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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 642, 13 December 1880, Page 3

Remtniscbkces 01? wsiiua'iww.—ln year 1845 a worthy citizen plodded his wH with 6omo aifficulfcy through fern and ti-tr{B to Te Aro flat baing in search of the surveyor's peg which had been driven in at the comer of: what is now Cuba and Dixon . streets,, Upon this ppot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business wan carried on by two Indies of remarkable talent, and have long since retired from the sceno tVtho land of their birth— j "Lando* the mountain and the nwst, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood. 1 In the year 186G it passed into the hands of MrJamrs Smith, the present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro Huuse, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the result was, Te Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the colony of New Zealand. The General Drapery occupies a large.spaco, being 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Eibbons, Laces, &c. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 42 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfortablo fitting-room. Carpets and Household furnishings have a similar space allotted to them,- The Show-room for tho sale of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets', Costumes, &c>, iB a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods is at all times large and well Belected, and patterns aro forwarded post Ireoon application. A special feature at Te Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful attention is paid to the wantß of Counitry Residents. Allorders are executed under the iminediato supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded _ i to tlieir destination with that promptness yJF and despatch which havo always distin guished To Aro House, Cuba-streot, Welling on,-[ADVT.I