Costigan, Lawrence James, General Baker and Confectioner, Tainui Street, Greymouth; private residence, Thompson Street. This business was originally established as a co-operative bakery, and was acquired by Mr. Costigan in the year 1897. The building is of wood and iron, and contains a shop and bakehouse. Mr. Costigan was born on the 28th of September, 1868, at Maori Gully, where he was educated. He learned his trade as a baker at Brunnerton, and afterwards worked at Hokitika. Mr. Costigan was subsequently employed by the Bakers' Co-operative Society, from which he bought his present business. He is a Past Master of the Hibernian Society. In the year 1896 he married a daughter of Mr. P. Finnegan, of Ireland, and has four daughters and one son.

Robertson, William, Baker and Confectioner, Chapel Street, Greymouth. This business was established in the year 1898 by Mr. Jones, and acquired by the present proprietor in 1904. The premises consist of a wood and iron building, which contains a shop, residence, and bakery; there is also a stable in connection with the establishment. Mr. Robertson was born in the year 1880, in the Isle of Arran, where he was educated. He page 569 learned his trade at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, and afterwards worked for four years in Glasgow. Mr. Robertson came to New Zealand by the ship “Ruapehu,” and landed in Wellington, in 1902. He then went to Dunedin for a short time, and removed to Ross, where he conducted a business for nine months. Mr. Robertson settled in Greymouth in the year 1904. In the same year he married a daughter of Mr. James Robertson, miner, of No-town, and has one daughter.