CONTROL OF WOOL
OBJECTIVE ACHIEVED CONSERVING SUPPLIES COTTON PRICE FIXATION (Reed. Dec. 26, 2.10 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 25. The favourable Christmas atmosphere on the London Stock Exchange is the subject of much comment. The wool control policy continues to receive much prominence and attention. There have been a series of important meetings, including a private conference of Australian and New Zealand interests. The Yorkshire Observer draws attention to the week’s great activity in connection with plans to increase the export of wool. The trade claims that no one can deny that wool control has achieved its primary objects in conserving the nation’s wool supplies and in providing the wool commodities required for the prosecution of the war „ „ , The President of the Board of Trade Mr Oliver Stanley, in announcing that it is intended to fix cotton prices, said a levy of not more than .04d ner pound on raw cotton was tn'oposed for financing measures for the development of the cotton export trade
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 11
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163CONTROL OF WOOL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 11
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