Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. Frozen Meat.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 May 1891, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1891. Frozen Meat.

« Those who have lived long in the Colony are often said to be ashamed to look a shyep in the face, from the fact that during their life they have consumed so many. Owing to the steady and large demand for frozen mutton, nothing delights the heart of the grazier so much, than to look as many sheep i.i the face as he can, and to do so he has launched out large sums of money to obtain his muttons. It is not only the grazier who has cause for congratulation, as fortunately his gooil fortune, if not contagious, is distributive, as a large numbar of other persons, outside landed interests, have to be employed to assist him reaping his harvest. The railways and the shipping all do well when the grazier does well, and so in turn do the inhabitants of the towns that have communication with the sea. It is a matter of very great importance to this town, which has been broached by Mr J. G. Wilson in his letter, in our last issue. It is more than a rumour, as those who know Mr "Wilson, are aware that before he circulates any statement, he has generally got very near to the bottom of the matter. Therefore, when Mr Wilson says that Messrs Nelson Brothers propose to ship their frozen meat from Woodville to Foxton, it may be considered most likely that they will do so, more especially as the little trouble about a steamer to act as a go-between, from the port to the Ocean liner, is at our hands. We may say that we have been assured that the owners of our regular trader the Queen of the South, are prepared, upon being shown a trade, to make such necessary alterations to her so as to fit her for carrying frozen mutton on such trips. The Queen of the South is a boat most admirably adapted for such a trade, as she has plenty of spare space in her engine room to place the freezing machinery, and her capacity is equal to carrying one thousand carcases of mutton a trip. There is not the slightest doubt that Foxton is the port that can most easily be used as a port of shipment direct to the large steamers, as that most useful island, Kapiti, is a regular shelter in all weathers -and at all times. The distance from the wharf to it is only a gentle four hours steaming. A sheep will have yet to be incorporated with the aims of the Borough. That useful animal will do more to make the settlers, far and wide, understand the advantages that this fine river is to them, than anything else can do, as it cheapens the freezing cost, by permitting coals to freeze them with, to be landed cheap, and will take them afterwards away at lower rates than by any other means. The port will be a port, and where business in its particular line is brisk, it will induce other industries to start, and thus little by little bo grow, that the town will be a yerit-

able hive of industry. The great satisfaction in all this will lie in the fact that our prosperity will not have been obtained by forced competition with other district^ but that our natural ad varitanfcages, having beeriuseci to assist the groWth of true and natural industries in other parts, has thereby made us, or in other words tha prosperity of others is our own.