happen dept.
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It was bound to happen dept.
IT’S taken quite a few years foi someone to wake up to it—bui now it’s happened.
An Australian firm, Fin 1 a v Industries, of Melbourne, plans tc take advantage of Norfolk Island’* duty-free status by opening a smal spinning factory on the island anc exporting the finished products tc Australia.
As a start, the company is sending 12 knitting machines to the island together with an engineer who wil supervise their installation and opera tion. He will also train local people to operate them, and, it is hoped eventually to take charge of them.
Nylon and other fibres will be spur at the factory.
“The amount of fibres importec and yarn exported is expected tc considerably increase the tonnage handled by the lighterage workers,’
Norfolk’s local paper, the Norfolk Islander, says.