WOOL INDUSTRY

Southland Times, Issue 21196, 24 September 1930, Page 5

WOOL INDUSTRY

RESEARCH CONFERENCE MANUFACTURER AND PRODUCER INSUFFICIENT CONTACT (United Press Assn.—By ' Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 10.30 p.m.) London, September 23. A paper read at the Wool Research Conference by Mr A. C. Rivett (Australia), said that no attempt, was made in Australia to touch the manufacturing side of the industry. That belongect to Britain. “I am confident that an appropriate division of work is desirable,” he said. “Australia and South Africa are shouldering the responsibility of production and Britain of manufacturing.” Dr. E. Marsden, of New Zealand, said he regretted there was insufficient contact between producer and manufacturer, also the lamentable lack of information in regard to the attributes of wool desirable from the manufacturer’s point of view, and whether' it was desirable to develop pedigree types of sheep suitable to the present predominant Romney and Corriedale. types. With New Zealand’s relatively uniform climate wool might ultimately be purchased on a fairly definite specification, thus stabilizing the industry. Mr du Toit (South Africa), said the practice of sending their students to Australia had a marked influence on the standard of South African wool, resulting in. the Government creating a number of scholarships for research.