A FEW SPECIA AT E VEREII B CASHEL STRI White Flannels, very wide, worth at least 3d yai DRE=S MATER 4s 9d Pall Dress, w 6s Sd 8a 4d CASHMERE MAT SsOd, 10s 61, 12s Cd. CASHMERE AND Sll 3s lid, 5«, 7s 6J, 1 so pieces print, p 4id yard, worth POMPADOUR P: Very wide, warranted to wai A Splendid Line of Sateens, and Black, at 8J d, wor SHADED SAC In all Colors, 3s yard, wonlc 50 dozen Ladies' Striped Job Line of Colored Cotton f EVERETT CASHEL STB
THE NEW DAVIS Vertical Feed SEWING MACHINE PROVED itself superior to all other Machines in the Melbourne Exhibition. Read the following : COPY OP REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, 11th April, ISSI. To J. Oosmo Newbery, Erq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have male a practical teat and thorough examination of the following Sewing Machines, viz., the Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co , Wertheim, and the Davis, and the results of our experiments ora set forth in the tabulated statement attached. We find that the Wertheim and Jones all of the Singer type and similar in construction, and should be classed in the same order. The Wheeler and Wilson differs in construction, but the results of our experiments are similar to the former named. As regards the DAVIS, we cannot but agree with the jury that it is very superior to any of the others, and went through every test to our entire satu faction. We therefore beg to recommend that the Machines be placed in the following order : FAMILY MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 3rd, Whealer and Wilson, Jones and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, Iha Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co, (Signed) BOBARDT ] E t QUARRY j Expeits. STATEMENT OP EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXSIBiriON. DAVIS. Threads broken ... ... 0 Needles broken ... ... 0 Stifcohing on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thiok and thin Good Binding ... ... ... „. Good Ruffling Good Lace Prilling Good Number of parts composing machine 133 „ ~ hard steel ... II ~ ~ in motion ... 11 Speed 520 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... ... ... Jin Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... Radial Lift of needle ... ~, ... Ijjin Number of accessories 17 Besult of Go-as-you Please Contest for half an hour in Melbourne Exhibition before Experts Sample of good work ... ... 22 Variation of upper tension ... 0 „ lower tension ... 1 6th Don’t purchase a Sewing Machine until you have seen the Komembar that the DAVIS was awarded the only First Priza at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand end Treadle Sewing Machines ; a'so, First Prize at Sydney Exhibition. The Second Prize was awarded to the improved Singer. H. C. FIBKE & CO., Corner Colombo ctreot and Cathedral square, Agents. 8300 B O N N I NGTON’S CARRAGEEN; OR, IRISH MOSS, The best known Remedy for Coughs and Colds, To be had everywhere. 2101
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2389, 29 November 1881, Page 2
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