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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28010, 3 July 1956, Page 9

Price sixpence . . . and no takers Pretty thin times ruled out here in the 1870 s. Farming was well and truly /t x / 'i VS- * J in the doldrums and many a farmer could have been found trying to sell \ I a sheep for sixpence—to a man who was already trying to sell two of his wBDF own for a shilling. There was no market for New Zealand's enormous "rZz ' KX/a ' X ‘ ' «> r stock. 11 / Twelve thousand miles awav, in England, an exactly reverse situation T 7' ' q’''/ jMwjßWKMfe’ X yfrePlt L'h existed. /I ' *. . A fast-giowing population had outstripped the country’s home produc- v ] ' ** tion resources and was crying out for food. djlet* ’ ‘P*”* ' I' '" x |t' ' And the shipping lines which linked the two countries had a further ifcjL WtKG J* /J problem of their own: that of (inding return freights for the ships which W ~i r ' kfNx.f / from 1872 onwards, were bringing more and more migrants to New ®LV Z/aK f "*» / / z, ’' ,: "' li w-F c/ Not that there was anv lack of produce in New Zealand. Wte . L i\V rdHM®K£T NL '■ yNOjStit’/ K - JS' Fresh meat was here in abundance. 't^SiL£J. W"•'•■'• a'"’ < J-VH 999MMrB 9 Risers of milk could base been made into butter and cheese. 'JbBp^£''■■ "'' I /' Rut England lav 100 days away—and what would become of the meat, the *' F r butter, the cheese, alter 1 1 weeks in an unrefrigerated hold? It was quite ■MFj£> ;EFx / ■> L f / / -,.. . obvious to the shipowners that the answer lay in solving the problem of ../&J Jjgj » fy*. A -IF V‘/#- r ' ' ' - v.~ refrigeration. AW /' f I ZSEr^/ ,l % > ' The experiments were manv and varied but success came at last and on ff '• •*''. - February 15. 1882, the Albion Line clipper “Dunedin” made New Zealand history. > 116^' She sailed from Port Chalmers w ith 5.000 c arc ases of mutton as well as | hares, rabbits, poultry and butter stored in a specially designed freezing Awy ! 'HL?'’ ■ plant. She reached London in 98 days with the frozen cargo in excellent condition. BR- -iju 4 V\' J ° S& Four months later, the New Zealand Shipping Contpanv clipper JB 7/ ’ “.Mat.tut a" followed with .’Nil carcases of mutton. 2 1 quarters ol beef OmWHk ,. ■' -s^'”*'r ..- )l and 77 pigs. She took 103 class on passage but again the cargo arrised in ' i X prime condition. R? And I! mint be- temembeted thcte we re no I tee/mg \\ ot ks in those class W- N X’’ wluic killin" could take place-. Slaughter had to be undertaken at the 9 s SmKBBB iK X ’.■ XctF , 'Bfif ■■'• p 7 v i / JrJr ship's side and the carcases Iro/cii down on board. •'■ d But. though the technicpie was by modern standards primitive, the way Bab* '* J'/fl / \- f was open. In 1882 the ships carried 750 tons of frozen meat. Within ? / scsen sears, the total had soared to 45,000 tons. Today it approaches the , Wl> , Fk. <7®LA x ' 400.000 ton mark. The enterprise of the shipping companies had given 4) - • | IBK' x "’Rf to New Zealand a new and prosperous industry. And this enterprise is fl still working for the people who live and w'ork here. f Which, of course, includes you. Issued in the interests of mutual understanding by NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS SHIPPING LINES SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO. LTD. • THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. LTD. • PORT LINE LIMITED • BLUE STAR LINE LIMITED