NELSON FREEZING WORKS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14017, 24 March 1909, Page 5

NELSON FREEZING WORKS.

AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.

Among the illustrations in this week's issue of' the Auckland Weekl? News is a view of the -Nelson Freezing Works, which have just been officially opened/ The inauguration of the meat-freezing industry marks a new^ era in the progress of a very interesting part of New Zealand. Neslon, though one of the oldest settled districts in, the Dominion, has lagged behind other places in some 1 respects, largely through lack, of communication with its own richly-endowed hinterland, " and because of' the restricted approach to ; its Unique - harbour. The extension of v the railway system, followed by,: the opening of large areas to settlement, ; has :. improved the conditions landward, whilst the new harbour - entrance'-. through the Boulder Bank has lifted Nelson to the rank of a first-class port. Much -of the country in -the Nelson Province-lis well adapted for sheep farming, and already the new works are dealing /. "With 2200 ; lambs per week. With the extension of settlement, and the application of modern methods of stock feeding and fattening, Nelson bids fair to add to the list of the Dominion's meat-exporting centres,; and to build up: for 'itself an industry capable of yielding considerable wealth, which, as in other parts of New Zealand, will stimulate kindred enterprises .- a>id benefit the general community. ■ •