MARLBOROUGH'S MEAT TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 8

MARLBOROUGH'S MEAT TRADE.

:.'' ; ;■ ■'■: WEKS- ACCOMMO- '^-. Q .;; ; ; v ,fr'. ■. ;;' : ■■■:■:■' :■■:-;;■■;.•■- v; • ;, : The''- , /qn^on'--:Vi''''iiicreas'irig , :-tlie"- ifreezv.;ing;worj£s:;at':]^btin:. has'been' a .subject S.whieh ■ has'i-' occupied 'the; minds; .of ;' ,exp9rters-.? of:.stobk' : ;idr-.'.86iu67 time"'•• past,' ■ and- the matter:;has been . discussea; by ;/;,the'iM.arlbprqugh>A.;.'and P. Association,' ',': Thich .resolved:i'/Tliat' this! 'meeting 1 -.'re-' ;- /quest the. -Christchurch , ; Meat' .Company ~. to. take into- consideration the' great de;';;rmand:Vfor.!.space! that' exists' at! Pifiton ■::V.during'.v : the -i months.:-. , from ..January;.;; to .';- April,'.'with. aV:view.'.to; the."immediate. ■■■':. .enlargement "■ of '> the"works; at'Picton;'"aiid ;,. that-; Mr. A.: form - a depu'ta- ;".-. tion/.tp place the resolutions and.;reports ;;;of the,'oonferenoe-before the general:man.ager,of.the■ '.Ghristchurch Meat' Com-. .-:■■';', V ,};; -'.-:r"-:v;!. : :.- :- .:■.-'. Mr...-Armstr6ng .said that there ...were >16 ; ;butchers, .and vhat was ample,-: and' the :.; ;■ storage/ ;capacity •'. was ..sumcwnt.V-but - the ..hanging; chamber was;not largev.enough. : !-.'-.!l3iey\;wantedi. , ,'tho..''harigin(j''a'ifd'. , .'freeziiig' '. ..chambers .increased in .' size.;; >:'..,;. ■'•■;..

!'. Aii ■;'exchange Vstates:'. "Apparently y.the discussion at; the meeting'has borne good ftuit, >'and we understand, on- the very bestiof.authority;.that it-is;the intention .of the- .Christchurch .Heat Cbmpany to enlarge-their works at Picton at an early date.-.; : Next season it-is anticipated , that the'.'forks'-'will.carry. 2000: per day, -which onght.toXmeet the .demands:'of ,local pastoralists.-.' Tb.e. :; ;extensibh ;bf wilKprobably;' cost, £iH(SO." '"' '.;''':; :;■;