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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18308, 19 January 1920, Page 8

POPULARITY.

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A few short months ago, when, according to the prophets, ‘ ‘ the bottom was dropping out of the stock market,” a live and progressive 7 Christchurch business man stepped boldly into tho butchers arena. He bought up lino after line of sheep and lambs, and presently blossomed out as a seller of good meat at a fracton of the ordinary retail price. Bold advertising brought the crowds, and hundreds of customers came to be served in a single day. The venture enabled folks to buy meat in decent quantity at a price they could afford to pay. The benefactor was Mr T. W. Stephenson, already popular because of the high standard of quality ever maintained at his pork butchery on the corner of Armagh and Manchester Streets, and his bacon-curing factory at Richmond. His lamb and mutton business was transacted on the Manchester Street frontage. It grew, and grew, and grew. And now, yielding to the solicitations of his satisfied clients, he has decided, to make general butchery a permanency. The whole premises have just emerged from an overhaul, and are bright and fresh in their new coat of white paint. Chilling chamber and fans make the shop well-nigh perfection—no dust, no odours, no heat, no flies. The front shop will be the butcher’s shop now, and 'the rest of the premises has -been converted into a model bacon factory, so that Mr Stephenson is able to givo the whole his personal care and supervision. The 4£-ton Hercules refrigerator enables him to keep any quantity of meat fresh and sweet in the cool stores under his own roof —and it benefits from the hanging. Only a comparatively small quantity will be on view—the bulk of the beef, veal, mutton, lamb and pork will bo kept handy in the cooler. All small goods and cooked meats will be available as usual. “As for quality,” said Mr Stephenson to a reporter, “ I paid top price for lamb at the first Addington sale this year. That’s the sort I intend to sell. The prices will always he lower. Terms are cash. Please emphasise that with my change of business I bring v my business hours into line with the other butchers’: 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; 6 p.m., Saturday; half-holiday Thursday-” 1