THE NEW LONDON DOCKS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 534, 5 August 1880, Page 2

THE NEW LONDON DOCKS.

us * • '- ■ , s At noon on 6th May, the complete ; of the enormous docks created at Noi Woolwioh for the better reception of tl : water-borne supplies to the metropol; Q: was marked by the formal -act of openii ! the sluices which connect I them with t ' River Thames, and although the cerem nial inauguration will take place .sot : weeks later, the proceedings were full ; interest. At 'noon the • chairman- ai deputy-chairman simultaneously open | two sluice-gates, through; which the.riv r . poured rapidly into the entrance of t ■ n " dock. As, however, the area of the doo ff- is ninety acres in extent, and the ink ;ar are ' comparison, insignificant, t process of flooding is relatively slow, f •It it will occupy about a fortnight. N re . until the dock is quite full will the pil of the coffer-dam be drawn out of t raS j river-bed, and the clay in which it is ii doI bedded will tfiefi be dredged out, and t water-gates opened for the docking of-1 I first.ship. This is expected to be one do! the Peninsular and Oriental Gompan; 1 fine vessels, which is due : ffom Bomb 1 about the end of the present month, ai >®d; the occasion will be one of some pub iry : display, -, These splendid docks are sul : cieht to shelter all the ships in the Eoj ! NaVy. .

ke : ' ! Eemtkisesces op Wellington.—ln f ryear 1845 a worthy citizen plodded his w [ with some difficulty through fern and ti-ti . to Te Aro Flat, being in search of the si 18 yeyor's peg which had been driven in at 1 ; corner of what is now Cuba and Dixi ; streets, v - Upon this spot was erected asm house, in which a very successful drapi i . business was carried on by two ladies ! remarkable talent and energy, who ha | long since retired from the scene to the'la j; of their birth—- :" Land of the mountain and the flood, ~. Land of'brown heatii and shaggy woo In this year 1866 it passed iuto the hands n ; Mr Jamks Smith, the present propriet who gave to the premises the. approprii , I name of Te Aro House, and under wh( 3b J; management business has steadily p 'gressed'with the rising, fortunes,of the ci : until aj>length it'was'found 'that'a coasic : rable enlaigement peces§ary, ;andjl ; result was, Te Aro Houseras at prespi ; ene of the most' complete and. Ejttensi • Drapery Establishments in the colony ) 1 New Zealand. -Th'i ' Jerieral Drapery 'occ ; pies alarge spaee„being 49 feet by 25 fei LY '! amply suipient foF all Manchester gooi j Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gflqves, Hosiei .. '■ Eibbons, Laces, Ac. Thg Men's,'-Boy's,a ' 1S "; Youths' Clothing Department measures, j? i »■! ;§e,; ? 'Carpets and.Hoiisehi 'he j hav«,fc space ajloted all; 'item." !Thie Shb\r-ropm for |he Bale of W ew Jinery, Mantlea,'.; Jftckets, Costumes, &p,, ,nd',» very,spacious apartmentj, 'elegwfily fitt rill jo er- i a .od measuresip feet by, r, fc The ate ice large j and"; w the| |jjg-' free .on application.; A special feature .- ■ ] Te Aro House is the Order , i very careful attentiomis .paid,to the ,wai '.?•! of Country Residents., All orders are 1 exieoui T under the immediate .supervißion.of-.thTp [PS- prietor, and.-seciirely packed and 'for^ ti) their ad,| mdideapaMi,^^ Guiba-ata^t^Wellij