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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 679, 29 January 1881, Page 2

ItBMTHISCKHCEB OS w guwimur.—ln the year 1845 •» worthy citizen piocided his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-trea to Te Aro Flat being in search of the sur« veyor's peg which had. been driven inatthe corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spat was'ereoted a small house, in wliich a very successful drapery business was carried on byiwo ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long siuce retired from the scene to the land of their birth- " . ....

" Land xt* the mountain and the flood, Labi of brow n heath aud. shaggy wood.' fa the ye&r 1866 it passed into the hands of MbJamrs Shitb, the present, proprietor, who'gav'etdihe .premises the appropriate name of Te Aro' House, -and .under whose management bushusß has steadily progressed with-thevising-iortunes of the city, ■until at length It was iouni-that a ootids, rable enlargement was necessary, and the result was,.Te Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapeiy Establishments in the colony of New Zealand, The j'eperal Drapery occu» piesalarge'Bpace,;being49 feet by2s feet, amply, sufficient for aS Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, 1 &o. -The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a eomfai;. able. fitting-room. Cavpets" aud .Household furnishings have a similar space allotted to them. The Show-room for the sale of Mil. linery, Mantles, Jacketa, Costumes, So,, is a very spacious apartweut, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, and measures 89 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods is at all timi-B large and well selected, and. patterns are forwarded post free on application, A special feature at Te Aro House is the Order Department, aud very careful attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents. Allorders are executed under the immediato supervision of the proprietor and securely packed and forwarded, fc their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling on.—[advt.l