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Confectioner’s, 1909

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Confectioner’s, 1909

At W. S. Dustin’s confectionery shop in Whanganui, jam rolls and other cakes are displayed on the counter. Confectionery shops were often patronised by children, who would drool over the lolly-filled jars and buy sweets with pocket money.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, F. J. Denton Collection

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Carl Walrond, Shops – Drapers and haberdashers, pharmacies and confectioners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21236/confectioners-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 6 April 2010, updated 19 February 2026.