MEAT-FREEZING WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND, 1924-25.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXX, Issue 4, 20 April 1925, Page 284

MEAT-FREEZING WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND, 1924-25.

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Name and Address of Company. Land District. Name and/or Location of Works. Beef-killing Capacity Day. Sheepkilling Capacity per Day. Storage Capacity, in 60 lb. Carcases Mutton North Auckland and Auckland. Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd., Auckland Moerewa 200 2,000 100,000 *• Southdown Sou th down 200 200 3,000 3,000 202,000 202,000 Westfield Freezing Company, Ltd., Auckland.. Horotiu 200 3,000 218,000 Westfield 250 3,000 205,000 R. and W. Hellaby, Ltd., Auckland .. Westfield 120 500 3,000 East Coast Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Whakatane Whakatane 200 1,000 120,000 Hawke's Bay and Gisborne. North British and Hawke’s Bay Freezing Company, Ltd., Westshore* .. 50 2,500 40,000 Napier Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Aus.), Ltd., Christchurch.. Westshore* 50 2,500 40,000 Pakipaki 30 1,800 70,000 Nelsons (N.Z.), Ltd., Tomoana Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Hastings.. Tomoana 150 5,000 180,000 Whakatu 80 4,000 80,000 Wairoa Farmers’ Co-operative Meat Co., Ltd., Wairoa .. Wairoa 100 3,000 165000 Nelsons (N.Z.), Ltd., Gisborne Gisborne Sheep-farmers’ Frozen Meat and Mercantile Waipaoa 150 3,500 270,000 Kaiti 150 4,000 422,000 Company, Ltd., Gisborne Ditto .. .. .. .. .. Tokomaru Bay 60 3,000 140,000 » • • • • • • • • • • • • Hicks Bay 75 1,500 60,000 Taranaki. Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Aus.I, Ltd., Waitara Waitara 200 .2,000 80,000 New Zealand Bacon and Meat Packing Company, Ltd., Eltham*' 60 25,000 Wellington Patea Farmers’ Co-op. Freezing Company, Ltd., Patea Patea 150 . 2,000 180,000 Wellington. Wanganui Meat-freezing Company, Ltd., Wanganui Castlecliff 100 2,200 100,000 New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd., Christchurch Imlay 200 6,000 271,000 Otaihape Farmers’ Meat and Produce Co., Ltd., Taihape Winiata* 50 1,200 90,000 Feilding Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd., Feilding .. Aorangi 100 4,000 x 53,500 National Mortgage and Agency Company of New ZeaLongburn 60 2,000 100,000 land, Ltd. (Head Office, Dunedin) Wairarapa Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., Masterton Waingawa . 120 5,000 150,000 Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company of New Petone 100 10,000 300,000 Zealand, Ltd., Wellington New Zealand Bacon and Meat Packing Company,Ngahauranga .. 120 3,000 120,000 Ltd., Wellington Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., Wellington .. Ngahauranga .. 120 z 8,000 240,000 » „ a Kakariki* 100 2,000 90,000 Marlborough and Nelson. New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd., Christchurch Picton 30 2,000 30,000 Nelson Freezing Company, Ltd., Nelson Stoke 30 500 50,000 Canterbury. Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export ComBelfast 120 6,000 252,000 pany, Ltd., Christchurch Ditto .. .. .. Fairfield 4,000 100,000 New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd., Christchurch Pareora 25 4,5oo 233,000 Islington 50 7,000 375,000 North Canterbury Sheep-farmers’ Co-operative Freezing Smithfield 50 . 6,000 304,000 Kaiapoi 100 4,000 222,000 Company, Ltd.. Christchurch Thomas Borthwick and Sons (Aus.), Ltd., Christchurch.. Belfast 5,000 120,000 Otago. Waitaki Farmers’ Freezing Company, Ltd., Oamaru .. Pukeuri 3,500 230,000 New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Ltd., Christchurch Burnside 50 3,500 216,000 South Otago Freezing Company, Ltd., Balclutha Finegand .. 50 2,500 200,000 Southland. Ocean Beach Freezing-works (J. G. Ward and Co., Ltd.. Ocean Beach .. 50 ,500 110,000 Managing Agents), Invercargill Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Company, Mataura 50 2,500 2,500 104000 Ltd., Invercargill Ditto .. .. .. .. .. .. Makarewa 120 75,o°c », • • . . • • • • . • . . Bluff . ; Bluff .: 114,000 114,000 . Totals ,. .. 4,220 4,220 144,200 144,200 6,889.5 00 6,889.500