Governor-General Interested.

There was a large gathering of representatives of shipping and meat export interests on board the vessel to watch the loading of the chilled beef. Shortly after the first slings of meat had been taken from the trucks, His Excellency the Governor-General arrived to watch operations. He was received on board by Mr. Warwick Gregory, manager of the C. and D. Line, and Captain F. Farmar, master of the Port Fairy. Lord Bledisloe expressed the keenest interest in the venture, about which he made the fullest enquiries. After taking a number of photographs, His Excellency went down into the ship's hold and watched the stowage of the meat in the cool chamber.

The novel conditions attaching to the handling of the beef necessarily made for slow loading at first, but the stevedores, who were keenly interested in the work, soon speeded up the operations. The hindquarters were hooked direct to the over-head steel bars and the smaller forequarters were hung on lengths of chain to complete the stowage below.

A successful outcome to this venture will provide the Dominion with another valuable outlet for a good national product.

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