KING GROWS FLAX
(Received November 17, 7.30 p.m.) (British Wireless LONDON, Nov. 10 King George V. planted some flax seeds four years ago in a small corner of the Sandringham farm lands. Success attended the experiment and since then there has been a regular supply of flax from/ Norfolk to Northern Ireland.
King George VI. has been enthusiastic in developing this enterprise, and orders reached Sandringham last week which mean that more flax is to be grown on the Jloyal estates to meet the demands arising out of the war.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 12
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