Flax Commissioners

Description

The Flax Commissioners of 1914 were appointed to adjudicate on the improvements in flax-dressing machinery submitted in connection with the 12,000 pound bonus offered by the New Zealand Government. (From left) back row : Charlie Ingram, flaxmiller, Broad & Ingram near Rangitāne; Joe Higgins, flaxmiller, Tokomaru; Hugh Akers, leased mill sites to several flax millers; Bill Ross, flaxmiller, Foxton, and Director of Ross & Son Ltd, rope and twine manufacturers, Foxton. Front row : A A (Bonzer) Brown, flaxmiller, Waikanae; (probably) R Duncan, Inspector of Machinery; Edmund Broad, land and commission agent and flaxmiller, Broad and Ingram near Rangitāne; (probably) W H O Johnson, hemp grader, Auckland; Bill Ferris, Government flax grader, Chief hemp grader.

Identification

Object type

Image

Date

1914

Digitisation id

2007N_Fx70_FLA_0635

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