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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Leather Trade — Little, Archibald,

Leather Trade.

Little, Archibald, Boot Importer, Revell Street, Hokitika. This business was established in the year 1867, on Gibson's Quay, and was removed to its present site in Revell Street in 1883. The premises include a double-fronted shop with a verandah, a large fitting-room, workroom, and storeroom, erected on freehold land. Every description of up-to date footwear is kept, and the well assorted stock, low prices, and courtesy at all times, make the store one of the leading establishments on the West Coast. Mr. Little is the second son of the late Mr. Robert Little, farmer, of Antrim, Ireland, and his mother was the daughter of the late Mr. Archibald Wilson, of Maxwell's Walls, farmer. He was born on the 10th of
Mr. A. Little.

Mr. A. Little.

June, 1840, at Craigiehaw, near Antrim, Ireland, where he went to school, and learned his trade. In 1863 Mr. Little went to Australia in the ship “Norman Morrison,” and landed in Brisbane, Queensland. He afterwards bought a bootstore in Maryborough, where he continued until the year 1867, when he came to New Zealand, and settled on the West Coast. He was among the first volunteers, and for a number of years was captain of the Hokitika Cadets. Mr. Little married a daughter of the late Mr. Owens Kinawley, farmer, County Fermanagh, Ireland, in the year 1873, and has three sons and three daughters.