OUR NATIVE INDUSTRIES.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 10 December 1880, Page 2

OUR NATIVE INDUSTRIES.

(FfiOM IHE CiIBiaTCBCBCH PjttESS.) All those who have at heart the interests of tbe colony roast have been pleased to gather from the remarks of the President of tbe Industrial Association that there is an opportunity of ihe much despised plionoium being used as an article of commerce apart from rope-making and twine for binders. Tbe Presdieut, daring his iate trip to Australia, visited Geelong, where there are extensive paper mills Tbe proprietors of these hi lig are anxious to obtain some New Zealand 11 iX for extensive trial experiments in the mftcufaeture of paper, that already tried on a em 01 neile having been exceedingly successful. Tbe main feature about this is that the portion of thefi iX which is of most value in paper making is that which is not able to be worked up for anything else. As Mr Rowland puts it, there are vow I cms of tbid very class of stuff lyin? useleo in the yards of the flax dressers. Thus it A'ill be seen that, should tbe experiments on a large scale prove successful. v market, and a profitable oue, will be opened up tor the utiltsition of a portion of our native products, which at present; is practially of no value. This is one of those matters in which tbe usefulness of an organisation such as the Industrial Association becomes apparent, and we trust th t the industry will, so fur as they can, assist tbe Association iv every possible way so as to enable them to forward to Australia a quantity of the phormium to enable tue necessary experiments to be made. Jt jg just one of those things that may developo into a very large and increasing export through starting in a small way, and every possible encouragement should .le given to it, so that it may have a fair ! chance of development and expansion.