NEW AUCTION ROOMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7827, 20 August 1904, Page 5

NEW AUCTION ROOMS.

Mr F. H. Wood's Wellappointed Premises.

The new auction rooms, which have just been built in Banniater-street, for Mr F. H. Wood, auctioneer, add considerably to the appearance of that portion of the town. They comprise a substantially-built, well-finished brick structure, with frontages to two streets, and quite close to the main thoroughfare ; in fact, one of the best sites that could have been chosen for successfully establishing the business for which it is inten3ed. The building measures fiftyeight feet by thirty feet, with a fourteenfoot wall. Both frontages are plastered and lined off to represent Ashlar stone. The name " F. H. Wood, Auctioneer," stands out prominently in cement letters (gold coloured) on the moulded pediment on the front of the building. The front entrance-'tb the auction mart is 8 feet wide, the double doors being hung on sliding pulleys. The mart measures 45ft by 30ft, and is admirably appointed. The rostrum is conveniently situated about the 'middle of the room, on the right-hand side (instead of at the end of the room as is usually, the case), an innovation which should prove advantageous to auctioneer and purchaser alike. The whole interior of the building is painted with patent sanitary washable distempering, paint, the walls being terra cotta. Tne lighting arrangements are excellent, the fullest advantage being taken of the lengthy frontage to the side street for this purpose. A private office for Mr Wood, 12ft by lift, and a general office, 15ft by lift, are provided. The office appointments are also thoroughly up-to-date in every respect, and in the public office a counter and a large sliding window are provided. A serviceable strong-room forms a portion of the public office.

The office walls are lined with vertical Y-jointed lining, painted blue, while the doors arc of margin light pattern ; the grained heart of rimu and Muranesestained glass having a very pleasing effect. Gas stoves are provided in both offices. At the rear of the building arrangements will be made for the storage of bulk goods. The architects were Messrs Varnham and Rose, and the contractors Messrs Coradine and Whittaker. The signwriting was done by Mr R. J. Lyttle.

Sic Wood is to be congratulated on having secured such an excellent business position, with all requisice facilities for carrying on his business. As one of the oldc3t-63tablished auctioneers in the provincial district—having carried on business since 1874—Mr Wood has earned throughoutWairarapa areputation for business integrity and honest trading, which will prove invaluable to him in his new departure, in which he will have the best wishes for his success of the whole community, not only in Masterton, but also in the adjacent districts. His many friends throughout Wairarapa will cordially wish Mr Wood abundant success in his new venture, and it will be a pleasing source of satisfaction to him to know that he has hundreds of wellwishers throughout the North Island who have known him in the past, and to whom his future prosperity in his new business undertakings will afford sincere gratification.