MUCH IMPROVED PACK

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19152, 22 October 1936, Page 6

MUCH IMPROVED PACK

| USE OF N.Z. FLAX | WOOL FROM DOMINION REPLY TO CRITICISM 1 (Per Press Association.) . WET. LING TON, this day. g Replying to .Mr. S. W. Broad]load’s 1 adverse comment on the New Zealand | flax woolsacks, Hr. F. W. Viekorman, I tho managin'; director of New Zealand |JWoolpnck and Textiles, I.imifed, said | that. Bradford so far had seen only two | seasons’ output, of the. New Zealand i l’aetorv. : The* first, the 1934-35 park of twill { weave, was not as suitable as il might ; have. been. The second, the 1935-36 ! pack, was the latest in which woo! was | sent to England, and the 1936-57 parr: ! was now being distributed to cover approximately one-quarter of this season's clip If undoubtedly was a much-improved pack, and next year would bo further improved, so as to eliminate the complaint regarding porousness and also minimise the possibility of loose fibre adhering to the inside of the pack. Mr. X ickerman said an experiment very much to the advantage of the Max pack was to mb a woollen surface against llax. and jute packs and observe the amount of loose fibre detached. FURTHER CONSIDERATION BRADFORD PROMISE (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Referring further to his criticism of the New Zealand woolsacks, .Mr. S. W. Broad head said to-day that since making his previous observations he had been advised that the tlax pack being® distributed to the farmers showed a great improvement on the pack previously delivered, and when this pack was received in Bradford, very careful consideration would he given as to its suitability. FURTHER EXPERIMENT USE OF BROWN PAPER (Reed. Oct. 22. 2 p.m.) ! LONDON, del. 21. •’ Sir David Rivclt, after visiting the Wool Industry Research Association’s : station at Leeds, told the Associated * Press that lie was most interested in the experiments connected with a. new * type of woolpack composed of tough 1 brown paper woven with wool, samples 1 of which were being sent to Australia. It was claimed that the pack eliminnted the disadvantages of (he jute pack, i and it appeared superior to the flax 1 pack recently used in New Zealand.