FIFTY YEARS AGO

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 5

FIFTY YEARS AGO

FIRST FREEZING WORKS ESTABLISHED FOUNDER OF TRADE DIES’OF BROKEN HEART ONE OF INITIAL SHIPMENTS FAILED .JUBILEE OF INDUSTRY United Preas As«n. by El. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 7. Sitting at wattle-decked tables at the Savoy Hotel, a distinguished assemblage, under the chairmanship of Lord Kyisant, and including Sir G. Ryrie, (Commonwealth High G’ommissioner, Mr T. Trumble, Commonwealth secretary in London, the Hon. J. E. F’enton, Federal Minister of Trade and Customs, Lord Stanley AJderley, the Hon. T. M. Wilford N.Z. High Commissioner, the Ag-ents-General of the Australian States and 3D Samuel Vestv, celebrated the jubilee of the foundation of the frozen meat industry, dating from 1880, when the steamer Strath Leven, under the auspices of Mcllraith McEachern Ltd., conveyed thirty-four tons of beef, lamb and mutton from Sydney to England. The prime founder of frozen meat export was 3D S. Mori, who established the world’s first freezing work's at Darling Harbor in 18GI

Lord Kyisant. proposing the toast to the “Pioneers of Refrigeration”, referred to the Brazilian Ambassador. M. Raoul De Olivera. Mr Fenton, Sir G. Ryrie, and Mr Wilford. M. de Olivera, responding, congratulated Australia aud New Zealand on their example, which had filled South America with admiration.

Mr Fenton, amid cheers, acknowledged M. de Olivera's compliment, and paid a tribute to the services of Mi' Mort. who unfortunately had wot lived to see the triumph which had been his. He had apparently died of a broken heart, because one of his attempts to export frozen meat had fa,iled. A CSTRALIA'S CHALLEXGE TO SOUTH AMERICA United Press Aa»a. b> £l. Tel. Copyright (Received Feb. 7, 3.3 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. G. Mr Fenton also reviewed the increase in Australian produce exports. He recalled the names of Mr E. G. Xicholls and Mr AEdrew McHwraiih. The latter, though illness precluded his presence, was represented by his son, Harold. “We are going to make good old Australia bloom, and going to make Argentina aud Brazil run for it” declared Mr Fenton, as he sat down and shook hands with M. de Olivera. VAST EXTENT OF N.Z. TRADE Mr T. M. Wilford. who was loudly cheered, traced the history of the New Zealand frozen meat trade and pointed out that she supplied over half of Britain’s lambs and mutton. He prophesied the early success of recent experiments in in-

stantaneous freezing, and cited instances of the Dominion’s recentland development. AUSTRALIA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER. IN HUMOROUS MOOD Sir G. Ryrie disclosed one of Mr Moit's relatives was his school-fellow and recalled that the Australian workingman had erected a monument to Air A fort, owing to his broad humataranism. He complimented Mr M. T. Brown, chief engineer of the Strath Leven, yh owas present, and suggested that Lord Ivylsant, who is a giant in stature might have a go at the Italian boxer Camera. The speaker aroused roars of laughter with two characteristic stories, reducing Lord Kylsant to utter helpnessness.

The chairman responded. Mr Brown also spoke. Mr Joseph Raymond related a story of the Strath Leven. He said two sons survived Air Alert. One was a clergyman in Surrey, and another, Mr Macaulay Mori, was present that night.