CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.
BUSINESS NOW ACTIVE. MORE PROMINENT DISPLAYS. '.-.■•■■'•-( Christmas shopping, hitherto somewhat retarded by the intervention of other influences, has now set in, and the shopkeepers and tradesmen of the city and suburbs are experiencing a particularly busy time. Auckland invariably harbours a large floating population at this festivo season of the year, and the Yuletide of 1911 gives every promise of seeing moro than the customary crowds thronging the streets, and incidentally the shops. Most of the retail establishments have been chastely decorated after accepetd and conventional styles, and frequent instances are to be seen of the novel arrangement of goods and advertising matter. One of the sights of tho city i« the shop-window display in the principal thoroughfares. Evening promenaders and shoppers will shortly find the gaiety of their outings enhanced by the illuminations which are being carried out on a brilliant scale in many of the larger establishments. Continuing our series of references to some of the principal retailers' Christmas displays -we add some particulars below.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14868, 20 December 1911, Page 5
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169CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14868, 20 December 1911, Page 5
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