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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Wainawa. — Wainawa Meat Co

Wainawa.

Wainawa Meat Co. (Alexander Yule, proprietor; Charles B. Press, manager), Waianawa, Masterton. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Established 1886. Mr. Yule's private residence is at Carterton. This business was established by Messrs. Williams and Beetham, and was taken over by Mr. Yule in 1895. The business premises at Waianawa are very extensive. The Company undertakes to supply Wellington City with fresh meat, slaughtered at its works and forwarded daily by rail. Two butchers' shops—one in Molesworth Street and the other in Manners Street—retail most of the meat sent to the City. An idea of the extent of the business done by this firm may be obtained when it is stated that their premises cover about two acres, and in the busy season, with some forty men employed, seventy bullocks, 800 sheep, and a large page 984
Mr. Alex. Yule.

Mr. Alex. Yule.

number of pigs are slaughtered daily. A boiling-down establishment, fellmongery, and artificial manure manufactory are attached to the business. The Company exports large quantities of wool, tallow, and frozen mutton. Mr. Yule is a native of the Hutt, Wellington, and belongs to a well-known family of old settlers.