A FLAXMILLER ABROAD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1045, 18 May 1912, Page 4

A FLAXMILLER ABROAD.

LETTER FROM MR EIGGINS

Mr E. L. Broad has received a chatty letter trom Mr Eiggins repot ting progress until departing irom Australia m the Orama. Mr Eiggins said that so tar the large Palmerston contingent on the mail steamer were well and enjoying the trip. At Sydney it was too great a rusn to do anything for the chief object of his mission—the getting of scientists interested in the ,£12,000 bonus. At Melbourne Mr Mausou, the New Zealand Government agent, was very kind, and he left him pamphlets, etc., but Mr Manson was not hopeful of any outcome ftom the Melbourne talent, but would introduce the matter to likely men. He had a sample of fibre which had been dressed by other than mechanical means, but the visitor found it to be coarse with the green not removed and plenty 01 straw. It was of good colour, but in Mr Eiggins’ opinion would be classed as low fair, though it the inventor would come to New Zealand he thought that he might do something for millers, as the green dax he was operating on in Australia was not a little bit like that in New Zealand. It appeared to be solt, and you might roll up a leaf, then it straightened out again. The supply ul green leaf for inventors’ trials was going to be a difficulty. He had asked Mi Mausou to get in communication with Mr Broad, a vice-president of the Association, with a view to getting inventors to lake a trip over.

At Wellington Mr Biggius got valuable introductions from the General Consul, Mr Focke, to German scientists and had decided to prolong his stay in Berlin. He had also introductions from Mr A. Brown to men well up in the electrical world.

Mr Biggins concludes by a suggestion trom Mr Mabin that the annual meetings of Association should take the form ot a dinner as had the one to him which was so successful recently.—Manavvatu Times.