FROZEN PRODUCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13874, 7 October 1908, Page 7

FROZEN PRODUCE.

REFRIGERATION CONGRESS. ■■■"'■ ■ . 2.•'•■..': ■-.•'•■..': . " •■■ OPENED IN PARIS. > By Telegraph.— Association Copyright. (Received October 7, 12.20 a.m.) ( Paris, October 6. An important international congress to discuss the subject of refrigera- • tion was opened in Paris yesterday. Thirty Governments are participat- . ing in the congress, which is divided into six sections. There was an at- % » tendance of 6000 at the opening Session, the British delegates numbering 100. M. Man, the French" Minister for Agriculture, on opening the con- • gress, . emphasised the enormous value of the refrigerating industries in relation to the world's food supply, and the necessity for the opening up of • markets. By prudently using the refrigerating. industry, it was possible to regulate prices in '-■■■'■ the interests of producers and consumers,, averting all fear of famines. Mr. Montague Nelson explained the great benefits the refrigerating industry had conferred on the Bri- ■ tish colonies. ■ Among the papers which will he submitted at the Congress will be one by Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, on <' State Encouragement Given in ' Various Countries to the Refrigerating Industry." air. Gilbert" Anderson will read a , paper on " New Zealand Meat Inspection •<' : ';'■•■>'■' from an International Standpoint," Mr. S. Lowe oil "Artificial Cold in the Manufacture arid Preservation.of Butter." and Mr. Walter Preedy, lecturer for , the New South ; Wales Immigration Department, on " Colonial Produce .Capable of Benefiting by Refrigeration.'' Scientific papers will be road by Sir William Ramsay, the famous chemist, Dr. Collingridge, health officer for She City of London, Dr. S. Itideal, the great authority on ■■ sanitary science, and several others.