PROGRESS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 November 1927, Page 6

PROGRESS.

MB. H. N. LESTER ’S ESTABLISHMENT. It is now five years since Mr H. N. Lester came to Hawera and entered into the Stationery Book and General fancy Goods business that has become so well known throng'll Taranaki. Prior Ito this Mr Lester had been attached to one of the largest wholesale businesses in Auckland, but seeing an oj>- | purtunity to strike out for himself and having faith in Hawera he did not hesitate to follow an inclination which accorded with liis judgment. 'Starting with a determination that clean tradr ing, service and full stocks of attractive lines should be liis claim upon public. patronage, Mr Lester lias never looked back, and liis business has steadily increased and until lie lias built the stock up to a standard that is second to none of its kind in Taranaki. Naturally this result lias made Mr Lester a staunch advocate for the town as a trading centre, and this is substantiated by the fact hliat. he has .just" recently completed negotiations with the owners of lus premises for a further seven and a half years’ lease. A visit to-day to the establishment under review will afford proof of what has been stated in regard to the progress made. The variety, quality and , magnitude of the stock displayed re--1 fleets the enterprise of the proprietor. 1 In the periods of ordinal business ’ conditions a thousand and one articles * of everyday usefulness, stationery, leatherware, books, toys, china,, gen- , oral fancy goods, etc., are in steady demand, but in the holiday seasons, especially the 'Christmas season, extra, assistance has to be called in to attend . to the wants of the thousands of customers 'who visit the establishment. A special feature of this year’s stock is (lie inclusion of a most up-to-date selection of boys’ and girls’ prize books, ; and the attention of school committees t is specially directed to this wonderful 1 collection, with such a gratifying ex- . perience Mr Lester looks confidently to . the future, and is in the happy position . of being able to meet his patrons with 1 the assurance that he is better equip- ) ped than ever to continue to do so.*