BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. I -f A T XGE SHVPVfENTS of the above are J_J arriving by frequent Orient and P. and I o. ateamera via Melbourne. The Btock is wfJl atsorted, and will be found very complete, and should command the attention of all classes of customers. There Is not *ny similar stock to seleot from in Chriatchurch. The quality of the goods and the lowness of the priooa must command themselves to all who pay the o'ltabHahmi n : a visit. All the goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently can. be, and are, sold very cheap. W. H ARRIS, IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE " PRE3B " OFFICE. 'AOCLIFFB & v.wv**. ARE NOW SHOWING All the LATEjSJX NO;VELTIHS comprising— Millinery, trimmed and untrlmmed Costurses Press Materials Pompadour Prints Patteons Plain and Fanoy Galataas Cambrics Sa-aahadea Mantles Fichus Gloves, Hosiery, Scarfs Cord and Tassals, all colors.
KADJLIPFE & JOCGHIN, BRADFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA BTREET ',MUBT BE TRUE. fWEBYBODY says STRANAGHAN'B !i TEAS are the b*st in the world. Prices—la fid, la Sd, la 10d, 23, 2s «4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody Bays STRASTAGHAN'3 Prices for General Grooeries are lower than any other house in the oity. And what everybody Bays, &0., &0. D. STRAN.iGHAN. Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. rr |~l O R R I O K Desires to Intimate that he has Pnrohased a Consignment of SUMMER GOODB At a Price that will enable him to Sell at Considerably LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following:— Ladles* Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7fl 66, 9s, and 10s 6d per pair Ladies' Kid Elaatio Bides, from 6s 6d, 7s, to 10a Pate> t Leather Boots, at 4s 6d, l(k to 13s Do, 5s 6d" Also an Immense quantity of Ladies' Venetian Slippers at 2a 6d per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment must be Bold to make room for incoming goods. H. CORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA HTREKT. 82
THE NEW DAVIS Vertical Feed SEWING MACHINE ROVKD itself superior to all other Machines in the Melbourne Exhibition. Bead the following : COPY OP REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, 11th April, 1881. To J. Cosmo Newbery, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have made 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 remits 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, aud 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 buperlor 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, Jcnes and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson. Jones aud Co. (Signed) BOBARDT ) „ QUARRY JExperl STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION DAVIS. Threads broken „. q Needles broken ... ... q . Stitching on Leather Good I Long stitching through thiok and thin Good f Ruffling Good Lace Frilling... ... Good A umber of parts composing machine 133 i» •> hard steel ... 21 it ii la motion™ ... U Speed ggg Speed in stitching \ 575 Height of arm ,[\ 4j n Gap or open apace under arm ... g m Shuttle movement Kadial .Life of needle jjjNumber of accessaries ... >#< V Besult of Go-as-you-Please Contest for half an hour in Melbourne Exhibition before Experts : Sample of good work ... «n Variation of upper tension 0 „ lower tension '.".' 1.5^ Don't purchase « Sewing Machine untU von have seen the DAT IS. Remember that the OAVI3 was awarded the only First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand and Treadle Sewing Machines; also, First Prize . - "Fiuveu Dinger. Remember! No matter in what part the colony, you can obtain a Davis' Sewing per week. H. C. FISKE & CO., Corner Colombo street and Cathedral square, Agents. 3300 j
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2481, 20 March 1882, Page 2
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