1882 - 1982 - Totara Estate
Centenary newspaper supplement - Frozen
meat trade
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page 2 - Dramatic effect on shipment -
the effect of the pioneer shipment of frozen meat from Dunedin to
London ---------
page 3 - Vision and Faith, a message from the Prime
Minister Mr Muldoon. --
photo - of conditions on the
killing board
page 4 - "Trigger effect" in NZ history, James
Burke in the television series "Connections" -------
photo - of "Dunedin" in dry dock
page 5 - Dunedin's voyage brought NZ English
praise ----
photo - of slaughterboard at
Pukeuri --
page 6 - Davidson the planner ---
William Soltau Davidson
was the planner who envisaged the frozen
meat trade -----
photo - of Davidson ---
page 7 - First shipment came close to failure ----Davidson looked
for new venture ------
photo - Captain John
Whitson, captain of the "Dunedin" ----
page 8- - Frozen flock well received ---- newspaper
previews 1st shipment -----
page 9 - Totara Park Estate historical layout -
photo ------
page 10 - Whitson gets bonus --- copy of letter to
Captain Whitson, ---
photo -of Oamaru Harbour 1873
----
page 11 - Company has long history ---- Waitaki NZ Refrigerating
Ltd. -----
page 12 - Name changed ---- years of research to preserve
meat ---
photo - former carcass shed ----
page 13 - 10,000 expected for centenary
celebrations ----- on Monday 15 February 1982
----
photo - mens quarters
today on Totara Park Centennial Estate -
page 14 - Dunedin converted -- made of iron built at Port
Glasgow --- built for emmigrant ship -- converted to frozen meat
trade --
photo - painting of
Dunedin ----
photo - Captain Row and Mrs Jane Kelland great
granddaughter of John Macpherson,
manager of Totara Estate between 1879
and 1907
page 15 - photo -
of Totara Estate
today from the air.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
20 January 2011
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