THE HEMP MARKET.
MILLING ACTIVE IN SOUTHLAND.
Owing to the recent rise in hemp the flaxmillers in Southland are anxious to make the most of their opportunities, and mills are reopening everywhere throughout Southland- The bet noir of the Southland flaxmiller, however, is the shortage of labour, and on this account at present the industry is being crippled. At the moment fifty flaxmill hands can be easily placed, and the wages offered are distinctly good. For scutching 32s 6d per ton is offered, with the addition of 10s per bale extra for tow. Day wages men are offered ios, but there are none forthcoming. Flaxmillers from the North are at present spying out things in Southland, and flax areas are in great request, so it would seem that from present indications a revival has certainly taken place. In the circumstances the crippling of the industry owing to lack ui labour-power is disconcerting, nou-economic and entirely unsatisfactory to all who have the welfare of the Dominion at heart. —Southland Times.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1001, 1 February 1912, Page 3
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169THE HEMP MARKET. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1001, 1 February 1912, Page 3
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