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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 633, 1 December 1880, Page 2

There are 1141 different kinds of beetles in New Zealand, but naturalists have not yet been able to make up a muster-roll of the different varieties of fleas,

Reminiscences oi? wmmroN.—ln the' year 1845 a worthy citizen piodded jus way. with some difficulty, through fern and tl-tree to Te Aro Flat baing in search of the Burveyor's peg which had been driven jn at the" corner of what is now Cuba and Dixoi streets. Upon this spot waa erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery * business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent and energy, who have ; long since retired from the scene to the land of their birt|irr '' Laud o» the mountain and the flood, Land of browu heath and shaggy wood.! In the year 1866 it passed into the hands of Mb Jamks Smith, the present proprietor, ■ who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under, whosemanagement, business has steadily prot gressed with theTising fortunes of the city; until at length it was found to be a conaide. • rablo enlargement 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." Now Zealand. "The Jeneral Drapery 'ofiifiSw pies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 : amply sufficient for all Manchester goods; ? Fancy Dresses,: Silks, Gloves,' Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Ac.' The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 42 feet, by 14 feet, and has attachedable; sitting-room,' 'Carpets aija furnishings liavea space/ alloteS 'to. them. -Tlie Show-room for the.eale of Mil." , linery,.Mantles,,.J#ote| Costunies, &0., jjj.. a ipaoious apartment) • elegantly fittedV- V up, |ind heiutifillly lighted from' the roof, 'V \ and measures 89 feot by 22fftei'. THq etock".. of goods, is at aU. timii ; . la'rgs and 'wailselected, "and patternai areforwarded post ijtßMn application.' A special feature at ■ •very oare® attention is paiiHo tlfclaf of Country Residents." Allorders are exeouted under the immediate: supervision of .the proprietor. and eecurely paclted and (orwardecl • to theirdestination-with that * ; ■ and dflspat'ohv which: have, alwayr4istiiii guishedTe;Aro House, Cuba-street,iyfeiyiifV' : OB.—[4DTX.I