IMPROVEMENT OF WOOL.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20905, 12 July 1933, Page 11

IMPROVEMENT OF WOOL.

PROPOSAL FOR MEAT BOARD CONTROL. ! DISCISSION BY FARMERS' EXECUTIVE. i LTUE PRESS Special Senriic] I WELLINGTON, July 11. A statement that the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board was now sympathetic towards the proposal that it should control a scheme for the improvement of wool was made at a meeting of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union today. The South Island sheep farmers, it was stated, were also favourable to a wool improvement scheme, and the opinion was expressed that the scheme would have to include both the North Island and the South Island, or there could be no scheme at all. The executive appointed a committee to confer this evening with the wool committee, and to report to the New Zealand Farmers' Union conference to-morrow. President's Attitude. A review of the steps recently taken to set up a wool committee was made by the president, Mr W. J. Poison, M.P., who also outlined the attitude he had taken up. He said he had stated previously that the main reason for the demand for a separate organisation was the feeling against the Meat -oard. lie criticised the method of election of the board, but said that the sheep farmers were dissatisfied with the Meat Board and proposed to set up a Wool Council in exactly the same way. If the Meat Board was not. functioning satisfactorily, it should be remodelled and put on sound lines. A plan would be to ask for legislation to create such a system of election as to get sound men on the job. to look after wool as well as meat. The whole thing might be done by one organisation, though it might be necessary to set up two committees. Support for Separate Board. Mr H. Morrison (Wairarapa) said he thought there was much to be said in favour of a separate board, as a good meat man might not be a good wool man. What the North Island farmers were objecting to now was mostly the compulsory levy. Mr L. Hammond (Wellington) said that the attitude of the Meat Board over the question had changed since the board was approached in October last. Hostility to the scheme by the farmers had come about as a result of the proposal to create another board, and to make a levy. The reaction to the criticism was that the Meat Board should control the scheme. ■Mr Hammond said he was very surprised to hear this morning that the Meat Board was not hostile to handling the whole question. In that event, the scheme would have to include the South Island. "It is going to be a whole New Zealand scheme, or no scheme at all," he said. Mr I. D. !Revie (Otago) said that the South Island was interested in the marketing of wool. He thought that the wool growers in the South Island would favour the scheme to improve the quality of production and the marketing of wool. Mr W. W. Mulholland (Canterbury! said he thought the farmers' opinion in the North and South Islands was in alignment. The opposition in each case was against a levy. The majority of progressive sheep men in the South Island were just as sympathetic as the North Island men to a scheme for the improvement of wool.

Objection to Levy. "If the Meat Board handled this thing, it would dispose of the levy ence and for all, and it is against the levy that objection is made," said Mr Poison. The following committee was set up to investigate the question. Messrs L. Hammond (Wellington), T. Currie fWanganui), J. E. Benson (Poverty Bay), I. D. Revie (Otago), J. D. Hall (Canterbury), and H. Morrison (Wairarapa). LONDON WOOL SALES.

BRISK DEMAND CONTINUES. (UKITED MtKSS ASSOCIATION-—BY ELECTIUC TELBttttAFK—COP\aiGHT.) LONDON, July 10. At the vool sales 9297 bales were offered, including 2638 from New Zealand, about 4530 being sold. The brisk demand continued, the bulk of the offerings being sold at full recent rates. New Zealand scoured merinos, Mount Hutt, top price 23* d, average 22d. Greasy crossbred, Pahaunui, lOd to 7gd average. Bradford Quotations. The Bradford tops market is very fa-m, with a fair amount of business, especially in medium crossbreds. The Bank of New Zealand has received ths following advice from its London office, under date July 11, giving current values of wool:—" Merinos d. d. Super, 60/G4 - s .. 14 to 15 Ordinary .. 12 to 13 Inferior .. 10 to 10J Halfbreds—56's ~ 12 to 13 50/56's .. 9J to 101 Crossbreds—•iO's .. 8 to 9' t 48 50s .. 7 to 8 46 48'.s .. 61 to 7 44/46's .. 5J to 6.1 40/44s .. 51 to 6 36/40s .. 51 to 51 AUCTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND. FARMER OBJECTS TO HAST]-. (iRJISS ASSOCIATION IJCLEGK.'.U.) WELLINGTON, July 11. The Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union to-night commended the Government on the firm stand it was taking over the Australian embargo on New Zealand potatoes, and expressed the hope that no trade agreement would be signed which allowed the embargo to remain in force. Mr L. Bryant moved that the union should protest against the rush method by which wool was sold in the Dominion. He said that as much as 30,000 bales of wool was sold in a day. Mr W. J. Poison, M.P., said that the. buyers' answer to this was that too many wool sales were held in New Zealand, and they had to work fast in order to get through. The brokers also favoured fast bidding, as this often brought higher prices than if there was time for deliberation. The remit was withdrawn. LONDON TALLOW STOCKS. LONDON, July 10. Tallow stocks at the end of June were 1877 casks. Imports were 696 casks and deliveries 746 casks.

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