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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Ritson, Mrs. M.

page 617

Ritson, Mrs. M., Opunake Butter Depôt, Taranaki Street. Telephone 832. Established 1886. Bankers, Bank of Australasia. Mrs. Ritson occupies for the purposes of her business a two-storey wooden building, with two shops, having a frontage of thirty feet to Taranaki Street. The principal makers of butter sold in the Opunake Depôt are the “Crown” and “Nut” brands. Besides doing a large retail trade in butter, cheese, and eggs, Mrs. Ritson has a good stock of groceries. In her business, which was the first butter depôt established in Wellington, she is assisted by her son and daughter. Her family consists of three boys and two girls. Mrs. Ritson is known in temperance and social reform circles, and is generally respected for the energy and ability she has displayed in conducting to a success a difficult business.