IMPROVED WOOLPACK

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18087, 7 August 1936, Page 8

IMPROVED WOOLPACK

SOUTH AFRICAN INVENTION SUPERIORITY CLAIMED . SYDNEY, July 17. Mrs. Morris Alexander, who as “Miss Enid Bautnberg, was well known in Sydney and who since her residence in Cape Colony, lias had' unusual opportunities of seeing South Africa as it reallv is, writes:— .

South Africa js proud of her wool and her wool industry, and it lias fallen to the lot of a South African, Jacob Carlin, to be the first person in the world to invent a process for the treating ot jute cloth, for the packing of wool, so as to prevent fibres from becoming detached and intermingling with the contents. This has troubled wool packers for many years, and the financial loss entailed from its present packing, runs into hundreds of thousands of pounds every year, and the wool buyer has had to foot tlie bill hitherto. This invention is so good, that after the wool is taken from the pack and sent to the wool washcry, tlie pack may lie used again for clean wool, as there is no danger oi jute fibres mingling with the wool. Furthermore, its inventor claims for it, that the pack is moisture-proof, dustproof,and proof against stencil stains penetrating into the clean wool. The pack used at present all over the world is made of ordinary jute, and has sewn seams at the bottom and sides. The great drawback of this pack, is that tlie jute frays and strands enter the wool. They are very difficult to remove, and often are not noticed until the wool is woven as cloth. The strands are not even removed by carbonising and' carding.

This new South African invention is made of ordinary jute, but it is coated inside with a special preparation. \Vhcn applied the preparation is very sticky, so that tlie ends of the jute pack can lie turned in without sewing. There artno seams in the bottom of the pack, as it is made from two strips, which cross at right angles, and are stuck together with this preparation. The only sewing that is necessary on tlie packs, is up the sides. The invention has been submitted to the Wool Research Committee in Leeds and also to the South African Wool Board. Australian, New Zealand and Canadian wool interests have also been apprised of the discovery.

Australian wool buyers would probably welcome the existence of this pack which would save them so much wool, and it will be interesting to learn tlie final opinion of the Leeds Wool Research Committee on the South African invention.