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A FEW SPECIAL LINES •ROTHEES. CASHEL STREET. White Flannels, vary wide, B£d, IOJd, Is, worth at leaat 3d yard more. DRE-S MATERIALS: 4b 9d Fall Dress, worth 7a 6d 6s 8d „ „ 8a 9d 8s 4d „ „ 10a 10s „ „ 12a 6d CASHMERE MANTLES: 8a 6d, 10a 6d, 12a 6d. 15s to 50a CASHMEHE AND SILK CAPES: 3s lid, si, 7b 6d, 10s to 30a. 50 PIECES PRINT. FAST COLORS, 4Jd yard, worth 7Jd. POMPADOUR PRINTS: Very wide, warranted to wash, 5Jd worth 7Jd A Splendid Line of Sateens, in Navy, Brown and Black, at B£d, worth qnlte lid. SHADED SATINS In all Colors, 3a yard, would be cheap at 4s Cd 50 dozen Ladies' Striped Hose, s£i pair. Job Line of Colored Cotton Shirts, lsjlld each EVERETT BROS., CASKEL STREET. ABE NOW SHOWING All the LATEST NOVELTIES For the Season, comprising— Millinery, trimmed and nntrimmedj Costumes Dress Materials Pompadour Prints Satteens Plain and Fanoy Galateas Oambries Sunshades Mantles Fichus Gloves, Hosiery, Scarfs Cord and Taasals, all colors. UADCLIFFE & JOUGHIN, BRADFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA STREET. THE NEW DAVIS Vertical Feed SEWING MACHINE PROVED itself superior to all other Machines in the Melbourne Exhibition. Read the following : COPY OF REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, 11th April, 1881. To J. Oosmo Newbery, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have male a practical test 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 are 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 onr experiments are similar to the former named. As regards the DAVIS, we cannot but agree with the jury that it is very buperior to any of the others, and went through every test to our entire satisfaction. We therefore beg to recommend that the Machines be placed in the following order : FAMILY MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson. Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT 1- . QUARRY j Ex P erts - STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOUBNE EXHIBITION. DAVIS. Threads broken -. ... 0 Needles broken ... ... ... ... 0 Stitching on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thiok and thin Good Binding _ Good Ruffling Good Lace Frilling Good Number of parts composing machine 133 „ ~ hard steel ... 11 ~ ~ in motion ... 11 Speed 550 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... ... ... 4in Gap or open apace under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... ... ... Radial Life of needle lgln 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 ... l-6th Don't purchase a Sewing Machine until you have seen the DA"VIS. Kemember that the DAVI3 was awarded the only First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand and Treadle Sewing Maohines ; also, First Prize at Sydney Exhibition. The Second Prize was awarded to the improved Singer. Bemember ! No matter in what part of the colony, you can obtain a Davis' Sewing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per week. H. O. FISKE & CO., Corner Colombo street and Cathedral square, Agents. 8300 BO N N I NGTON'S CARRAGEENj OR, IRISH MOSS, The best known Remedy for Coughs and Colds. ;To be had everywhere, 2101

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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2411, 27 December 1881, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2411, 27 December 1881, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2411, 27 December 1881, Page 2

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