MEAT FREEZING IN IRELAND. (New Zealand Mail.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2091, 1 December 1885, Page 4

MEAT FREEZING IN IRELAND. (New Zealand Mail.)

Ccvmpi in ion fioiu a new quarter now tlnt.itt'ii N'.n Ze dand frozen meat. Mr T.ilLiiiuin, wli'i did so much towards e*tablUhing the Aus<ti ihan meat expoit trade i>u a tn in b.i->i-, is promoting a company for pi icuiing Iriili cittle, to bo slaughtered uirl fru/x'ii in lulmd, and then conveyed tn J.iii,'liud foi uso. It i-> found by practicii I'vpciiin-nt tli it lnu cattle cairied by in.il fioiu hcoLland to London lobe tome •") per cent. <it then wcigiit, whil? the quality of the cauMse i-j depreciated by the louinoy. Mr Tallennan and his new oonip.my ])io|)i>se to oLui^hter live stock in lieland for fainieis at fixed chaigo^. and to tiaiismit the encases by steamei and rail in lofiigerating chambers to English markets for sale to retail butcher-, on account of tho sendeis, who would receive the net proceeds after deducting f i eights and comuii^bion. The lush grn/ien would tlnih escape the h^s thiough • ieteuorati'iii and diminution of weight. The company intend also to utilise the &o-i-tiled "offal," in establishing various profitable industries in It el nd—no fewer than 19 distinct manufactures being named as practicable, in addition to the pioduction of manure. The railway refrigerating cais and a suitable stPiinoi have already been secured. It will be inteios>tmg to sco what siiucess attends thi-> scheme, l'o-sibly we in New Zetland miy be able to take a useful leaf out of the new company's book.