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Business Notices GOOD NEWS FOR ALL ! IMPORTANT FACTS. TIME AND TIMEKEEPERS. THE ENGLISH LEVEE. The Best of All Timekeepers. Victory, victory, triumphant victor}', declared throughout the world in favor of STEWABT, DAWSON, & CO.'S, LrvEKPOO.iI, CHAMPIOI? ENGLISH LEVEE, WATCHES, LARGEST SALE is tiik COLONIES ! Larger than tho combiuod salo of all Watches in the whole of the retail shops throughout the Colonies put tdgether. Facts provi d by the import returns. STEWABT DAWSOX & CO.'S SYSTEM OP BUSINESS. Plain Facts. About seven years ago Stewart Dawson and Co., Liverpool, originated and introdu ied a new system of busiaess m the English Watch Trade viz = —Instead o£ continuing to sell their watches to retail dealers on credit with lone payment, they resolved to go direct to the public themselves and sell their manufacture for ensh — a system which has received a world- wide patronage never before equalled in the history of watch ranking. S. D. & Co. have now' fully placed this advantageous system of business within the reach of the Colonial public, and here remind all that, by dealing direct with them, the actual Manufacturers, every customer saves three large profits — the London Wholesale Dealers' Profit, the Colonial Wholesale Dealers Profit and the Colonial Retail Dealers Profitin all OVER ONE HUNDRED PER CENT SAVED TO EACH PURCHASER. Stewart Dawson and Co's Liverpool, World-wide Celebrated English Lever Watches stand unrivalled in the world ! First as Timekeepers ; first ia quality and workmanship. Al atchless in design and finish. Proved by wearers in all parts of tho Globe to be without equal. A L7 10s Gent's English Silver Huntiug Lever for L3 15s. Th e Liverpool Champion English Lever. — This watch is the finest quality fullplate English Lever that money can buy, selling in hundreds. Manufactured entirely in our own workshops, they arc unequalled for beauty, for strength, or as timekeepers ; will suit every occupation, and owing to their great strength and durability, are specially adapted for bush work, squatters, miners, &c, as they will stand the hardest wear. All have closefitting, fuil-cappod movements to prevent dust enteriag the works, Patent solid pillar plates, frames, wheels, and pinions, and patent safety hairsprings for riding, &c. The escapements adjusted to the perfection of performance, each action jewelled in hard ruby, producing a perfect dead beat ; the dials of finest white hard enamel, gold hands, and sunk seconds. The gilding and steelwork throughout finished to the highost degree ; maintaining power applied to each watch, the ' case perfectly dust-tight — very strong sterling silver, Government Hall marked. Kuch watch complete, a masterpiece of L the best workmanship that English talent, capital, and ingenuity can .pro- j dme, enlisting the praises of every! , wearer. One of these watches will wear out three American or foreign-made watches one after another. This magnificent and matchless English Hunting Lever we supply to customers for L3 15», and in quality and time keeping defy the j world to bent it at ten guineas. Notice also the same watch as above, with three pair extra jewels and real chronometer cut compensated balance. Keeping time to a second in all variations of temperature. Price only L4 l6s. You cannot buy one an good as this under Ll2. A LlO 10s English Keyless Hunting Silver Lever for L5 15. Stewart Dawson and Co's Superb Keyless English Hunting Levers, a triumph of utility and convenience, winding and setting hands by simply turning a nicely-proportioned knob at tho stem of tho watch entirely dispensing with. trouble of carryiug a loose key, and a certain preventativo of one-half the incidental causes for repairs— a watch 1 that -is also perfectly air-tight, dust- tight and damp-tight, keeping the works perfectly clean- -inay be worn for years without cleaning j the convenience derived by all who wear them is pronounced incalculable. In quality we positively assert that there is not a keyless watch sold under 12 guineas to equal these. They are made in two sizes small and medium. Price L5 15s. Positively cheap at 10 guineas. Also, same watch in open face, L4 15s. A LI 2 12s 'English Silver Hunting Chronograph For IS 15s. Stewart Dawson & Co.'s Magnificent English Chronograph Watches. Each watch a model of perfection ; finest f-plate movement, full jewelled in rubies, real chronometer compensated balance, decimal dial,, centre seconds, and outside stop; each timed to dead beat in positions, to go exactly tho same in either extreme heat or cold. The wealthiest gentleman in the land, or the highest official in the State,- need not desire a watch that possesses in a greater degreee all the attributes of a perfect timekeeper. Notwithstanding the i matchless ; perfection of this watch, w,e positively sell it at a less 1 price tha J n ' retailer's 'ch'&rge 1 for ordinary inferior-made watches. Price, L6 15s. Full Retail ' Value for 12 Guineas. Also, same watch in open face, price L5 15s. AL7 10s Ladies' English Hunting Lever, for L3 15s. Price — In Open- face, L3 ss ; in Hunting L3 15s. Half Colonial Prices. A L4 Hunting Defiance Silver Watch for LI 15s. ' Also in Open- face Cystal Front, Ll7s6d. English Gold Levebs! English Gold Levees ! 1 English Gold Levebs Ml 1 CONDITIONS OF SALE: r , Fibst.— We sii'pply ; each watch' on a week's free approval and 'trial, .and return Second.'— Each watch' is' ! fitted'. with a key, carefully- packed and delivered at the purchaser's address at our 1 sole risk, with three years stamped guarantee of our' responsibility.- : .. ; »: ■ Instruction for ■ Ordering Watches by ■ Parties Living at a Distance.- ' '< T"" 7 I '. , :■, „ ... -. . " FEILDING .STAR." ' i Cut this square put and forward ; „ it with' P.O. 'Order payable to ; S. D & ,Uo. . afc',the .G-.P.0., I Auckland, ,wit.h"2s. 6d'ad'dpd to ; ' payV -post registration^,, and we , ,'. , guarantee to forward Watch by.. first post.— (Signed)' Stewart, Dawson & Co. . „ ' ■ 'Note: — AH letters to be, addressed STEWART, © A WSO** & CO, 195 Q.pKEN; St., Auckland. Other Colonial Branches : 34, Princk's Stbket,. Dunedin. 27, Royal Abcade, Sydney. 3, Collins Steeet West, MELBOtji»E. Manufactory — Liverpool; England.

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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 88, 8 January 1885, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 88, 8 January 1885, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 88, 8 January 1885, Page 4

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