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FRUIT AND MEAT EXPORTS.*
Research Into . Preservation!
Discussing the preservation and, trans
port overseas of West Australian apples,
Dr. A. C. D. Eivett, chief executive .offi
cer of- the Commonwealth': Council^- b£
Scientific and Industrial Research, who
passed 'through Fremantle - yesterday 'on.
the liner Moldavia from ?- London, i said,
that considerable. interest was being taken'
in England in the work of Mr. W- -M.
Game, of Perth,' on the prevention of -.'bit-
ter, pit in apples shipped to ? England. The
work was 'being carried out jointly by.^the ?
West Australian Department of Agricul
ture and the Commonwealth- 'Council, for
Scientific and Industrial Research, and
was part of an extensive investigation into
conditions of fruit preservation in ''gen-'
eral. v He was convinced that' Australia
should not tolerate the' losses' which oc
none Help
dr. a. c. d.riv;ett^
dr. a. c. d.riv;ett^
purred in .food shipments to Great .Bri
tain, and the . Commonwealth -, lagged bV
hind South Africa (in, the- -attack on,, pre-.
serration problems, most of which would-
speedily be solved by systematic1 work.
. When in England. Dr. Rivett continued,
he suggested the* creation of an- Empire
tearfi to work' on the Australian and.New
Zealand routes, an'd a plan had been1 drawn.,
up tentatively for thorough \ shipboard 'ex-
perimental work with fruit and meat along
bib-chemical and engineering lines. ' The:
idea was that Sir WjUliam-ti Hardy; F.R.S.,
should undertake the general direction of
the investigation spread over several yeafa.
The Low^ Temperature Research Station,
at Cambridge,' the Australian Councilifor.
Scientific and Industrial , Research,/ and
tfie New Zealand Department 'of Scientific
Research would provide highly .trained'
members of the travelling team, each, or
ganisation paying the salaries of its own
men, arid an equal' share of equipment
expenses. ' ? _ '?'' ?
It was essential that scientists' should
study the transport problem on' ; ships,
working in intimate' touch with plant
physiological laboratories on -laridi and as
certaining firstly ' the essential conditions
for- safe -export, and secondly the most,
effective and economical way of attaining
those . conditions on ' shipboard. '
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