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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Parke and Co

Parke and Co. (Shepherd Hughes), Coal and Wood Merchants, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington. Established 1894. Telephone 670. Private residence, Edge Hill. Mr. Hughes, who has succeeded Mr. Parke in business, is a native of County Down, Ireland. He came to the Colony in the ship “Lady Jocelyn,” arriving in Lyttelton. His business is carried on in leasehold premises, which have a frontage of some fifty feet to Cambridge Terrace. Mr. Hughes is a hard worker himself and only employs one man. With the keen opposition and cutting prices in his trade, he with an enterprise above most of those doing business around him, has succeeded in maintaining a sound business. He keeps on hand a fairly large stock of the coals most in demand and does an extensive trade in firewood.