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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4263, 20 December 1881, Page 2

Tub Fbozbn Meat Question iB at lost being taken up in Canterbury with son.o dogreo of spirit. A spooially appointed Committeo havo collected a large amount of information, and to-morrow tho roport will bo presented at a genoral mooting of porsons direotly interested. In viow ofthe oztromo importance of tho enterpriso to tho wholo Colony, it ie much to bo hoped that at, this meeting some definite action will bo dotormined upon. With regard to tho present position of tho meat and dairy produce export trado, thoro ie every encouragement for a vigorous effort on. the part of Canterbury. Wo havo tho facte that experimental cargoes havo afforded highly satisfactory results j that the Now Zoaland Shipping Company's Mataura, now about, leaving London for Lyltolton, has been fiLtcd wi,h a refrigerating apparatus, and that the Dock Companies nt Homo aro taking care that proper storago shall bo available. Wo confidently assort that for tho thorough and lasting succom of tho project which is to bo considered at to-morrow's meeting, the one thing needed is an intelligent, euorgetic management on the part of tlio Canterbury Company. Wo oro equally conlidont that such management can bo scoured. It is satisfactory to notico that tho Committee have, in referring to tho various forms of refrigerating

machinery already in use, shown a preference forthe dry air system. This, there can be no doubt, is the direction in which inventors will seek for further improvements ; and indeed the last mail news includes details of a new apparatus, by means of whioh the cold air, hefore being passed into the refrigerating chamber, is deprived of practically the whole of its moisture. Matters of detail, all tending to preserve the quality of the meat or produce, and bo to create a steadily increasing trade, will bo mastered easily enough.