FORTY YEARS AGO.
(From the “Munawatu Herald/’ .November 30th, 1880.) The Flax industry:—We are plcaaed,to hear there is a probability of this industry once more being taken up in this district, Some Wellington gentlemen, seeing the demand that is springing up for this article, are taking steps in the matter, and a gentleman from that town visited Moutoa a day or two ago with the view of making inquiries and looking for a site on which to place a mill. Should the matter be taken up, we are informed that the mill will be .supplied with machines of the pattern patented by Mr Charley Pownall, a gentleman who has devoted much time and money to inventing a machine which would answer all requirements. The proposed site of the new mill is near the Manawutu river at Moutoa,. so that water carriage to Foxton might be taken advantage of. Shipping,—During the month of November'nineteen vessels arrived at Foxton, the aggregate tonnage being 1355. Of the number mentis oned, six were sailing crafts.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19201130.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2209, 30 November 1920, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
171FORTY YEARS AGO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2209, 30 November 1920, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in