THE FREEZING INDUSTRY.

Taihape Daily Times, 14 July 1919, Page 6

THE FREEZING INDUSTRY.

' \VORKS ON BOTH ISLANDS. AN INTERESTING C?Oi\ll’Aßl>n'()l~'. A return pmepared Dy the Agricultural Department makes interestizrg reading, as showing to what extent we freezing industry, which had its ille<.-;§--tion in the South Island, has forged ahead in the North Island, which did not go in for that industry until u‘-..uly years after its southern n.o:rlpetjt_;;~s_ --There are now 44 fl~ce2inv;g works in ‘the Dominion in the hands of 37 com. 'panies. Of t.hese 28 are in the North ‘lsland, and 16 in -the South. The 1 combined factories have a capacity for dealing with 3860 carcascs Of beef, and 129,150 carcases of sheep per day, with a total storage capacity equal to 7,385,272 caxcases of mutton. Five of the works are in the Auckland province, while there are nine in Hawke’s Bay, 1"n11i' in Tm'an.'lki. ten in Weiiington. one each in Marlborough, 311$ Nelson, seven in Canterbury, four in Otago, and four in Southland. The storage‘ capacity in each province is as -follows: i

Auekland 883,000 Hawke’s Bay 1,252; 122, Tananaki 400,000, \Vollingt~On [2,1&1,122, _Ma’rlbol'ougll 23,000, Canteribunsy 1,'40(3,000, Otago G460/00,_ and I Southland 293,711. I-t will thiis be seen -‘that. the \VtE‘Hl]]gToll pl'ovinc.e leads in ‘the matter of cold storage, with Can- ; terbury next, anid Hawkc’s Bay {closely following_ In killing capracity [per sheep per day Wellixigton also ‘leads; with 39,000, Canterbury coming I next. with 35,000, Hawke’s Bay followin;_; with 20,500, and Auckland next "with 11,500. _ ' ‘ -.3-'--"-‘________':-_-;____.."-—"