REFRIGERATING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 33, 8 February 1930, Page 9

REFRIGERATING.

INDUSTRY'S JUBILEE. Remarkable Development in Fifty Years. BOOK TO DOMINIONS. I (United P.A.-Electric Telegraph-Copyright] LONDON, February 7. A distinguished assemblage under the chairmanship of Lord Kylsant, i and including the High Commissioner • for Australia, Sir Granville Ryrie, ; and the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. T. M. Wilford, met in London to-day to celebrate the jubil.ee of the foundation of the frozen meat industry. This dates from 1880, ..when the steamer Strathleven, under the auspices of Mcllwraith, McEacharn, Ltd., conveyed 34 tons of beef, lamb and mutton from Sydney to England. The prime founder of the frozen meat export industry was Mr. T. S. Mort, who established the world's first freezing works at Darling Harbour in 1861. Lord Kylsant, in toasting the pioneers of refrigeration, referred to the Brazilian Ambassador in London, Senor Paul de- Oliviera. In responding, Senor Oliviera congratulated Australia and New Zealand on their example, which,.he said, had filled South America with admiration. Mr. Wilford, who was loudly cheered, traced the history of the New Zealand frozen meat trade. He said New Zealand supplied over half Britain's lamb and mutton and he prophesied the early success of recent experiments in instantaneous freezing. Mr. Wilford also cited recent instances of land development in New Zealand. The Australian Minister of Trade and Customs, Mr. J. E. Fenton, amid cheers, acknowledged Senor Oliviera's compliment. He paid a tribute to the services of Mr. Mort, who unfortunately did not live to see the triumph of the industry. He died, apparently, from a broken heart, because one of his attempts to export frozen meat failed. "We are going to make Australia boom and we are going to make Argentina and Brazil run for it," said Mr. Fenton, as he sat down and shook the hand of Senor Oliviera.