BRITISH WOOLLEN TRADE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2283, 17 October 1914, Page 8

BRITISH WOOLLEN TRADE

■ i PROHIBITED '::(• ■: .V'-^-r-. ' ~~~~// ■■ ;■" .•' ..}■'/ ■•■ ' London, October 15. -;■ 'The Government has' prohibited the ... export,:except to British.colonies, and '"■'. possessions, of woollens, worsteds, yarns, ,and.Jor .woollen and worsted : cloth'without patterns suitable for ■uniforms'and-clothing (except women's ;.;dress .stuffsj-j' calso.. "cloth . manufac- :'.- tuTe^^frbm'''' jnerind.T.; wool,, uniform clothing,; cardigan jackets,, and woollen : ae'reeysi L !gl6ves, socks,, and underwear. ' -The.oider-hascreated consternation in '; ißfaafordi,• V : :-'^V'\.■;■.■■, : . ; .;": / :•'.'. .The possibility; of the. prohibition af- .-"■ feciang'the-'values of raw wool from New Zealand and. other wool-growing centres;.was feferfed'to'Sir'Walter * Bii- ■ chanan,- M.P.; fey. a Dominion reporter : tfesfcerdey.-. ~ '-... . .., '. . , \"1 should say.'that the sudden' defor wool on account of.'the , war," : ! .'said=Sir-—Walter'. Buchanan,•• "threatens ;to exceed the supply : available within the :-time that the wool is'required, and '. ithat this prohibition has been proclaim--v .edj.qnljj until .fiuch ; tinie' as the next \ : wool clip enables , the demand to be over- ;. taken. .Judging" by.the present price of ,: lyool as sllown by the last sales it is ob-. ; vibus that the supply is somewhat short [' of requirements, and it seems probable . 'tha^vhon-Tiho:next. clip, comes to hand U the.'" , prohibition ivill be .removed. I ' .think that is. the most-feasible explanationof.'tlie proclamation. r v / . "Or. there. is : the" possibility ■, of some of-our goods , going to' the enemy. .We have been .informed that Russia is ordering a million great-coats from England. : 'Suppose also that Germany and Austria are endeavouring; to' get supplies .through Holland, and you , have another -('feasible.explanation of the necessitj- for ■the prohibition.". ■" , ' , '