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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Abbott, Oram, and Co

Abbott, Oram, and Co. (R. H. Abbott, J. W. Abbott, and Charles Murray Oram), Warehousemen and Importers, Strand Arcade, Auckland. The original style of this firm was R. H. Abbott and Co., and it was founded in 1891, when the Messrs Abbott started in Wellington as wholesale drapers. In 1893 Mr. R. Abbott went to London to make arrangements for systematic and continuous buying on the firm's behalf in the large primary markets, and the negotiations opened by him with that end in view resulted in Mr. C. M. Oram, who had for years been buyer for the large firm of Messrs W. McArthur and Co., joining the firm. Mr. Oram still resides in London, where his long experience and exceptional opportunities enable him to make those well-timed and discriminating purchases which place the firm in New Zealand in the very best position to supply the colonial market with the goods it most desires at the time it most needs them. The firm's Wellington branch is in charge of Mr. J. W. Abbott, and Mr. R. H. Abbott is at the headquarters in Auckland; and nine travellers are employed by the firm, chiefly in the North Island and in the northern districts of the Middle Island.