WOOL MARKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1921, Page 5

WOOL MARKET.

NEW ZEALAND’S POSITION. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. By Telegraph —Press Association. I Wellington, Last- Night. A joint meting of the Board of Agriculture and the Primary Producers’ Committee was held to-day, Sir James Wilson presiding. The conference discussed the present wool position, including prices, freights, and fcther important aspects Mr. •>. D. Hunt, who was appointed by a large meeting of producers last year to act as special New Zealand representative on the advisory committee in London, attended the meeting, and gave a very full and lucid account of the wliole facts of the position as ascertained by him. As a result resolutions were passed which are to be submitted to the Prime Minister. The meeting also discussed various aspects of the frozen meat position and went generally into matters which just now are of special interest to primary producers. It is understood a detailed report will be available shortly. The freights now charged on wool are l%d for greasy and l%d for scoured, including dumping charges. In the case of private shipments the shipping companies also pay up to four weeks’ Storage.