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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 May 1942, Page 2

One of the largest canneries in New South Wales is just completing the canning of 11,000 tons of apricots, peaches and pears, and is preparing to cope with the flood of winter-grown vegetables which will shortly have to be handled, states the “Sydney Sun.” The cannery’s normal output is 250,000 tins of canned fruit a day. Recently the first consignment of carrots was dehydrated for the troops, the dehydraters being installed by arrangement with the Department of Supply. Carrots had not previously been dehydrated in New South Wales. By their compression in packing for the Army, lightness is achieved in transport and supplies of tinplate are conserved. The United States Army uses large quantities of dehydrated potatoes, carrots, onions, and cabbage, and the Department of Supply in New South Wales has placed orders with dehydrating firms in New South Wales for supplies.