DONAGHY’S ROPE AND TWINE COMPANY.
The well-known firm of Douaghy’s Rope and Twine Company, Ltd., with headquarters here, and branches at Auckland and Invercargill, still keeps to the forefront as cordage and twine manufacturers. Since 1876 the Dunedin factory has been producing Manila and other ropes for use on the waterfront and inland, and ever since the harvester appeared they have manufactured binder, twines from New Zealand flax, to meet the requirements of the farmers in harvesting their crops. Their '* Hercules ” and 11 Diamond ’’ brand Manila ropes are used for shipping throughout the Dominion. At their Auckland crunch they have now installed a plant for making counter and shop twines from Italian, jute. hemp, and cotton, and these twines are beginning to be known to different users throughout New Zealand, Their factories are equipped with the most modern machinery, with facilities for making ropes of the standard length of 120 fathoms and longer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 20
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153DONAGHY’S ROPE AND TWINE COMPANY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 20
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