FAIRLIE IMPROVEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12913, 2 March 1906, Page 3

FAIRLIE IMPROVEMENTS.

A FINE SHOP. The latest improvement Jo the inmnicTiir.l part of Fairlie is a Isi«* new shop built, for Mr T. FV liustcil, draper. As Mr Russell found that this business required mote room, lie decided to make full provision at once, and has Lid a sb<»p crecl-ed tiwt would dt credit So Christchurch or Duncdin, and thai should suffice for the requirements of his business for come time to come.

The building covers a spr.ee of 40 feet. wide by 63 icct dtcp. It is built substantially of brick, the front, being lastcSully finished with cement mouldings and tuck pointed. The main shop is feel by about 58 feet inside, and i* 14 feet high. It is lighted fnem the front by large piate glass windows, and is painted in light colours. The ceiling is finished in fibrous plaster, and moulding, cornices and ornaments are tastefully painted in colours in keeping with the general scheme of decoration. "ihe necessary rictisigs areneat and ample, and an office is partitioned off one corner with an ornamental glass partition. Behind the shop arc two large rooms for storing and packing goods, and a wide passage leads between these to the back of the building. The windows are shut off from the rest of the shop by glass screens. Outside a h.i:.dso:ne vtrarid.ih of glass and iron shelters the windows and provides a tempting hah:r.i.--pl.-ice f-r p:;-.-c:>-by t" \ sdmire the gtods dispinyed. A neat stair j we"? Hght-rd by ;: brce window at the s : ..!e leads to the upper story. Upstairs, j i.vor the shop, are ;: large show: com. Arcf- '. making and tilting rooms, ample in *ize; a.'.;d IGlt in Jieigiit." These rooms are j linished in similar style to the shop below. ;',?'.d b:«th cnstyaM-rs slid employees should have c'.'mfort and pleasure in the conveniens e* provided. Throughout the bttildinr ncc'yk-e ga* 2:a.s bcc:s i;>-. ".vL the (n\-ss pc:idsni« with ii::j!ii«mu> «»ij.d «-h.~dejs :o thtr.'.v the li-:':it «!nw:-.. Tw» b.'jzc )-+:■:<■ dan's under ti:e ver;i:,.L h supreme r.; th« lights in the wiiidow, aad- n.:>k«. ".la sjir, vt.ry attractive whit: .:t ap. ..If has put the finishing touch, to the work by having th-f f<r.;- :J :,:h -j : jder the vct.-ndah asphalted", and in ■■.'■■.■njunetion with the Council he and the adjoining proprietors have had concrete kerbing and channelling pat in all along the frontage of their properties.

The contractor for the building was Mr D. Mclnnes. of Temtika. whos* men were ; espnnsible for ;;li the carpenter and joiner w-rk in the building. Messrs Roddick Urns.-had all the brick-work, cement-wf<rl;. etc.. and Mr C. B.'tcs >iid all the painting and piaster work. The result is a. mntx, saiisf.ictory job so all tb* parties ronceraed, and the residents of the district. All who know Mr Tiussell will wish trim success in his business and long life Jo rtr.p the reward of bis enterprise.

THE HOTKL ACCUMMODATIOX. Mr James Young. t'se proprietor of th* Fairlie Hotel, has just been improvements there a3*o. The whole h<ju<-« has been thoroughly renowned, new jvi;jj, and paper everywhere. A i.kc sittingroom lias been made to »:;c side of the her by taking down a partition aad tlir<r.« two small rc-oms into one. snd throughoti:. the lower part of the bouse and :n the upstairs sitting-room acetykne gas !%:«• bier, installed in neat br;*s p*adants with glass shades. The work has beea done by Mr C. Bates. Temuka. and is all in good taste and very suitable. The bar looks particularly well with a j«d and goid paper on the wall, with frirze and ceiling paper to match. The sitting rooms look and pleasant with wail* and ceilings covered with panels «;: .-.rustic designs and pleasing coloms, and the bedrooms are a.l appropriately finished and look fiesb and inviting. Bathrvoai. halis. and staircase are all tinislKd in similar tasteful fashion, and the outside doors and. windows have cot Inea forgotten, bat are in keeping with the re.-; of the house. The verandah has beer, i ~r.tr. «?d and ccntlr painted, with olive grrtn posts and Venetian red roof and brackets and moulding*-.' The old kerbing and channelling in ii«n".' has been taken up. and substantial concrete work put down as in. fr.--.nt of Mr Bussell's shop. Altogether the work reflects credit on the pro}rittor and the « <r};men, and should certainly result in increased business, and an enhanced icjiu-t-ation for the Fairlie Hotel.