CHILLED MEAT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7176, 29 May 1891, Page 1

CHILLED MEAT.

A NEW SOUTH WALES EXPERIMENT. The Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday, May 19, reports bb followß : — A consignment of beef and mutton, killed on the estate of Mr W. A. Walker, Tenterfield, on Monday, and carried to Sydney in one of Mr Eobert Hudson's refrigerating cars, was offered for sale yesterday by Mr George Maiden, for Gold-brough, Mort and -Co., Limited, at tbe Government Meat Market, Darling Harbour. Full market value was obtained. Mr Hudson has for a long time past devoted his attention to the carriage of carcase meat from the interior to the metropolis, and he claims that he has fully succeeded, inasmuch *s meat can be kept in prime condition for a full fortnight in midsummer. j the cars _ _ j have each a carrying capacity of thirty , bulloeks or four hundred and fifty sheep. , Yesterday's consignment consisted of one , hundred sheep and twenty carcases beef, f and arrived, in the opinion of the trade. ( in splendid condition. When tho car waß loaded at Tenterfield a plentiful supply , of ice was placed in it, and of this supply about 15cwt was consumed. Mr Hudson's scheme provides that the meat, on being '. killed, shall be placed for five or six hours ] in a cooling-room, and transferred thence ( for afeout thirty-six hours into a chilled- ( air room. When the meat has been sufficiently chilled it is to be transferred ' directly to the railway car, and here it . may be kept without injury for upwards of a fortnight. Provision iB now being made . ab the Darling Harbour meat market for THE STORAGE OF MEAT ! in chilled rooms, about fifty-six of which ■ are being prepared, eaoh with a holding ' capacity of a ton and a half. These . chilled chamber's will be used in the j interests alike of the consignors and of the ■ purchasers. The meat can either be kept : back umtil there is a demand for it in the j wholesale market, or„ the purchasers may rent one or more of the rooms and store the meat there, in such quantities and at . such times as may beat suit their con- ] venience. Provision will also be made in the Darling Harbour market to allow of the sale of meat by master butchers to retailers. Mr Hudson points out that there is AN OBVIOUS GAIN in doing away with the need of driving cattle to the' saleyards. Apart from the loss of stock incidental to the driving of animals over long stretches of country, he considers that there is of necessity a deterioration in quality. When animals are killed on the Btation where they have been grazed, and the meat iB brought to market chilled, it is full of Bap and fat, tender and free from bruise. Further supplies of meat are expected to arrive this week from Tenterfield and Maitland, and will be sold by auction at Darling Harbour.