*> ; Business Notices. •r ■" ■■■■!■ ■■i. .i i i ,„.,., ie c r. , , .- . ,1 1 SPECIAL NOTICE. - I T^ UR * NQ ' tto P aat twolvft months five I U' jewellers m Chriatchnrch have either I filed or been compelled to dose thuirshopa, I and now some of the old « it* Wished firms an advertising " selling off " sslew to redno* their . stock, and as they state they never had a salo, some for 10 years, others as long as 28 yean , ' ago, the only stock they can offer is only an i. accumulate n of old stck during all theet p year*, which is fit for nothing el'fl but the f melting pot. This clearly shows that the t ..nblio will no longer support the old system of retail business. . The ordinary retail dealers 1 have to buy their goods frcm the wholesale ' merchants, here, and then have to , pay heavy , : expenses,' and so are obliged to charge exorbfI tant profits to try. and cover all ttow extra , expenses. • ■-'■■•- > • Ji F. STRATZ & CO: ' Are tbe only firm m New Zealand who sis their own Manufacturers, own Importers, and their on * n Retail Dealers. t And thereby saving all intermediate profits can cell direct to the public at Manufacturers' priceß. The reas:n no other firm cancompet with our k prices is that having secured onr premises m to early daj b, on a long lease wben rents wer very low, we have just one-third the rent to pay that other firms have, and having Eight Practical Watchmakers and Jewellers m our employ, we do a large amount of repairing and manufacturing on the premises, thereby making far t. ore than all our expenses by oar own handwork. Remember that we have no old stock, evejy article being ol the newest design, which we are selling at one-half the ordinal y Retail Prices. Every article marked m Plain Figures, which compare with the piioes of any other firm is New Zeala d. J. F. STEATZ & COS ENGLISH HUNTING LEVER WATCHES Capped and full- jewelled movements m Strong Solid Silver Cases, Hall Marked, for £8. Guaranteed for three years. Sold by Retail Dealers for £7 10s. J. F. STEATZ & CO.'S ENGLISH HUNTING LEVERS, With real Compensation Balance, capped and extra jewelled movements, extra heavy, Hall Marked, silver cases. £i. Guaranteed four years. Well worth £8 10b. THE BEStT^HE BEST J. F. STEi5z & CO.'S n % QE£EtfcBN.GE ENGLISH HUNTING - , 1 fcv^,,aa»&Eßs 1 At £610s. Guaranteed, for 25 years; The above being poditivefy r worth £10 10s, :;;H £100.BEWAED. Tib, who, can .bang me $~better finished \ ' or more '^serviceable ■■'. .Wifcclli'' f«L /» ' ' ' ' working man than 1 the above. I ■_ " < 'Nj^. J. F. STEAT2r & C<^>is i: .^A;:. '..!'.; .-. . • , • . Specially made" ■* *»-:-:-- J »' f •*■ »-?awM WALTHAM LEVER WATCHES In extra heavy" Hall-marked English silver cases, with gold balance, £2 Jss; with real chronometer balance, £3 108 . These watches are sold at donble the above prices. WARRANTED FOR 3 YEABB J. F. ST.RATZ & CO. Have also m stock a very large aasott* ment of the celebrated ROTHERHAM ENGLISH LEVERS At £4 10s. The retail price of same is £7 7s £100 REWARD IF NOT G J. F. STEATZ & CO. Have a very large assortment of rong WATCHES suitable for Boys and Youthß from £1 upwards EVERY WATCH EXAMINED AND WARRANTED . J. F. STEATZ & CO.'S Beautiful assortment of LADIES, WATCHES m handsomely engraved English Hall-marked cases, m silver from £1 sa, m gold from £2 10s. Well worth double the money CAREFULLY EXAMINED AND WARRANTED FROM 2 YEARS Clocks. Clocks. J. F. STEATZ & CO. Have a larger stock of Clocks to chocse from than any other firm m the Australasian Colonies. Timepieces from 2s 6d, worth 4s 6d American Lever Clocks 8s 9d, worth 6s 6d. Imitation Peep o' Day Alarm Clockß 6s 6d, retail value 8s 6d SPECIALITIES*. English Lever Timepieces at 8s 6\ and the genuine Peep o' Day Alarm Clocks for 10s 6d. Beware ot imitations, and buy no other but those that have our name and address pnnted on the dials GUARANTEED FOR 8 YEARS Striking Clocks m endlesß variety, both m wood and marble, from 10b 6d J. F. STEATZ & CO.'S Own zoanufartured Ladies' and Gentlemen's Genuine GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY of every description, coo numerous to par* ticularise, at one-half the retail dealers prices Before purchasing elsewhere, you are re» quested to inspect our Stock-in-Trade, which you can do without being pressed to buy ENERY ARTICLE MARKED IN PLAIS FIGURES , J. F. STEATZ & CO., PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS, JEWELLEBS, MANUFACTURERS 261 f »^High;:street, Triangle , CHRISTOBnkcH,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1486, 18 February 1887, Page 1
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752Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1486, 18 February 1887, Page 1
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