TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2290, 8 December 1891, Page 3

TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

It is with much pleasure that we have again to record improvements in the townof Temuka. There can be no doubt but that, even if it is very slowly, the town is making steady progress, and that more business is done in at present than at any time for the past ten years. This really is as it ought to be. There can be no doubt but goods can be got here now as cheap, if not cheaper, than elsewhere, and under such circumstances it is only right the people should buy from their own neighbors. It is also true that the stocks kept by our local storekeepers too, are of a very select and varied kind, and in most instances they are in a position to supply all needs.

The most important recent improvements to the town is the handsome shop and dwelling house built by Mr D. Taylor on the section adjoining the Bank of New Zealand, and well-known as that on which Mr K. F. Gray used to live. This is a good two storey building, which is a credit to the town. It has a frontage of 33 feet on the Main street, and runs back into the section 51 feet. More than half of the ground floor is taken up by a shop, which has been well fitted up in every way, and who- has just removed into it. ’ At the back is a store room, and adjoining it are three other rooms, used as a kitchen, a dxningrroom, and a bedroom. From a wide hall a fine stair-case leads up to the second storey, where are five rooms and a bath-room, all of which are well finished. Taken altogether, the building is very convenient and well suited for the purposes for which it was intended. Mr J. W. Miles has also made additions to his drapery establishment, in the shape of a large showroom at the back. This is 40ft. long by 30ft. wide, and is very commodious. Just now it is being fitted up as a bazaar, where seasonable goods will be displayed to advantage, and when it is properly dressed up we have

no doubt but that it will be well worth a visit. One of the oldest landmarks in Temuka has been removed, and a substantial building erected in its stead. We refer to Mr James Marshall’s baker’s shop. This was one of the oldest buildings in Temuka, and though lately it did not look much it was once regarded as a fine building. A large shop and threeroomed dwelling-house has now been erected. It has a frontage on the main street of 27ft., and runs 24ft. back into the section. It is a substantial building, and a great improvement to the town.