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Mr1 I-'. ■S, (Joidinghain. of tho. linn of Goldingham -and Beckett, Iras just returned to I'alinoratoti North from a visit to America and I'iurope, and while there, interested himself on behalf of the New V.Oa4imd Raxinillers' Association in
making inquiries regarding the possibilities before New Zealand llax in the m*irk-;_'tfs ot the workl. Mr fi'oldingham takes ratlier a pessimistic view of the future of New Zealand llax. He finds that for the manufacture of binder twine Now Zealand llax is being supptantort afl over Kurope and America by sisal, nud he w;u« inlomittl by the maiiajjer of the Jnternnlional Harvestingl 'Comi)uny, the 'biggest nuinufaeiurors oi l)imier twine in the world, that the markets being equal, sisal would always y:et preference over .New. Zeal ami ilax, I)ecause it \\x\s much .stronger. lie was informed thai after the first year binder twine nitwit from (Zealand tieuip A\eaki»ned so as to become practical, ly 'useless, while sisal and "Manila hemp did not woaken in the same Aviiy. CoUlingham sugifests that the fact that in mats made by Natives the llax does not weaken in this way appears to show the defect lies not in the plant itself, but in Ihe process through which it passes at the mills.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5774, 26 February 1912, Page 6
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