FREEZING SPACE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 180, 25 April 1919, Page 8

FREEZING SPACE

The matter of the lack of refrigerated ■ Bpace available by the freezing works ! for meat-was again discussed at the meeti ing of the executivo of the Canterbury! ; District of the New Zealand Farmers'! ; Union .on "Wednesday. The AVaiau ; "branch wrote, conveying! a resolution of ' protest against "the unfair treatment New i Zealand, and particularly Canterbury, ; ivas receiving at the hands of the Sliip- ; -ping Controller." . h Mr. D. Jones pointed out that he had ! convened a meeting a fortnight previous-' i ly, relative to the position. As a direct ! result of the representations then made • (that butter and cheese had been given ; undue preference),' lie believed the posii tion had improved slightly. The Horo- ! Tata, instead/of loading a large quantity I of cheese-and biitfer,"-had\taken meat. When the meeting was held, the position rfas that a quantity of meat,from : the 1916 r season was still in 6tore. The position was still bad, and freezing buy- ' 'ers had informed him that s a large ' amount of fat stock , was still held by j farmers.' .',jro'..::dbubt %those companies : which, could still buy were iloing well : out o.f the farmer. He moved that the Government should ' be written to, ask- ; ing that the Corinthic should be detained in-Lyttelton to load meat. This was seconded .by Mr. -W. T. Lill, •who stated that maiiy fat lambs were_ ! still J'awaiting purchase by the freezing' 1 companies. '• .- •-' : The -resolution carried.