NOVEL PROCESS of treating flax of x the Irish variety, and other fibres, based on the refining of raw material hitherto neglected and regarded as unusable, for the manufacture of a new type of cloth, is announced from Manchester. It is claimed that the fabrics made wholly of the new material will compare with the best linen manufactures, and can be sold at much cheaper prices. For dress materials, casement cloths and similar goods, the stuff can be used with an admixture of cotton'. Hitherto, linen unions have been produced by doubling linen and cotton yarns, or by weaving a cotton warp with a linen weft, but with the new material the mixture is made while both are in a fibrous state, thus giving, it is claimed, a perfect blend.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20234, 19 February 1934, Page 6
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