New Zealand Hemp.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3541, 1 July 1905, Page 2

New Zealand Hemp.

‘ SOME SUGGESTIONS. At a meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, several resolutions relative to the, flax industry wore passed which should be of interest in this district. It was decided to urge upon the Government the advisableness of planting and ; ■uhivatii g* the best qualities of '.phorminrn tenax on unused Crown lands in the Colony, and also “That owmg to Hip,increased .production of : inferior hemp, the Government be recommended tomiake regular in,spection of the numerous mills in this colony, and impart instruction to the anions miller 1, who, tor want of knowledge and experience. arc producing ‘common’ and ‘fair’ hemp, and I hereby seriously .affecting tie value ol our e\po:-ts.” The Government is to be’ asked to authorise flu* High Commissioner in London I o advise English and foreign ‘ ! uivers o; New Zealand hemp of the jtrading system in vogue in the colony. ”• lus req 1 r :,1 was prompted by a refer- ’ enee in alleged Jrandnlcnt practices , pni'-’ned by some over-sea buyers. 1 Mr Joint Davis, ot Hawke’s Bay, ■. ,c!a.nns (hat by a process he has invented liax can be bleached at a. consul era It.-.- reduced cost as against the present paddocking svstem, and that the fibre will be improved in value. He claimed mat at no distant date • | liax prenared by his -process would bs ■' utilised fur fabrics of various ll kinds.' ■; ; ,