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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 735, 5 April 1881, Page 3

" Undo John, have you been to the new museum ?" asked his neice Sarah, " yes," answered Unclo John, " I went to the new museum, and saw all the old curiosities. They don't look as well as they did when I was a %, and they were new curiosities iu the old museum An.iguoraut young spendthrift, wishing to Sorrow some money as privately as possible, was startled at reading the beginning of the bond, I' Be it known to all men, "and declared his unwillingness . to sign, as it must certainly como to his • father's ears ,1 . "Whatare you doing in my office?" T asked the lawyer of a thiof just making / his exit with an armful of books. " Only carrying out the law, sir," was the reply. -* .. Baltimore has just finished Lake Montibello, the hu<;e reservoir that is to store 500,000,000 gallons of tho Gunpowder ■ water Bupply, soon to be brought to the city through seven miles of tunnels, The Lake covers sixty acres, and is a mile and a half in circumference. " Speaking of extravaganco in dress," writes Captain Crostree, " tho most expensively dressed niau I ever saw, was an African chief on the Gold Coast. His wives had annointed him thoroughly with palm-oil, and then powdered him from head to foot with gold dust. You never saw in your life a man got up so utterly rogardless of expense."

itaINISCEHCES Otf WfiliUNUl'ON.—lntlie yeir 1845 a worthy citizen piocided his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree toTe Aro Flat baing in search of the surveyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon tlu's spot was oreoted a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long siuce retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth—"Land o' the mountain and the Hood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, In the year 18G6 it passed into the hands of .MrJamrs Smith,' the present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management business lias 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 oi New Zealand, Tho Jeneral Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 feet, . amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks; Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, &c. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 . feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfortable fitting-room. Carpets and Household ■ •furnishings have, a similar space allotted to them, The Show-room for tho sale of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &&, is a very spacious apartment, ■ elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof,and measures 39 feet by 22 feet.. The stock ' of.goods s at all tinfes large and well selected, and patterns aro forwarded post free on application, A special feature at Te Aro House is the Order Department, and 'very careful attention is paid to the-wauls of Country Residents, Allordcrsaro executed under the immediatb supervision of the pro- " ' prietor, and securely packed and forwarded ■to their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling on.—ladVt.l •

LOCAL INDUSTRY. ■ A SIGN OF THE TIMES may be seen . in .front of my premises giving a GLIMPSE -OF BETTER DAYS for .'New Zealand, It shows clearly tint the goods manufactured here by far oscel all such of a foreign make. It also shows that there is at least one tailw who knows how to bring thorn to the front. I am' troubled with a complaint just now, 1 wish there hundred's affected the same way, I have local industry on the brain, I am convinced that the evils ibis country is now enduring are.caused by peoplo sending away for goods that they ought to buy here. I can make a Lady's Riding Habit for £5; Gentleman's Suit, £4; Trousers £1; all of New Zealand Tweed, tho most fashionable cut and best make in Wellington. Therefore every man should know his own measure, and send a Post Office Order for £4, and he will receive in return a splendid Tweed Su#,of New Zealand manufacture, warranted to fit, Directions for self-measurement:-First state age, height, weight arid occupation, ■ and if erect of stooping; measure chest over tho vest, and waist over tho vest; moasure the front seam of coatsleeve; lay your trousersiat on the table,'measureside seam and leg and round waist, HUXLEY, tho Tailor. 735 •' Lambton Quay, Wellington