LINEN FLAX.
PRODUCTION IN N.Z.
EXPANSION PROGRAMME.
1 1'-A., ( HIIISTCHI'KCH. t hi- day. An nidoa-c to acres in the area sow 11 in linen flax is contemplated in the coming season, compared with 14.000 la-t year, and the of new factories is planned by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan.
1 lie expansion would mean additional capital and operating e.\|>eiisei- of £-">SS.OOO and £393,000 had already been spent to establish tlie industry as a war aid ti> Britain. said the Minister. A ■amplified contract would be made with farmers, giving an all in fibre and seed price for the crop, and ensuring payment of not less than the present £.3 minimum.
Xew factories would be erected at <iore. Clyde vale, and Woodland*. with factories propped for Kairlie. <;eraldine and Ward. Natural fibre factories at uashdykc. Winton. Tapanui. Oxford and .Methven coiild be converted. Offers had been received from overseas to install machinery, which would enable the plants to W used after the war fo r civilian pnxluot ion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 6
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173LINEN FLAX. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 6
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