NEW WOOL PACKS
COMPLAINTS from BRITAIN. I' REPLY OF MANUFACTURERS. ■ : ' By Telegraph—Press Association. .Wellington, Feb. 22. . A London , cable to-day States that the British Wool Federation has decided to complain to New Zealand against the new type of woolpack now being used. It is stated that the woolpack appears to be. ’made ,of rough substance like sisal fibre and flies when cut and sheds fibres freely into the wool. > . < The complaint was referred to Sir Alexander Roberts, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Ltd., who said that vast improvements had been made in the packs for the 1935-36 season. Samples submitted to the New Zealand Woplbuyers’ Association were definitely approved by that body. . Admittedly the packs were made of hard fibre, the flax being hard fibre, but he contended that the fibre when cut would not fly any more than jute fibre.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 16 (Supplement)
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146NEW WOOL PACKS Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 16 (Supplement)
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