THE CANNING INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1656, 24 January 1913, Page 8

THE CANNING INDUSTRY.

: ;' ■ ' POSITION AT FRIMLEY. : v ' ,v:Vlt\was' announced in' this column 1 , last iweek that both tie Frimley Canning Co., ; ; Has.tingß,.'and -Messrs.vE. H..Crease.and Co.,- were discontinuing,-the canning of 'dessert .and' pie fruits. ; -The.'reason adivariced by the Frimley .Company was the •impossibility of securing sufhcient/and re:'m'uner'ativ«;,labour.!'.' The Napier "Telei graph" has been ; making some:inquiries in Hastings, and asked tlißinahager of ,the'. Frimley works '-.(Mr.. ■■ Basil - .'■ Jones) whether'the. trouble only affecteaV the present '''.season.;;', Mr. • Jones said, ho, could hardly-answer this question,' at present, but, ho added, :,if/there . were" no,: better prospects', later'.on 'than, there .are now, the/ company would hav.e no option . but, to close down on cannlngbothfruit and vegetables, 'and the' onltfOKdiSfi.thcn for. the' district would be 'to tunr/the concern into regular jam factory,■■ and a manufnc.tory for. sundry grocers' stores—such; as ,puddings, mince-nieat,' '.peels, .peppers, 'sauces,, etc.; in-- fact,,the same, class of work that the company have been turning; out, for, the'past:coaple of winters. "I do not know, what .we would- do if we had not' these lines to fallj'back upon," said Mr; Jones.--.>,':'-:': ' •'."