The Weekly Times. "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1868. PROSPECTIVE PROSPERITY.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 65, 30 March 1868, Page 79

The Weekly Times. "Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri." MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1868. PROSPECTIVE PROSPERITY.

At the present period of commercial depression, when the value of our staple export is so reduced, and the prospects of “ boiling down ” for tallow are not over-cheering, it is with some anxiety we await the result of the experimental meat preserving operation now being undertaken in South Mr Mort with the view of bringing his grand invention before the British public. Should this preliminary venture prove successful—and we cannot see any room for doubt in the matter—a vast revolution will be effected in the pastoral pursuits of. the Colonies. Mr Mort is, our readers will remember, at present engaged in the preparation ®of a large cargo of Australian meat for transhipment to Great Britain and France. He is superintending the construction of the recently invented ammoniacal freezing apparatus, and will himself accompany the first cargo home, so as to have the entire superintendence of its management and control. This being the case, we think that there is every guarantee of such careful supervision being exercised, both over the construction of the apparatus and its subsequent working, as shall ensure the success in fact of what is so very beautiful and perfect in theory. We are convinced that, let it be once known that a cargo of meat, slaughtered in South Australia, has been carried to the other side of the globe, and placed in a fresh and saleable state in the British market, bright visions of future prosperity will take the place of the despondency that now oppresses the colonial producer, and his energies will be directed in a new channel—that of producing another and profitable export; our pastoral interests will be established on a firmer basis than ever, and woolgrowing will, to a great extent, give place to meat-producing; other and profitable breeds of sheep and cattle will be introduced, and extensive and open runs will be superseded by smaller and enclosed grazing farms, extending the practice of this industry over a vastly increased number of profitable producers, and making .the business of a grazier take its rank as a scientific pursuit;