First Bulk Tallow Exported

The first bulk tallow to be exported from Gisborne was recently trucked by road tanker from the Gisborne Abattoirs By-products Ltd, Awapuni Road, to the Napier firm of Colyer and Watson.

The tallow is used in the manufacture of soap, and was previously carried in drums.

The change-over to bulk handling necessitated the installation of two 12½ ton holding tanks, refinery tanks, and portable pumping equipment. The works has an output of six tons of tallow a week.

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Pictured at the abattoirs as the road tanker began filling up are, from left: Messrs G. Dregg (driver), J. E. A. Tangney (secretary Abattoirs), F. C. McAneney (works manager), J. H. R. Egan (chairman of directors), S. Pickup (manager Colyer and Watson), and B. Chittenden (tallow department manager).

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An engineer, Allan Nairne, adjusts the portable pump before unloading commenced.

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The new refinery (left) and holding tanks (right)