most generous" manner. - Several" sample 1 packs', have been; submitted, all. being more' or less.of-a'-jute'nianufarture. It is .obvious to 1 those-with a knowledge of the trado, and who have followed a bale'of wool from shear-' irig. shed to . factory, ' that a' jute' pack r how-' ever well lined or-disguised, is liable (from the nature of its fibre) to fray" out • and. shed 1 with; every . opening of the bale; : Wcry, :cut for' sampling, tear or -stab of dog' or' crane-hook.' 1 ■ : -A • wiro-netting ■ pack, is now tested atMessrs. Dalgety!s stores-Thorndpn'-'ftuay, Wellington, 'and is "available -for /inspection' of wool-growers and . buyers prior to samples :being sent Home. -This; pack has'the shape 1 ' arid size;.' of the jute pack, it'is made of ordinary, wirernettirig, anc^- is lined , with paper, calico, or other suitable material, for the purpos'o of excluding foreign matter. The pack.is filled in the-usual manner, arid; for easo in sampling the wool, either the top or bottom may. be, mhooked and tho: wool extracted. A buyer may insist on a large quantity of wool being extracted from the bale, and it may be necessary to uso d "spade" or packing tool in re-baling. , To prevent the lining being torn or the tool corning in contact with the wire','.an apron' of leather or. iron can. be put down oil the inside of the bale. This would enable the wool'to be tightly re-packed and .the apron is then withdrawn', and the lid or end,again hooked down. . . The price , will not . exceed that' of an- or- . dinary jute pack..