INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF FLAX INDUSTRY
<P.A.) Wellington, March 12. “The importance of the flax industry to the Dominion in view of the ever-increasing demands of our own and Allied forces for cordage, has made it imperative that, we should' increase the flow of supplies of green' flax to the mills,” said the Minister of, Supply, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a 1 statement. I The Minister also mentioned the in-; creased use of flax products in the; Dominion, for instance in the manu-j jfacture of woolpacks. He stated that) there was an urgent need for addi- ! tional experienced flax-cutters and; those willing to learn the trade in the Wellington, Auckland, Wairarapa, and Marlborough districts.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 60, 13 March 1943, Page 3
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