EXPORT OF MEAT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2355, 11 January 1915, Page 7

EXPORT OF MEAT

GOVERNMENT ACTION APPROVED TESTIMONY OF EXPORTERS y Two communications which stow at least that all the heads of meat exporting concerns ill Now Zealand do not share the opinion of Mr. H. G. Bill that there will he a shortage of . Ebjpg with refrigerated space were received by the Prime Minister on Saturtlay. The Prime Minister received the folilowing telegram from Mr. William Nelson, of Tomoana Works, which is one Jof- the biggest in the New Zealand jtrozen moat export trade:— r "We have not had a single day's Malay from any cause whatever, but if rw3 had I don't think any decenithminded man would complain of a few Mays' check when :it is considered that the whole world is suffering from this £rea£ upheaval—indeed, a' very " much (greater one than was ever known or ■dreamt of before. New Zealand, has pbeen. justly proud of the successful. efiforts of the Government to render our . -share of assistance to the Home au- . fehorities in dealing with the terrible {'situation existing in Europe, and vet iwe have at least two irresponsible individuals in the country with such a limited, understanding as f(a_ stir up 'strife on the. basis of; -possiblel.troujble which so far has not arisen, • eo,'ing so far in this "direction as'to make /.statements which they; should not, be fproud'of. Personally, I look upon it as a marvellous achievement that so (many steamers should he taken out of 'the New; Zealand trade to carry;out. j our ■ wishes in', rendering to [the Belgians and the other European and yet have so little dislocation. of colonial trade as it is '.possible we,-may have, but which, up to date, jVe. "have not even felt.' I am perfectly. certain that 999 out of every' . thousand >New Zealanders. take 'the „ same view as I do." ', The chairman of the Patea Freezing Company has also _ written a letter to . the Prime. Minister, of which the following is. an extract. "I fully .'appreciate the good work done by the. Cabinet in purchasing grain and securing insulated boats during' this trying time, and I regret that Mr. Hill has. dragged the Patea ' Frozen Meat Company 1 into his controversy through the Press. I know you have done vour Jbest in the .farmers' interests, and we V 'must. have a little patience during 'this' trying season. In two weeks we hope to have our new freezing chambers completed. Then I 1 suppose we ■ shall cease from troubling you on these i outside matters. Our. freezing space is ! very limited and' our killing space is', increased, so' we no doubt felt "the .pressure first. However,; we. have kept pegging away ,at the shipping compan-. /Ses for more space, and with , your val-' tiable aid I believe we shall just about scrape'through." ' The danger of the Patea work's: having to close down owing to the cold 'stores being all filled was considerable until the Government assisted the company to get sufficient freight'space to 'allow the congestion in tile' stores .to be/relieved: The reason for the block- • age>t Patea was that-the works, which 'wore burned down tecently, are. now .'only partly reconstructed.