Meat Soon!

Plenty Of Fresh

A New Enterprise Will Give New Guinea Fresh Meat and Australia Tropical Fish

THE refrigerated ship “Wayama” is ex pected to sail from Sydney about mid-November with its first cargo of meat for Lae and Rabaul.

This is part of the plan of Mr. A. W.

Anderson, Sydney’s “sausage king.” to re lieve the acute meat shortage that has prevailed in New Guinea ever since “re habilitation” commenced.

Mr. Anderson is already well known to Territorians. He attended the Common wealth Disposals auction in Rabaul earlier this year and purchased, as well as the 300-ton “Wayana,” six 300-ton re frigerated cargo barges, two diesel tugs and three 250-ton freighters. Mr. Ander son said at the time, that he would use these for supplying meat to meatless New Guinea. At the time it seemed to Territorians too much like a dream that anyone should take sufficient interest in their problems. But the dream, apoarently, is to become a reality.

The meat will be stored in a refrig erated barge at Rabaul and in a cold storage plant at Lae. A survey of other island ports will be made to decide where to establish other depots.

In future, cattle will be killed at the Anderson abattoirs on the Gulf of Car pentaria and will be sent by freighter to a north Queensland port for tran shipment to the islands in the “Wayajia.”

Capital cost of the venture is estimated at £40,000.

When the depots are established and the meat trade is in running order, Mr.

Anderson will go to work on the part of the enterprise—catching fish in northern waters and bringing them back to the southern market, which is always fish-starved.

Presumably, Mr. Anderson is not in this business for the good of his health, but if the venture is successful and the Territories are assured of a plentiful supply of fresh meat. Territorians will rise up as one, and call his name blessed.