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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Farquhar, J. H.

Farquhar, J. H., Boot and Shoe Importer and Manufacturer, 48 Cuba Street, Wellington. Telegraphic address, “Farquhar, Wellington.” Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Ellice Avenue. Mr. Farquhar established his present business in Cuba Street in 1894, but his experience of the Wellington page 698 J. H. Farquhar boot trade is of much longer date. For the previous five years he had been a partner with Mr. Potter in the well-known firm of Messrs. Potter and Farquhar, boot and shoe importers, of Lambton Quay, and for many years prior to that partnership he was connected with various prominent boot firms as traveller. Mr. Farquhar has a good shop in the centre of the business part of Cuba Street, and it is exceedingly well stocked and well managed. The ladies' department is superintended by Mrs. Farquhar, who, like her husband, is both experienced and popular. The English and Continental goods are imported direct, and include the finest qualities of the varieties known as Flateau's, Apfel's, Howlett and White's, Pollard's, the Portland, and many others. The colonial-made lines are all carefully selected, and from the best factories. The tastes of every class of customers may be suited in this establishment, as no line is neglected, from the lightest dress shoes for ladies and girls to the heaviest watertights for men. Mr. Farquhar was born in the Colony, and claims the beautiful little town of Nelson as the home of his youth. His experience, however, has not been confined to any part, but rather to the whole of New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar deserve to succeed, for they both throw energy and skill into their work, and take unlimited pains to give satisfaction to all customers. Their friends in the various parts of the Colony will be glad to know that their efforts are being well rewarded, and that Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar are working into a big share of the Cuba Street trade. Their private house was the first erected on the lately surveyed Victoria block, and is a credit to the locality.