WANGAUI MEAT FREEZING COMPANY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 12

WANGAUI MEAT FREEZING COMPANY.

, Amongst the niW' important industriesun WunKuntii, one of the. most that controlled b> tho-.AVanganui';Mwt,Frec Z ing ■■ObtliaHtiylittltbs^iWteflno^yorkßljsltotedl on. itli luiW of luo:,.WtthittthiU,: Kivdr, bto illus.tt'iited i'A ■•■ this '.ieiuior ; The .-has: been ■h'existence' nearly twenty: years, : and during that poriod lms-been one of.-tlie main ; faotors in'.contributing' to- and developing thb.. iftdus--try and enterprise of tho farming, population | vhieh regards Wangqnui as its;business metroBolis. , Last: year, the. company . paid l XUM94 for. stock alone, .bought from .farmers,: whJo its wrages sheet showed a total of JSOOOO-a cash distribution/amounting to nearly,.£loo pot ttcok. ■. The Works! are admirably situated from a shipping: point of: view, and are ;so: placed thi\t carcasses'; can be run, practically from- tho■slisughterhoUEo:on'tlib'hiri to , tho; t freezjpg. chambers,- thenco to the lighter :by tho siim, plfl Weans : .pf • uravitatidn. -v The company, can ; init through' 20M-Bhpep and 100 head of cattin per day;:the cooling chamber can accommodate 6vtr 3000 cftYcassqs, vrWle the . cold etores.yill take-in 10.M0 , -carcasses.- The. -vvnrks , n« leased on what is; ktown, us The Gits-' gbft Leaso;" /systemj svhiih,■>«■■ practically a , ficehold. .Thereisß revaluation ovety 21 years, 1 but all improvements.beMff.to thq company. :Ev wything; iiu corinection with; the industry. Iβ worked on the most modern principles,. and it

is not tb be -ivondoredi at the, ■ cempany. inoroases its output aud.iteneral .b«si-. ;;■ • ■iiCBS, It is'considered-that by, : , . the works-,iviir bd .cKpablo Of. Blawrtshng 3500 ■•;. , 'sheep; pbr::a(t}S.;aU<l. etoflns , 00,000 ..ttiteto.: Vln ;, • 'tho busyl se'toa :the bbiiipahy.ships. 30,000 COb( :, : cnEscs petmbhthi'.' owe ■ ■~. lighters;. vThistloaad-, Shamrock-:-for ... tran-;;, f .shipblng.'' to thV. big etoamore. -in the.roaa- •• • ■ stead.-' In addition to., mtat-freeaihg,.; tha com-.. , ,pahy:ha9\.a, y.eryrgood by-product.-., ladwrtry , which' includes manures, fowl grit, wool, liiaos, t*lldw, bopedusti' oil and sausage casings, which are shipped to'Netf York. In preserved meat, the company's ''Meoo,: pure' extract; of meat, .•',■■ is a vory fina'prbdufctlbu; for which: thereie '. . a'growing demand all ovor th 6 Dominion. An . 'iexnJbtf' bf: these goods will, form' one of the . ijeatui'ok'of, the industrial sechon at'tho Wa- ~ 'nganui Show, next wcek," : The riins its. ;, freezing business on .the lihes'of. outright pttf-' r !, chase 'from farmers,tor they will freeM and '. : 'ship 'on. bwhers' Vaccouflt.",, With; the further ,'I developuijeht-'.of.i.the; largd. areas•: of- undovol- •; oped; land extending;, all around,- ' ahdVover to the! Main- Trunk railway line,' thft , .TPanganul should: nave ...... a.-most prosperdtta.future,-and-as a business.' . ' : 'asset.is olio , ..of,:the most valuable' in a-.'pro- ■ The managet. of, the; com! .; .. pany'isiilr.vO.'.'M., Cresswell. ~'': >| -; V : ;' ,'.;