NEW COOLING UNIT

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30830, 16 August 1965, Page 18

NEW COOLING UNIT

Use On Meat At Ports The Meat Board hopes that eventually most ports in New Zealand will be equipped with units to cool frozen meat being held in railway waggons.

The annual report of the board says that one of the difficulties associated with the transfer of frozen meat from freezing works to ships, especially in a temperate climate, has been the loss of temperature and consequent softening of carcases resulting from delays in unloading railway waggons. These delays have been caused by a variety of reasons, including over-ordering at week-ends, wet weather, and strikes. Considerable expense has been incurred in having soft carcases returned to the works or the nearest cool store for refreezing. Thus the board initiated, in collaboration with General Motors (N.Z.), Ltd., the construction of a prototype cooling unit. The portable carbon dioxide cylinder unit has now been successfully tested on the Wellington wharves and has been taken over by the Wellington Harbour Board. “Its benefits are manifold, but in the main they result in a considerable saving of charges and less uneconomic haulage for the Railways Department,” says the report.

Eggs and Money Stolen.— A crate containing 23 dozen eggs was stolen from the rear of the Civic Cafe, Manchester street, last week. A cash-box containing between £lO and £l5 was stolen the same night when the premises of Deane’s, Ltd., 400 St. Asaph street, were broken into.