NEW FREEZING WORKS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 457, 16 March 1909, Page 6

NEW FREEZING WORKS.

THE AA'AIRARAPA PROPOSAL. SITE NEAR WELLINGTON SUGGESTED. Mr THI.KUKAI'U.— srneiAi. weiM'.siv.NPKNT.i Masterton, March 15. A meeting of I'armors' Union delegates ft as to liavo boon hold horc on Wednesday to discuss tho question of establishing operativ'o lreezing works in AYairarapa" but it has boon postponed till .March 24, when, it is believed, the conference will ho attended with special interest, on account of various proposals winch will be submitted and discussed. An influential farmer of I'ahiatna has stated that ho knew for a fact that tho movement on foot among tho AYairarapa farmers to found a co-operativo freezing works had boon widely discussed in tho Manawatu and AVcst Coast districts, and it Has believed that, if a company ivoro formed ou the lines already suggested, with headquarters at. or near Wellington tho project would rccoivo a surprisingly • lai-'e measure or support from tho district north and west of A\airarapa itself. F rom U lc point of view of tlio larmcrs themselves,'said tho informant referred to, it makes practically no diltcrenco whether the works aro in A\ airarapa or at .l>ctone or Ngahauranga while, to tho company as a whole, such a matter may bo of vast- importance, especially if having works near tho port means tho cooperation of AAret Coast and -Alanawatu farmers. the saving to farmers individually'in tho cost of having their manure, etc. railed . civ, if a seaport is not choscn, is a cni'ill circumstanco compared with tho groat's,; to. the company as a whole in the way of saving freight on coa from Wellington; and on cost of labour and general maintenance of works. . Another well-known local stock authority, intci \ lew ou, boro out the contention wardmg tho greater suitability of AVo!liii"toii or its vicinity as tho locality of the works in tlio ovont of tho West Coast and Manawatu co-operating.