REFRIGERATING WORKS 331 



Melbourne Ice Skating and Refrigerating Company, The Glaciarium, Mel 



bourne.— 2500 carcases lamb per day ; storage capacity, 45,000 car- 

 cases lamb. 



Metropolitan Ice and Cold Store Works (W. Dunkerley, Propr.), Blackwood 

 Street, North Melbourne. — Storage only ; capacity, 50,000 carcases 

 lamb. 



Sennitt and Son Prop. Ltd.,* works. Miller Street, Melbourne. — 1000 carcases 

 lamb per day ; storage capacity. 30,000 carcases lamb. 



Victorian Butter Factories Co-operative Co.,* works, Flinders Street Exten- 

 sion, Melbourne. — 2000 carcases lamb per day ; storage capacity, 

 50,000 carcases lamb. 



Victorian Government,* Victoria Docks Stores, Melbourne. — 3500 carcases 

 mutton or lamb per day ; storage capacity, 150,000 carcases lamb. 

 (Total refrigerated space, 750,000 cubic feet.) 



Wimmera Inland Freezing Company Ltd., Murtoa Works, Murtoa. — 2600 sheep 

 or lambs per day ; storage capacity, 60,000 carcases lamb. 



SOUTH AUSTRALIA 



South Australian Government, State Refrigerating Works, Port Adelaide. — 

 120 cattle and 8000 sheep or lambs per day ; storage capacity, 300,000 

 carcases mutton (600,000 cubic feet). 



Light Square Works, Adelaide. — 3000 carcases mutton per day ; 

 storage capacity, 65,000 carcases mutton (150,000 cubic feet). 



NORTHERN TERRITORY 



Vestey Bros., Darwin, Northern Territory, 500 cattle per day ; capacity, 

 6000 tons beef, equivalent to about 200,000 carcases mutton. 



WESTERN AUSTRALIA 



Baker Bros., Works, Fremantle. — LOO— 150 cattle per week ; storage capacity, 

 26,139 cubic feet. 



Western Fresh Food and Ice Company, Works, Fremantle. — 1000 carcases 

 lamb per day ; storage capacity, 35U0 cubic feet. 



Western Australian Government, Wyndham Works, Wyndham. — Approxi- 

 mately 300 to 400 cattle per day; storage capacity. 16.400 qrs. beef 

 — 1264 tons. 



NEW ZEALAND 



Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company Ltd., Horatiu Works. Horatiu, Wai- 

 kato. — 3000 sheep or 220 cattle per day ; storage capacity, 180,000 

 carcases mutton. 



Southdown Works, Penrose. Auckland. — 3000 sheep or 220 cattle 

 per day ; storage capacity, 172,000 carcases mutton. 



Auckland Works, Auckland. — Storage only, 130,600 carcases mutton. 

 Borthwick and Sons (Australasia) Ltd., ThOS., Paki Paki Works, Hastings, 

 Hawkes Bay. — 2000 sheep and 30 cattle per day ; storage capacity, 

 60,000 carcases mutton. 



Canterbury Works, Belfast, near Christcburch. — 4000 sheep per 

 day ; storage capacity, 80,000 carcases mutton. 



Waitara Works, Waitara, Taranaki. — 2000 sheep and 200 cattle per 

 day ; storage capacity, 80,000 carcases mutton. 



* The figures given here denote only such space as is set apart for the 

 frozen meat trade. The total capacity of the works is in most cases consider - 

 ably larger. The stores are also used for freezing and storing butter, rabbits 

 and other perishable produce. 



