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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 650, 22 December 1880, Page 2

Eeminisobkoeb or-waottuMH.—ln.the year 1845 a worthy citizen plodded his-way with some difficulty through fern and ti-tree to Te Aro Flat being'in search "of: the sur'.: • veyor's.peg whioh had been driven in atthe corner of what is now and, Dixon Upon tliis spot wasVereoted a Small house, in/wßich 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 birth—. . "Land'oUhe mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and shawv.wnnrT' In the year.lßGG it passed into the hands of Mb Jamm Smim, the present' proprietor whogayeto:the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, 'and under whose management business ■ has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city until at length itwas. found thata conside'. rable enlargement was necessary,' and the result was, Te Aro House, as at-- ; ' one of the .most complete arid'/ r>«.„» p.i.i.i'.i • •'■■{ _■■•. ._.. ■■■ New Zealand. The general Drapery ocoupies a large space, being 49 -feet by-25 feet amply sufficient for all Manchester goods' v b S , S" &< k T ¥:M6tt' a ,Jßoy' s ,and Youths' Clothing Department .-measures 42 feet by 14 feet, and.ihas attached:'a : 'cbmf n rt. them. ; .TlieShow.room.foLthe sale of Mil/ hnery, Mantles, Ja6feets,,aostnimes7fto. ) - fei' . .... L .^.aa^t'.-ih.jtooi". rf goods, is .at- all times large and well in nra ~fnwm*.3.i .- Te Aro House very oareful attention is%id,to;the of Country | Residents. Allordersareexecute!:: V^.W'Wffi^^ed^dfforwarded.. on.-[aDVT.I ' ..!?;: