CHILLED BEEF FROM NEW ZEALAND.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1169, 3 July 1911, Page 8

CHILLED BEEF FROM NEW ZEALAND.

SUCCESSFUL EXPORT' SHIPMENT. A London correspondent writes:—"Sew Zealauders will bo interested lo hear that the. small trial shipment of beef 'which was dispatched from Kelson Bros.' Tonioana works on March 16, under an entirely new 'chilling process, arrived ill London 011 tho Muritai 011 May 1 in excellent condition after a 55-day voyage. There were (B hindquarters and 10 forequavtei'S, nnd these were marketed at Smithficld on April 5, the hinds making Id. and the fores 3;d. This is' a Terjr satisfactbry result, and all the more satisfactory when it is borne in mind that no chemicals whatever are used to assist refrigeration in this proecss. Tho patents, of'which I am not in a position to give particulars at the present moment, arc /taken out in the names of Sir Montague Nelson. M>. Tyser, and Mr. Dicks, of the C.C. and D. Company, and thorough dry-in? of the air admitted to; the cold chamber is, I understand, the foundation of the new system. Vt'ith strops promoters behind it, and confirmed initial success, the process should have a bright futnro before it. The ability to carry meat with a soft surface from one side, of the world to the other should largely influence the position of New Zealand meat iu tho English and other markets. I have little faith in chemicals, and believe they will never gat'past tho barrier which is fortified by, strojig scientific testimony on the Continent of Europe. I believe, moreover, that the last ivord has not been said in official quarters in England as to the use of chemicals in the preservation of food'; but bo this as it may, it irill be extremely interesting to watch the progress of the' Nelson process. I haye no doubt that it will be possible to apply'it to mutton also,-which cannot be 'Tions with the chemical systems."