LIST OF REFRIGERATING WORKS EMPLOYED IN 

 THE MEAT EXPORT TRADE IN AUSTRALIA AND 

 NEW ZEALAND 



GIVING APPROXIMATE DAILY RECEIVING AND STORAGE CAPACITY 



QUEENSLAND 

 Australian Meat Export Company Ltd., Brisbane River Works, Brisbane. — 



750 cattle and 3000 sheep per day, storage capacity, 40,000 quarters 



beef and 135,000 carcases mutton ; total, 4000 tons. 



Alligator Creek Works, Townsville. — 750 cattle and 2000 sheep per 



day ; storage capacity, 40,000 quarters beef and 135,000 carcases 



mutton ; total, 4000 tons. 

 Bergl Australia Ltd., Bowen Meat Freezing Works, Bowen. — 150 cattle per 



day ; storage capacity, 1500 tons. 

 Birt and Co. Ltd., Musgrave Wharf Cold Stores, South Brisbane. — 100 cattle 



or 1100 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 750 tons. 



Murarrie Works, near Brisbane. — 150 cattle or 1500 sheep per day ; 



storage capacity, 700 tons. 

 Borthwick and Sons (Australasia) Ltd., Thos., Moreton Freezing Works. 



Brisbane. — 250 cattle or 4000 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 1000 



tons. 

 Burdekin River Meat Preserving Company Ltd., Burdekin Works, Sellheim. 



— 260 cattle or 2000 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 1200 tons. 

 Central Queensland Meat Export Company Ltd., Lakes Creek Works, Rock- 



hampton. — 500 cattle or 3000 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 3000 



tons. 

 Cooke and Co. Prop. Ltd., John, Redbank Works, via Brisbane. — 400 cattle, 



or 280 cattle and 1600 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 2800 tons. 

 Gladstone Meat Works Of Queensland Ltd., Gladstone Works, Gladstone. — 



400 cattle or 3500 sheep per day, or 200 cattle and 2000 sheep per day ; 



storage capacity, 2500 tons. 

 Queensland Government, Charleville Works, Charleville. — Storage capacity, 



160 quarters beef, 600 to 800 carcases of mutton. 

 Queensland Meat Export Company Ltd., Eagle Farm Works, Brisbane. — 330 



cattle and 300 sheep, or 150 cattle and 2000 sheep per day ; storage 



capacity, 32,000 quarters beef, or 105,000 carcases mutton ; total, 



2000 tons. 



Ross River Works, Townsville. — 750 cattle, or 700 cattle and 1000 



sheep, or 600 cattle and 2000 sheep, or 550 cattle and 2500 sheep per 



day ; storage capacity, 88,000 quarters beef, or 290,000 carcases 



mutton ; total, 5500 tons. 



NEW SOUTH WALES 



Angliss and Co. (N.S.W.) Prop. Ltd., W., Daroobalgie Works, near Forbes. 

 — 4000 sheep and 250 cattle per day, and 4000 crates rabbits weekly ; 

 storage capacity, 100,000 carcases lamb. 



Australian Chilling and Freezing Company Ltd., Aberdeen Works, near New- 

 castle. — 100 cattle and 3000 sheep per day ; storage capacity, 60,000 

 carcases mutton, 



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