FREEZING WORKS FOR NELSON.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 54, 27 November 1907, Page 8

FREEZING WORKS FOR NELSON.

'■ ■ (FEOM ~ ;' i i'xl 1!: Nelson, November 23. ■ The era'of 'stagnation is passing • away fromi Nelson,, and a new spirit -bf enterprise ii in the air. Loading citizen's arc determined that thej.djsfcrict shall,, not in future lay - behind, in, -tjke-fiinatter of\. public .undertakings for. thqiiignofit of ;its producers. The latest development is a proposal to establish an and'an attractive prospectus has been. prepared. 'The provisional directors are Messrs. Percy Adanis.'.CorriganOThomas Field, Gaukrodger. F. Hamilton, BoHott Rouse, Shirtcliffe, .-indi Ivo Tuhnicliffe.. l is. proposed!to; invite. ap-. plications for lOjOOO;. shares of £5i each, but tho provisional 'directors do not-anticipate that: it'. , will bo mewissary . to , call up .more than! £20,000; lib isi. pointed out that there are nearly nine hundred, thousand sheen in tho district, and ihat tho prices .ruling ner«,for fatjsheep are voiy much lowerJthun those Iμ which (obtain in Canterbury and other cMs-? tricts where freezing: works' havoJ been estab- ,:. lishochv-Sheop sold.for - from 12s.' to 14s. in. Nelsonsbrihg frotri 18s. to '22sJat Adding-' ton. ■■'■■ ■■■ ' •■ inn ■ -.' ■ '' - ■

Equal in importance to tho of a local; trade- iii'frbzeii mutton is tho cool storage' I .of butter,'eggs, and ; fruit, and the freezing' , of- , poultry; 'Nelson butter obtained highest prices in -ttio London market last" year, while , the interest in p'oultqr-r'aising on business linos is s continually increasing. Sfii'pinents ; 'of 'frozen■poAltry are already being mado froni seyeral-"ports of. the. Dominion and thdrb is no reason why a-tfado of th< kind should not bp '.-largely developed 'in. Ne! son. ■'"'■' "■' " ' ' r ■ '

T It is. proposed alsd to utilise the'blood-and offal floni the freezing works in tho produo tion of rrtanliro,and this should*bo of greai benefit to : Nelson's ; numerous orcliardists and small 'cultivat'Ors.' : '';.Witli the establishment of freezing no'-I6i)ger be' cecessary!to' import : fertilisers, and'ithis would effect a- qonsulerable !f saring to 'ffuit-gfowera and ofh'ers'. , -"■ .?.'"''. : :

The"pr6i>6sed freezing company; as judged from its iprospectus, intends to run. on sofind lines. Opinions'in the street seem wholly favourable. , By next year it seems certaiu that the' harbour works will bo sufficieritlj. advanced,to enable tramp steamersi ( to visit tho port,'and .tliis,' together.with,lhe establishment of freezing works, should' great impetus to settlement in the district;.