THE GOTHIC'S CHILLED BEEF.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10418, 22 July 1895, Page 3

THE GOTHIC'S CHILLED BEEF.

i(PEE United Press Association,) Wellinoton, July 20

The Agent-general reports on fche Gothic's chilled beef that it is of 'excellent condition beyond all question, capital as to colour, is per- . feefcly dry, and_ha_s the juicy appearance of freshly-killed meat, the dnalfera would scarcely believe that ib-had not bebu frozen, though thera is no doubt that it was not. No beef was ever before landed in such prime condition. Tbe dressing, however, was not up to _ the mark, and he was asspred thafc this makes ■» difference of £d per lb. The price realised at the first sales (s£d) is 2 ; M more- than the price of frozen beef. With regard to the meat trade generally there is a marked improvement, which will "probably be maintained for the rest of the Reason. Sir Westby Perceval adds that iit is (Undoubtedly the case that a considerable.'quantity of inferior New Zealand mutton has latterly been on fche mftrkefc, thus tending to depress all classes of frozen meat. _. v

(Feom Oun Own ConßT_spo!rnßVT.) London, .Tune 14. When I met the Gothic afc Plymouth all sorts of reports were current about her shipment of chilled beeE from New Zealand. The American agents were in no end of a stew abont it, and .-• some were assiduous in cironlating reports that the beef wan frozen and not chilled. However, I was positively assured, ou the arrival of the Gothic, thafc her beef-was never frozen, but had bef.il kept in the "chilled " state all the time. * the temperature averaging 28deg. The appearance of the meat when landed ' fully bore ont this report. As the beef was lauded, sling by sling, each lot proved to be in splendid condition, nf hright colour, and without the slightest, symptom of mould.or taint, A test was at once made by perforation, when it was ascertained that, beyond a slight hardness just on the surface, the meat; was'quite Foffc everywhere, and showed no sign of being or having been frozen. The quality of the beef was also pronounced by thq experts to bo " first-rate."

By the use of the thermostat, the tempera* ture was prevented from even varying more than a degree. When a like experiment was tried with a shipment of chilled meat fronw Sydney tome six months ago, the special machinery broke down and ho the result was failure, the meat having to be frozen. Iv this inatancethe thermostat has kept the temperature uniform aud so the outcome has been entire success. In fact,, a considerable portion of the shipment was cold at 6Ad per lb before the vessel arrived in dock.

Ifc is probably known in New Zealand that the euterprise has beeu carried out by a syndicate comprising Mr Thomao Borthwick, of the Central, Meat Market. Mr T. C. Nelson, of Glasgow, and Messrs Stiif.ls and Elliott, tho inventors otthe thermos! at. By this syndicate the beef, 961 hindquarters, was purchased in Wellington, Mr Prentice being in charge, on behalf of the syndicate. . The members ot the syndicate are not only satisfied with the result ot tbe experiment, but are jubilant. The me*t has been pronounced by experts to be superior to tho average quality a the chilled beef trom America. On all hands its quality is described as "spleudid" If it hod come Home frozen Instead of chilled it would have fetched onlyabcut '..Ad instead of over bd. z

w i'"-.'-, : Later. I am sorry to learn that all the shipment has not turned out so well aa fche first lot did. Ido not mean that it is tainted, not at all; on the contrary, the meat is perfectly .sweet and fresh, and most out is excellent alike iv quality aud in cpud.tion-'-dry, bright, clean, and sightly in appearance, of specially good quality, and well wl™ T «» «P«t reports. But other md ift de3P lbed/' 8 "P-a.-' " and •' inferior,}' ih^t ' °^ c! Veci 'hat "Httle Judgment w*4 f^rt-v >BeleCt"' g 8° pUin for an important experiment." So there we go. you'see,-messing ib again ! U^ M .™* of a little care Baud judgZJt'f rl 7 ™l"-u N'W Zs!lUnd do these foolish and .hort-« B ht .d thing. ? How-lb-thehrsfc lot brought 6R_ ai ,d it was carried under the most prop.!iou* - conditions-careful handling, skilful munaeement, and a'fln». weather passage or only 39 days. There is one rather curious thing about the. f, ftw« i-ir n t * ttr Ca"yiuS the beef at the "chilling temperate (28dog.)as far*." Teneriffe, the temperaturn thenceforward was so greatly lowered that the bc-ef, though not absolutely frozen hard, wa. yft t hardly what is •usually known as merely "chilled " beef. Still the prices realised wero far above "frozen" rates, best Queensland " def rested " frozen beef bringing only 3Jd to -tyd.

I ? poetant to Parents-Should a parent have nothing to bestow on a child but a narrow educa tiou, still he Will bless you if you form his body to health and strength and activity, whether he earns hia simple meal by-labour at the plough anvil, or axe. On the contrary, if y ou nf_ ol -J| ( v|, his health and streiijrth, and leave him a Uebilitatod wretch, he woultl curse you though a millionaire. Eno's Fruit Salt is an Indispensable Requisite in the preservation of Children's Health CAUTION.—LegaI rights are protected'in every civilised country. Read the following :—" i n Supreme Court of Sydney (N.S W.) an appeal from a decree of Sir W. Manning perpetually restraining the defendant (Hogg) from selling a fraudulent imitation of Eno's Fruit Salt, and giving heavy damages to the plaintiff, has, after a most exhaustive trial of two days' du/ation, been unanimously dismissed with' costs."—Sydney Morning Herald November 2..—[Ajjvt.]