WOOL HOARDING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20186, 2 March 1940, Page 5

WOOL HOARDING

BRADFORD ACCUSED AUSTRALIAN CRITICISM FEARS FOR VALUES COLLAPSE AFTER WAR (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. March 2, 9 a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 1. Sir Dalziel Kelly, the chairman' of the Australian Wool Board, in an outspoken statement to-day, declared that the British wool control was administered from Bradford, apparently in the interests of Bradford. He added: “Obviously it is Bradford’s desire to sell manufactured and semi-manufactured goods to other countries rather than make available adequate supplies at reasonable prices. “Wool is going into store instead of being released for consumption, and the end of the war will find an accumulation of stocks that, with the competition with artificial fibres, will cause a complete collapse of prices and disaster to growers,” he said. The board has appealed to the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. _Menzies, urging an approach to the British Government to see that more wool is released for consumption. The board has also cabled to Dr. Clunies Ross, of the international wool secretariat, to fly to Australia in order to impart inform - tion which secrecy and censorship make difficult to obtain.