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N.Z. HEMP SUITABLE.
A FAVOURABLE REPORT. EXPERIMENTS IN GERMANY. i (I Press Association—By JUleotric Telegraph Copyright.) (■Australian Press Association.) Received 10.50 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Jvl, y 17. _ Dr. von Librentlial s director of the Kothen Paper Technical Institute of C’Annany. on bclialf of Australian and New Zealand Investments Limited, has carried out experiments in making paper from New Zealand hemp. He reports that it is better than the usual pu'.'p from wood iand grain, and equals the better quality manufaritiired from linen ra.irs-. It is suitable for copperplate, in ini ing paper, hank notes, tine I note paper and tissue and l ciga-rotite : paper, and could lx‘ used for imroving !medium paper from oiic-mlypt u-s pulp.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 18 July 1929, Page 5
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