From the "New World."
HEAR YE! HEAR YE! FLAX. Pure water has been found to answer all the purposes required for preparing the flax by the new plan.The following is the method which you should adopt:Procure very lar?e iron pots or boilers, place the green flax in cold water, then boil the same from half an hour to one hour. Then lake the llax and rub with the hand like washing clothes, when the outer coveting will cpeedily be removed. —After boiling, if you beat the fl;ix with heavy pieces of hard wood, in arunniDg stream, you will perform the work much more speedily, nnd save a considerable dial of labour than by.rubbing. By this plan, one man should be able to clean from OOlbs. to J 12lbs. per day. After rubbing or benting it, you may let "the fibro remain for n few hours in the running gatcr, and then plate it out to dry. You should immediately commence preparing flax; —Bring it or send it into "ort Nicholson, and ills following merchants will purchase of you. Messrs. l'iizhcrbort, W. B. Rhodes, J, Rhodes, Samuel and Joseph, J. M. Taylor, Bethune and Hunter, and Wnilt, who will give you, as the lowest price, 12». for UoJlbs. Wellington, 23 August, 1549. CHURCH AT WATRARAPA. The Natives at Wairarapa, are collecting subscriptions to enable them to build u Church for the purpose of holding Divine Worship. This is a laudable undertaking, aud all natives who can afford it should subscribe for this aud similar praiseworthy objects. That which a few persons cannot carry out, because of ths expense, a large number arc enabled to peiform with ease, by giving a little, without in 'juring themselves. ■ By such means the white | Icarry out many g/aud tiiitlcitakiiiys.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 24, 22 November 1849, Page 4
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294From the "New World." Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 24, 22 November 1849, Page 4
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