FREEZING SPACE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 277, 12 August 1918, Page 8

FREEZING SPACE

SOUTH CANTERBURY FARAIEKS AND

THE COMPANIES. By Telegraph—Press Association.

Timaru, August 10. A fortnight ago a uieoliny of farmers considered a suggestion by Mr. E. C. Studholme that farmers should assist tho freezing companies! to erjet additional storage at the Smithfiekl and Pareora works, the farmers to provide tho capital required. Objection was made that only those providing the capital would be entitled to apnee, and that it would bo hotter to allow tho companies to erect the storage and the farmers to pay extra for storage. A committee was appointed to see the companies on the matter. This committee reported to a large meeting to-day that the New Zealand Company disapproved of the extra storage idea and recommended concentrating on getting shipping. The Canterbury Company offored to ndd storage-'at Pareora if the farmers found .CISCO this month, the space to belong loth» subscribers pro rata until after the war, when the building would become the property of the company At to-day's meeting a letter from the New Zealand Company reversed the earlior decision of the company. The coinpaiiT will erect «t Smitbheid additional storage for at least 100,000 without assistance and without any conditions and will carry on as heretofore on full tirade lines. This was fully approved by the meeting, and. it was decided to ask the Canterbury Company to adopt the same line. It'was stated that tho Shipping Committee would not send meat ships to Timaru, aiid a. resolution was passed urging that ships be sent as there aro three freezing works within a radius of the port.