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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 142, 23 May 1883, Page 3

The Stbangeb m London— That the Great Gity will ere long be hardly recognisable by its former denizens, ; all the. world has heard. The visitor passing op the Thames now finds, his eye -gratified by the many edifices recently erected. As 'he reaches 1 thb famous Victoria Eiiibank-f ment, there rises over him on the right band:the hew Times office, arid on the left hand the. new tower>crowned works jof Messrs. ,) James Epps&* Co., both phases of Italian aVchitecture. be J said that these two buildinga are types of the t fa 1 business energy of th c ninetteentfc century, for it has resulted-j from such means that these two establishments have brought themselves to the fore, and that the annual issue of each has come to be estimated by millions. During the last year, the'riumbfer 'of 'copies of the Times is estimated at 16,276,000, while the number of packets of Epps' Cocoa sent off m the same- tieriod .computed "at ; 14^749,695 . The latter is a large total, when it isborde i m rnind.-^hat m 1830 the consumption, of 'QdcoA throu'fchout the whole kingdom was 'but 425,382 lbs., there then -existing- no preparation of it such as thißj which by the simple addition of boiling- water would yield a palatable drink. Truly; time may be said io work many changes.— [A dvt.J, .■.■."• ■ KOTICE* . ■;' , ■:•'■ i 0N ; THUKSI^A V, ( Queen's Birth- ■ day), a General . Holiday, the Mawawatu Standard will not be published. : , TG LET. fIIHE iFront Shop, , , (now undergoing ; Xj.; ialterations) , m; front of the Standard Office. The, best site ; in the .Squ,are. Twogqod windows for display;. Shop meaßUres ; 24 feet m frontage, by- 14 feet m depth. : Also room attached, with opening to shop. ;; Premises; will, be ready, for occupation m a, few, days. Early application necessary,. First-class position forj^tatipner,, Kancy-goods, or other .retail business. Bent moderate. For terms and iurther particulars apply at theOffice. i. -. | " MELBOURNE HOTEL, '' ■ Willis-street, J, Wellington! i«Ww ALKER,' 'TTT" ... PBoPBJKcomX COOMMODATION For Families XX Unequalled. ' Liquors, of first- class Brands only. Billiards, and Good Stabling* B. WALKER, Proprietor, : NOTICE TO ADVfiRTISERb. ALL Orders for insertion must be written legibly on the face of tne adve'rtisenient. ■ ; - „ When no order is given, the i advertisement will be inserted until countermanded, and charged accordingly.