The Nelson Evening Mail says; — From a gentleman just arrived from Marlborough we learn that, owing to the fall in the price of flax in the English market, the whole of the mills in that province have ceased to work, thus turning nearly 400 hands out of employ. This is a most serious matter, and the 'question, naturally suggests itself whether the deeresco in the value of tins commodity is entirely owing to an overstock?'.] market, or whether it is not in some, degree tp be accounted for by a want of care in the preparation. It the latter, how ia H to be remedied 2
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 905, 30 December 1870, Page 2
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106Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 905, 30 December 1870, Page 2
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