Saving Time in Meat Delivery
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AN interesting disclosure concerning the carriage of meat from Birkenhead and Liverpool was made by Mr. H.Backhouse, C.M.U.A. solicitor,
when Messrs. J. Wharton and Sons, 32, North Road, Birkenhead, applied before the North-Western Deputy Licensing Authority for an A licence for a 3i-ton vehicle to be acquired.
Mr. Backhouse said that the applicants carried freshly killed .meat in vans specially constructed and designed by Mr. Wharton. These vehicles enabled the firm to carry meat immediately after killing and before it had hung sufficiently long to become set.
Mr. Backhouse understood that previously a period of 12 hours had to elapse, in order that the meat could set, before it could be transported. The • meat now arrived at its destination in a much fresher condition and earlier.
The hanging accommodation in the abattoirs was limited, and this method of transport enabled further space to . be released for hanging, while the vehicles were transporting freshly killed meat. In consequence of the special facilities which they offered, the applicants had been asked to take meat to London, Grimsby, Hull and Scarborough. The 'hearing was adjourned'.