DEALERS IN WOOL.
NEAV METHOD OF LICENSING. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON, Aug. 22. In announcing the procedure for the coming season’s wool appraisals, today, Hon. W. Lee Martin also dealt with the subject of wool dealers. All current wool dealers’ and skin dealers’ licenses are to be cancelled as from September 30 and a new method of issuing licenses and controlling dealing will be introduced, said the Minister, who added that applications for new licenses must be lodged before September. In future only a limited number of licenses would be issued by the Primary Industries Controller which would allow the holder to deal in wool (other than sliped or scoured), sheepskins, hides, calfskins and. oddments.
Tho Minister said that, as the controlling authority, it was the Government’s duty to protect both the United Kingdom Government, as the purchaser of tho whole of. New Zealand’s wool production, and the New Zealand sheep-farmers as the sellers. So far most of the arrangements had worked as smoothly as could bo expected in such a big scheme, and the Government had received the full co-operation of all concerned. “The war has made it necessary to economise in the use of petrol and oil and in a number of services it lias been found necessary to zone areas to bring about the desired result. In the case of wool dealers it is believed that many are operating without a .license and that there is more dealing than is necessary and desirable. Unfortunately, it has been found that many dealers are failing to comply with the conditions of their licenses and also not keeping proper records of their purchases. Following representations and some complaints which have been made, the whole matter has been carefully considered and it _ ha 6 now been decided to introduce a new method of issuing licenses and controlling dealing.” Under the terms of the new licenses dealers would be required to keep on a prescribed form records of all their purchases and receipts, together with the name and address of the person from whom the purchase was made,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 227, 23 August 1940, Page 5
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