New Wool Pack

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 288, 15 November 1924, Page 5

New Wool Pack

Shipping: Costs Reduced CONFERENCE IN LONDON. ■ -■ 1 w LARGE ESTIMATED SAVING. [By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.] (Received 15, 11.25 a.m.) London, Nov. 14. Following on the Bradford conference on September 9th, a conference attended by members of the woo! industry and dominion producers, opened in London this morning to discuss a suggested new pack designed to greatly reduce expenses. The Agent-General for Western Australia, Mr. Fairbairn, nresided. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand were officially represented. Sir W. H. Aykroyd, chairman of the Bradford chamber, submitted a padk of 500 pounds, compared with the present 330, permitting lower cost of tart, made of a light wool mixture, avoiding jute blemishes in unpacking ana banded iron hoops. A committee, comprising five representatives of the trade and six producers, whs arranged to consider the proposal. Sir W. H. Aykroyd expressed the opinion that the new pack would sate £BOO.OOO. He added, jocularly, that it might be worth while to reimburse a few growers the cost of a new presb. Replying to a suggestion to redurt the size to the dimensions at present used. Sir W. H. Aykroyd declared that the trade tried all sizes, and SOOlbs. was the only practical proposition, considering shipping and railway freights. Another trader pointed out that the freight for 6000 miles from Buenos Ayres was only a farthing compared with IJd for 12,000 miles from Australia. due partly to South American use of the 800 pound pack.—(Renter.)