THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
'PRbBABLE CLOSING ;I)6WN! OF. THE MILLS. ' : VtßY' : V Palmerston Nortii, March 11. : The New; Zealand. Flaxmillcrs' Association mot hbro to-day, .Mr. A. Seifcrtj President of the . Association, i presiding. V A 'letter had. ;b'een .written to,tlio.; secretary .of the .Flaxniill ' Employees', •'• Union.'' at" Foxto'n,,., asking .'that tho .Union should join .with the. Association -in getting, the. present award'.cancelled or altered.; No ;reply,haying:bee'n : .received, it was resolved to take no 'fu.rtlierVacti.on..regarding: the: award. '. 'Jt-. was- stated that ,'a local! miller; lin.3. ■, received information' that the price of flax had now. fallen to £19. • ' The;, result of. tho' Association's resolution wiirbe' that tho. hulk'of :the nulls will close downimmediately,; while • othors will closo after i fulfilling short contracts at a better figure than,'at present' ruling;. ~ ,-V
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 8
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127THE FLAX INDUSTRY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 8
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