IMPROVING THE WOOL PACKS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 199, 16 May 1908, Page 3

IMPROVING THE WOOL PACKS.

' ALtWOOL TWINE.: ' The Bradford '■ committee' which hsvs bean inquiring into tho question of vegetable fibre m ■wopl;.inve3tfcated:'au : "all-wool twine," which/was- unanimously approved, .by tho members.. . Several': severe tests were made .by-, the -committeo,; but, tho, new • article stood them all satisfactorily; and tho London warehouses, are now ■making ..trial,- of.. the' invention. .; According to the.- London, corre-spondent.'-of.-rthe -Sydney- " Daily Telegraph," -the..cost willbo.loss.than the ordinary hemp twine,-because one .will require but. a single thickness,-in baling,, instead of two or three thicknesses'of the other.. ( It was'suppostod that tho •colonial brokers, should bring, this new;-twine under, the notice-of their, clients next season. Tho cost is sot dpiviv at. lSd. per. ,Ib. : ball, of 450 yards, as'.against Od. par lb. ball bf'32o ya.rdii'of/•hemp-',twino'.- . In -regard/ to'wool packs, or.o" which has. found some favour at.'Hcinn Ims a jiito exterior and a wool interior. Tho-'irnU-rr. purpose using a yarn : niade r.iif'-cf a laiv: oro3Ebrod/say: 36's quality, to lir.o the packAvith. The .'weight ofcloah wool' necessary to -ir,.i!<c this -'-lining-, would be about 170z., and nf-tlic averago' value, would add/is: »or balofdr material. In order -...to test: tlie ' idea thoroughly, it. is- proposed -. to send some Bam pies ; out: to Australia .to bo used: under Australian conditions. Tho-packs submitted by the makers "cost, just under. 3s; Another suggestion-..is ;a -"paper-lined pack, tho cost of which was also,-.computed at about 3s. Tho difficulty about: this, "apparently is an anxiety as. to effect of greaso on tho paper lining. No one could giyo a defmito opinion, becauso it'was impoßsiblo to find a press in England, or on the Continent, similar .to those in use out here, to experiment with. Some samples havo, however) been sent out for trial.