Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1884. FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 132, 14 November 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1884. FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY.

>\ i Jjj_g_sj> by ; ithe /fatlrtrable i pra-jj graphs to be seen m English papers,! theoiltlook for the frozen meat in-) i dustryinthiscolonyismostpromising., \&WMbtt£{Mjft^ from the) J t|ip/, mral-j -sionpf English sentiment whiicn has* .taken place, ,, during the ( pajst fewf r^onths. §ayjs ;thje journal reierjrcdl ,to irrf^Gf the,' past, two, ,w ( 9jeks ' $ere f^^b ( eKn 3ff ,quit^ i! 7i^^,^l99l%^, at Bradford m reference to the sal£ of, •^WiZeaUjnd frpzenmuttoii. Where! supplies , ojf ( this , lineat Jiaye. beeri offered- for ' sale-i8_ j Fifidayl W and 1 {^urdOTarrthe^sh -of customers .. rias^ been so greltf;' that ifte" street^ [hare beenn tyock&il ( by waiting crowds', and; the police have been ■&_erF ; _ponV to- maintain bmef^Qohd -regularity. It is stated that no fewer r than 300 carcases per week, '.^sbld ait, the Various 1 but-hers v shop's in' tfre town; Many- df -ihf principal btitch^r&j W„6feceiv_ s_p^ ' plies 'from thp 'ageWof j tßfe^ini'iloitj. _mg company, vend the article th pfe.b^tch^, , v l]he prices o^ thijs mutton range as under ;'~.F s ojr -breasts, 4£d per lb ; for necks,' _di; ifor ilegs, rshoulders^ andrlpin?i Bcj." ..The Bradford agent of ithe:importing company: states that tlie average .weekly consumption m London and the 'provinces, as found from con-' signmerits from the London Dock£, is from Bfioo to 10,000 carcases Of sheep p^r^eefe'*;^y; the 'yye.llington pkp^ers^we Lolteelry^'t-a^/ _re_^i_g operations; have been Recommenced by,; the local refrigerating andy probably for \tbe /next/few mBnth>-_t-_nylxate.4ner^j^ington ■ freezing works §tinyilated hy_ the ; hardening of \hevH<pe market, and ' t^ie j quantity '<d¥ nmtton which lis now*comi_g foiward, will fee lo?_iill swing. The Gear Meat Preserving and Refrigerating Company are pije-ti paring* * SOfJO 1 ; sheep** ! ' for traijs- : mission by the s.s. Victory which leave_#6r London early next week, and, the Jubilee will go alongside tne steamer either on Saturday -or Monday ?next to load up. The same '^ompitay will despatch another &ipr4ent of 3000 froajejf? r >heep; H fbr the ss Ruapehu which 'leaves; here about the 18th or gjst .. jn_t,, .' Anp^he^ parcel of 5000 sh^ep *'wHl' _ls6 ! l_ave W^„hgtoh> lo* }he .ijome market by the s.s. Coptic,' which 'will leave about the 14th j of ji^t, n^onth, and by tl^e sameoppjorthe 'We!n%fon^_(_eat Export Company will send off 7000 j. /carcases of f fro?^P; §4di., tion to a quantity of mndquarllers __d legs of beef. In this connection, wglndte ]that .ft/very extraordinary article on the export of frozen meat appears - m the "Wairarapa Star jof^ Monday? —We are tola at the outset " tnaif"__r 3ohn CrossJ of .Morpa, has jijst recovered k£6_u9s MilcpiaT^ IWsufc-* $e-^carcjwft,j -frotfi She^Geir M&fr C#m§any #%; an accidental overcharge. AccoraJng/tQi |the which, {the article says,; Mr Cross showed jthe .wS^l^v^ipipeßtVhad- consisted ; of sheep, which had" been sent, r^77 5s 4<_. Grear Company for freezing land fretgHiamQu^ted^to.r^/3 2s ddj \m\ sttraricej charges^ came .ta^^ |l.s, lj and dock charges ana commission: 'to "Jftf. .fttf 'f-I ' i} "Total charges, , leavihg the expdrter u io pay _?30 odd itt addition to thft loss ~6f his^heep^ and his -espehses between Wairar^pa and WellingitHn.' ;,♦*% ma^erorStan^ say^ihe.^ar, t^e 4bVibffuJ^ s'atisfac^ioln of knowing t^a^^j^p'oglL assureol per press cablegram 'that the mutton ex Jorangr: fel-hetf ' -d^to' W^Lbn" don, and^altho'ugh the meat Was m f s:ure_ u v# ito sp(i>er%,'teoaryjrea'li^dfroni _dto Sd^ per ? lb -ttn: the Isfh August m London, being 12s ; 6d peptcatcase, or 6d more than have sold $>r^n the disvtrict. Ha^ /;ahy . intim^twri been b^n sent that the mutton was dam- f aged, - or, that the 'insurer^ (wa^.l liable, we coulcl have understood; the discrepancy between "the cabled quotations arid the actual' results, ast : given m the accoUtit'salesvb'u^ the bald figures are simply inexplicable*?) We quite agree with our .contemporary,, and shall look, forward .to seeing an explanation of this, extraordinary development of the freezing industry.