NEW FREEZING WORKS OPENED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2780, 26 May 1916, Page 8

NEW FREEZING WORKS OPENED

v By Telegraph—Press Association. ' ' Christchurch, Mav 25. * . freezing. works. ■ at. Saiapoi were opened <o-day by Mr. Bu(Jdo and tho Hon. G. W. ilussell. There was a '. large gathering of shareholders and farmers. The new works are handy for farmers, who own them 00-operatively, a useful outlet for the 'stook; o£_North.- Canterbury. . : ; Owiiff.to'tho ahortaga of labour, thresli--Jng;-isiilS iff-',the: Wairarapa have of late \ beep-unable't<> work full' time. It is feared that" a good deal of the cereal in . - stack will have to remain unthreshed until next season. . , The' annual meeting of. the Masterton Branoh of the Farmers' Union was held on Wednesday. Tho chairman (Mr. Hugh Morrison) referred to the work that was ■ being done in • patriotic, matters, and " made p. appeal to, farmers to trade ip" British goods - and to 'sell their 'Britain' rather; than to , America antolflpan. 4 He.'also emphasised the value of ibejime:;on agricultural.' lands."Messrs. H.^Mflpison.\andD.' M'Qregor ware' 1 ap- ■ the; Executive Committee, and Me^g ( '^W.;Perry andrD. Hebenton delegates to ;the Provincial Conference. ; I•■'1 •■' In'tho latter-part of 'December (says ; 1 our Carterton correspondent)' a CaiTinfton ' settler planted some, oats, with the idea of feeding them' off in'the winter. The crop has got away so fast,that they came : into ear, and will be useless for the pur•poso for. which they 'were, intended.' ' Never'has the. demand for clear-headed constructive thinking in business been ■bo urgent as it-is right now. We are living. in a progressive agei, and must talce advantage of all up-to-date methods. It . is in' savings, from waste of any. description that money is made to-day; and by concentrating, one's, efforts on all details of our-business ive claim'to be able to produce'results for'our many cream suppliers. more cream. Can you' supply us? Further partioulars, Wanganui Fresh Food Co.—A"dvt. Wise dairymen will have their milking, machine s overhauled at the end of thiß Beason rather than at the beginning of ■next—idleness .begets rust and- compli-: cations. Alhort, J. ..Parton will put you.rmaohine in spic and span, order—expert , work, reasonable charge! Albert J. Parton, Pembroke Street, Carterton,—Advi.