Charles Hill & Sons Catalogue Title Page
Charles Hill & Sons, Hatters, Hosiers, and Gentlemen's Mercers, were located at 61 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Charles Hill learned his trade with Dundo and Sons, of Castle Green, Bristol, England before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia where he set up business. After some years, Hill established the business of Hill, Fenton, and Hulbert in Auckland in 1871.
The Wellington firm, Charles Hill & Sons, was opened in 1877 with both manufacturing and retail facilities. By the early 1900s, the firm was acting as agents for hat firms such as Henry Heath, Woodrow and Sons, James E. Mills, I. and R. Morley, Tress and Co., Fownes Bros. and Co., Christie and Co., Ld., Dent Allcroft, and Welch Margetson and Co.
The firm's trade extended throughout New Zealand, with sales agents in various centres including Wanganui, Napier, and Nelson.
Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District], 1897, p. 638.
Charles Hll & Sons Catalogue, List of Agents.
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