WOOL IN THE HOUSE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 118, 21 May 1932, Page 7

WOOL IN THE HOUSE

MATTRESSES AND QUILTS WELLINGTON, May 20. Specimens of laminated wool manufactured iu Dunedin by a special process from low-grade wool, and suitable for use in mattresses, quilts, cushions, and other household articles, were displayed ut tho meeting of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Far iners’ Union yesterday afterndon. It was stated that the layers of wool had the same uses as kapok, and were not only healthier but cheaper, the wholesale price being Is a poufi? and the retail price from Is 3d to Is 4d n pound. The wool would not bunc*l or disintegrate like kapok, and the Women’s Division of the union hoped that ultimately, as a result of a campaign thioughout New Zealand, it would replace kapok altogether. Another delegate said that the Dunedin firm had offered to prepare the farmer’s own wool and laminate it foi 6d a pound. The secretary, Colonel I’ow, said that the Railway Department had experimented with the wool about a year ago, and found it. very satisfactory for carriage cushions. In addition, the scraps had been found to be better than cotton waste. “1 am satisfied these mattresses will be all right.” said the Dominiei prea> dent (Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P.). “A woollen mattress without this process in tho old <lays used to be a good mattress. but it was too heavy. That wti the trouble; and this will lighten *t considerably. ” Thp amount required for tho average mattress was stated tn bo 401 b,