WOOL MARKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22421, 16 November 1934, Page 4

WOOL MARKET

REQUIREMENTS OF BRADFORD A NEW ZEALANDER’S OBSERVATIONS. ' . « ‘i/ IPeb United Press Association) WELLINGTON, November 15. Interesting observations on the wool requirements of Bradford were made by Mr T. R. Smith, of Central Otago, on his arrival from England to-day by the lonic. Mr Smith has been abroad for four and a-half years, most of the time haying been spent in Argentina. One thing which struck the visitor to Bradford, skid Mr Smith, was the fact that New Zealand wool, owing to the predominance of the Romney strain in the North, Island, was not finding such good favour with the comber. The wool was becoming kempy, it was generally lacking in condition, and the fibre in many cases was changing. From the Bradford manufacturer’s point of view: a predominance of Leicester and Border Leicester would be preferred instead of Romney. Bradford was very much afraid of Japan. Bradford could not compete with Japan in the cheaper wools. Japan had collared the market for the -cheap article, and if she continued as she was doing now it appeared that she was going to get more than her share of the business in the bott-r class of textiles. Lamb from Argentina was very popular in England, added Mr Smith. For quality and the output were getting better each year. Much of the improvement was due to the introduction of the very best New Zealand sires into the large Argentina studs, both Lincoln and Corricdale. The New Zealand Lincoln was in a class by itself in Argentina and found very great favour with the man who was running an establishment for the dual purpose of sheep and wool. The English Lincoln was popular with the man who was going in for a high production of wool.