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Manawatu Herald, 10 January 1895, Page 3

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Odessa, which is frequently deaoribed as the Liverpool of Russia, fad frbich -4n*~point of trade and •JLgperity ranks as the most important city of the Empire, has just E!Ln celebrating the centennial ani«ers9 r y °* its foundation. Built n terriW oe <kfl to Russia by TurjPjL theionndations of the

aaMaHai|^ awaMaaaMaaMM^iiaMlMii ■ ■». .-i . . "■■ ' ' -" j pre_ .nt city were laid, viz., 1794, I and when, afc the beginning of the century* tho French Imigr^, the Due de Richelieu, arrived upon the scene fco assume his duties as GovernorGeneral— a post to which he had been appointed by Emperor Alexander — there were only 430 houses and about 6000 inhabitants in the place. To day the population is over 500,---000, of whom no less than 150,000 are Hebrews, and there is no city in the Empire more bountifully endowed with magnificient public buil<_ings, or where the inhabitants are possessed of greater wealth, mostly amassed by commerce.