THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1759, 13 October 1883, Page 2

THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

« Tm: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., loport under date Chiistclmrch October 4th ;— j ' d I ' '>1 ? The impetus given to jthih, trade by the satisfactory leturns received from London is exemplified by the suppoit accoided to the .several companies promoted -throughout the Colony. Whoievoi theie is an opening, step-> ha\ c been t'ikon to establish ref i igera,ting works' with a degree of success which is alniftet^mparallelled in thW history of novel industries. Dl'N'kdin.— The &.<».' ITeh«.fcanton, after ti week's &tay, has just cleared out with 5968 circasos im\bton, in addition." to*. a large quantity of grain, wool, and tallow. The .snip Dunedin in fast filling up, , fche has now 5000 carcases on board, and will take about 3000 more to complete her cargo. The works at Burnside are busy preparing the British Queen's cargo, so that there will be no dolay i«< despatching -her on arrival. . , t CiriUhrciiUHCH. — The local works.' at Belfast have been fully occupied during the p i»»t throe weeks, ia providing, cargo for the .s.b. Done and ii'enstantnn h orn Wellington and JJunodin respectively, now in Lyttelton completing their loading for London. The former will cairy in all' about 0200 carcases, and the latter 8000, of -which, the Lvtteltou contribution will ha nearly GOOO c<u'c.\hes. Account sale of shipments per Bntish Queen, display the satisfactory average of (SM. to 7] pev lb. t obtained in London, with* a net result of 2S-/- to 27 /-perhead for each oaicase, including the price realized for offal. This must bo considered eminently satisfactory, and should induce gieatly extended opeiations both in breeding and fattening, In evidence of the thoroughness with which the business is buing prosecuted here, wo may mention that the local Company has already ananged fi eight contracts for the conveyance of' over 100,000 carcases between' thi-> and end of 1884. v ;' TistARU. — A Frozen Meat Company has just been started in this district ; capital/ £25,000, in 5;000 shaies. Theiirst issue is limited to 3,000 shaies, and against thia,i applications are in at present for £3,240." The Company is now being registered, ah'd 11 as soon as the question of the site has been settled the necessary machinery will be ordered by cablegram from England. 1 Within twelve months from this time wo' may, therefoie, hope to be exporting omv, own frozen meats from this port. We understand the machinery to be employed is the Haslam patent.

" My fade.is my fortune, sir !" indig-^ nantly responded a fleshy young lady when her suitor delicately attempted to sound her, .financial^ ]jr.pspects.-,,:"']>i6i certainly a large ~6ne,'th'eu !" drily responded the young Snail. '" A piano-Aiaker .giyes She. >f olio wiug directions, for temoving finger-marks frc^uj , and restoring lu?tre to highly-polished but much-defaced" furniture. Wash" off the finger-maiks^with a clothe or—better , — a chamois sltfri, wet wJth cold water, then rub the surface with swcet-pil mixed with half its quantity of tur'pen- • tine. A iiberal rubbing of this mixture will prove effective. How a Pio Suddenly Became Pori£., — A work recently published by, Mr . Phil Robinson gives the following graphic description of how a pig suddenly became pork at a pig' killing' establishment hi, Chicago :— " A lively pie-bald porked was one of a number grunting and quarrelling/ ma pen, and I was asked tojfceep my eye Va him." ' What happened to that Eorker was this. He was suddenly seized y ahiqd leg and jerked up -to a ainall crane. This swung., him, safely to the fatal door through which no pigiever returns. On the oshor aide stood' a man. two-hande,d engine a,t i the door stands ready to smite once, and smite no more, and the dead pig shot across a irough .and throiigh^anpther dooKWajv^mndf thentttierf wls%»splash. ' He^hid^f alien'* head fiist intaa ( yat of b,oi^ing;waj;er. 3omet > unseen machinery passed ' him along swiftly ( tp,t;he othel'-end of 'the! /terrible bath, and there a water wheel picked him,,*, , upfalfdEflHri^i Wm r on f W ii&opfog coubTerl^ Here another machine seized him, and with pne.revql\ijbion scraped hiifl aaf(balflf as a nut. And down the counter*he,wentJL losing-his head as he slid past a man with a hatchet, and > then-, presto .'! ' he (was' upn dgnin by the heels. In one dreadful hand- . ful a man emptied him,,and while anothersciuirte^him witti!ffesh f wdifeK'ttff s>i|»J registering his own.wtSigh^as *he passra^ the teller's box, shot down the steel r bar 'fiom wfiich.fie h&ng^nd whiske^l round the corner, into/.the i<?eljpuse. rtr tPne M lQng cut of BMf& n^aag^yP'Ms^M' out of that piebaldipigi>l^wo hacks of a hatchet broiight away hiabajCkbone. jAnd-jf -f-ditty, hotih'e^ded" Wsj^tne^ig was iced'f" The v^ty\rapiSi|v*o^he wßoleprocess vobbed'*ifc<"&r v its : norrOTs. Here oneminiite w^s. an. ppiD^pnatim. pjf^d-n •': & 1 fusfe >Mu.jn Hiaving his'ffitfd^gtak-^.hoia ofTandTo II 1 * „with him.vand . iu jPffiSncy sßWfßecxfndJ^l^^