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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 584, 2 October 1880, Page 2

( Remtm»oes of Wemimjton,—ln the . year 1845 a worthy citizen plodded his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-troe to Te Aro Flat, being in search of the surveyor's peg which had'been driven in at the, 1 corner of what is now Cuba and Dixonstreets,'.Upon this spot was erected a sniail I house, in which a very successful drapery J business was carried on by two ladies of I remarkable'talent and-.energy, who hayel long since retired from the scene to the land M of their birth- : -™ "Land oHhe mountain and the.flpod, Land of brown heath andahaggy wood/ In the year 1866 it jntp the hands of Mb Jamks Smith, the prbl.Citjjroprietor, ~-. who gave to the ; iSF name of Te Aro House, andtoider v management business greased with the rising .until at length it was found rable enlargement was result was, Te Aro House','as one of the .most complete and Drapery in -the v r New Zealand; The pies a large space, being 49 < feet % amply sufficient for' all, Manchesfe Fancy' Dresses, Silks; Bibbons, Laces, Ac. The Youths' Clothing feet by 14 feet,'and able sitting-room, furnishings have a sjmilar. f them. The Show-room linery, 1 Mantles, Jackets, Do a very spacious apartment,':/. up,'and beautifully and-measures.39.feet by of goods ia,'at all selected, and free on.application/'A •'TeAroHousejis the Order .very careful Attention is prietor.^'seou^ luish^lioflouieiOnbi^^^^^M