Farm Hand Injured.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1943, Page 2

Farm Hand Injured.

Albert Bayliss, aged 18 years, of Parkvale, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday afternoon with head injuries which he received when he fell off a hay rake. His condition is reported to be satisfactory. Linen Flax- Development. Sales of 1917 tons of tow, valued at £267,000, had been made to the United Kingdom to the end of December, and seed valued at £75,270 had been exported to the same date, while the sales of by-products had brought in £45;000, said the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, in a review yesterday of the progress in linen flax development. “The development of the linen flax industry on a major scale has provided a most valuable addition to the Dominion’s productive resources for war purposes,” said the Minister. “There would not have been sufficient seaming twine for sewing sacks if .we had not grown linen flax here. The fibrous plaster industry had been able to secure essential raw material because tow from flax had been found suitable as a reinforcing material in the manufacture of fibrous plaster. Chaff ground to fine meal has provided a new avenue of feed for stock. A factory for the production of linseed oil and cattle cake will commence operations within the next few months in Dunedin."