THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
Per Press Association. Wellington, June <l. With reference to a telegram from Thames complaining of the exportation of llax roots to the New Hebrides and elsewhere, tho Minister of Lands has informed the Pobl that tho statement , that the lields arc being depleted is a wild rumor. A few roots, he said, might. * be exported, but that could not bo pre- * vented. Far greater harm was done (o> llax fields by careless owners allowing; cattle to stray over the ground thin by exporting roots. The Agricultural Department,' added ' Mr McNab, had been experimenting for some time with a view to encouraging the industry.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 7 June 1907, Page 2
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106THE FLAX INDUSTRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 7 June 1907, Page 2
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