WOOL AT THE PARIS SHOW.

Otago Witness, Issue 1417, 18 January 1879, Page 5

WOOL AT THE PARIS SHOW.

The Argus learns from private soirees that at the Paris Exhibition, when the jury appointed to adjudicate oh the wool section came to the final decision as to the awards, they agreed to give a gold medal to S. WiLson's Ercildoune wo 1, and to Mr E. K. Oox's Mudgee wool. The commissioners of the two colonies interested pressed the jury to decide between them, and give a grand priz9 to the exhibit most deserving of the honour. The jury, being mainly c imposed of Frenchmen, gave the prize to the wool most in request lor their fabric 3, for which a fine clothiug wool is most suited. The New South Wales exhibit was presented in a much more attractive manner than the rival exhibit from Victoria, the former having been shown in boxe3, thereby enabling the fleeces to be better examined, while the Vie torian exhibit was pressed in an ordinary woolpank, and had been soiled by dust, to which by the manner of its being exhibited it was exposed. The result Bhould teach a useful lesson to exhibitors of this article. A curious commentary upon the award is the fact that the highest prices of the rival brands sold in London in the previous year (1577) differed exactly by 2s per lb, Ercildouuo wool fetching 5a O^-d per lb, and its rival 3i o£d.