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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 604, 26 October 1880, Page 2

Reminiscences oj yvbiiwhwoh,—in the year 1845 a worthy{oitiEeu ploddod hia way with some, difficulty through fern and.ti«tm to Te Aro Flat being in search of the carveyor's "peg which had boon drksn in st the corner of what js now Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by ttfo ladiee of remarkable talent and energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the land of their.birth— : ;

''Laud o* the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and ihaggy wood.' In the yoar 1866 it passed. into the hands of Mn jAMRa. Sarrn, the : present proprietor, who'gave to the premises the appropriate name of To Aro House, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a coneide. rablo enlargement, was necetsaify, and the result ttavlejirb House, a 8 it frosint,' oneol the most complete and Extensive Drajpery Establishments in the colony of Now Zealand. .The Jeneral Drapery occupies a large space, beiM. 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dreaes, Silks, Gloves, ; . Kfaitty, Eibbons, Lsces,. it. Tho Mea'd, \Koj'c, snd Youths' Clothing Department measures 42 feet by 14 feet, and.has attached a cooh:liable Bitting-room t Carpets and Household furnishings have a similar spcct alloicd to them, The Short-room .for the slo o5 Millinery, Mantles, Costumes, &},, is , a rery Opacionj apartments elegantly fittod, up, and beautifully lighted from the ropf, and measured 39 feet by 32 foet. The ctock of goods is at all . times Ifirga. and well seleoted, 'and patten® are forwarded post free on application. A qiccial feature efc Te Aro House is the Order Department, and very careful attention is .piid to'the T?anta of Country Residents.' AUorders'ate executed under the immediate supervision of'the proprietor. and . securely packed and forwarded totheir destination with that promptness/ and despatch which hate always aistUKi guished Te AroHoilse, Cuba-street, Welling ton,~{iDTr.l '