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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2492, 1 April 1882, Page 2

FOII 'i'iiE HOLIDAYS. Tev THE CHEAPEST SHOP IN TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, moerohanm and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Parses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, & ~ &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, but not least, a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where you can get fixed up for the small sum of H. OAKEY, 9495 High street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. LARGE SHIP dENTS of the above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and U. steamers via Melbourne. The stock is well assorted, and will be found very complete, and should command the attention of all classes of customers. There is not any similar stock to select from in Christchurch. The quality of the goods and the lowness of the prices must commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. All the goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and are, sold very cheap. yV. H ARRIS. IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRESS " OFFICE. 908 MUST BE TRUE. ■.I VERY BOD Y says STRANAGHAN’S m* A TEAS are the best in the world. Prices—ls fid, Is Si, la XOd, 2s, 2s '4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRAKA.GHAN’3 Prices for General Groceries are lower than any other house in the oity. And what’everybody says, &0,, &o, D. STRANaGHAN, Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. He C° BR 1 ° K Desires to intimate that he baa Purchased a Consignment of SUMMER GOODS At a Price that will enable him to Sell at Considerably LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following : Ladles’ Prunella Boots, sewn, 6fl, 7a 6a, 9a, and 10s 6d per pair Ladles’ Kid Elastic Sides, from 6a fid, 7a, to 10s Patent Leather Boots, at 4s fid, 10a to 13a Do, 5a fid Also an Immenae quantity of Ladies' Venetian Slippers at 2s fid per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment mnst be soli to make room for incoming goods. H. CORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA STREET. 82 ill ESS 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, lltb April, 1881. To J. Cosmo Newbery, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have made a practical test and thorongh examination of the following Sewing Machines, viz , the Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co., Wertheim, and the Davis, and the results of onr 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, hut 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 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 and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT 1 „ . QUARRY ] Ex P^ts. STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAVIS. Threads broken ... ... .„ ... o 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 space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement Radial Life of needle ... ... ... Ijjin Number of accessories ... ... 17 Result of Go-as-you-Please' 1 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 yon have seen the DAVIS. Remember that the DAVIS was awarded the only First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand and Treadle Sewing Machines ; also, First Prize at Sydney Exhibition. The Second Prize was awarded to the Improved Singer. Remember ! No matter in what part the colony, yon 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