WOOL SCHEME

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20914, 20 September 1939, Page 12

WOOL SCHEME

VALUE OF PRODUCTION PURCHASE OF AUSTRALIAN CLIP The number of types provided for in the British wool purchase scheme will be sufficiently extensive to cover the whole of Australian production, says a report issued by Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. Owners will consequently obtain true value for their clips in correct relation to the price the British Government pays and in accordance with the grades of the sheep’s staple an owner grows. With the experience gained in the 1916-20 British purchase scheme the appraising organisation is likely to be most efficient. The revisions in methods which became necessary in the earlier stages of the preceding scheme should not now arise. Wool Is to be consigned to brokers in the various selling centres of Australia, and as far as growers are concerned, monetary returns will be sent to them through the usual channels. United Kingdom Clip At the moment, the British mills appear to be equipped with supplies to carry-on pending the receipt of consignments from Australia and elsewhere. The British clip has been shorn. The United Kingdom pastures 26,300,000 sheep which produce the equivalent of approximately 356,000 bales of Australian weight. The wools are of coarse to medium crossbred types. Usually on the average about. 173,000 bales are exported to various countries, but the Control Board will now conserve supplies for Great Britain and her friendly countries. In the 1914-18 war the territory in which a great number of the French mills is situated was not available to the Allies for the production of textiles. Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lille are in the north of France close to the Belgian border. On this occasion they are available for manufacture, and it is Likely, therefore, that France will be able to continue her output of textiles. Supplies of w’ool will no doubt ,Ne allocated to her by the British authorities. Decision With Britain The Belgian mills, carbonising and scouring establishments were in German hands from 1914 to 191-8, but are now available for the treatment of w*ool. Over 50 per cent of Belgium's imports are usually obtained in Australia. She is a neutral and the decision to supply her wants with Australian consignments rests with the British control authorities. Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States and other countries are similarly situated. The United States is estimated to shear a clip equalling the weight of 1,252,330 bales this year. That is very close to the record total she grew in 1931-32 and is about 2 per cent larger than last year. Stocks of wool in the States, however, are considerably less than twelve months ago, and if sales in Australia were proceeding normally it is probable that appreciable American orders t would have been experienced when suitable types became available. * An early announcement of the price at which the Australian clip has been acquired is probable, and every effort will be made by those concerned to get appraisements moving as quickly as possible