NEW WOOL PACK

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 270, 4 February 1928, Page 27

NEW WOOL PACK

HELPING JUTE OUT A new lined wool pack, the' invention of a New South Wales woman, has evidently attracted the attention of Bradford. The liner consists of a substantial cheese-cloth material, closely woven, but light in weight. In measurement the lining material is somewhat greater than the jute fabric and is gathered so as to allow for the pressure placed upon it when the bale is pressed, and when it is dumped. The gathering in addition gives surplus material for protection should the bales be cut for sampling. The “Wool and Textile Record” (Bradford), in commenting upon the pack, stated: —“Similar packs were seen in London about a year ago, but the lining then used was much flimsier. It is claimed for this invention that when the bale is cut open for inspection the loose jute fitxres do not become mixed with the wool. If adequate precautions were taken, we believe this claim could be substantiated, but the lining, like The outer covering, must be cut, and the inventor’s suggestion that the lining should be pinned back over the outside cut by means of wooden skewers, presupposes that the men responsible for showing the wool would always take this necessary precaution. We are inclined to doubt it. At the same time, the idea has much to commend it, and it is possible that experience may suggest further improvements.”