"FROZEN MEAT."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1195, 2 August 1911, Page 8

"FROZEN MEAT."

FIBST KFIIFMEXT FROM NEW ZEALAND RECALLED.

-di.fi S - i ! h0 past w]liel > is of .iH'Ciiil interest in view of the dimonto which the fruaen mail in,, st"v *orj ot the- hist shipment of frozen Son^ atCh " 11 lr ° m *** Zealand Vo "In (ho year 1881 the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited, of ■idmlmrgh. c»tor«l mto an arrnngemonl. uth the Album Shipping Coniyiiiv, of Ulii,gow, to charter their sailiri" <hii> Dunedui, 1218 tons register. {„,• the m'rKtW'! 11 '' t 'le! Of frozen I A i t '. J l ' ut ' l "i. The snip was to be Jit tod via a JJcll-C'olenum freezer, ami there bouij; no reirigerating work*, in the Munij-, the meat was to ho trozeu on board s.up. "Tlie Duuediu, according to aTceroent H r '™' ~t: i i'-- , i-t (-'linliacrs in November' H leol, under the command of Captain John Win (son. "I'ho New Zealand and Australian Land Company arranged for providing the Block, and the sheep and pigs wore slaughtered at the company's i'otara E-iato and conveyed t:i Pjrt Chalmers in .special railway vans, whore they were iirst cooled down, and finally frozen and stowed away in the Dune-din freezing chamber After some 201)0 carcases had been carefully frozen, an accident occurred to Hie freezing engine, tho crank shaft breaking'. This necessitated the sale of the frozen meat locally, anil a new crank shaft was made at the engineering works ;it Port Chalmers. When this was accomplished, a fresh start was made, and the ship finally sailed for Port Chalmers on February 15, ItSJ, reporting off tha Lizard on May IS, and docking on Mav 21, ISM. "Tha following are tho particulars of her meat cargo;— Shippers. | § g J f - « •• *j S y -5 N.Z. & A.L. Co.. Lid. 3,17.1 lU7 *! 2 22G Hurray, Koberts and ' Co ,1!0 — _ _ ■Tames K. Kldcr 110 101 — — J. If. Smith 1110 — — _ James Shand 2l!l — — — ■■Mil 5!)8 22 2.22 C ''The sate of freight was 2}d. per lb., which included Hie first freezing of the carcasses on board (he ship, tin's being necessary until freezing works were established on shore. "The Loudon 'Times,' in an article following tho arrival of tho Dunedin, stated the safe carriage of fresh meat Iron) tho colonies to be a 'prodigious fact.' The New Zealand and Australian Land Company were awarded a bonus of J!50() by the New Zealand Government for tho safe carriage of the first shipment of meat. The company subsequently chartered the Duuediu for nino voyages, making fcn consecutivo trips in nil, and the vessel literally died in harness, being lost in 18S9—no trace of her ever being loundj"-