 In 1879 the "Strathleven", equipped with compression refrigeration, sailed from Sydney with of frozen beef and mutton as a small part of her cargo, and this meat arrived in good condition.As a result of this success a Director of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company (NZALC), William Soltau Davidson, sent an employee, Thomas Brydone, from New Zealand to the UK to investigate compression refrigeration units.In 1880 Davidson convinced the company to invest in refrigeration.