HIDES AND SKINS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1274, 13 March 1918, Page 6

HIDES AND SKINS.

REQUISITIONING ARRANGEMENTS. Vre s/; A fts o cut tin n. 'WEi;LIN<rrON, Mar-Is 12. Tlic Prime Minister desires tljiit the following be made public,:— As tho outcome of !i confci imm c of representatives of producers, freezing Companies, in:;;,!, pelt, and hide exporters, limners, fellmongers. woolbrokers, and io'luM rial associations, hold in Wellington last week to consider important proposals affecting the Interests of thoo pre < :fl t at the conference, the J'ritoe Alinisler placed himsolf in eoniinn.'/ication by telegraph with the High Commissioner and conveyed to him (he of the resolutions passed. These are in the direction of providing that slipe wool shall In* valued entirely in the Dominion; that the requisition of sheepskins which it was desired in the first instance should be abandoned, shall now be continued with some minor amendments; that the present hides requisition shall he continued in operation to dune .'lO next: and in so far as lamb pelts are concerned, which are only permitted to be shipped to the United Kingdom, the attention of the I ionic authorities be drawn to tho fact that holders of lliese find themselves in an unfortunate position as the result of not, being able to obtain shipping facilities to the United Kingdom, and in consequence arc prevented from realising on them