Notes and Events.
Chioago has the reputation for big undertakings— There is a sort of " Whiteley's " in that town under one roof of which sixty two different departments are run. The block of buildings is immense, seven stories high, and it is claimed there arr fifteen acres of flooring, twenty ao^ei of plastering and an acre of plkte gl-SS ! There are eighteen elevators being twelve for passengers and six for goods. It is lighted by electricity for which steam of 150 horse power is employed, the seven boilers consuming fifty tons of coal a day. There are 5,200 Incandescent lights and 500 Arc lights. The establishment employs 2532 persons.
NOT TO KNOW IS NOT TO HATE bat once having uged Son Baking Powder you will never be without it, for it is the best in the market, both for purity and price. Sold everywhere. MAHOMET SAID:— "The ink of the wise iB worth more than the blood of martyrs." Perhaps all do not agree with this ; but everyone acknowledges that Crbase'b A. 1. Coffee when once tried is always used. ENGRAVING of all descriptions executed by McKee & Gamble, N.Z. Press Agency, Wellington. Advertising Blocks, Brass Door Plates, Stencil Plates, Copper Plate and all other kinds of engraving. Send for quotation.
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Manawatu Herald, 27 April 1893, Page 3
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211Notes and Events. Manawatu Herald, 27 April 1893, Page 3
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