THE FLAX INDUSTRY.
CONFERENCE OF INTERESTS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 21.
The first conference since 1922 of the flax industry’s interests was opened at the Fanners’ Institute to-day. The subjects which will probably assume importance are modern methods of manufacture, the grading of fibre, and, in view of the growing nature of the industry, a 'recognition of its importance in several directions is to bo aimed at.
The conference rcsul ed that the Department of Agriculture be asked to have samples of all grades prepared and shown suitably in the main grading stores throughout the Dominion, such samples to be selected by a committee representing the Department of Agriculture, the New Zealand flaxmillers. the manufacturers, and the merchants; also, that the range ol samples be renewed as required once every 12 months. It is suggested that the samples be sealed and opened in the presence of recognised authorities only, and that a feo of £1 be paid bv the millers disputing the grading when the dispute involves the unsealing of the samples.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 12
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174THE FLAX INDUSTRY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20004, 22 January 1927, Page 12
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