WOOL RESEARCH
PROPOSED LEVY DISCUSSION IN BRITAIN. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, March 22. The annual report of the British Research Association on the woollen and worsted industries says that it has been negotiating -with trade federations regarding a statutory levy on all raw wool consumed in Britain.
Assuming that this would average 480,000,0001bs a year, a levy of a hundredth of a penny would provide an income of £20,000. The British Wool Federation promised sympathetic consideration.
The report points out that Australian brokers and growers are raising £200,000 a year by means of a levy of two shillings a bale and adds: “If this can come at the raw’ material end, surely support ought to be forthcoming for investigations from the fleece to the fabric.’ ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 7
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