Chambers, Frederick, Butcher and Farmer, Woodend Butchery, Main North Road, Woodend. This butchery, which is situated in the centre of the township, is the oldest-established in the district. Mr. Chambers acquired the business on his arrival at Woodend in 1882, and he has since conducted it in a successful and highly efficient manner. Meat is delivered daily to the settlers in the surrounding country. The slaughter-houses are situated some distance away from the township, on the native reserve. In addition to his business, Mr. Chambers owns and farms a property of ninety-six acres, fourteen acres of which are leasehold and the balance freehold. Mr. Chambers was born in Victoria, in 1858, and arrived in Otago with his parents four years later. He was brought up as a butcher, but has also been engaged in agricultural work ever since he was a lad. Mr. Chambers has been a member of the Woodend school committee for about twenty years, during four of which he has been chairman. As an Oddfellow he is a member of the local lodge, and has passed through all the chairs. He was married at Woodend to a daughter of the late Mr. Edwin Howell, and has six sons and six daughters. One of his sons served with the New Zealand Contingents in the war in South Africa.