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Otago Witness, Issue 1024, 15 July 1871, Page 23

Business Notices. ; Albion Hotel, Melbourne, 20th July, 1869. DEAR SlßS— Before leaving Victoria, 1 have the pleasure to acknowledge the gratification afforded me in inspecting your Manufactory, and seeing all the preparations used in the construction of your justly celebrated Tables, and you certainly deserve credit for the superior manner in which all your work is turned out. In reference to your Billiard Tables, and I have played on a great number of them since my arrival, I pronounce them in every respect equal to any Tables produced in any part of the world, and for that great desideratum, correctness of angles, they cannot be surpassed. Trusting you will always keep your well- won reputation, believe me, truly yours, CHARLES HUGHES, Champion of Australia. Messrs Alcock and Co. Albion Hotel, Melbourne. Dear Sirs — Before leaving the Australian colonies I have the greatest pleasure in expressing the extreme satisfaction 1 have had in playing on your tables, and which I pronounce equal to any I have ever played on. — ■ I remain, dear sirs, yours faithfully, JNO. ROBERTS, Champion. Messrs Alcock aad Co, ALCOCK AND CO., BILLIARD TABLE MANUFACTURERS, By Appointment to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and His Excellency the Governor. SHOW ROOMS, 95 LITTLE BOURKE STREET EAST ; MANUFACTORY, 132 AND 134 RUSSEL STREET, MELBOURNE. Billiard Cloth, Balls, Cues, Tips, and every requisite for the Billiard Room. Billiard Balls (sent per post to any part of New Zealand), 30s per Bet ; best, 40s. A Box of Tips for 4s 6d, on receipt of order accompanied by Post Office Order, BREAKFAST. ~"" EPPS'S COCOA, Grateful and Comforting. The Civil Service Gazette remarks : — "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-Belected Cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately -flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills." Made Bimply with boiling water or milk.. Sold only in £-lb., i-lb., and 1-lb. tip,-lined packets, labelled Jambs Epps and Co., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. CLEANLINESS ! A STOVE most brilliantly polished in two minutes for lesß than one farthing, W. G. NIXEY'S CELEBRATED REGISTERED BLACK LEAD* a new domestic discovery ! Cannot b« wasted, and_ ia^ a preservative of Furniture from th,o injurious effects of the common article now in use ;' as it creates no dust, and i requires comparatively no labour. '•■ Sold everywhere, in solid blocks, Id, 2d, 4d, and Is. The advantages of this elegant chemical preparation are, great saving of time, cleanliness of application, sinallnesa of quantity required, and the prevention of waste, dust, and itn destructive consequences. Further, it intimately produces a pure metallic coating of a high degree of brilliancy and durability, reflecting both light and heat. (See specimen on the sides of eaoh block.) 12, Soho Square, London. |§S" Agents Wanted,