POINTS OF INTEREST.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 8 April 1913, Page 5

POINTS OF INTEREST.

VISIT TO HALL, SCHOOL, AND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE.

_ The Prime -Minister was next conducted .to the new hall, nearing completion, and the school, where the Scholars were addressed, and a, holiday given in honour of the visit. The party then motored, to the Farmers' Cooperative Works, whore Mr. Massey was shown through the various departments, from where the sheep and cattle are brought in for slaughter until -the meat reached the canning stage. Eleven butchers were hard at work, and to show the success attending operations iti may be stated that the staff are now killing and dressing about 500 sheep a j t cattle Per day on an average, and the cleanliness with which the work was carried out enabled several ladies to go through the works, and see the canning of the meat progressing. - The refrigerating chamber was also visited, and, cold though the weather was outside, the party, on making the exit from the chamber, found to their surprise that the outward elements had suddenly become warm for the time being. In the refrigerating chamber there, were stored ready for shipment to the Homo market, about 7000 carcases of mutton, hundreds-of sacks of boneless-beef for Glasgow, and 400 or 500 sacks of v&alers, which had heen cured in their skins for the Canadian market. The works were found to -be very interesting, and gave ample demonstration of the development of the meat trade established between South laranaki and the markets of London, Glasgow and Canada. Besides emphasising *he need for better port facilities. All the mutton, beef and vealers were ready for export, but shipment was delayed on account of the westerly winds prevailing, which rendered the bar dangerous to the little coasters engaged in transferring the frozen meat from Patea to the Home boats at Wellington. • "' .■•*=■