WOOLLEN INDUSTRY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18545, 3 November 1934, Page 15

WOOLLEN INDUSTRY

NEW ZEALAND MILLS SCOTTISH VISITOR’S VIEWS "To. say that the South Island of New; Zealand is one of the finest sheep lands in the world is stating common knowledge, but one has to see the South Island to realise the value of experience,” said Dr. T. Oliver, principal emeritus of the Scottish Woollen Technical College of Galashiels, Scotland, in an interview in Wellington. During October Dr. Oliver travelled through the South Bland to Invercargill inspecting developments in woolgrowing and manufacture. “There seems to have been undue speculation in land and, on tho average, rent is altogether too dear for the farmer to have a fair chance of getting reward for his labor,” he said.

As to wool manufacture, said. Dr. Oliver, there were only 32 mills in New Zealand, eight of which were in the sOll tli Island, but they were all forced to attempt to make too many kinds <d cloths, and economy of manufacture was, therefore, to some extent, lost. After referring to tariffs, lie said that New Zealand mills lie had seen were very -well equipped. Certainly they were quite equal to the best mills of Scotland.

Dr. Oliver intends making a tour of inspection through the North Island shortly and will sail from Auckland on November 22. . . . .... , . ....