IMPROVEMENTS IN WELLINGTON

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7979, 9 December 1911, Page 5

IMPROVEMENTS IN WELLINGTON

Dur'nk the lost few years there has been e marked Improvement in the style of bonding ereoted In the Empire City. The latest improvement is the setting back and lemodelllng ol the premises of Messrs TV. p.Shortt. Ltd. The work la already In hand, and when completed will ho one of the handsomest buildings in the city, with facilities for the display of the firm’s extensive stock of furniture, which will g( Te tbcpi one of the finest showrooms In Wellington. During alterations the furniture department will bo removed' to the show room upstairs, which is approached by an entrance from Old Customhouse street That the one place in Wellington to fur. nish la Shortt's has been borne ont by the fact that during the three weeks their sale has been in progress no lees thoci £IBOO worth of furniture has been sold tor delivery' in all parts of the Dominion, while orders for furniture in oak, etc., are being received dally, ,wh!ch keeps the fa«. tory working at high pressure to com. plete. The superior finish and excellent duality of their goods, together with their extremely reasonable prices; ■ has mads this firm’s trade one of the most extensive in Wellington, and those placing their orders with them may roly on getting the very best that it la possible to maka All orders for delivery In the country are packed and delivered on the railway station or steamer free ol charge.—Ailvt,