THE HEMP MARKET.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3552, 19 October 1926, Page 2

THE HEMP MARKET.

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT.

The High Commissioner’s cable, dated the 10th inst., reads: Hemp, Manila market quiet at higher pries. “J” grade, October-December shipments, sold at £4O 10/-, and value. Sisal market is quiet, but steady. Kenya and Tanganyika No. 1, Oetober-December shipments, value £4l 10/- to £42. Sisal tow is scarce and the demand is good. Buyers of first grade at £3O, second grade at £2O. The New Zealand market is stronger for lower grades and fair, October-Deeember shipments, sold at £34 15/-, but high points still are offered at £37 freely. NEW METHOD OF PRODUCTION Blenheim, Last Night. A new process for the treatment of flax has been perfected by Mr T. Branton, Blenheim. It eliminates catching, washing, paddocking and scutching, and a feature is that the machine can be taken into a gully by a couple of men, and the flax treated where cut, the resultant fibre being carted out, thus avoiding the necessity for carting the green flax to a central mill. Mr Barton, in the interests of the industry, is prepared to place his process at the disposal of the Government, and Mr Wi. J. Girling, M.P., is forwarding to the Minister for Agriculture, samples of the fibre produced by the new method.