TO BUILD IN LOWER HUTT
' "' WELLINGTON I>RAPERY FIRM acquires site-' ' \As a further instance of the confidence which business firms are show ing in the future of Lower Hutt. as a Shopping centre, Messrs George and George Ltd., the well known family drapers and furnishers, have puichased land in High Street for the purpose of extending their chain oi departmental'stores and it is intended to erect thereon large modern premises as, soon as war conditions
permit. : , The site, on which two old houses at present stand, adjoins the north aide of the Bank of New Zealand. The total frontage to High Street if. 68 feet whilst the land runs back tc a depth of 200 feet. There will alsc be a rear frontage of '40 feet to the proposed street running northward? from the back of the Post Otilce it : 'the new town planning scheme. Messrs George and George's store >" .Trill thus ; be a centre of attraction ' when this projected business area it developed. . The sale of ,tM property was negotiated by Messrs Diclcersoi?, Goodwin, Chaplin, Ijtd.. of I-lutt office.•
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Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 12, 23 August 1944, Page 5
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180TO BUILD IN LOWER HUTT Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 12, 23 August 1944, Page 5
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