REQUISITIONING WOOL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2935, 22 November 1916, Page 10

REQUISITIONING WOOL

: Conference-to-day. The conference of wool growers convened by the Minister of Commerce (the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald) to consider the new offer of the Imperial Government for -the New Zealand wool clip, will meet at 11 a.m. to-day at Parliament Buildings. The Minister will preside. There is a prevailing impression that at this meeting the transaction will be definitely concluded, and that the oFer as made wilj prove acceptable. For several months southern buyers, have been operatinc largely in the Waikato stock market, and there lias been, a steady-.stream of all classes of growing ■ ca,ttle, chiefly bullocks and young heifera, goin« south. During last week no fewer than five special train-loads of stock left Hamilton for the south, one train alone comprising 820 head of tivo-and-a-half and three-year-old steers. The Auckland "Star's" correspondent says that the hulk of the' cattle are bought for speculation, and, if profit is realised on the sales, there is little doubt that operations will be extended. The largo purchase of heifers threatens to have a serious effect on dairying in the Waikato. Victor Cheese Vats are becoming more and more popular—6o have been delivered since July last, and factory managers are reminded that orders are being"executed in rotation. Victor Cheese Vats have middle drainage, and a sloping bottom, and the whey drains away "more quickly and thoroughly. Why not get details? A. .T. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterton.—Advt.