PREMIER IN YORKSHIRE

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 December 1923, Page 7

PREMIER IN YORKSHIRE

WHAT BRADFORD WANTS. A USEFUL DEPUTATION. MR. MASSEY»S PROMISE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.} c.Keceived 1.30 p.ui.) LONDON, December 7. Messrs. Bruce and Massey visited Leeds to inspect the housing system. They then went to Bradford, wnere they were shown Sir Titus Salts wool spinning mills at Saltaire. Ihe Lord Mayor welcomed them at the Town Hall, where he entertained a large company at luncheon. Proposing their healths, he said there never has been a time when closer cooperation between the Motherland and Dominoins were so necessary.

Mr. Bruce urged that it was in the business interests of Bradford to do their utmost to further her trade developments with the Dominions. Mr. Massey warmly supported Mr. Bruce's advice, and added that he heard New Zealand wool in some respects was not quite what Bradford required, but he was taking back information for dealing with Bradford requirements. He urged exhibitors at the Empire Exhibition to do their best to provide educative exhibits in order to give oversea visitors an idea of the value of Yorkshire industries.

A deputation from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce and the executive of the British Wool Federation conferred with Messrs. Bruce and Massey, urging the disuse of tar branding of sheep. They pointed out that experiments already disclosed a solvent branding material which would resist the results of weather on live sheep. The deputation complained of the inferiority ot the bales used in packing wool, stating that vegetable matter from inferior bales could not be eradicated until they reached cloth and entailed an extra cost of 12/0 per 60yds for burling. The deputation suggested that he use of Romney rams in New Zealand was causing inferior streaks in the wool, resulting in serious defects in the cloth. They recommended the use of Wensyleydale rams, whereof they presented a fine specimen to Mr. Massey. They also demanded a reduction in Australian and Now Zealand tariffs on artificial silk goods, and discussed questions of mails and Australian exchange. Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey promised that sympathetic attention would be given to all the matters.— (A. and N.Z.)