MORE NEW FACTORIES
Linen Flax Industry (P.A.) BLENHEIM, May 9. A further expansion of the linen flax industry in response to a request from Britain for incre^ ed envisaged by the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, who opened a new linen flax factory this afternoon. Arrangements*. or the extension of the area of crop to least 25,000 acres were r _ under , I J a^ said in an interview. This would mean toe erection of six new factories and additions to five existing Pj“ n^ tni 2? r e 10 existing factories, said toe Minister, already provided for 600 it was estimated that no fewer than 1000 men would find employment when afi toe 16 factories contemp’ated were working.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19410510.2.50
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21959, 10 May 1941, Page 6
Word Count
117MORE NEW FACTORIES Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21959, 10 May 1941, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in