OUR LETTER BOX.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5476, 23 February 1910, Page 2

OUR LETTER BOX.

> — • . »Vts are not responsible for opinion's expressed by correspondents). TAURANO-A FIIEEZING WORKS. (To the JbiHitcx-.) ->:r -At l>i.» ttnu; wh,m =v-?. heUl v ineeuijijT of th.os? vj-rt^nctrtcdi in a freezing wcriS at Taurangu last .vOar tho pre.noterd of the niovenient had no Wea what the cost of such >\i>r:<.s »\iuld aanount to. Su'osecfuently, wheu • oti a triip to the South, l -niade it my. business to collect all tht information I could la connection with this business- ft t Auckland, Wcllrngt-oti and Christchurth. My- efforts resu-lted rtn my obtaining a consklc*able amount of information: Ihe cost of runniaig 1 tho business and profits likely to result for ih'i first few seasons, together with a i-'lu'a for tho erection of a i'ree?ting works sufficient toi. acconiinodato fijin 50,000 to 150,000 sh.:op\ including n>achincr>- vi the most inotSern stylo, with an offer f»om a substantial iirm, for the I?ha auna of i:iO,WO. Although thia information has Iwen before the committee nothing: is dono. 1 contend Ihut if the freezing works comnvrttje*, as oonstitutod, cannot see their \vx\y. to proceed, they should disband, and allow some otKer meairf to bo davified. The Nelson Chanrber of Commerce did most of 'the work, in Ifringing thoiir freozjwTgi a\x)i*ksi irnto existence. nn<i no doubt out local Oha-mber could -assist the movement here if they had the liberty to do so. We want) a Vargo pTiblic meeting not only of sheep farmem, bnt of all interested in the distxict of every trade and calling. I ibelievte tihut it, is tj|uite possible to form a ffeezing". works convp<\n>- of 10.000 snares, at ,£1 por BlmrtJ. which will reudily bo tnkon tip- 'I y a large number of residents in^bnth t o wn and cpuntry. I see that the fruitgrowers at X(-l-son arc taking the advantage o r the ship engaged to take a shipment of frozen 'meat from their poTt noxt month. Cool storage hnffTlitoon arranged for 4000 cases of fruit, j.rincipaU.y apples, for London. -1.-a.st year Hawke's Bay applefi soltl-in London at;9s (id |)eri cu«e. The) Nelfton people expect to get 12s per case of 40u:s for theirs. ' f think our local show has presented a. good sbow of a]>ples this sc-ason, quite fit for export. If we can provide some pood shipments- <ii dairy produce, fruit, poultry, etc., to ship at the same time the stoniMi.-r called here f-cr our fro/en meat, it woultf 'itroatly assist the .industry in its earliest*, stages. Since the 'freezing works committeie wa& form'od tho . ahi>i)).) indjistrv has passed through a very depressing time. Hart'ily.' that time is p,asl. and tht- outlook for sheep farming n«vcr looked better. — I am, etc.,. Wm. UAIINETT. Taurainga," Feb. 18, 1910.