MANUFACTURE OF FISHING NETS
MACHINERY COMING FROM BRITAIN WORK TO BEGIN IN CHRISTCHURCH Machinery .which will weave twine into nets at the rate of 4000 knots a minute is on the way to New Zealand from Britain for a Christchurch firm. It is expected to be operating by August, and the manufacturers will then be the first to make fishing nets by machine. Fishing nets at present are either imported, mainly from Britain, or made by hand by professional fishermen and amateurs. The firm which is importing the machinery has been making tennis nets for about the last three years and other types of netting, such as that which is used for dress guards on women’s bicycles. An indication of the capacity of the machine is that the 4000 knots which it will tie in one minute are the size of a tennis net. The machinery is adaptable to different mesh sizes and will be able to make between twoinch and 10-inch meshes. Twine is now readily available from Britain, although it was in short supply comparatively recently. To cater for amateur fishermen the company intends to market some of its net ready for the sea.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26032, 8 February 1950, Page 4
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