NEW ZEALAND WOOL.
PRODUCERS TO DISCUSS THE POSITION. Tlu- Prime Minister stated on Saturday that a meeting of producers’ representatives was shortly to be held witn special reference to the disposal of wool. Communications were passing between the New Zealand Government and the Imperial Government with respect to this matter, and included in the correspondence were references to the scheme mooted in Australia for the realisation of Australian wool still in the bands of the Home authorities. io December 31 last the Imperial Government’s payments for New Zealand wool and sheepskins totalled £63,483,-4-38 The payments extended over a period of four years. The average price realised lor greasy wool works out at 15d per lb, while the averages year by year were as follow ; Per pound. 1916-17 1477 d. 1911-18 ... 14’926. 1918- L5.21d. 1919- 15.35 a.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18073, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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136NEW ZEALAND WOOL. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18073, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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