ALTERATION IN DATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 4

ALTERATION IN DATE.

NEXT WOOL APPRAISAL. | ARKAXUED FOli XEXT WEEK. ' Advice has liceii received trom Mr. .J. K. Connor. cretaiy r.i till- ,\ m I WoolliroUprs' Assneiat ion. that tlx* lilti: wool a a i.c.i t in _\ ink la 11.1 this sea.- hi will now on Friil.i.v mxl. -lanii.ii> 10. . instead of January Jo. tin- date ai landed N.riiii' weeks an..i. 1*r..1111»t date for payment <this wool will. .1- .1 result •it the 1 halite. In- in th■ • \ i:-11111 \ ot • lanuary "27. aero; dill;: to wunit t: 1• ■ a!n>l ai< i.l ends. sin e "|iVo:u|it date" is a in ays a after then. So far. wniviimvi'i s i:i tin' |e. ov'.nre this t-i'.-isin, have received !_'(>7!UI0:l. or a'noiit tuii'c the am. lint paid nut. prior to ("!ii 'istniii- under tin? air-tuni s\ stt.-m in peace time. \t tim la.-t olVi'i-irn; Hi.MM hale-. were valued iiliil tin l cheques a msnnti'J to '-"..".M.7!!0. 'j'o <|jito 111 ■ < season some 4'l.o'l't lialos have lieeu through the appraise)*' |i:llids. Wool for I lie 1o:11i 11 li a i 1111 a i>a 1 luis Ween in the stotes t'ni some time, Owim: tu the i'h a live in the 11 all • it i,< stated tiiat a certain anioiint oi liiimiiii: ami reclassin;: may lime to lie done at a later appro isi-nieli t. AUSTRALIAN CLIP. UIUTI.SH COVTK.UT NAT. IE I). Only slightly over 01 c-third of the Australian clip remains :o be appraised this season. Exports have been much less than a year ago, shipments being confined to the United Kingdom, the United States and a few other countries, state Winchcombe Carson, Ltd.. of Sydney. The British contract has been of inestimable value to growers, and the nation as a whole. Without It sheepowners would have suffered because of the absence of the usual volume of buying of their product and the national revenue of the Commonwealth being appreciably reduced. Some growers may have been disappointed with the prices at whirh tneir woo. was appraised, bur nr> person can question the advantage of having an assured purchaser for their product. The, meat contracts with Great Biitain have also been most beneficial. If essential conditions in the pastoral industry j had been generally as favourable as the market-' ing position for its products, landholders wouM have been securely placed. Over a great part ! of New South Wales and a considerable area of Queensland. 1940 will be rnmembered as one of j the driest years ever experienced.