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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 565, 10 September 1880, Page 2

A Home paper states that. an.analyiii of the new British Parliament ihows'th*; a large majority of the members are per* . sons who either earn their fir have done so, and have now retired. This, is as it should be. If the present system of foisting men with no qualification but honorarium fever into Parliament it continued inthis colony, an analysis of that body will probably show in the future that the members are persons who do not earn their living, never have done so, and never intend to do so until compelled by stress of dircumstances. Rewineenoes oj Welunoton.—ln tha year 1845 a worthy oitizen 'plddded his way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro Flat, being in search of the surveyor's peg which had been driven in at tha corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon, streets. Upon this spot fas erected a small house, in which a very successful-drapery business was carried on by : two ladje| (jf remarkable talent and energy, wtio have long since retired from the scene to the lamj of their birth— ~'..; - "Land o* the mountainand. the flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy, wood.' In the year 1866 it passed into the hands of Mb Jamks Smith, the present who gave to the premises the appropriate, name of Te Aro Souse, and under whose management; business has steadily pfqgressed with the rising forfcunes.qf the oijy, until at length it was found that a qonsidsrableenlargement.was necessary, and the result was, Te Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the colony of New Zealand. The Jeneral Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 fset, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Bibbons, Laces,, <fco. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures i? feet by 14 feet, and has attaohed.a com(«# able sitting-room, Carpets and''Househoic( furnishings have a similar space alloted to them. The Show-room for the sale of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, <&o., is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully lighted from the roof, and measures 89 feet by 22 feet. : The stook of goods is at all times large and well x selected,- and patterns are forwarded post m free on application.. A special feature at 1 Te Aro House is the Order Department, and, very careful attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents": Allordersareewfliited under the immediate supervision of the proprietor, ai}d securely packeiiand forwarded tn their destination with' that promptness and despatch which have. always distinguished te Aro House, Cuba-street Welling ton,—{ADyr.]- .'■• ■ " e