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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Morris, Louis
Morris, Louis, Pastrycook and Confectioner, Tramway Pie Shop, Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington. The Tramway Pie Shop is a commodious iron and wood building, well suited for the purpose for which it was designed. One is struck on approaching it by the tasteful arrangement of the goods in the two large windows facing this busy thoroughfare. The shop has a frontage of 24 feet to Adelaide Road. The bakehouse occupies the rear of the section. Mr. Morris, the proprietor, was born in Malta in 1854. When only three years old, he left that small but important British naval station to go with his parents to Naples. There he remained until, at nine years of age, he took to a seafaring life. He remained at sea for six or seven years. In 1877 he came to New Zealand as a steward in the ship “Gloria” His taste for sea life was not then so keen, and he decided on remaining in Wellington. He found work in the baking and confectionery business, working at different times in several leading establishments. In 1890, fortune had favoured him to such an extent as to warrant him in setting up in business for himself. This he did in the present premises, which are freehold. The enterprise and application to business which characterised Mr. Morris's life is reaping its reward in a rapidly growing and increasingly lucrative business. Mr. Morris's only connection with public bodies or societies is his association with Freemasonry, in which he holds the eighteen rank.