Tlill postal authorities have received cable advice from Sydney that the Maraina, which loft on Hie 19th instant for Wellington, carries ]3iifl bags of mail from Australia and SlO parcel receptacles. A very delicate situation lias arisen in (■(lniu'clUm with the. flax industry iv this district, and unless the position is handled carefully there is a possibility that the mills will close for an indelinilo period, says Hie "Manawiitu Herald.'' The recent -closing, of the milla resulted in a loss of £20,000 to the wage-earners concerned. j
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 85, 20 October 1928, Page 10
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