BRADFORD’S WANTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1923, Page 5

BRADFORD’S WANTS

REQUESTS TO MR. MASSEY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, December 7. Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey visited Leeds to inspect the housing system, then went to Bradford where they were shown Sir Titus Salt’s wool spinning mills at Saltaire.

The Lord Mayor welcomed them at the Town Hall, where they were entertained. A large' company was at the luncheon. Proposing the visitors’ healths, the Lord Mayor said that there never had been a time when closer co-operation between the Motherland amt the Dominions was so necessary. Mr Bruce urged the business interests of Bradford to do their utmost to further trade developments with the Dominions. Mi - . Masseywarmly supported Mr. Bruce’s advice, and added that he had heard New Zealand wool in some respects was not quite what Bradford required, but he was taking back information for dealing with Bradford requirements. He urged the exhibitors at the Empire Exhibition to do their best to provide educative exhibits in order to give oversea visitors an idea of the value of Yorkshire industries. A deputation from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce and the Executive of the British Wood Federation conferred with Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey, urging the disuse of tarbranding sheep. They pointed out that experiments had already disclosed n solvent-, bvnndinc' material, which

would resist the results of weather on live sheep. The deputation complained of the inferiority of bales used in packing wool, stating that vegetable matter from inferior bales could not be eradicated until it reached cloth, and entailed an extra cost of 12/6 per sixty yards for burling. The deputation suggested that the use of Romney rams in New Zealand was causing inferior streaks of wool, resulting in serious defects in the cloth. They recommended the use of Wensleydale rams, whereof they presented a fine specimen to Mr. Massey. They demanded a reduction in Australian and New Zealand tariffs on artificial silk goods. They discussed the question of mails and Australian exchange. Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey promised that sympathetic attention would be