FROZEN MEAT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 803, 25 June 1881, Page 4

FROZEN MEAT.

To the Editi.r of the Wairarapa Daily, l Sik, —Ab I waß prevented by a sudden attack of illness from atteuding the meetin? at Carterton yesterday, will you kindly allow my ideas to appear in printl There can be no question that it is by far the most important project to country settlers that has ever been brought before, them, as it means, if proporly oarried out, IBs each for GOlb sheep, A'lo for 7 cwt. cattle, and Is per pound for really good butter, tho year round, clear of all expense. The proposed capital of £IO,OOO will be ample; and, if issued in £lO shares, should be readily subscribed, I am led to beliere that a monthly line of steamers would be laid on if 100 tons per month was guaranteed (which would be woll for a start), and that they would provide everything—such as machine-room, otc, —required, The London Meat Company of Cannon-street Wharf, would receive, store, and sell it for about the fortieth of a penny per lb, so that the cost after leaving the factory would be about 2d per lb. As the Wairarapa is too limited to supply so much at present, it will be necessary, if possible, to obtain the co-operation cf Hawke's B.iy and the West Coast. To do this, tin site for the factory mußt be near till Opiki bridge over the Ruamahunga, Stick would then travel through the Forty-Mile Bush from both those districts, and if a few hundred acres of grass paddocks, with plenty of water, were rontod near, they could rest and refresh before being slaughtered. In this case, of course, the Government must be prepared to immediately complete the line to the said bridge, and as it is commenced three months should be ample for this; and no doubt next mmmer they would carry it through to Palmerston on the west, and Kopua on the east. At all event? hi' must be done soon. The train rnnniiij; to the bridge and the factory, with properly constructed carriages (which the Government will supply) would tun into the freezing shed, and be coaled and loadod inside, and run alongside the steamer in Wellington. As to the mode of purchasm? f'nek, my opinion is it wou|d be belli i!i y should all be bought by liveweigl i at an uniform Srice per lb, as all the business is done in .merica, from whence a suitable weighing machine could be easily procured. The butter must be purchased by an expert, who could go round once a month. Of course I have heard nothing of what was said and done yesterday, but the above is an outline ot my own conclulloul. Yours, &0,, J, Tuck,