MEAT FOR THE PEOPLE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17251, 19 August 1916, Page 7

MEAT FOR THE PEOPLE.

SPLENDID DISPLAY AT DIXON , BUGS. . ’ ( During'tho present Grand- National Week Messrs ' Dixon Brothers’' Cash Meat'Market- in Cashel. Street, oppo r site Ballantyne and Co.’s, -has been, one’ of tho attractions in tho city. People who know good meat have com© specially from other, parts to . see the display, which competent judges declare' is ono of the best-not only -in"-.'Aus-tralasia' but urobably in the world. Messrs Dixon Brothers have-been-in business in Christchurch, ink their; present- premises, for six. years, a 3 cash butchers, ‘ and they have adopted’as their'-’ motto tho words:. “The- befit quality at - tho lowest possible, price.” Throughout their career they:.'.-) havestood by that principle, with, the result that they gained theyconfidenco of the people, who have demonstrated their appreciation by giving, the firm unswerving, support. • The result is {that Dixon Brothers, now: are at the,,top-,of the tree. ' • - t . y . Tlieir shop tins- week has, presented an interesting -and animated sight. Their staff of thirty men has been busy all day attending to the qrowd of customers. . Mr F. Dixon, who does tlie buying, lias'.had about twenty-five rears’ experience in this work and sees that nothing.but the best quality is sent into, the shop. All the beef sold is prime* ox-beef, without exception. Every tiling'is brought- into town in. the firm's’ dust-proof motor-van, and the shop itself;- as anybody can see, is clcau, neat, tidy and wliolesomo. It may be-.mentioned in passing that tho shop was built to the firm’s .own order, and has, been equipped with all tho latest improvements and appliances for carrying on a large business. Tlie facilities include , a . spacious cooling chamber for storing the meat during hot weather and the. latest machinery for the manufacture of small goods.. , Tho display' in the’shop windows attracts passers-by at all times of the day, and at’night, when it is lighted by electricity,' it is very brilliant. In tlie windows there may be seen specimens of. the best- meat the wido world can produce. The beef, mutton, lamb and pork, and the small goods, are absolutely unsurpassed. - Th© shop contains a 15501 b carcase .of a bullock, which cost £65 at the. Addington Yards. This is tho highest price over paid for such an animal for killing purposes. Another bullock weighs ,12661 b. In the doorway are very largo carcases of sheep, which* have a splendid appearance. These sheep cost £l4 15s apiece, and one was the subject of a weightguessing competition by the Red Cross Society. • . * The firm feels that-, by diligence and great- care, it- lias established the best butchery business in New Zealand, and the unsolicited praise and testimonials it has received frouf citizens of Christchurch and from visitors encourage it to, continue the policy , which has been so gratifying to it and so satisfactory to the public. 88