USES FOR WOOL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 286, 3 December 1930, Page 11

USES FOR WOOL.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICITY. ADVANTAGES OF CENTRAL FUND. ENGLISH EXPERT'S VIEWS. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star-.") NAPIER, this day.

An immediate carefully planned campaign to advance tlio movement aiming at the establishment of a central fund designed to benefit tho woolgrovving industry in New Zealand is strongly advocated by Lord Barnby, principal of Francis Willey Company, wool buyers and manufacturers of Bradford and Boston, who is, at present visiting Napier, "lie expresses the hope that the bill, at present in draft form, providing for sucli a scheme will bo passed into an agreed measure. , Since he arrived in the Dominion -Lord Barnby, who is "chairman of the Wool Industries' Research Association, and a paet president of the Federation of British Industries, has been favourably impressed by the strong view held by several large avool growers that New Zealand should -follow the example of South. "Africa in the establishment of a central fund by a statutory levy" upon' all exported wool. Moneys accruing to such a fund, he explained yesterday, could' be devoted as advantageously as possible to the betterment of conditions in the wool growing industry by expending them in such directions as technical and economic research and publicity, aiming at extended and more varied uses for wool. Attempts should be made to influence fashion, not by pure advertisement, but by propaganda and skilful publicity. Such a scheme, he explained, would probably influence Aus-tx-alia, and as soon as'such a course was adopted in that country it could be hoped that tho woollen manufacturing interests of Britain might be ', induced to form a similar organisation. _ It would then be possible to establish a central body of nominated representatives, to. determine how the expenditure of the available funds could be most usefully made. "I urge this scheme ae chairman of the Wool Industries' Research Association, to which the New Zealand Government in common with the Governments of the other Dominions contributes," said Lord Bamby. . Asked for his views on the disposal ot the product in this country, Lord Barnby expressed tho opinion that a longer period would be advantageous, It would appear, he said, that tho policy of attempting.to crowd the disposal of the whoie season's clip into four or five months was distinctly questionable.