FREEZING WORKS DAMAGE

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1931, Page 7

FREEZING WORKS DAMAGE

SCHEMES FOR HANDLING STOCK. OFFERS FROM OTHER WORKS. By Telegraph.—Tress Association. Wellington, Last Night. ; With a. view to helping farmers in Hawke’s Bay owing to the present dislocation of their freezing works a conference has been held in Wellington between the .New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board and. the Wellington freezing companies to make arrangements to help the position in this district so as to provide killing space for fat stock ottering. The freezing companies in the Wellington, Manawatu. and Wanganui districts have intimated that they are willing to take on the most favourable terms possible at least 30,000 sheep and lambs a week from the Hawke's Bay freezing companies to be killed at their respective works. It was also decided that preference Should be given to the killing of lambs at the works in the above mentioned districts and that the rationing of railway trucks to the respective companies should be left in the hands of the Meat Board.

Owing to the dislocation of loading of frozen meat in Hawke’s Bay through Napier the meat is now being railed to Wellington, and in this connection the railway transport officers arc doing everything possible to expedite transit.