CHILLING PROCESS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 5

CHILLING PROCESS.

NEW INVENTION. SUCCESS OF:,MARATHON'S SHIPMENT. 1 PROMISING OUTLOOK. (By TelegroplL-PrcM Aajocintion.-OopyrighU - London, Novembor 7. i Tho "Shipping and Morcantilo Gazotto",do< '' : votes a column to tbo eyslom of preparing \ i chilled moat before shipment, and tlio procestf of keeping tlio cargo wholesome and sweci i (luring tho voyage. Tho trial shipment from i Queensland reached London by tho stoameJ .' Marathon in excellent condition, i The paper adds that tho underwriters will . doubtless bo able to fix premiums sufficiently low not to cripple what promises to bo a trade with a groat future. Tho Marathon's shipment averaged 3{d. per lb. 1 Brisbane, Novoinbor 8. • ■ Tho Marathon's chilled beef was prepared bj tho Liuloy process in specially-prepared rooini ■ 5 at tho Red Bank Meat' Works. ■< ' [The methods and objects of tho Linley uro. ').,' cess and its far-reaching importance aro the subject of an article- in our commercial col- "' , , umns on pago B.] \ ACTION FOB LOSS ON FROZEN MEAT. London, November 7. In tho case of tho Otago Farmors' Coi oporativo Association vorsue Thompson, an I underwriter, a claim in connection with a. loss • on frozen meat per the steamer Surrey, judgment was given by the King's Bench for the defendant, with costs. ' \ [A Dunodih Press Association telegram 'to- ■ coved last evening states, with reference to a cablegram from London concerning the case of the Otago Farmers' Co-operativo Association v. Thompson, that inquiricsshow that the amount in dispute was abont £11X1, and thai the as«!ociation merely acted as agonts in thi ' ' matter. Tho meat (frozen beef) was shipped on tho Surrey on behalf of Messrs. HarnsoD ' and Samson, of Dnnodin. A claim was madr under tho insuranco policy, but this was cori. tested on tho ground that tho loss snslaine) it as not covered by tho policy., Legal opinioi was obtained, and tho association, as ship, pers, was advised to tako tho caw to tho law courts, and its London office accordingly pro cecdifd against tho underwriter.] < ' ,