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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2496, 6 April 1882, Page 2

FOR THE HOLIDAYS.! Trv the cheapest SHOP IN TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, meerohaum 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 lest, bat not least, a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Whore you can got fixed ap for the small sam of SIXPEISrCE. H. OAKEY, 9495 High street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. LARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and !•. 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 eftabliEhmtn a visit. All the goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and are, sold very cheap. w. H AKE 18> IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRES 3 ” OFFICE. 908 MUST BE TRUE. " STSANAGHAN’S best in the world. Prices—ls fid. Is SI, la 10d, 2s, 2j 4i, and 2s 6d par lb. Everybody says STBANAGHAN’S Prices for General Groceries are lower thaa any other house in the city. And what everybody says, &0., &o. D. STRAN r. GfIAN, Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. jTJ O R R I C K Desires to Intimate that he has Purchased a Consignment of SUMVXER GOOD 3 At ft Price that will enable him to Sell at Considerably LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following ; Ladies’ Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7s 6d, 9a, and 10a 6d per pair Ladles’ Kid Elastic Sides, from 6a 6d, 7s, to 10s Pate t Leather Boots, at 4a 6d, 10s to 13a Do, 5a 6d Also an Immense quantity of Ladies’ Venetian Slippers at 2s 6d per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment must be soil to make room for blooming goods. aiIVFKYBODY says _Ei TEAS are the H. OORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA STREET. 82 /. a THE NEW DAYIS 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, 1881. To J. Cosmo Newbory, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to yonr 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 onr experiments ars sot forth in the tabulated statement attached. Wo find that the Wertheim and Jones all of the Singer typo and similar in construction, and should be classed in the same order. The Wheeler and Wilson differs In construction, hnt 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 teat 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, let. The Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT 1 . QUARRY j E *P er ‘ a - STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION, DAVIS. Threads broken ... ... ... Q Needles broken ... ... ... ... 0 Stitching on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thick and thin Good Binding Good Ruffling Lace Frilling Good A umber of parts composing machine 133 „ ~ hard steel ... 11 ~ ~ in motion ... 11 ‘’peed 550 H peed in stitching 575 Height, of arm ... ... ... 41n Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... ... ... Radial Lif-. of needle ... ... ... jjln Number of accessories ... ... 17 Result, of Go-aa-yon-Please" Contest for half an hour in Melbourne Exhibition before Experts Sample of good work 22 Variation of upper tension 0 lower tension ... I.6th Don’t purchase a Sewing Machine until yon have seen the DA't'lS. 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 J No matter In what part the colony, yon can obtain a Davia Sewing Machine on time payment of Five BhllUngo per week. H. O, FIS KB & CO., Comer Colombo street and Cathed'; square. Agents. 8300