THE ELTHAM MOTOR GARAGE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1168, 1 July 1911, Page 14

THE ELTHAM MOTOR GARAGE.

Tho Eltham motor garage, a photograph of which ; s reproduced in this issue is another illustration of the progress which, is at present being evinced in the town from an architectural point of view. The building, which is one of tho largest of its kind in Tnranaki, has a frontage of 42 feet by 80 feet in depth. It is built of concrete and absolutely fire-proof—a circumstance of considerable importance, to motor-car owners. The front compartment which is utilised for stalling cars is a commodious room 42 feet by 45 feet, and here may he seen specimens of the Ford, Cadillac, Siddcley, and standard cars, for which tho proprietor, Mr. VV. H. Potts, has agencies The Eord car is having a great vogue in Taranaki and within a comparatively short period, Mr. Potts has disposed of five in the district'. The price of a fivescater Ford car is ,£270, fully equipped, and as the vehicle is both light and strong and has been for years on the market, it is easy to understand tho reason of its general approval by a discriminating public. In another portion of the building is the repair workshop, where, under expert mechanics, all cars are repaired. Large and complete stocks of accessories are always on hand. The garage is onen day and night, a member of tho" staff sleeping on tho premises. The oldest established land agency business in Eltham is that of W. H. and A. M'Garry, who occupy one of the best, if not the best, business sites in tho town. The agency was started thirteen years ago by Mr. W. -11. M'Garry, who has now an independent branch at Auck- ' land, where he has large interests'. The ' 'Eltham business is controlled by Messrs. • ; \. and M. E. M'Garry, both young men, ' full of enterprise and industry. The ' linn inserts n list of properties in our advertising columns, and in addition pos--1 scsses a land register of some 2001) proper- ' ties, 'farmers on tho look-out for desir- [ able land in tho Eltham district are in- [ vitcd to correspond with W. 11. and A. 1 M'Garry. ' Mr.'l'. A. Wright, tailor and costumier, ! Eltham, has been established in busi- ' ness in the town only about eleven ' months, hut careful attention to all the ' niceties required in' clothes architecture ' has returned him a sound trade. Mr. ' Wright specialises in ladies and men's tailor-made clothes, and he stocks ma- ■ terials only of the best quality. Tho "Ding-Dong" brand of tents, tarpaulins, overcoats, buggy rugs, and canvas coal's, is the subject nf an advertisement in this issue by Mr. Oscar Eide, wholesale and retail manufacturer, El- - tlmm. Ding-dong is n. good name, usual- ' ly signifying something hard to lieat. . There are also Ding-Dong cow covers, and 3 Ding-Dong horse covers, and the general 3 opinion passed upon these, articles is f that they are Ding-Dong by name. - and Ding-Dong by nafure. It is 3 felt that could tho animals speak they n would cry linn these opinions which nre J held by every human being who has s worn anything of the Ding-Dong make. 5_LHr. Eido keeps a, large staff going, and

his supplies extend over a good deal of I the North Island. Mr. L. Kill, bootmaker, Eltham, whose advertising announcement appears in this | i«suc,-hiis'lieeii established in business in Muniiiii. which is still in existence. In addition he has had a branch in l\upongit for the past ten years, ihe fact, of these branches being so strongly in evidence in the fhrrn (owns is a siiliiticnt confirmation of Mr. Jlill's enterprice, and his general success as a business man. Air. Hill has for years strongly identified himself with the progress o'f Eltham, and in (lie late Mayoral election he was defeated by only twelve voles, his victorious opponent being Mr. G. I'. Wake, solicitor.