TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 9 May 1884, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION

Christchukch, May 7. In the Resident Magistrate's Court today,, Campbell and Co. sued the Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy. Produce Company for £7O damages to sheep shipped through the company, per Catalonia, to London. Plaintiffs, in July and August last, sent some sheep to bo slaughtered, frozen, and shipped by the defendant company, and of these 482 wore retained for shipment, Plaintiffs got an advance from, the company attho time of shipment, and and subsequently received a letter from their London agent through the'company, stating that some of the sheep had been damaged by improper freezing at shipment, and also a letter from the company enclosing the account sales. One hundred and twelve sheep had been damaged, ami plaintiffs claimed for the difference in, the value between them and the sbur>d sheep. Mr Pislier submitted that pluintilfs must bo nonsuited, because the statement of the London agent; which was his mere opinion, viz,, that the sheep had been damaged at shipment, was no evidence against the defendants. The sheep were not rotten, but only' so slightly injured as to obtain 2d per lb less at the sale. Mr P. Waymouth, manager of the defendant company, recollected receiving the sheep from the plaintiffs for shipment, The Catalonia took home H,300 carcases, which were well frozen when put on board. His Worship reserved judgment. Auckland, this day.

festerday a largo numbea of gentlemen interested in the clieese and butter industries were present at the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of inspecting samples of cheese brought by Mr Bowron, Inspector ot Cheese Factories from Te Awamutu, Paterangi, Eukuhia Pukekohc, Tauranga, and Bay of Plenty. Mr J. C. Firth occupied the chair, and in a few introductory remarks referred to the importance of the cheese industry. There Verb, he said, 21 cheese factories in the colony, of which 1G were in the North and 5 in the youth Island, Those present had tasted samples of cheese from Waikato factories, and so far; as he could learn were very well satisfied with the quality, The difficulty experienced by cheese companies was that they had not yet found the best means of disposing of their cheese, and on this point he invited Mr Bowron to speak. Mr Bowron said the cheese from Ashburton had sold in London at from 56s to 70s per cwfc, Another 30 tons had been sent, and he ventured to say it would not realise less than 745. Mr Bowron then went on to explain that in. London large cheeses about 801bs would bring £lO a ton more than small cheeses. Next year 20 factories would be in operation he'ro, and each would be able to manufacture 50 tons of cheese. If the product,' 1000 tons, were sold in Loudon say at Sis, they could see the amount of money it would bring to the colony. He was of opinion that there should be one factory for Cheddah and double Gloucester cheese and all young persons engaged in the business should take certificates of competency there. He was also convinced butter factories would be a success in the colony. Mr Firth said he would put it strongly before the directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company and Shaw, Saville, k Co. whether it would not bea much better policy for them to announce at once that tliey were prepared to take cheese in considerable quantities in cooling chambers at one halfpenny per pound, for the present rate of freight was simply prohibitory. The cost of delivering cheese •iiiLondonatpresent—viz.2|d was more than the industry could stand, •