AUSTRALIAN WOOL

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 36, 11 August 1933, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN WOOL

COMPLAINTS FROM JAPAN

Complaints (that, much Australian wool; on; arrival at the Works has been found untrue to label 'have been made in ' Japans; :' Tlie Australian Mercantile Land'and Finance Company states that tho .term'"false packed" had been, used by the Japanese, and that was open to a sinister interpretation, which doubtless was iiot" intended. ''If tho desire of the buyers is to impress upon growers the desirability of taking more pains in the preparation of their clips, wool brokers are in agreement," states the company; "In trade, circles the belief persists that tho Japanese ' section ' has "indulged1 in*the\ practice of, buying outside of auction channels to a greater extent thaii any other group of buyers. If this is so, much .of the cause giving rise to the reported complaint rests with the purchasers themselves.' , A.good, deal of the wool which passes through brokers' stores is reclassed,-, with-tho approval of tho owner on .tho. recommendation. of the brokers, who, on havo found tho fleece more' pai'tieularly to bo too irregular' in quality,, length, and so on to sell' satisfactorily," as originally packed. In'this way,:brokers protect the inters cist's of'both" sides'of tho trade and help to cultivate a good name for tho brand, Until spgcifip' particulars of the pur-" chases which have been ■ the sources of complaint; aro made available responsibility cannot be fixed." ,

Ilog-lovers all over Britain have been advised to.make a-special point of seeing that an Apt of Parliament which has received the Royal Assent is used to the full in the interests of thejr four-legged friends. Under this Act, if a person ia convicted of cruelty to a dog the Magistrates may direct that he; shall not be allowed to. keep a dog or to obtain a dog 'iNM% itt whatever period they,decide.