Paretao.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 12 August 1890, Page 2

Paretao.

» Tim other day we were «hown a hnnV, asserted to hare b«en pioked t at random from the b caching ground, 1 of ap'endidlv prepared flax, and having: ascertained tli.it it e«me from If r 1 R. Austin's mill we paid that gentle- c man a visit. r The hank undoubtedly is the h«*t p sample that we have seen in this ' \ 3'strict and compare most favourably r with the flax prepared by Mr Potter'i pr'->c"BS. The mil has b«en chrittened " Paretao " after the old Maori , name ot the propprtv, and ia «ituated fl a half mile f-om the Post Office, on ft the bank* of the Manawatu river, t Nfr Austin has not pone into any 'avish expfiiidituro in hnildings yet what are •rect"d anßWer their pnr* pose as well as any. Under the • Bngina house he has a 10 librae- o power Hansom©, Jeflferies and Siva's t^

ingine, which provides all the power 'or the stripper and scutcher. The i itripper is one of Crosbie's, and the i eaf passes info the hands of the satchel* who it alongside of the vasher, The water is brought to .hfl washing trough by a Oalifornian mmp. and a powerful stream sweepH )y the green hanks. The scutcher yas made looally hy Mr Sp&irß and mi a '• wrinkle " or two of the >wner's combined with the ordinary nake. The bales are made into L cwt'a and appear of a soft texture md white colour. The drying grounds are chiefly around the relidenoe of the owner, and not a juarter of a mile from the mill. Thp yreen flax at present used ii very roung and this may asuist in suoh a luperior article being turned out.