CONVERSION OF FLAX AREA TO FARM LAND.
As a result of the poor demand for hemp and the industrial situation, a district flaxmiller who mills from flax grown on his own property, has decided to get out of the industry. He has sold his mill plant to an Auckland firm and the flax at a 9/- per ton royalty to a local miller and when the cutting is completed the flax will be grubbed out and the area converted into farming pursuits.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3839, 1 September 1928, Page 2
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82CONVERSION OF FLAX AREA TO FARM LAND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3839, 1 September 1928, Page 2
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