The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, August 12, 1890. PUSHING AHEAD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 492, 12 August 1890, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE. Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Tuesday, August 12, 1890. PUSHING AHEAD.

Be just and tear not; Lot all the ends thon aim’st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth’s.;

The energetic way ih which the frozen meat trade is now being pushed in England proves how extensive the trade is becoming, and the great room there still is for further expansion. The last mail gives information of the registration of a big company which has been in anticipation for months past — the Australian Chilling and Freezing Company, of which the capital is set down at .£250,000. Of that amount £50,000 is now offered for subscription. The London correspondent of the N.Z. Herald gives the following particulars concerning the company :— “ The directors are Messrs E. Montague Nelpon, C. G. Hamilton, F. Nelson, A. Scott, and J. B. Westray. Mr R. M. Stephenson is the general manager. The company aims at developing in Australia the trade in frozen meat which has been so successfully worked in New Zealand. The possibilities may be estimated when it is mentioned that last year only 95,920 carcases of mutton were received from Australia, while 1,080,564 came from New Zealand, and 1,009,936 from the Argentine. The stock returns of New South Wales show that last year there was an increase of nearly 3,000,000 sheep, and it is to meet the increasing surplus that this company has been formed, and also to provide Sydney and other cities with meat delivered in the best possible condition. It is expected that the chilling and forwarding of country-killed meat will prove a source of much profit. It is estimated that works capable of freezing 500 sheep a day can be erected within nine months from the date of ordering the machinery, and that, including all requirements, the cost will not exceed £20,000. The Engineer who superintended the erection of the principal freezing works in New Zealand has recommended that the first works to be erected in New South Wales should be on a site on the railway system north of Sydney, and within a few hours by rail of Newcastle. This will enable the company to secure large numbers of sheep and cattle fattened on the Liverpool plains. The description of mutton imported from Australia suits a special class of consumers, and therefore will not clash with New Zealand. The Haslam Foundry Company will supply the refrigerating machinery. Messrs Nelson Brothers will sell and dispose of the meat. The company have felt strong enough to dispense with all London money.” In some circumstances it might seem that the development of the Australian trade would injuriously affect New Zealand. If there were only a limited market additional competition would certainly have a depressing effect, and prices would sooner or later have to bear a reduction. But competent judges have expressed the opinion that the market may be said to be illimitable, and as the correspondent takes care to point out the Australian meat satisfies a different taste. It seems to us that anything that will tend to develop the trade in the colonies must be for the general good, and will help to wear down the barrier of prejudice that has offered opposition since the trade was instituted. That barrier at first seemed insurmountable, but is gradually given way as the people are permitted to increase their knowledge concerning the article shipped to their markets. When all points are considered, the formation of the new Company cannot be other than gratifying to New Zealanders, for it should enable the colonies to work together in a manner that must result in great benefit to each one of them.