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  2. MESSES. DIXSON & SONS

    Give employment to a large number of hands in the preparation of Tobacco, an article of vast commercial importance in the Colonies. The Colonial-made article has for years past ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 125 words
  3. Our Enqravinqs—continued. EUROPEAN MAIL DAY AT POST OFFICE, SYDNEY.

    THE Post Office on such occasions presents a very busy aspect. Sydney has now three recognised European mails—that by California, that by Torres Straits, and that by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 141 words
  4. THE WOOL TRADE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    THE whole details of this important industry are conveyed by the engraving. At the head of the picture may he seen a view of an ordinary sheep-run—the vast plains of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 399 words
  5. A FEW OF THE BUSINESS PREMISES OF SYDNEY,

    ON our twenty-first page we give engravings of a few commercial buildiugs. We might mention that we have not space to give views of our banks, which, with the insurance ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. MESSRS. JOHN FRAZER & CO.

    York Street Establishment is a massive com mercial edifice, erected for the convenience of the firm's extensive trade as Merchants and Shipping Agents. The celebrated "Colonial ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 143 words
  7. THE GREAT HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY.

    SYDNEY people are justly proud of their University, an establishment which for many years past has given a high standard to education in the colony. This institution has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 231 words
  8. MESSRS. J. B. HOLDSWORTH & CO.'S

    Establishment in George Street is a neat structure, adapted to the business of tbe firm as Wholesale and Eetail Ironmongers. Apart from the general business of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 133 words
  9. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY'S OFFICES.

    In another portion of our issue, under the head of Provident Institutions, we mention the extraordinary development of this Company. We notice here the extensive offices ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 107 words
  10. MESSRS. J. ISAACS & CO.

    Have a very large establishment in George Street, which forms quite an architectural feature of the City. The firm does a large business as Importers and Merchants, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  11. THE ACADEMY OF ART.

    THANKS to the exertions of a few votaries of art, this institution is flourishing, and doing most useful work for the colony. Already the nucleus of a National Gallery of Art has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 159 words
  12. MARINE WORKS OP THE AUSTRALASIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

    IN another place we noticed the Intercolonial Steam Marine, but our issue would be incomplete if we failed to notice the important Engineering Works of the Australasian Steam ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 424 words
  13. MESSRS. DAVID JONES & CO.

    This is the oldest Retail Drapery Firm in Sydney, and has several establishments for its varied and extensive stocks, viz., in George, Barrack, and York Streets. Our illustration ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  14. MESSRS. W. SABER & SONS'

    Establishment forms a very ornamental block of buildings at the corner of York and Market Streets. The firm is one of the leading houses as Importers of Jewellery, and fancy ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  15. MESSRS. COWAN & CO.,

    Paper Manufacturers, of Edinburgh and London, have just completed a most extensive Warehouse in Wynward Square. It has very large storage capacity, and is fitted with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  16. INTERIOR OF MUSEUM.

    THIS building, which is free to the public, has been erected and stocked at a cost of upwards of £40,000. It attracts a large number of visitors, nearly 80,000 having entered during ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 141 words
  17. MESSRS. A. HORDERN & SONS'

    Palace, Show Rooms are a very popular place of resort, and on show occasions the place is one of the sights of Sydney as a Retail Drapery establishment catering to the wants of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 124 words
  18. MESSRS. S. HOFFNUNG & CO.'S

    Premises form a conspicuous feature in Pitt Street, being built in a very chaste style of the sandstone of the district. As General Importers and Merchants this firm occupies ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  19. MESSRS. GIBBS, SHALLARD, & CO.

    The office of the Illustrated Sydney News, though possessing few claims to architectural beauty, is an establishment of importance as giving employment to a large number of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 140 words
  20. INTERIOR OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    THIS institution when finished will be a very eifiiuent place. At present it is doing very useful work in catering to the requirements bf some eighty thousand people who annually ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  21. MESSRS. MASON BROTHERS' STORES.

    Are of a most extensive nature, and of marked architectural character. They are well adapted for the economical working of the large business this firm as a leading ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 99 words
  22. ZIG-ZAG RAILWAY WORKS.

    ONE of the problems iu railway engineering was that of carrying the "iron horse" over the mountain ranges, which seem to forbid the making of railways past the valley of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 162 words
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