THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
" DANGER OF DYING OUT."
OPINION IN MOERINSVILLE.
HIGH COST OF LABOUR.
BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MORRINSVELLE, Friday. According to a statement made yester
day by the manager of the Waikato Flaxmilling Company, the flax, industry is in danger of dying out •in New Zealand, owing to the increasing value of land and high cost of labour. The difficulty New Zealand hemp has is to compete with manilla and sisalthe product of cheap labour. There is also the increased freight charges. The company is going out of business in this district and 170 acres of flax country is being converted into dairying land. Another' miller confirmed these statements and said that flax hemp could only be prepared in paying quantities where the mills were run by water power and where the flax was bought from farmers who had it growing wild on their properties. The industry has been affected by the railway restrictions. Over 400' tons of uninsured hemp is lying in store in Morrinsville and cannot "bo removed until the restrictions are lifted.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 8
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176THE FLAX INDUSTRY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 8
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