Deere, John, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Cosmopolitan Hairdressing Saloon, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth. Private residence, Herbert Street. This business was established by the late Mr. John Muller, in the seventies, and was bought by the present proprietor in September, 1904. The building is of wood and iron, and contains a saloon suitably fitted up, and a shop with a verandah. Mr. Deere was born in the year 1867, in County Limerick, Ireland, where he went to school. He arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, by the ship “Fernglen,” in 1879. Mr. Deere afterwards removed to Greymouth, learned the grocery trade, and was in the employment of Messrs Griffin and Smith for twenty-two years. He acquired his present business in 1904. Mr. Deere married a daughter of the late Mr. Jeremiah O'Brien, of Hokitika, in April, 1891, and has four sons and one daughter.