WOOL TRADE.
EMPIRE'S GREAT PART
The British Empire is the greatest woolproducing and the largest woo'.-.-- i::*-:m::ig aggregation of people m the wo:'.d \pv.-s irom imports of manufacturer the. L'nited Kingdom. Australia, Can.nb.. Now Zealand and India ;;=e the c-::iva'i--1 of nearly 3,000.000 bales annually in their mills, or approximately o'.ie-iVurrh of the world's sv.pp!y. The Empire r.ows o\.*r 45 per cent of the torn! clip of'tlie world, which includes a proportion of carpet wools. The five chief wool exporting fminiriee are Australia, Xew Zealand. " Inion of fcouth Africa, Argentina and Urujtiay, their total clips agsrresr.itins 6.676.ftrt0 hales, ot which 75 per cent is grown in the three British countries. Australia, Xew Zealand and South Airk-a. Those fi_'ur« indicate the depreo to which l-.-t,..! v.-,.] p T '.. ca influence the financial we'fave of British Empire peoplo: i:r.t only srower» b:;i men, workers ami others en cap. ! i-.i the production of tops, yarns and :\ibr:i' s. BRADFORD PRICES FIRM. (Reeeived 11 ajn.) LOXDOX, August 14 At Bradford there is a ]>■ ■'i.• .y mi-ko-ralJy lirm. . .. _ _
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 6
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173WOOL TRADE. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 6
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