FLAX BONUS.
Mr Alfred SeitYrt, flaxmiller, of Palmerston North, who returned from a trip to -England by the, list trip of the -Moano from SSau Francisco, stated to a Wellington Tost reporter that he found that the bonus of «£ 1*2,000 ottered l\y the. G'overnmeiit for the discovery of an improved method of treating JS rew Zealand llax has created a great deal of interest amongst inventors in England. Of course, they are handicapped in experimenting in consequence of being so far away from the rdv material. He heard complaints at Home that the colour of the strip per slips (a variety of Max tow) was not what the manufacture's wanted, being much too green. It was stated that'if the stripper slips sonti Home had been of the colour of ordinary tow, the demand would- have continued for them.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLII, Issue 6064, 19 January 1914, Page 2
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