Wellington butcher James Gear set up a meat preserving plant in 1873 so that tinned meat could be supplied to local and distant markets, a venture that proved to be a lasting success.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Gear Meat Company Collection (Eph-F-MEAT-Gear)
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