NEW ZEALAND WOOLPACKS
Sir, —Last week this 7 p.m. farce serial, “New Zealand At Work,” dealt with the flax industry at Foxton, making it appear that this was a war effort. This is quite incorrect as it was taken over by the Government long before the war started. Roughly this mill makes about a third of our requirements in woolpacks, and we are not told over the radio at what a cost. Last year 48-inch packs could be imported and sold to the farmer at about 4/- each. But merchants were compelled to charge 6/- for a 42-inch pack, made in New Zealand, and we were compelled to use this size because it is the only size made here; therefore no other size was allowed to be imported. The profit on the two-thirds of our requirements which had to be imported was handed over to the local mill, and even then it is doubtful if it made a profit. Now that there is to be no election I am picking that this serial will quietly fade out. ARTHUR H. SHEAT. Morton Mains, October 22.
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Southland Times, Issue 24574, 24 October 1941, Page 7
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184NEW ZEALAND WOOLPACKS Southland Times, Issue 24574, 24 October 1941, Page 7
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