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Early Trading Activities In Stratford Hidden away for many years in a shed at the back of the premises of C. S. Lucas, Ltd., a seeducleaning machine which makes an interesting link with the early trading activities in Stratford was recently brought to light when the building wlas demolished preparatory to the erection of additions to shop premises. The machine was owned by Curtis Bros., whose first store was situated, on the present si'e of the Stratford hotel Subsequently the firm moved further up the street, and when in the course of time these wooden buildings are replaced some evidence of the troublous year g of the Maori wars will be revealed. AB a security Bgainit attack the pioneer storekeepers tunnelled underground, making an outlet on the banks of the Patea river.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 442, 25 May 1937, Page 4
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134INTERESTING LINK Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 442, 25 May 1937, Page 4
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