THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 17 
Mr. James Henry, of George-street, has just opened a branch business at Rocky Point, 
iogarah. 
Mr. Jackson, who was for many years with Mr. Sloper, has purchased from Messrs. A. J. Watt, 
.on and Co. the business in William-street. 
Mr. Thomas Williams has retired from the firm of Messrs. Melhuish and Co.. The business will 
e carried on, as heretofore, by Mr. Melhuish. 
Mr. John Hamilton has just purchased, at Summer Hill, a beautiful mansion and grounds, 
7here he intends shortly to reside. 
Mr. R. J. Bellemey, of New Town, has recently gone in for municipal honours, and is 
ndefatigable in exposing grievances and suggesting improvements for this suburb. 
MESSRS. ELLIOTT BROTHERS’ NEW WAREHOUSE IN SYDNEY. 
Che new warehouse which has been in course of construction for some considerable time past 
or Messrs. Elliott Brothers, wholesale chemists and druggists, Sydney, is now almost completed, 
nasmuch as the last stone was laid on the 29th May. The building covers a large area between 
PConnell and Bligh-streets, and has an extensive frontage to each thoroughfare. The contract 
or the work was let in April, 1884, at a cost of something like £28,000, and has been carried out 
n a satisfactory manner. The structure possesses every convenience as to floor space and room 
or storage of goods, &c. The arrangements throughout for the purposes for which the premises 
vere erected are of the most complete kind. The accommodation to both streets is as follows : — 
The portion facing Bligh-street has six floors, including the basement. The upper floor will be 
lie laboratory, and the floor is fireproof, being formed of concrete. There is an approach from 
;his floor to the roof, where there is a large plat, forming a yard for the purpose of drying lint, 
fee. Each floor is very lofty and well lighted, and has been designed to carry an immense 
.veiglit. The basements have been well studied, and are perfectly drained, and floored with concrete 
md covered with asphaltum. This has been done in order to protect the goods from any possibility 
if dampness. The goods will be despatched from and received into the different floors by means of 
lydraulic lifts with the latest improvements. The height from the floor of the basement to the apex 
if the roof is 82 feet. The total area of floor space is 16,168 feet. Passing from either of the Bligh- 
street floors through a spacious covered-way, which will also be used for the storage of goods, you 
enter the larger block facing O’Connell-street. This has seven floors, including basement, and 
possessing a total area of floor space of 46,492 feet, and a total height of, from floor of basement 
to apex of roof, 101 feet, each floor being well lighted and ventilated, there being a spacious well 
running through each floor, and lighted by a large lantern. The great depth and height of the floors 
make them very imposing. The front portion of the ground floor will be used as the private 
offices of the firm and also for serving customers. This part will be beautifully tiled and 
[surrounded with handsome office fittings. There will be a large lobby for customers, which 
will be a very attractive feature. The clerical department will be reached by ascending from 
this part of the ground floor by a magnificent staircase. The department will be enclosed with 
handsome office fittings. The goods will be delivered and received by the same means as in the 
Bligh-street stores, viz., by hydraulic lifts. The passenger lift will be handsomely fitted up, and 
will be placed in the south-west corner. The basement floor of this block is very spacious, well 
lighted, and the floor is to be treated in the same manner as the one above mentioned. There will 
be a large subway from this basement for the convenience of an engine to work the hydraulic lift. 
A spacious and well built strong-room is situated in the basement. The fine areas, provisions for 
light and ventilation, have been well thought out. There is a fine view when looking up from the 
court — which is very roomy — of the great height of the buildings. The approach to and from 
the courtyard has been well arranged, as the drays can enter Bligh-street and pass out by O’Connell- 
street, thereby saving much inconvenience and crush. The internal arrangements and accommo- 
dation are perfect, and will be convenient for the purposes of the business which is to be carried 
on. The exteriors have in no way been sacrificed. The bold and imposing front of the Bligh-street 
elevation, though not so high as that in O’Connell-street, has been well treated in point of design. 
The front has been well broken and divided into five bays, with massive and well designed 
pilasters, moulded caps, and bases. The ground floor pilasters are carried to first string, and are 
rusticated ; the next to two floors. The pilasters are continued through, thereby breaking strings 
and dividing the floors. The three central bays are lighted by large segmental and square- 
headed windows. They are divided into coupled windows, one large arch enclosing same. The 
whole of the front is surmounted by a bold and well designed entablature and plain pediment 
marking the central position. The O’Connell-street elevation will have a handsome front. 
JUNIOR PHARMACISTS’ BALL. 
The committee of the New South Wales Chemists’ Assistants’ Association have every reason to 
congratulate themselves on the success of their first ball, which was held on Thursday evening, 
the 28th May, at Mr. Need’s rooms, Liverpool-street, Hyde Park. A better place in which to hold 
it could not well have been chosen, as the beautiful ball-room, the floor of which was in perfect 
condition, the romantic conservatory, with its lovely and delicate ferns, and the elegant drawing- 
rooms and comfortable dressing and supper rooms, rival anything of the sort in the colonies. 
Mr. Need’s excellent band was all that could be desired. Dancing commenced punctually at 
