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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2483, 22 March 1882, Page 2

BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS AEGE SHIPMENTS of tho above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and • steamers via Melbourne. The stock is well assorted, and will bo found very complete, and should command tho attention of all classes of customers. There is not »ny similar stock to select from in Christchurch. The quality of the goods and tho lowness of the prices must commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. All tho goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and aro, sold very cheap. w. H A K ElB • IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRESS ” OFFICE. 908 ABE NOW SHOWING All the LA T Bj?l T N O'V ELTISB For7the;Seaaon, comprising— Millinery, trimmed and antrlmmed Costumes Dress Materials Pompadour Prints Satteona Plain and Fanoy Galatoaa Cambrics Sunshades Mantles Fichus Gloves, Hosiery, Hosrfo Cord and Tassals, all oolora, BAD CLIP PE A JOUGHIK, BRADFORD HOUSE, VICTORIA STREET 'MUST BE TRUE. STRANAGHAN’S best In tho world. Prices—ls 6d, Is Si, Is XOd, 2s, 2s *4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRAKAGHAN’3 Prices for General Groceries are lower than any other house in the city. And what everybody says, Ac., &o. D. STRANaGHAN. Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. -.EVERYBODY says iPi TEAS are the E. C ° E “ 1 ° K Desires to intimate that he has Purchased a Consignment of SUMMER GOODS At a Price that will to Sell at Considerably LOWES PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following : Ladies’ Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7s 6d, 9s, and 10a 6d per pair Ladies’ Kid Elastic Sides, from 6a 6d, 7s, to 10a Pate, t Leather Boots, at 4a 6i, 10a to 13s Do, 5a 6d Also an Immense quantity of Ladies’ Venetian Slippers at 2e 6d per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment must be sold to make room for Incoming goods. H. OORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VIC TOR IA STREET. 82 MM mm mm u,:-; lmb THE NEW DAVIS Vertical Feed SEWING MACHINE PROVED Itself superior to all other Machines In the Melbourne Exhibition. Read tho following : COPY OP REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, 11th April, 1881. To J. Cosmo Nowbery, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have male a practical test and thorough examination of tho 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 tho tabulated statement attached. We find that the Werthelm and Jones all of the Singer type and similar in construction, and should ba classed In the same order. The Wheeler and Wilson differs In construction, hut 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 superior to any of tho 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, Jtnea and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson. Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT I _ QUARRY j Bx P erts ‘ STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAVIS. Threads broken ... ... ... 0 Needles broken 0 Stitohing on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thiok and thin Good Binding ... ... ... Good Raising Good Lace Prilling 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 space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... ... iM Radial Life of needle ... ... Mt Xgin Number of accessories ... 17 Result of Go-as-you-Plesse' Contest for half an hour in Melbourne Exhibition before Experts Pam pie of good work ... 22 Variation of upper tension 0 M lower tension I-6th Don’t purchase a Sowing Machine until yon have seen the DAVIS. Remember that the DAVIS was awarded the only First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand and Treadle Hewing Machines ; also, First Prize at Sydney Exhibition. Tho Second Prize was awarded to the Improved Singer. Remember ! No matter In what part the colony, you can obtain a Davis’ Sewing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per week, H. O. FIBKE & CO., Corner Colombo street and Oathodsral square, Agents. 8800