NEW ZEALAND FLAX.
METHOD OF TREATMENT FIFTY YEARS AGO.. (From the Auckland Herald of April 11th, 1866.) As might have been expected, the fact of a discovery of a plan, however crude a one, whereby the phormium tenax of New Zealand could be cleansed of the gummy matter and vegetable refuse, has given rise to new and improved methods of performing the process. We have to-day seen a sample of prepared flax by a system that far excels any yet discovered, not only because the sample is as good as that we have hitherto seen, but because the operator, by the new process, can prepare a far greater quantity of cleansed flax in a given time than any experimentalist ever dreamed of being able to do. The discoverer is Mr J. Weymouth, a well known citizen, and a practical business man. The process is a chemical one, and the chemicals themselves are simple and inexpensive. The strength of the flax is not impaired by the solution. Mr Weymouth commenced operating on half a leaf at nine o’clock this morning, and by noon it was a clean hank of fibre fully 7ft. in length. Mr Weymouth intends to apply for a patent. •
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1539, 15 April 1916, Page 4
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201NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1539, 15 April 1916, Page 4
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