AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3135, 3 February 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

AN ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT

In April next at Roubaix the Exposition uii Nord de la Fiance will be opened. 'J his exhibition lias worid-wide renown, as Laving the greatest display oi woollen exnibits. I nuer the auspices or the High Commissioner, the Commonwealth will exhibit as one eallection about the iinest display ui wool and woollen goods that has ever represented the Commonwealth. New .South Vales wiil figure largely, by reason oi an exhibit containing 2io lieeces exemplifying tne numerous types of wool produced in the,State. Eacu fleece has been skirted and rolled in the best manner to present its chief characteristics to observers. The fleeces are tied with a blue ribbon, and placed each in a cardboard box, which is carefully packed m cases. These cases will be taken from the slap's side at Dunkirk to the exhibition in Roubaix, wneve the boxes wiii be hired from the eases and slit down the side, so that tile lieeces will be gently pushed on to the exhibition table. Thus excessive handling will be done away with. The lieeces as they lie in their cardboard 1 boxes ready for shipment presented ;t beautiful appearance —free combing wool from the north-east, soit_s:!ky lieeces from Yass, Young, and Liverpool Plains, long, strong, warped wools from the north-west, all the various counts of crossbreds, and even a jet black fleece from a special flocl:, each the best of its own type. Where tne blue ribbons cross on the front of the fleece is attached a reference umber, -.as an index to a' full description of tile brand, growers name, and detailed locality, which information will be held by the officer in charge of vfie exhibition. The catalogue, printed in French and English, will contain full description of the district ircni which each noeee is drawn, but no details as to the exact brand or grower s name.

Accompanying this exhibit is also- a number of fleeces grown in the Northern Territory, which will, no doubt, be the centre of much attraction, seeing that this is the first time that wool from this part of Australia has been given prominence in Europe. A specially-pre-pared map showing the exact locality where the wools were, grown and tlie situation of our principal stations, together with a fine display of photographs illustrating our pastoral industry and beauty spots, accompanies the shipment. The Department of Agriculture has carefully collated a small representative display of our-cereals in gram and sheaf, together with some samples of our 'principal timbers.