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  2. Wool bale - Wikipedia

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    A wool bale is a standard sized and weighted pack of classed wool compressed by the mechanical means of a wool press. This is the regulation required method of packaging for wool, to keep it uncontaminated and readily identifiable. A "bale of wool" is also the standard trading unit for wool on the wholesale national and international markets.

  3. 1983 World's Strongest Man - Wikipedia

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    Natural Stone Overhead Press – Winner John Gamble 126 kg; Weight Toss (56 lbs weight over bar throw) – Winner Geoff Capes 15'6" Wool Bale Hoist (250 lbs) – Winner JP Sigmarsson 9'10.5" Sack Load (10 sacks each 168 lbs.) – Winner JP Sigmarsson 1:31.7

  4. Bremworth Limited - Wikipedia

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    Bremworth Limited (formerly Cavalier Corporation) is a New Zealand company specializing in the manufacture of broadloom wool carpet. Floated in 1984, the company was once included in the NZX 50 share index, as one of New Zealand's 50 largest public companies. It left the NZX50 due to a low market capitalisation in January 2013.

  5. Murray Roberts & Co - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand prices for wool were so low it led in 1873 to young John Roberts' establishment of the Mosgiel Woollen Mill. Because all wool dealings were on commission, the price of wool directly affected the profits of Murray Roberts & Co. The partnership began wool auctioneering in 1897 in Wellington, and their Hawkes Bay operation followed in ...

  6. Sheep shearing - Wikipedia

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    Out of 13 World Championships, New Zealand have won the team Machine contest 10 times, and famous New Zealand sheep-shearer David Fagan has been World Champion a record 5 times. [27] In October, 2008 the event was hosted in Norway. It was the first time ever that the event was hosted by a non-English speaking country.

  7. Goldsbrough Mort Woolstore - Wikipedia

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    For about £17,000 the Stuart Brothers built this small woolstore, the first known structure on this site, thereby taking advantage of the 1933 buoyant wool prices and labour market following the depths of the great depression. Beeston Street, which separates the Goldsbrough Mort and Elder Smith stores, had been put through in 1927 and named ...

  8. Golden Shears - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Shears International Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing event.. Golden Shears competition 2007. It was founded in Masterton, New Zealand, and been held in the town's War Memorial Stadium each March since 1961.

  9. New Zealand Wool Board - Wikipedia

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    The New Zealand Wool Board was established in 1944 under the Wool Industry Act. [1] McKinsey & Company published a report in 2000 that sparked two years of debate for referendums and reforms to the New Zealand Wool Board. In 2001, McKinsey's recommendations were implemented and Wool Board was dissolved and was completely restructured. [2] [3]

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