NEW WOOLPACK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 180, 1 August 1935, Page 4

NEW WOOLPACK.

TO BE MADE OF FLAX. TESTS AT BRADFORD. Apropos of the visit made to Bradford by the Xew Zealand Prime Minister, to be present at an inspection of a Xew Zealand wool pack, our Bradford correspondent writes: — An interesting phase of this visitation from Xew Zealand is that Mr. T. L. Buxton, representing the Xew Zealand Woolpack Textiles, Ltd., of Wellington, made a special journey to Bradford by air in order to be in the city when Mr. Forbes was inspecting the new packs. Travelling liiwt by sea to Australia, then forward by air, he made the journey in 17 days. Sixty of the new packs have now made tba journey to Bradford, and Mr. Buxton is here to take speuial note of how they have stood the rortgh wear of transit. It is claimed that by the use of flax instead of jute the great expense incurred by having to remove particles of jute from manufactured goods will be obviated. If it can be demonstrated that particles of flax will not net into the wool, and that the ilax pack will be strong enough to stand up to the rough usage in transport, then the trade here will be keenly interested. Tens of thousands of pounds are spent year by year in removing jute fibres from piece goods. Their presence is often not revealed until after the dyeing process.