D. M'FARLANE & CO., IRONMONGERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 12

D. M'FARLANE & CO., IRONMONGERS.

:'Thc woll-kno^n^Vholestue .and retail business 6f the abovp firm .was established, in iSOO'bythe lato Mr. 'rhonias Iteid.' Subsequently it wastaken over , by Mr, William Alexander, .from, whom it was purchased by Mr., David ,M'Far-; lane in 1893.. Omng to, constantly increasing trado the business was turned into a limited liability company at the end, of Ine growth of.llessre. M'Farlane and Company b business corresponds more: than, favourably with the growth of Wanganu; as a metropoli. tan distributing centre. In 1895, y when Mr.. M'Farlane acquired the business premises, upon an area of about threeeiuhths of an acre, compnsed nearly all wooden buildings. In 1900 these were replaced . .by wholly lirick premises, which in tteir entirety were the firsfin Wanganui./. Th ? business frontage to Eidgway Street, which is 1 reproduceil

in a block illustration'ia this issue, is-60 feel ■.',,,. square, whilo;ihewholesalo storo at tne'.rcar.ii '■;%.:"'.■ a three-story.building 70 foot square. Negotia- <.-;■:■ tiona are.now'in progress for a : further enlarge-/,; ;; ? ment of the premis6s,' in. order to cope with,;: yl:< further .increasing trade. The fifnrhas H ;i vefJ ; .i_ oxtensivo.connection; whidhextends ,• Wa-: ■ ■'■$ nganui eaoh.tfay to Palmcrston North and N0w....■; ,-.■'■ Plymouth; and right up the Main Trunh. line, ■;•;: w< The: iirm Bticks firmly to tho hardware . trade; .;■■ • ...y and tecdvea , large shipments every montli.from, ■ • -all parts of ■ the. world. The - premises ore -de-.: : - ; signed for '.the quick dispatch of. orders,-:and.:■,:,:: one of the. business principles of the firm w ;>' ■ that all orders received during the. day shaU be ; v transmitted ■if possible (luring the day... With -; ;\< the: development of the thousands of. acres-ol ■.■■•■ ~-■, unsettled and ;rirgin country in andnround War- A nganui, ; this, enterprising firm predicts a ) tM: ■;■■.:■.;. future for; the .town.-. •:■ .■•." ~■ ; . ■;. ' ■■' ': .'