NEW ZEAL AND FLAX.
A Wellington" contemporary of July 13 has the following :— " Flax-dressing seems to be gradually becoming a productive industry of great importance. All over the colony public attention is being directed to it. Messrs. Mills and Co., who hare manufactured the largest portion of the machines that have been used, are oontinually receiving inquiries about them, and have at present no fewer than eight on hand. These are for Y/ainui-o-Mata, Wairarapa, Blenheim, Manawatu and Turakina, Whanganui, Napier, &c. They are double machines, improved upon Price's, and fitted with brass bearings. They are capable of turning out 2\ tons of dressed flax in a week, and can be worked by steam, water, or horse-power. In every place where flax-dressing has as yet been fairly tried, it haB proved a great success, and we have little doubt that eventually its preparation and manufacture will prove one of the most important industries of the colony."
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3752, 28 July 1869, Page 4
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155NEW ZEALAND FLAX. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3752, 28 July 1869, Page 4
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