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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 740, 11 April 1881, Page 2

"_ Will you please insert this obituary notice I" aaked an. old gentleman of an editor. '" I make bold to ask it because I know deceased had, a great many friends around who would be glad to hear of his death.. ■

IIEHIMSCEHUEB 01 WJUjUUIUTOIf.—inthg /ear 1845 a worthy oitizen:pioadod his way with some difficulty through fern and 'ti-tree to To Aro Flat baing in search of • thoßurveyr's opeg whichhad been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba' and Dixon streets. Upon this spot was erected a small house, in whioh a very Buocessful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have long siuco retired from tho scene, to {he 1 nd of their birth—'. .-'::.;.-. ' ' ; " Land ot the mountain and the flood, In the year 1866 it passed into the hands of Mb James Shite, the present proprietor, who gave to tho premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, 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, To Aro House, as at presont, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapery. Establishments in the colony of New Zealand, The' jjeneral Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 feet, .amply sufficient for all Manchester-goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloyes,; Hosiery, Bibbonß, Laces.'&o. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department- measures 24 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfortable Carpets and Household furnishings hsva a oimiinr m „iwf.,i t„ tnem. ihe Show-room for the «le of.Milr h'nery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c, js a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully, lighted from the roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet Iheitook of goods s at all' times' large selected, and patterns, are forwartfeS free on application; A* special featuL Te; Aro House 'is the Order" Department) very careful attention is paid tothojMßts" of Residents.-AllordersaHrtMuted under the immediate'supervision of the proprietor, and seonrely packed and forwarded • to their destination with that' prompinesß and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street,' Welling On.-fiDVT.I

npiHE Ordinary Fortnightly .jMeeting of X vtheStonehenge:Lodcewill-beheld in the V Lodgferoom, ?Empire r 'soteV f OD i TpSDiY l : ApriUl2th,:lßßi i ;Si?;pfl) r a!, .Mi3y;orderv;;-;T ':, «;^; -.'wli -jji'"'"' v' .WALTER.ESSEX OEOSS,H 9