SHEEPSKINS AND SCOURED WOOL
The conference of fellmongcrs and "wool scourers arranged by the Minis■ter of Commerce (tho Hon. W. D. S. met tho Wool Advisory ,; Committee yesterday. All details of -the general conditions of working wero agreed upon, but the question of prices ,to bo paid for tho work of scouring and of treating woolly skins will be • brought up in the. report of a commitHce to-day. • It should bo understood that the Government requisitions all ■ skins, and the business of tho fellmong,ers will bo to "pull" tho skins for the 'Government and scour the wool. A good many thousands of pelts aro .„■ ready waiting; and the and I his officers are anxious to distribute the work of treating them among tho ...various works according to their ca- " paoity. . Tho Minister.hopes that the last de.tail pf the wool scheme will be settled ': to-day, or, at rniy rate, early next ,' week.
Tho requisitioning of all hides will be dealt with next week.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2970, 6 January 1917, Page 10
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162SHEEPSKINS AND SCOURED WOOL Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2970, 6 January 1917, Page 10
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