The Flax Trade
The New Zealand Herald learns on good authority that large orders for New Zealand flax have during the past few da} T 8 been cabled over from America to Auckland at prices .vhich are regarded as most satisfactory to the producers. It is unfortunate that the winter season is now on, because it will be impossible to fill all the OTders promptly in consequence of the inability of the mill owners to dry the flax quickly, but it is surprising to find how much is steadily coming forward from the country districts in spite of the wet weather. The Californian mail boats have been trading flax to a good market in San Francisco for some months past, and the next outward boat will take at least 300 tons more. The market in the United States appears to be steadily expanding, and will keep on increasing as phormium tenax becomes better known. Several thousands of men ! employed in cutting and dressing flax would have been out of employment tnis winter but for the demand in America.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 20, 1 August 1889, Page 3
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178The Flax Trade Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 20, 1 August 1889, Page 3
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