TUESDAY MAY 21, 1889. FURTHER MEAT FREEZING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume VII, Issue 268, 21 May 1889, Page 2

TUESDAY MAY 21, 1889. FURTHER MEAT FREEZING.

;■_,'-..: — . .... T ,*» .... — . Those who are thinking of em. bnrking^money in expensive freezing works had better. "bide a wee," as from day to day we receive advices of other and cheaper means of keeping meat sweet. We.detailed a scheme by which fire,' heating a certain chemical, created, ah intense cold which froze the meat subjected to itaction, and the cost was stated to be very moderate ; now we have a report of the discovery of an American chemist, which would relegate the scheme we have just mentioned, to the background, as from the Account given below, sent the Canterbury Press by its London correspondent, the action seems the principle of simplicity and cheapness. He writes : — " The whole apppratus is extremely simple, consi'ti'tit'g.' merely of a box aad a plate of powder. Mr Wheaton, Mr Bowden, and Mr Hodge went oyer everything with me, and I will give you a brief summary of the whole process, In the room was a box about 6ft by Bf fc, which, when I saw. it, was empty. In the top compartment, which is only partially separated from -the lower one, are two small zinc tanks fur ice or cold water. On a level therewith is a small shelf, upon which the plate of powder stands. The whole of the lower portion of the box is filled with the meat to be treated. The box is air tight or nearly so. The plate of powder is ignited, and the'do'or is closed. The" fume?; of the vapour arise quickly over the tanks, where they are cooled down, and then descend to the meat and attack it. In three or four hours the meat is rendered incapable of jdtcay. If the process of putrif action has already set 'in, the vapour will arrest it. The meat may then be taken out and thrown' aside anywhere in any temperature, and for any length of time, and it remains .good. % viewed at the office hams and carcases of sheep, oxen, rabbits, as well as birds, and fish, which were from three weeks to three months old. Eggs I saw which had been broken into a glass three weeks ago after being 'processedj' and they were perfectly fresh to the smell. AlTthe carcases. were fresh and juicy in appearance. Furthermore, the. process is applied not only to meat,, out to vegetables (as we had evidence &i the lunch), to fruit, and bb flowers. Maidenhair sprays have been, pre-* served, after subjection to the vapour,' for weeks, while, as everyone knows, ordinarily they will wither in a day; I saw oranges three months old which had been cut' three weeks' before, and were still as juicy and sweet as. when they were first picked. There seems no end to the applications and uses of this extraordinary elixir vitae. Hides I saw which were eight weeks old, and- as soft and- clean-smelling, as the day they left the bullock's back. The meat will keep after bein» cooked, just as before cooking. How long the virtue of the vapour lasts is a dubious point' It has b^en shown to last three months, aod>Mr Wbeaton informed me that experiment hid pioved it in America to' last for eight months. It has been suggested that the process is much the some, as that employed in ancient times by the Egyptians in embalming their dead, j for it is proved that if preserved [ meat is kept for a long time (many months), it has a tendency to get dry t

and this jvvbujtd, 'reduce it in time to the conditfdn d_ the mummy. The second point is that water placed in the chamber where the powder is being btt_nt, gets impregnated with vapour, and acquires the virtu& Of preserving meat thrown into it. Fish had Been thus kept fresh for a whole fortnight., The .quantity cf meat ■which -'I found, oh ' enquiry, and examination, could be put into the box ttas, rough y spealdug, between 2001 b and 3001 b, tha'' is Idm four to six sheep. Tho amount of power re* ftuived io trgat the, say, nye sheep, ; is fib, and the cosi; of the pibwder is 9d a lb." Sir Oharles Clifford and a number of members of Parliament were present at a luncheon given, the menu of which consisted of meat, .fish.,; fowl;, qnd vegetables, as well as flowers, that had been preserved by <thje neW'.proceßs, several weeks. Sir CharhkiC lrfford testified to t|ie gre,at success of the invention, and said it would revolutionize the meat trade, and prove of enormous value to stockowtiers in. the colonies. The Pr ss correspondent says : — " The salmon was brought round in perfect condition, vegetables, and all, and we were told ift/was 18 days old. T can declare tnat I haye p never tasted better salmon. Neither from smell, taste, or appearance would it have been possible to discover that the fish was Iniore thanja&ay old. It is needless, to go through the menu. Suffice it to say that every single dish was similarly excellent, and in none could we (ant. we were ail-critical) detect any sign of medication or any trace of antiquity. They were all fresh. Another test that satisfied the most sceptical of us was that of the kidneys. Kidneys, as is known, are among the first parts of the carcase to; .'turn,' and. yet we ate kidneys whioh weretiiree weeks old at least, , and were better than any I have ever tasted. And kp on through the who' c menu. ; There' was no fault to find." , -We have heard ii '.rationed on very good authority that Mr J./in Stevens intends .making another tvij . > India with houses. He has reported trrv, us las 'j venture was not successful, h_t ii w.'.s owl tg to the class of horses he took. II- :nay Lound strange, but he believes they -.visa too good, and that the lighter and;che:\iic! : kind would be best for the "market. The Marton paper has a wandering artist •hrthis district;,, who manages to obtain . some wonder 'nl readable matter for his , employers. Having been received with hospitality by the Hevip-millers, t'lis is wbat he considers a polite return. " There was' a kind of sira vising of rebellion. among the hands ; aud the irpubie was kituev. A keg of this uceM anl 'WoLh-iome article of diet— a keg which had pr ;bably been imported — had been opened at tea time, and had immediately a •".ir-i.:l tire o:le:isive so that not a man co. M gevnearji. A few, who t_oa3-.lt -liie JAlj worth living rathout'butter, had cj.iuctt?l..wi J h v, co to speak, and tried, to nuka, up ,to . i j, but in vain. The ordinary ca r I . land is credited with being" able to eat butter whose odour will knock hir-i ftb'.m, bu: draws the line at odours t>;afc y»H yam,} on him after he is down, arid vj i,jese men, having had a good feed or 'inc_t, juddihg, potatoes, and bread, in deStult of jutter, glared at the cook for dessert, ail muttered about Osborne and Gie36n's -ail' across the river where they have- blancmange at every meal td tempt the .'agglng a petite." The unfortunate Manawatu Road Board no sooner gains r, case in the district court thai a rehearing is applied ; for, and granted. We learn that the employees at MessrOsbfirne and G-iesen's mill have been singularly unlucky. Not to mention the two who have been sick, two others have been hurt, but Bjpare.itf.y owing to their own carelessness. One a lad, noticing the machine getting choked with fibre stupidly put down his hand to clear it, with the result that his thumb nail got caught in the tow and pulled clean off. The other case occurred through some skylarking and one of the riefl striking out with his arm at some one, and i ..ringing it down on so ne sharp instrumeat made a severe cut right across the back 0? his hand. Yet a small fee is thought too much to retain the services of a doctor I . Sermons are always interesting and as a rule are patiently listened to. Mistakes are sometimes made by an error of the preacher in emphasizing. A contretemps occurred from some such pronunciation the other night. The seivnon had progressed to what, was the. usual - length, and another paragraph com-jiencing with "Now to," led the congregatio. ». *o believe that it had concluded, and the,/ vi. arose with alacrity, but after a few uorc .. .ids had been read, it was discovered thii they had been a little too prompt, and ';• ns they stood, and forced the preacher t? end, as he at once saw ho\/ he had 're : -Misunderstood. A clock should be-ke^l rv '. serr-ions timed to the minute. It is hot oZten wo hr.-ye occasion to fly to our fire-bell to creat.; p"i alarm, but 0 lFri-. day evening last tliot^n was roused from it 3 usual state of quietness by p. 1 individual who no doubt thru";'' j co ne persons were • being .hi'vned out o : ; house and borne. It turned out to be a 'gor.se fence in flames, "ahou^ ei^hi chains in lcijth being burnt. "A ".iler-I ; ice dawge wo^d have take 1 place had n^i'a fe»v willing hands been theret o prevent its s, reading. " Messrs Powien Brotho s, builders and painters imeri a 1 r.'lverti c nent t ?.t they .are reat'y to take contract . for bui! ing and painting, and any o v'e s 1 It at this office will rece've j/rordiv). atioi .'on. We^ imagined that o ii / ijst property had combined tolose lis our advertising income, but landed and house property is treating us the same. We inserted two issues ago a notice of five acres of land with a house thereon for sale, Yesterday we received notice from the owner that he had quitted it, owing to the notice in oar paper, at a very, .satisfactory, figure. Tne adver u isement is consc uont^y withdrawn. Carpentevs >vill see an advertisement inserted in this ig/«e calling for tenders for the construction of a scutching and engine shed at Scott'a ferry. Specification can be seen at Messrs Knowles and Co's mill, Owing to the large increase of business the Foston Co-operative Bakery Company find that their accounts soon run up to' large figures, and they now request their customers to settle all overdre accounts. A good man cook is seeking an engagement. \ Two thoroughly staunch draught mares «rt offered (or satoi Any trial given.

Thehe:np market rises and falls. On the 17th inst the cables gave the quotation at £Si#ei tdri arid tjttlet, and on the 18th it was quoted at £36 S3 to £36 10. The N. Z. Times reports a decision, of some interest td tho's"o ">(iving transactions with Natives as having been giVdri Iry Mr H. W. Robinson, R.M. The case was one in vhich the Wellington Loan Company claimed frou J. H. Wallace, of Otaki, the su-0 ol £44, due upon a promissory note. Oil ii". sum claimed £5 was credited, and ile c him was reduced by this amount. For t.n defence it was contended that the dele:: .!„ni was an "aboriginal native" within tie meaning of section 96 of, the Bills ci Exchange Act, 1883, whioh said that no bill or note made or given shall attach any liability to any aboriginal native unless ii shall, if not written in Maori, have a Maori 'translation endorsed thereon, and shall show upon the lace that it was duly interpreted to such Native at the. time of making, and that such Native understood the liability for payment imposed thereby. The note was not in Maori and had no translation. It was proved that the defendant was a son of a Maori mother by a European. After referring to the fact that there was no interpretation in the Bills of Exchange Act of the words "aboriginal native," nor in any Act any suoh interpretation of general application, his Worship said that in the absence of any statutory in* terpretation he must hold that the phrase " aboriginal native " meant only a person of pure Maori blood, arid thatthe defendant being a half-caste, was not protected under the Act. Judgment ivas entered up for the amount claimed and costs £3 12s. Mr Gray appeared for plaintiff, and Mr N. Ward for defendant. Mr Seabury returned from his trip on -.Saturday and resumed his duties at the' heads yesterday. Messrs Thynne Linton & Co. inform us that they have received very many letters , from all parts for particulars of the hemp mill •; ey are advertising. A "young lady is desirous of securing the posi.ioa of lady help in a family in Foxton. HaTing no house wherein he could place his wife caused ft*,- Beane to represent his unhappy lot to his chief, and thus secured his removal where houses are to be more easily obtained — Hawera. Circumstances altering cases is thus again instanced, and a single operator will take his place. On Friday the owners of the " Ivy " offer the townspeople a vjery nice holiday trip up tlie river. The trip is always pleasant, but now ii should be very interesting, as the activity that the flax industry has occasioned on the banks will be viewed, and the large drainage works carried out by Mr Larkworthy will be to be seen and appreciated. If ii is fine there should be a good muster 0:1 board. If it is wet, there will be ho; start. The prices are fixed very low. Everyone must take their own provisions. A gentleman representing a flour mi v somewhere in the district, visited the town yesterday, and was surprised at being unable to do any business, because he knew the mill was where it wa3, he believed everybody else did ! He is almost persuaded thai :i would have paid him to advertise. Tho arrangements on the railway for the Queers' Birthday are notified. Excursion tickeii vill be granted from Foxton to Wei* lingj'..ii".Cii2_stiio2ji;li May available to the 31 vt .lay. Saturday return tickets will be iss.ieii i:o:.n any station to any station on t ./ Wanganui section and the Manawatu iiai-\vay from 22nd inst to 25th May available for return till the 31si May. An eligible property has ju ,;. been placed in Messrs Thynne Linton & Cos hands for Bale, being-a well built 4 roomed house with nearly half an .acn of first class garden ground. It can be purchased on terras. At a sate of unclaimed goods at the Ge" vernment railway Station yesterday after* njon says the N. Z Times the curiosity o the cunning was excited wilh reference to the contents of .1 mysterious looking s-ick. Ia due time the Rack was put up, aud was eventually knocked down tc a knowing individual for four shillings. The pu. -chaser indignantly resisted all efforts to find out his reason for buying the saok, and having unotiously stated that "jThrea pound* couldn't buy it," he thenceforh preserved a judicious and ostentatious silence. When he left the station with the bargain on his back he was followed by a crowd partly envious and partly curious,, of whom he took no cognisance, bat pro. ceeded through the town, staggering beneath the weight of unknown wealth. Having arrived at a suitable spot he put dow the bag and cut it open. He then discovered that it contained neither jewels nor uujgets; neither clothes of extra finish. Whr.t it did contaiu was bottles whioh had been used many years ago, and smelt accordingly. .It has occurred ji:st as we feared. The Government having quarrelled with their Minister of Education have decided to introduce ho amendment to the Education Act, as the following paragraph from Dunedin proves :— At a meeting of the School Committees Conference, resolutions were passed with the view of having uniform holidays, the conference favouring five clear weeks at midsummer, and some eight special days during the year It was decided to urge on the government, who bad intimated that, it was not intended to introduce an amendment of the Education Bill this session, the adoption of the alter, at tona frequently urged, namely, the abolition of the cumulative vote, pre-mnnina-tion of candidates, and definition of housekolders. A* the inquest on the body of the late Mr. Clark Daon, a verdiot of death from uatural causes was returned. No post mortem was considered necessary, and the medical evidence went to show that death waa due to heart disease. Juilga Riwson in summing up a c«e to tho j ary iv the District Court last week, stated that this reminded him of an anecdote whfoh was related by counsel in a case similar fc;> the present, an aotion for negligence. A ; person went to hear a charity sermon, and his sympathies were so arcuseu by the eloquence of the preacher in relating the sufferings of the persons for whose benefit tbe service was given, that he put his hand into his nearest neighbor's pocket, emptied ii, of all the coin he could find, and put it into the plate. We have authority the Pott aays for stating that the Bill, whioh the Government intend tn introduce next session to amend, the Bankruptcy Act, will provide for the Resident Magistrates doing a lot of the work whioh ia now performed by tbe judges of the Supreme Court. It is proposed, for instance, that bankrupts should, be snbjeoted to public examination by the Resident Magistrates, leaving it to the judges of the Supreme Court to decide' whether the insolvent s tall receive his immediate discharge. An exchange remarks — How is this for coincidence ? The brigantine Parnell arrived at Melbourne a few day* ago, pod--1 B<gn«d to Pigott brothers*

The Borough Council gives notice of their intention to strike a general and Libiary rate at their next meeting, and they also publish their statement of the income of the Borough and the proposed expenditure for the year. The Chronicle says it is rumoured that Mr 1 Jfohu Stevens is likely to stand for the representation .oi the Manawatu, in opposition to Mr Macarthur, at the next general election. We are now in the position to state that our long expected postmaster, Mr Curtis, arrived in town by train last night. Mr Gourley will probably, leave on Thursday. Oats are likely to be dear as it is reported from Invercargill that up to date, 179,500 sacks oi this season's crops have been carried over the • Southland section of the railways, and.it is expected that farmers will rush in all they can before the roadbreak up, and that there will be little left for export in the spring.