FROZEN MEAT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1134, 14 August 1883, Page 3

FROZEN MEAT.

A very large and influential meeting was held last Saturday in Tiraaru in Messrs Maclean and Stewart’s auction rooms. Mr El worthy in the chair. It was resolved —‘Thatthe applications for shares, if in excess of the number decided to be issued, shall bo allocated in proportion to the applications made.’ Moved by Mr Ford and seconded by Mr Acton— ‘ That the allocation of space shall be in full proportion of the shares held up to 20 shares ; thereafter the allocation shall be pro rata according to the number of shares held over 20.’ Mr Cowlishaw of Christchurch said if that resolution was arrived at, people would be content with 20 shares, and the Company would not float.

The Chairman said the recommendation was made with the view of securing lo small shareholders the opportunity to ship. It was only a recommendation,'and wa» brought forward as such to be further discussed.

Mr Moody said if each one took 20 shares, all would be on the same footing ; then, if anyone took more, 50 or 100, their additional right would be limited by the capacity of the Teasel, and in proportion to the extra shares held. Mr J Guild said the Directors could remove the difficulty bv a resolution. After considerable discussion the motion was carried.

Mr Moody in reply Mr McKerrow said the reasons for freezing meat on board ship were first that it would be impossible to get freezing apparatus on shore for this season ; second that there was a large number of vessels being fitted with freezing machinery of which they could take advantage to get rid of some of the surplus stock at once ; and third, that while working in that way they would be able to ascertain what was the best and most economical apparatus to get for works on shore. Mr Ford moved, and Mr Lovegrove seconded * That this meeting is of opinion that the Articles of Association should provide for immediate steps being taken for the erection of permanent works. ’

Mr McKerrow moved, and Mr Moody seconded, as an amendment—‘That instead of taking immediate steps, powers be taken in the Articles of Association to erect permanent freezing w orks when thought necessary by the Directors.’ After along discussion, the amendment was carried.

It was then resolved, on the motioa.of Mr Moody, seconded by Mr A W Wright ‘ That the share list remain open till 31st August, the allocation of shares to be made thereafter, and a meeting of shareholders to be called to elect permanent Directors, and to organise future proceedings of the Company.’ The meeting then terminated.

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SHOCKING OUTRAGES IN INDIA,

Very serious rioting, accompanied with cruel atrocities, has again broken out between the Hindoos and Mahomedans at Salem, in the Madras Presidency. 150 Hindoos and three Mahomedans have been arrested, and a special magistrate deputed to investigate the charges, A correspondent on the spot writes as follows ‘ A missionary drove my companion and myself to the train in his dog-cart, but at Shevaport, where the Mahomedan mosque was situated, we were stopped by a moh of Hindoos, who barred our passage until the troops came in sight. We then moved forward and saw terrible sights. X can hardly believe that there was any Bulgarian atrocity perpetrated that could equal some of these sights. One Mussulman infant, lying dead, had its arm torn from its body, and its intestines were protruding from a cut in the stomach by an axe. A little further on we came across the headless corpses of men and women, Mussulmans in every case, There were corpses on all sides and the houses were burning. The principal mosque was almost razed to the ground, and its rich furniture and chandeliers completely destroyed, Dead pigs had been thrown into the wells with the corpses of Mohamedan children.’ The origin of these serious riots, says the Calcutta correspondent to the Times, is entirely attributable to religious feeling. The Mahomedans constitute only one-twelfth of the population, and in this case the Hindoos seem to have been entirely the aggressors and to have indulged in an orgie of lustful atrocity which recalls the worst days of the Mutiny. There is a depth of passionate cruelty in the Oriental nature when excited by fanatical zeal which is unintelligible to those whose observation and experience are one sided and normal. These incidents having greatly excited Mabornedan feeling in India, and unless very energetic measures are adopted by the authorities to puaish the criminals there is a considerable danger that religious riots will arise in numerous other towns. This fanatical ebullition affords an apt illustration of the very grave difficulties which have to be encountered before a universal scheme of local self-government can be crowned with success ; and it ought to act as a serious caution to the Government while still on the threshold of initiating this very perilous policy. Race antagonism cannot fail to prove in many parts of India an insurmountable obstacle for years to come, at all events, to a successful experiment of self government. It will simply resolve itself into race and religious tyranny to be exercised by that class which finds itself for the time being supported by a numercal majority, and will necessarily tend greatly to exacerbate existing feuds and increase religious animosities between Hindoos and Mahomedans.