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New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Ltd 1956. Green Spears. The Story of the Foxton flax industry from plantation to finished product. New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Ltd. Foxton.

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List of flax products. Woolpacks. Phormium matting. Foxton car mats. Carpets - "Cordella", `woven" cord carpetry, "Brusella", new looped, pile cord carpet. Carded tow for upholsterer"s trade. Carded hemp for plastering trade. Stack and implement covers. Flax fibre dyed. The subsidiary company, Bonded Felts, used waste fibres to make `Bondex" needled padding, `Bondex" underfelt, `Bondex" tumbling mats used by Education Boards throughout New Zealand.

Photos in booklet show plantation planting, harvesting, stripping, manufacturing.

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Green Spears. The Story of the Foxton flax industry from plantation to finished product
1956
New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Ltd
New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Ltd. Foxton

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30 October 2023
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