Page 30 Advertisements Column 1

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 30 (Supplement)

"once upon i , . . . ' - f " { . . So the Story commences as do all Good Stories o£ \ olden days » ' . * . •■'":■•■ ' * *. / ' ...•'■ But our story has an additid^al merit— that of being true. "Orice upon ti time" can be accurately „ • set down as May of the year 1884. It is tHe epic df a tttati with a small purse and a big heart who ^ built everything upon an undeviating policy of honest trading — who set out to follow a vision and having done his part of sUrvfeyiiig the pathwhy le ft the remainder of the journey to be made by those following in his footsteps. It is a stofy of faith ih a district atid . its peoples. A ctory of Struggle and endeavour — of glotious success — of sudden tragedy and overwhelming catastrophe. •The sehtuel, which brings us down to recent times, is one of the rcinstatement of the policy — of * greater and grander edifice of service being built upon the old foundations — it is a story we are PftOUD of LET US TURN BACK THE PAGES OF THE YEARS FOR A MOMENT. THE YEAR IS ^jm - - " - A sfcHbiiid ybiirig trtkn with fcide whiskers, tall collar and quaintly-cut dothesis mapping out hdvbrtiSetheht which wiil ap£&ar next day in the newspaper of that time. He has alre&dy MpwjB ^ 's. to ^ ^ 'institutional ' ' advertisement — a^clear Atid #b, tiext dayj which Friday, 10th September, of the yeir 1886, this adver- .. ^ tisehieht appeared ih the "Hastings Standard'' f .... Hnif #■ f i*i k. | THIS g- h- roach heretaunga house was the straightforward statement by Ihe founder of I fefest House in Hastings for Sterling I t this business in 1886. It can be taken asa statement ^ _ 1 of our policy through the reignsoffiveof the Sovereigns deapeey mpamment. of the British Empire. - „ ■ . Consists oi a well assorted stock of \ . t . „ - Drapery and Clothing; no ahoddy Jk rnm Jk ^ wjS^ - . ™bbtoi kept m the fremiaea' Tb6 IM Win nO «w ilWl TVVO N^«FO the m W>mm^0 Mad W ^0 VA margin qi profit. Terms and discounts d||a ^S^S^aaa — — — — on the most liberal scale. Kindly call tneir coronation We reaffirm our loyalty to their beloved Majesties King Goerge VI. and Queeii Elicabeth, fiftli m reign since our inception. We reaffirm our loyalty to that policy which has carried III on tb tibe _ * * proud position of thfe foremost store in Hawke's Bay — the policy originated hy ihe iisMati With thd ^ ^ ^ . small pursC and a big heart." And finally, we thank^you, citizens of Hawke's Bay> for the SUppbtt hidhiiy ih Hanrkeu ia-h atid loyalty which has Cnabled us to build a newer and greater ' ^ •m^ill.r n-in-mmmiriwrafffiwr-^ * V k ^ .. ^ •' . •9 12. itt ii> fi^&jaS&aasL At i£*iLs£i *S*tL ^ ■ * * GHftuOTSEY AND GROcSEEYj Ht& ■ ' ' 0T (only) kept ^ ^igasB ctUh ih^feet DRAPERS - CtoTHIERS - FROCKI STS - OUTFITTERS . GROCERS . SSiit V HERETAUNGA STREET - HASTINGS ,«U»hm» v |-"-t-r rr— -m runr—rr