THE "RED POST."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 211, 12 October 1909, Page 4

THE "RED POST."

STlilX'iriiAl. IMI'ItOVKMEXTS. 1 There's ;i " post" just ikpiv lit tlie lied Post Furnishing Warehouse. (liiiicls are changing places ami owners ill ;i speed that pleases the managci. Mr. V. Haydon. lirst-ralc. and which shows that the New Plymouth publk' me "right on in a good tiling." Tae sale is lieeessiliiled In tile need for room. The builders are coining in about a week's time to enlarge the"premises For iiiuiillis past the show rooms Jiave been eramped. su new showrooms must he provided. An additional lloor is to •lie added, and the building made twustoroyed throughout. Upstairs will he one great showroom, aliout ninety feet long, whieli 'Mr. llayden promise's will he made Very attractive, probably divided oil' by removable screen into drawing-, sitting-, anil lied-rooins. in order to heller display the stock. The factory will also.'be enlarged. So blls'y has 111'. linn been for some time past that the stall' has been unable to cope with I lie work, and room has to be provided for three additional cabinetmakers and there are already sixteen hands in th.factory. In conversation with Mr. Harden, our reporter learned that business was good, customers were salislied. and repeat orders frequent in the upholster, ing and cabineliuaking department-'. "You see," he said, •• «> make everything we sell, and we're selling a lot.'The high-class furniture which the firm has made a specialty is forging its way into Hie In 's of tlit- people. .Mr. Haydrn complained that. there were still a few people who sent out of New Plymouth for their goods, and he referred to a re-cut instance in which he sold ami delivered to a I,mis,, i„ \,.„- ]>] v. inciitli some lino] „ which was similar in ncrv detail but price to some they had goi fro m Wellington. That cost them lis lid a yard in the Entire Cite. There's no doubt the lied Post is doing n solid popular business.