NEW ZEALAND FLAX.
Auckland July i
A representative of the Star had a chat this morning with a well-known Southern flaxmiller regarding the new regulations) which are to come into force next September. ‘ ( I object entirely,” he said, “to the proposal to alter the name from New Zealand hemp to phormium fibre. ‘ New Zealand hemp’ is a good advertisment for the colony, just as ‘ Manila hemp’ is for that place.” What do you think of our hemp ?
“ There is a lot of stuff condemned by the grader which only requires proper treatment to make good fibre.” .
Earing the month of June the Government grader ' at Auckland passed through his hands 4516 bales of flax, weighing 760 tons. This is an increase of 189 -tons on the quantity dealt with in June last year. The value of the flax exported last month may be . given approximately at
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 2 July 1907, Page 3
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146NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 2 July 1907, Page 3
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