AUSTRALIAN WOOL
MR. HUGHES'S DISPOSAL SCHEME ADOPTION UNLIKELY 'By Telegraph-Presa Association-Copyright i (Beo. May 12, 9 p.m.) London, May 11. Sir .Arthur Goldfinch (Director of Raw Materials, War Office), in an interview, fcnid it was extremely unlikely that Mr. W. M. Hughes's wool scheme would lis adopted as it stood. It was essential for this country that supplies should he kept 1111, ttnd etill mofo eo for Franca and Belgium. Mr. Hughes's proposals would mean that 110 supplies would ho going to tho European market and ah artificial scarcity would be caused. Tho scheme might defeat its own object by increasing the sale of wool other than Australian.. ' . Tho "Yorkshire 1 Post" eays: It is i 'difficult to seo how Mr. Hughes can compel woolgrowers to havo all their ! woohsold at auction,in Australia, aB he 1 declined to give compulsory powers for a similar, scheme in respect of wheat." 1 —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ... profits for, Distribution. Melbourne, May 12. It is understood that the British Government will distribute to Australian woolgrowerß in. September on account of profits acoruing at the Loni don sales—PTess Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 195, 13 May 1920, Page 5
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184AUSTRALIAN WOOL Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 195, 13 May 1920, Page 5
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