Carpenter, Frank William, Fruiterer and Confectioner, High Street, Hawera. This business was established in the year 1897, and is conducted in a wood and iron building which contains a shop with a verandah, and two store rooms. Mr. Carpenter is an importer of fresh and dried fruits, and also stocks all local fruits in season. He is a son of the late Dr. Joseph Edwards Carpenter, M.A., Ph.D., who was for many years editor of the Stratford-upon-Avon Times (Warwickshire), and was also the author of “What are the Wild Waves Saying,” “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still,” and over a thousand other songs. Dr. Carpenter also edited sixteen volumes of penny readings, at the time when these entertainments were very popular in the Old Country. Mr. Carpenter was born in September, 1851, in London, England, and was educated in London and at Godolphin School, Hammersmith. He was brought up to business life in London, where he remained for ten years, and then removed to Demerara. West Indies, where he was engaged in mercantile life, and was for some time in the boot business on his own account. He subsequently returned to his native land for a visit, and came to New Zealand in 1889. For several years Mr. Carpenter was engaged in farming in Taranaki, and resided for several years at Stratford before establishing his present business in Hawera. He was choirmaster and organist of the Presbyterian church.