NEW WOOL PACK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19511, 13 February 1926, Page 9

NEW WOOL PACK

TESTED IN AUSTRALIA TRADE RAISES NUMEROUS OBJECT TIONS MELBOURNE, Feb. 12. A test of the suitability of the wool I pack as favoured by the Bradford ' Chamber of Commerce for packing wool was carried out in a wool store here. The pack was subjected to dumping and handling treatment as is customary with the jute wool pack. The woollen pack is of attractive appearance, and as it weighs only six or seven pounds .••gainst the eleven pounds of the jute pack, its use wculd affect a saving in weight. The opinions expressed by the wool trade were that the woollen pack as a result of the test stretched appreciably, and it was considered that, by the time the wool baled in them reached the seaboard from the stations, the packs would be out of shape, and consequently it would be impossible to stack them in brokers’ warehouses three or four bait's high, a practice which was essential in the economical working of stores. Ihe dumping test also disclosed that the pack lost its shape under this process which would interfere with smooth working at the stores, and would involve difficulties in respect to loading Ihe bale to advantage in ships’ holds. Another objection to the woollen packs taken by the trade refers to windowcutting for showing wool, which was necessary to conform to the rules of wool buyers. It had been shown that the pack had elasticity, ami difficulty would be experienced in sewing them up satisfactorily. The cost of the woollen packs would also prejudice its adoption, as while Bradford interests were willing to pay growers who used this class of pack an.additional halfpenny per pound for wool only a minor portion of Australian wool found its way •iito their hands.