THE WAREROOMS OF MESSRS. A & T. INGLIS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 13, 26 December 1890, Page 19

THE WAREROOMS OF MESSRS. A & T. INGLIS.

Messrs A. & T. Ingus, George street, Dunedm, have recently completed alterations and improvements by meana of which theii establisbment has been placed in a position hardly to be surpassed by that occupied by any house of business in tbe colonies. The warerooms cover a vast space of ground, and are fitted up in a style that may defy rivalry, frovision, also, has been made for abundance of light, and intending purchasers need be under no apprehension respecting the facilities given for judging of the things offered for sale. Th« principal warerooms are on the gronnd floor, where goods to suit all possible requirements are shown in almost endless variety. There are, besides, two galleries, one on the first and another on the second story, both of unusnal size, and also filled with the excellent stock of the firm. Tbeße galleries, which, indeed, may be looked upon more as large and roomy apartments than galleries properly so called, owing their claim to be galleries only to the wide opening ia the' middle, by which the rooms on the ground floor are lighted from the skylights above, are reached by broad and convenient flights of stairs. A similar flight we may add, leads from the upper gallery on to fhe roof, which is flat and leaded— and whence a fine view is obtained of the city and the surrounding scenery. The sky-lights which are extensive, are on the plan of thsse by which the saloon of a ship is lighted. The manner al«o in which tbe building is fiaished on the inside does infinite credit to all those who had any part in it. Both the design and workmanship are admirable. As to tbe stock by which the establishment is filled it is almost sufficient of iiself to furnish ar» exhibition. The question, m fact, is not what does it, tut what does it not, contain 1 Drapery and millinery ; clothing of all kinds ; furniture from the most luxurious articles tbat can grace a drawing-room, to the ordinary necessaries of the kitchen ; beading and bedsteads ; delft and china ; the useful and the oruameutal ; pictures, niuk-nacks — everything in saort. The need must be unique and the taste whimsical which cannot be satisfie-J by what is to be found here. The establishment, indeed, is worth a visit, even if the only object be to witness the wonders that enterprise is capable of performing.