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David Nathan, merchant

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David Nathan, merchant

This 1848 advertisement by David Nathan announces a sale by auction of a consignment of goods that has arrived by ship at his Shortland Street sale rooms. He also advertises accommodation aboard the clipper brigantine John Bull sailing that same day for Tahiti. Among the goods to be auctioned are flour and butter from Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), tea, clothes and drapery.

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Reference: New Zealander, 8 January 1848, p. 1

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Gary Hawke, Large companies – Large companies in the 1800s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25941/david-nathan-merchant (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Gary Hawke, published 2 March 2010.