The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1916. THE TAIHAPE FREEZING WORKS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 23, 28 January 1916, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1916. THE TAIHAPE FREEZING WORKS.

(With which is incorporated The Tai tape Post and Waimarino News.)

There is, perhaps, nothing in this world that gives so much pleasure, satisfaction contentment to the dfdinary human being as the accomplishment ,or the coming into possession, of what one most fervently desires., more especially .if the attainment of his object is the result of his own forethought, personal judgment and organisation. Surely, this must outline the sensation that is now pervading the feeling of every shareholder in the Otaihape Meat and Produce Company to-day. Little more than a year ago the freezing works project was in embryo, only just then mooted; to-day the huge freezing works

stand as a monument to the promoter’s and shareholder’s good judgement, organisation and loyalty to their district. The careful course followed' by the men who put their hands into their own pockets to achieve what they thought the Taihape territory urgently needed, has enabled them to stand off and view the large works at Winiata, and the almost continuously arriving mobs of sheep and cattle, which wend their way thither from every point of the campass, with the" utmost complacency. Many people, ether than those who are fortunate enough to be on the'share list of the 1 Company, obviously feel keen concern f in the success of these freezing works, 1 as shown by frequent interested inquiry as to how matters are progressing. Now tbit the works have been in "‘full operation for some time we are able to express with definiteness and certainty that there is nothing that can add, in a commcasense way, to the completeness and quality of work done, the only defects tk'tc the present are such that

no immediate control of, they are, the Shortage of shipping space to carry the product 'away, and the works not being anything like large enough to do the killing, freezing and storing that is daily offering, for thousands of both sheep and cattle have had to be refused from growers who are not shareholders. For the management is rigorously reserving space for shareholders so that the men who are responsible for the works may not meet with disappointment. Prom i what can be gathered from careful enquiry, every department of the" freezing works is going along quite satisfactorily, the machinery i s doing all that is wanted of it most effectively, and the final product is turned out as perfect as it is possible to make it. A thousand sheep are each day being turned into prime mutton, and when it is realised that the owners of these sheep are receiving a shilling per head more than they did previously, the value of the works to stock-growers and to the district is obvious, to say nothing of the convenience and economy of being able to remove animals from their paddocks directly they arrive at a prime condition. From ample unassailable documentary evidence we are convinced beyond fear of contradiction that the utmost care is beingtaken in this time of freight shortage to conserve the interests of shareholders, in keeping a more than reasonable reserve of storage space so that none may be disappointed. We know that very nearly sufficient cattle are offering from the Waikato country to absorb all the cattle space that can be given, that huge numbers of both sheep and cattle are offering from the most distant parts of the King Country, but, however annoying it is to have to refuse business, there i s no choice, as shareholders rights are held to be paramount. This should be so, and we trust that in the very best interests of the enterprise the management will never be tempted to even risk what would prove detrimental in the smallest degree to any shareholder, large or small. These men fully merit the praise and gratitude that a muchly benefitted district can bestow and it is earnestly to be hoped that to cope with stock offering, it will be found possible to enlarge the works for the next year s operations. For it cannot be said that the maximum of usefulness is achieved while stock in such great numbers, no matter where they come from or who they belong to, have to be turned away. The erstwhile quiet, Picturesque hamlet of Winiata has been transformed into a scene of industiy in one short year, who can say what it will grow into if improvements and additions are legitimately, enterprisingly, though cautiously persisted in. We have no hesitation in offering congratulations to the shareholders on the huge, undeniable brilliant success of their undertaking.