THE LATEST IN SHOPS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 138, 10 December 1908, Page 4

THE LATEST IN SHOPS.

ANDERSON'S NEW PREMISES. Apart from its private residences, Thorndon is undistinguished architecturally. Buildings of a. modern style are rare among its shops. A remarkable exception to the general rule, and a conspicuous ornament to the neighbourhood stands in the newly-erected premises of the old firm of David Anderson and Son, at the corner of Moles'worth and Hawkestone streets. Established almost contemporaneously with tho city, the grocery business has grown with the growth of Wellington. About twelve years ago part of the wooden premises was replaced by a brick building of three stories, at the corner of the two streets. Eighteen months ago, with the pressure on accommodation ever increasing, the remainder of the old wooden structure was dismantled to give place to a complete new building. Mr. W. C. Chatfield was the architect who drew the plans for the extension. He has endeavoured in every possible way_ to make the whole premises as convenient for the purposes of the business and its customers as modern science can

suggest. Devices for saving labour and time are installed wherever an opportunity offered. In fact, the whole of tho arrangements are contrived with a view to meet the modern demands of a large and expanding trade. The building in plan is practically square, extending 90ft along Molesworthfitreet, with a frontage of 80ft along Hawkestone-street. There is an extensive basement for storage. Above this, on the ground floor, is the sales hall, occupying practically the whole area of the building. This large space is unencumbered by walls, and is overlooked by the manager's offices in the centre. The various show-cases and counters are fitted in Australian cedar, and exhibit many ingenious devices for displaying goods, in this respect completing the effect of the show-windows. In the middle is an oval marble counter for the sale of butter, bacon, and similar produce. To the rear of the sales hall is the packing department, so arranged that goods are admitted from the Hawkestone-street entrance, and sent out by way of Molesworth-street. Upstairs there are many clever appliances for blending, testing, and packing teas, for roasting coffee, and for carrying on the other necessary operations of a grocery business. A novelty is a rubbish destructor, specially designed by the architect. A large kerosene bond is completely enclosed in fireproof walls. For the employees a spacious luncheon room is provided. The builders were Messrs. Isaac Clark and Son.

Messrs. Hansen and Co. General Merchants, Shortland, Thames, N.Z., say: — "From our experience in selling Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Eemedy we are satisfied that a few doses of it 'are sufficient to cure any one siiffering from colic, diarrhoea, or pains in the stomach. " — Advt.

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