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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 618, 13 November 1880, Page 2

ttEMIKISOBSCEB OB WSV.ISC.JOK.-In tho ! ■;yoar 1845 a worthy citizen plodded his wav .with some difficulty through fern and ti-treo to le Aro rfkfc baiag in search of the surveyor b peg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now Cuba and Dixon : streets,- Upon this spot was created a. small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, ivho have long Mace retired from the scene to the land of thoir birth—- " Land o« the mountain and tho flood, Land of brown heath and ohaggy wood.' In the year 1866 it parsed jnto the hands of Mk James Smith, the present proprietor who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management basiutss haa Bteadily progreased with the rising fortunes of the city until at length it was fouud to fie a considerable enlargement was necessary, and tho result was, To Aro Houao, as at present, one of the most completo and Extensive Drapery Establishments in tho colony of New Zealand. The General Drapery oocu. iPies a large space, being 4!> feet by 25 feet amply sufficient for all Manchester goads 'Fancy Dresses, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, .gibbons, Laces, &o. The Men's, Hoy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 42 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfitable «tting-room, Carpets and Household, nnniahmgs have a similar space allied to them. The Show-room for the sa'e of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c, is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully Lighted from the roof, ar.d measures 33 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods is at. all times largo ami well selected, and patterns are forwarded post tree on application. A epojial feaWot ie Arq j& tho Order Dciiattmcnj:, and very careful attention is paid tq the wantq of Country Residents, All orders are executed under the immediate supon i.iion of tho proprietor, and securely packed'and forwarded .to their destination with that promptness and despatch winch have idways distin giuahed f c Aro, I|ou,o, Cuba- Aroet, Welling son ,—[4 pyx l .) '

TJIANKS.'' NOBIjK dodi'ca to return her nine™ - thanks to these Indira mid gentlemen ao kindly aaaistod nt her henofit. 117I 17 P. W. NOBLE. ;| WAIHAEAPA PASTORAL SOCIETY, THI3 all prizes (except medals) awarded tit the ks>i show will take place nt (he Marquis of ■ NonnanWy .otel, Carterton, on Saturday, 20th inst., at 3 p.m. All prize-winners. Judges, Stewards, and members of the General Committee are reque&tud to attend. W. C. BUCHANAN, 617 President. ~ -THE Provisional (Jon iiiitiu m~cls a.; tho Marquis of Normanby Hotel, l.i MOXDAV" lext, 15th inst., at 8 \, 'i.. ■Business— Appoint !uni of Stcwda, arrangement of progrr.iiuna, >Mi TEOS. r. BBKNBTT IT H. WOLTEHS. Hon Secretaries. TO BTiriDE^S. lENDES3 arc invited up to 4 p.m. or . the 28th iust., for addrsirm to a Got tags in Bentley-strre ~ f'lauo ;.L.d Specificstior.s at tny oiits. Thr lowest o> any tender not necessarily accepted. -- OKOnaiS FANKIN, Architect. i herehy given tint U;e mcnciosed poi2dii htw 5" r.-i licensed • for hire in the L'ormgli <>: ?> istcjt^n, liomas McCMtiiy, ;";,ilo.>;i 'Bus to Sep. 30th, WW. H. Billj.i X, T,>v.'u Clerk.