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Dunstan Times, Issue 685, 4 June 1875, Page 1

CRITERION HOTEL, ALEXANDRA. ILLIAM FRASER having purchased the above well known Hotel of the late proprietor Mr D. McDonald, trusts by strict attention to tbo comforts of travellers, and the public generally, to retain tbeir patronage. Good Wines and Spirits. A first-class Billiard Table. The Stables arc replete with every convenience ; likewise two good loose boxes’ with the attendance of a first.class groom. D. M‘DONALD bogs to return thanks for the very liberal patronge bestowed on him during bis time as proprietor, and trusts that the be accorded to bis successor. Goldsmiths’ Work. The process of fine-art manufacture in this branch of trade is strikingly exemplified in a little work published by Mr. J. W. Benson, of No. 25, Old Bond-street, and of the City Steam Factory, 58 and 60 Ludgate-hill, London. It is enriched and mbelliahed with designs, by Italian, Frond JJand English artistes, of brooches, bracelet , ear-rings, and other articles, suitable for' personal wear, or for wedding, birth-day, or other presents, with their pirices. Mr Benson, who holds the appointment to 11. R.H. the Prince of Wales, has also published a very interesting pamphlet on the Rise and Progress of Watchmaking. These pamphlets are sent, post free, for two stamps each, and they cannot be too strongly recommended to those contemplaing a purchase, especially to residents in the country or abroad, who arc thus enabled to select any article they may recpuiic, and have forwarded in perfect safety. THE high reputation of the Singer Manufacturing Company’s Sewing Machines has led to numerous attempts to make and sell spurious imitations. The Public are warned against parties advertising or offering for sale imitation Machines as “The American Singer,” “on the Singer principle,” or, “ on the Singer system,” in violation of the Company’s legal rights. The only “Singer” Machines are those made by the Singer Manufacturing Company. Machines sold on deferred payments, G. M. ALDRICH, Agent, Corner of Princes and Dowling Sts., DUNEDIN. An incident, as curious as it was extraordinary (says the Kyneton Observer), happened on Easter Monday at the Redesdale races. It was no less than that of the jockey of Whalebone being suddenly overtaken with a fit whilst riding in the Selling Hurdle Race. So severe was the attack that he screamed with pain and fright, but the spectators, little dreaming what was the actual state of the case, attributed the convulsive attitude of the fugitive jockey to some wild freak, the result of over-excitement in the contest. Ho stuck to the horse firmly, and the animal, incited by the tierce screams of the rider, dashed along at a headlong pace, taking the jumps as they Successively occurred in splendid style. The spurs were unwittingly dug into the horse’s sides, but it ultimately came in victorious, the rider, as may be imagined, being very much exhausted. Alien the true nature of the case was ascertained, the surprise took a more sympathetic turn, and everything was done t > alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate young fellow. Ic was subsequently found that tire screams were intended to cause the horse to bo stopped, but the crowd had viewed the matter in a different light. The fit was still upon him while he was being weighed. According to a correspondent of tlio Cincinnati Enquirer, who fully investigated the subject, the average receipts of the New York daily papers for advertising amount to Li",781,000. Ot tins sum the Herald receives upwards of L 400,000, or about LI GOO a day, the Staats Zeitung L 365,0110, the Times L 252,000, and so on down to the most obscure sheets, none of which receive less than L 20,000. The weekly papers take nearly half a million annually as their share of the advertising patronage, and perhaps fully Li,000,000 is spent in posters, circulars, steamboat and street car advorvertising, &c. The writer also shows whence this immense revenue conics, and quotes the following figures from the ledgers of some of the leading business firms A. T. Stewart, for instance, is said to spend LIOO,OOO a year for printer’s ink ; Lord and Taylor, 1.45,000; Arnold and Constable, L 37,000 ; Robert Bonner, L 40,000 ; Babbitt, the soap man, 145,000 ; while Barnum pays out every year about LBO,OOO, and all have made their fortunes largely through this instrumentality. D. M'DONALD, CAUTION.