A MAN FROM DORSET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 14

A MAN FROM DORSET.

The cable informs us that one day last •reek a member of the House of Commons for a Dorsetshire constituency got up in his place in Parliament and gravely said that frozen meat was valueless as a means of sustenance, and that consumers were liable to cancer and otter diseases. It is a pity that the cable agent did not more particularly specify the p*rfc of Dorset from which this interesting individual hailr, as it is evident that he resembles Ferkyn Middlewick in being a judge of " Prime Dosset" only. Perhap3 lie is one of the intelligent gentlemen who in the interests of British butter, and of the British farmer who would rather die thsff move out of* |tho rut worn by his grandfather, havo been prosecuting some Welsh salesmen for selling flutter impregnated with preservitas. In any case, Mr J. K. • Wingfield Digby, for j that is the name of the man from Dorset 1 who has discovered that frozen meat i« innutritions, is about a quarter of a century too late to stop the trade, and several centuries behind the'time since food was firit preserved by Freezing for future consumption. Why does not the Agent-general send Mr Digby the pamphlet showing the results of investigations made on behalf of " The Hospital," where it was shown jfchafc in no single rpspecb was frozen mutton inferior to fresh. The statement about frozen meat being a vehicle for cancer is equally preposterous. Meat for freezing purposes is probably more carefully inspected than any other. The fact seems to be that Mr Digby is evidently not above endeavouring to raise on behalf of his constituents a vulgtr . and consequently ignorant scare. Seemingly there are anachronisms even in the House of CommoDS.