MATAURA FREEZING WORKS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20592, 15 December 1928, Page 9

MATAURA FREEZING WORKS.

FIRST LAMBS. (Feom Our Own Cohkespondent.) m, f. MATAURA, December 13. The first of this season’s lambs were slaughtered at the -Alataura works toi;Vhel? T",® 240 were P ut trough. Th 1 e . 1 1 , 1 t ne , included 96 lambs, which wire exhibited in the 12 classes for fat lambs at the recent Southland A. and P. Show this week, which were taken over by -the company while others were grown on the company’s own farm. The stock «ifW° Ut partlcu i ar, y well and alto--oether*was a good even line. Several of the fanners directly interested were present and expressed pleasure at the wa y the stuff appeared on the rails, 1 3°?'' a opening of the Southland Fiozen Meat Company’s works is not kmi^ d ’i Hlt 11 is antici Pated that killing will be commenced at both Mataura and Alakarewa early in January. .When the w-rke start it is anticipated that the. prospects for the season will be very good. It is generally conceded, said Air A. Derby, the company s general, manager, that the season is two or three weeks later this year owing to unfavourable , weather conditions in the early part of the spring. Farmers have an open invitation at any time, said Air Derby, to come along and see their stuff killed at the works. The idea of this is to give the farmers, particularly those who self tLrVw an « p P? rtuni ty of viewing their stuff -on the hooks and seem* it graded, which should give them a better idea of how to finish their stuff off beveral have been effected at the Alataura works since last season, the slaughter house, cooling room and chambers having been re-constructed in the matter of railing, and what is now known as the single rail has been introduced, winch will undoubtedly tend to more elhcient working and will brin* the works into line wit], other work? and the method which prevails at the company s works at Alakarewa. The work of re-construction has been goin* on for the past three months and" bv the end of the year it is hoped to have everything in readiness for the forthcoming season.