MEAT-FREEZING WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XVIII, Issue 5, 20 May 1919, Page 320

MEAT-FREEZING WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND.

Name and Address of Company. ■ Land District. ; Location of Works. Beef-killing Capacity Day. per _■ Sheep-., killing Capacity per Day. Storage Capacity, in 60 lb. Carcases Mutton. i- ’• 2 Mutton. Auckland. . I ■ : ■' - Whangarei Freezing Company, Ltd., Auckland Whangarei Hds. 150 I 000 80,000 Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd., Auckland Southdown .. 200 3,000 215,000 Horotiu 200 3,000 218,000 Westfield Freezing Company, Ltd., Auckland Horotiu 200 3,000 218,000 Westfield .. - 200 3,000 225,000 R. and W. Hellaby, Ltd., Auckland 120 500 5,000 East Coast Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Whakatane Whakatane 120 500 5,000 East Coast Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Whakatane Whakatane .. 200 1,000 140,000 . Hawke's Bay. Wairoa Farmers’ Co-operative Meat Co., Ltd., Wairoa Wairoa 50 2,000 165,000 North British and Hawke’s Bay Freezing Company, Westshore 40 1,500 36,000 Ltd., Napier Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Aus.), Ltd., Christchurch .. Pakipaki 30 1,500 71,000 Nelson Bros., Ltd., Tomoana .; ■ Tomoana 80 3,000 175OOO Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Hastings Whakatu 80 2,000 . 155,000 Tokomaru Sheep-farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd. .. Tokomar.. Bay . 45 2,500 140,000 Poverty Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd.,' Gisborne Kaiteratahi .. 100 2,000 250,000 Gisborne Sheep-farmers’ Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., Kaiti 150 6,000 350,122 Gisborne Nelson Bros., Ltd., Gisborne (. Taruheru 85 2,500 100,000 Taranaki. Taranaki Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., New Plymouth Smart Road . . 100 2,000 135,000 Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Aus.), Ltd., Christchurch .. Waitara 200 OOO 100,000 New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Bacon and Meat Eltham 75 25,000 Packing Company, Ltd., Wellington Patea Farmers’ Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Patea Patea Patea Farmers’ Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Patea Patea 120 1,000 140,000 Wellington. Wanganui Meat-freezing Company, Ltd., Wanganui.. Castlecliff 100 200 160,000 New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd., Christchurch Imlay 200 6,000 271,000 Otaihape Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Taihape .. Winiata 50 200 125,000 Feilding Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd., Feilding .. Aorangi 100 2,200 153,534 National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zea- 165,OOO National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zea- Longburn .. ■ Longburn 60 60 1,500 1,500 165,000 land, Ltd., Dunedin ’ . ■ . Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Masterton Waingawa .. 250 6,000 353,ooo Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company, Ltd., Petone 100 10,000 415,000 Wellington Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., Wellington- • Ngahauranga .. Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., Wellington.., Ngahauranga .. 120 8,000 291,905 Kakariki 100 ' 2,000 ' 117,000 New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Bacon and Meat Ngahauranga .. 120,000 Packing Company, Ltd., Wellington Marlborough. New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd., Christchurch .. Picton 30 1,000 23,000 Nelson. . ' Nelson Freezing Company, Ltd., Nelson ... ... ’ ( Stoke 350 40,000 . Canterbury. Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., Christchurch Belfast .. 50 7,000 190,000 Fairfield §0,000 Fairfield 4,000 4,000 80,000 New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd., Christchurch .. Pareora 25 4,500 230,000 Islington 50 7,000 375,000 North Canterbury Sheep-farmers’ Co-operative FreezSmithfield 50 6,000 266,000 Kaiapoi ' .. 50 2,500 139,000 . ing Company, Ltd., Christchurch ' Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Aus.), Ltd., Christchurch .. Belfast 4,000 126,000 Otago. New Zealand Refrigerating Co.,.Ltd., Christchurch ... Pukeuri . . •* 3,000 230,000 Burnside 50 3,500 216,000 South Otago Freezing Company, Ltd., Balclutha Finegand 30 200 200,000 . Southland. Birt and Co., Ltd., Invercargill .. ■ .. Ocean Beach .. 100 • 2,500 , 114,000 Southland Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., Invercargill. . Mataura 50 OOO 91,459 Makarewa 73,974 70 2 , OOO 73,974 ,, .. Makarewa 70 2,000 » ,, n Bluff 114,278 Total.. Bluff 1 3,860 129,150 114,278 7,385,272