WOOL VALUES.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15769, 9 December 1916, Page 9

WOOL VALUES.

I — < I jIbBITBATOK FOB NORTH I CANTERBURY, 'jfRAV. NICHOLAS APPOINTED. T h e WouteroweiV Committee which ffß3 elected at last Wednesday's con- ? „n«> lm- since been in daily comSSio'; «... *„ H.n. W B. S. UacDonald, -Minister of Agriculture, in card to various matters connected Sh t-ho scheme for the valuation of ,bc wool clip- The committee lias received a telegram from the Minister .latin? t hat 3lr illiam Nicholls, of Belfast- has been appointed arbitrator for the North Canterbury district. The Minister also approves of the committee's recommendation that the A arbitrator's decision shall lie final in all appeals, and that on e supervisor only shall be appointed. )[r Mac Donald informed Mr F. H. Labatt, secretary of the Woolgrowers' Committee, that he wished to thank I t jj a t body for so ably assisting to put the scheme on a satisfactory basis. The committee reports that further details will bo furnished to woolgrowers at an early date, and in the meantime desires to point out that Mr Xicholls will now be prepared to arbitrate on any lots on which the. values are in question. (TRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) GISROUXE. December 8. The four Government wool valuers have completed their work in this district, and left to-day for Napier.