MESSRS. ROACH BROS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 21

MESSRS. ROACH BROS.

.•••■The firm of ..Roach ; Bros., General Drapers,;.plothiersil Milliners, ; and Dressmakers,' : * ; Heretaunga : Street, Hastings, lias been established-*>rer a. >uarier of. a century;the founder being Air. G. H. Roach, ' who has since retired from business; but still resides in Hastings. Tho present. ■ partners are Messrs., G. Fi.jand V.R.■; Itt'achjyine.'. latter being : 'th'6 managing'pa'rther. s --'-. '' ; Mr. G;' H. Roach commenced in • a small way as: a. general storekeeper; in Hastings; aiid/the:;prasentVTery ' large;, business vis a . striking % illustration , of what; can be, done by ; industrious ; .energj'/' /andjvEOund -> ;busin^ss;" ; Mr. Roach always aimed'at,a high-clsss trade, good; quality for. the money}, : 'and;' promptness,arid attention to'all matters' ofi detaiU;:Hek;iya3;:^ "man, and. believed tidt .if.. , a , nything;' , was_ worth Previous to hisfcomihg.to.fe Mr.; RflapKvwas: 6h'.\the : staff of, Sfioolbred and. Company; the London' firm Jof prdiciises are; on Tottenham Court; jjtoad. •: Hastings was not a verylarge 'place in 1885, ;when;Mr. ; 'Rpaoh.;cm

place, but it did a good deal of busk . ness even in thoso days.'.' ' ' : • After five or. six year's, Mr. Roach found that, in conscquenco of.the.'exteilsion of_ his business;, he would haveto increase the size of premises. ;He.' therefore ■ moved from ' .tlie . corner - of King and Heretfyunga Streets to' the; preseftt site on HeretaiuigaStreet.'-Tlio: now premises - were tworstoried,. with a - ■ 40ft-.;' frontage, .'and' very; torior.Tho general store ;and . drapery.' businesses were separated;:; the 'former' " icing placed under the. charge of Mr. G. l l '. . Roach, the present occupier. Mr. G. H. Roach remained "in personal: charge of the drapery ; establishment,having for auxiliary Mr; f:V. R. Roach. Business, still-.further,..increased, iiow:it' is by far the largest and most important: of. : its : kind.in ' Hastings;,,-^he;':; 1 lirui'ihas its ;:own -London''buyers; spofcr«. ..cMh\':is/paid''.:forv" , .evei^.liirig;-::'-and ; v' : in;.i: these .circumstances it is'; very easy, to ' .understand .the systom by; which Messrs.- Roach Bros, arc enabled to > supply high-class ■ goods at ' comparatively low-olass figurcs/'Tho firm'inakeV. a..-, strong, feature of always being, well. - up with' the.London fashions;>and season's; changes receive.;:thov strictest';;' attention : from the.' London' 'buy<irs; : so. '.' much so, that tho interval between London and Hastings is. just. about' sis' -- , : weeks. ,v,- ;j: I