REFRIGERATION.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19112, 22 September 1927, Page 10

REFRIGERATION.

COOL STORAGE PROBLEM.

' DR. KIDD'S VISIT TO N.Z

Dr. F. Kidd, of tlie Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge, England, who arrived in Chnstchurch yesterday, accompanied by Mrs Ki , has been investigating cool storage matters in South Africa Australia, and New Zealand Dr. Kidd visited several fruit coo! stores, and to-day he will visit some of the freezing works, in the vicinity of Christcnurch. To-morrow lie leaves overland for Nelson, .7 her « h ® V" confer with the scientific staff of the Cawthron Institute. . Dr. Kidd, in the course of an interview with a representative of Ihe Pkess yesterday, said that primarily, he had come, front England to advise the Commonwealth Council of ocientinc and Industrial Research on a group ot problems relating to cool storage. He had travelled ail over Australia, had seen a great deal in the waj' or meat; dairy, and fruit storage. His report had gone into the Commonwealth Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. His visit to New Zealand was to confer with .'Dr. E. Marsden, Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, on the question of co-operation between the Imperial, Department and the New Zealand Department, ami. to suggest means of co-ordinating the Imperial Department's work, with that being carried out in New Zealand. One direction in : which that co-ordina-tion might bo exercised would be in the examination in England of a. special set of consignments ,to test, out the big variations in temperature which occurs in the holds of steamers,, and •is having ( a'deleterious effect. Apart from that, there was a marginal loss always present, even in cargoes reported to have arrived in good condition

Regarding the cool st-orage of fruit, Dr. Kidd expressed the opinion that only the best fruit should be put into the cool stores. The' effect of ' cool storage must bo to affect the' quality, and, naturally, the lower in quality the fruit stored was, the greater would l b© tlie effect upon it: An apple that was a good keeper apart from cool storage would keep tetter" in cool storage than: one that was not natur- ? 1!y «? & ood kee^r - What he had-seen in Wellington and what lie had. heard from various sources led him to think that New Zealand owed a ; lot to Mr R. Waters, officer in charge of the Biological Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, in resDect of his investigations into flesh collapse ana as to what should be done to Drevent it; y

POSTAL FRANKER.

OFFICIAL RECOGNITION IN

AUSTRALIA.

• Mr C. H,. Gilby,- of "has been, successful in obtaining official' recognition,by the Commonwealth authori-' ties of , the postal franker.'Mr Grilby has. returned with the .machine approy-, ed ; by the Commonwealth postal authorities. It " differs materially r-from c the machine which-has been-in use in • the .the'past twenty years.'. The .factory of the patentees and; Vole jng ; Machine Co. (N.Z.), Ltd.—is; at Dallington, near Christchiirch, and; the .official recognitipn^ofthe ' machine, by the Commonwealth' postal 'authorities is anticipated to. result; in, a large; number 1 of orders being received.

AMERICAN MEAT.

PREFERENCE BY KENSINGTON

GUARDIANS.

( . . ' . l O". (BT. CABLEr—PKESR 'ABSOCIATIOX—COPYRIGHT.) (Received ■ September 21sf, 1 7AO' .p.m.)

LONDON, September 20,

Sir .John Corcoran lias written' to tlie Kensington * Board' of Guardians asking T why they : stipulated American beef and bacon for tlieir institutions. He says, "Even if you are unable to follow the Government's policy of giving price .preference to. Home and Dominion supplies, I am quite unable to understand why you shut them out altogether even at ruling-prices." A. sub-committee bf. the Board is considering deleting the word "American", from the tender form.

- [Sir John Corcoran was during the war Assistant-Secretary to the War Office, and later Director of Army Contract. He isJat present Director of the National Union of Manufacturers.]

MELBOURNE STUD, STOCK SALE.

(AUSTRALIAN AND Jf. Z. CABLI ASSOCIATES.)

MELBOURNE, September 21,

A notable feature of the stud stock sales in connexion with the Melbourne Royal Show is the low prices realised. The top price for a Clydesdale was 67 J guineas, for a Jersey bull 105 guineas, and for a cow 68 guineas. WOOL AND ARTIFICIAL SILK. ' A' party of South African sheepbreeders who recently visited Europe met" in Roubaix a representative gTOup of the Comite Central de la Laine, and discussed some of the points on which users of wool are anxious to, impress • the growers with their views on; for example, defective sorting, branding with tar, packing in jute bags, the shortage of fine wools, etc. The visitors invited M. Dnbrulle, who presided at the meeting, to" give them his views as to the possible displacement of wool by artificial silk, about which they appeared to be worrying.. unduly. M.: Dubrul.lo. expressed, the strong opinion that 'except as regards Blockings, where the harm is already done, it is not in the least likely that a cold and hard material : like artificial silk will replace wool, which is valued for its warmth and softness, to any' considerable extent. He also pointed out that as civilisation developed i» the backward countries, their need- of woo] increased, and instanced China, whose takings of wool goods, up to the time of the troubles, had been increasing at-a very rapid rate. CLEARING SALE. H. C. Smith, of the City Market* held a clearing sale on. account of Mr "Welch, Lake Terrace road. The following prices were obtained'for the principal lots:—Aged half-draUght mare, £24 10s; 6 cows in profit, £5 to £9; 2 heifers, .£3 4s; spring dray, £22; 3. harrows, £3 10s;' horse hoe, £2 2s 6d; separator, £2,155; churn, 205., barb wire to 21a ooil;' stack .cover," 30s; Planet sower, £3 ss; wheelbarrow, 20a; set harness, £2' 7s 6d; collar, 20s; dray saddle, £2; tip iray, £5; 230 empty sacks, 8d to 9d.. each; ?ate, 17s ,6d; also a quantity of furniture. Competition was good, and. there was a splendid attendant*,'