ADVERTISING WOOL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1045, 7 February 1911, Page 8

ADVERTISING WOOL.

■AUSTRALIA'S COURT. AT. ROUJ3AIX,

Tho Eenbaix Exhibition, or Exposition du Nord do la France, is to bo opened in' tljrco months time, nnd wo bavo not yet boon told anthoritativoly what New Zealand's exhibit is to' consist of. Tho last Sydney mail brought particulars of Australia's intended display of wool. Tho Australian authorities' regard tho exhibition hs ono of world-wido interest, anil ns Uoubaix is the. great wool contro of France—tho French Bradford—tho show of wool nnd woollon goods is to bo tho finest which has ever been made by tho couri-' try. New South Wales will figure largely by reason of an exhibit containing ,210 Ilceco3 exemplifying tho numerous types of .wcol produced _in tho State, fiach fleeco has been skirted and rolled iu tho ljest manner to present its chief characteristics to observers. Tho fleeces aro tied with a blue ribbon, nnd placed each in a cardboard box, which is carefully packed in cases. Tboso cases will bo taken from tho ship's sido at Dunkirk to tho exhibition in Houbaix, whero tho boxes will bo lifted from tho cases and slit down the side, so that tho fleeces will bo gently pushed on to tho exhibition tnblo. Thus excsiMvo handling will bo donu . away with. ' . ~ • < Tho floeccs, said tho Sydney "Herald," as "they lio iu their cardboard boxes ready for shipment presented n beautiful appearance—frco combing wool from tho north-east, soft silky fleeces from Yass, 'Young, and Liverpool Plains,-long, strong,; ■warped wools from tho north-west,-all-tho* various counts of crossbred?, and even a jet black'(leeco from a special flock, each the best "of, its own type-. Whcro tho bluo ribbons cross on tin front of tho lUceo is attached a reference number as nn index to a'full description of the brand, grower's name, and detailed lpcality, which information will be held by' tho oflicer in charge at the' exhibition. The. catalogue,, £ rimed 'i:i French and English, will com lin full description of the district from which 'oach fleeco is drawn, but no de-. tails as to tho exact brand or grower's name.. Special attention is directed on the cards to the importanco of NewSouth AValcs as a wool-producing country. Accompanying this exhibit is also a number of fleeces grown iu tho Northern Territory, which will, no doubt,;bo' tho centro-.of much attraction, uceing- that this'is the first_ tlmo that.wool from this, part of Australia has-brcn given'prominence in Europe: A spccially-propnred map showing the' exact locality wnero "the wools wero grown and the situation of tho principal stations, together with a fino display of photographs illustrating the pistoral industry anil beauty spots, accompanies the shipment. The Department of Agriculture has carefully collated, a 6mall representative display of cereals in grain and sheaf, tocetlii'i with somo samples of tho principal timbers.' also figure in tho agricultural trophy. The whole of tho Commonwealth display will bo staged under the supervision of a wool expert from Bradford.