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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2504, 17 April 1882, Page 2

FOE THE HOLIDAYS. ART THE CHEAPEST SHOP IN TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, meerohautn and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Parses, Matchboxes, Eazors, Combs, Brashes, Hair OU, Lime Cnam, & ~ &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKBTING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, bat not least, a HAIR COTIING SALOON, Whore you can get fixed up for the small sum of SIIXJPEISrCE. H. OAKET, 9495 Sigh street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. ARGE SHIP VIKNTS of the above are arriving by freqnent Orient and P. and o. 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 Chriatchurch. The quality of the goods and the lowness of tie prices must commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. All the goods are shipped direot from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and arc, sold very cheap. W. H ARRIS, IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE " PRESS " OFFICE. MUST BE TROE. fWERYBODY says STBANAGHAN'S __ li TEAS are the best in the world. Prices—ls 6d, Is Sd, Is lOd, 2s, 23 *4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRANAGHAN'S Prices for General Groceries are lower than any other house in the olty. And what everybody says, Ssc., &o. D. STRANaGHAN, Coffee Manufacturer aid Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. ORR I O K Desires to intimate that he has Purchased a Consignment of SUMMER GOODS At a Price that will enable him to Sell at Considerably LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following: Ladies' Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7s 6d, 9s, and 10s 6d per pair - Ladles' Kid Elastic Sides, from 6s 6d, 7s, to 10a Patent Leather Boots, at 4s 6d, lOa" 1 to 13s Do, 5s 66" Also an Immense quantity of Ladies' Venetian Slippers at 2s 6d per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment mast be ecll to make room for incoming good*. H. OORRICK, TIOTORH BOOT D E POT VICTORIA BTREBT. 82 THE NEW DA. VIS Vertical Feed SEWING MACHINE PROVED itself superior to all other Machines in the Melbourne Exhibition. Read the following : COPT OF REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, 11th April, 1881. To J. Cosmo 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 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 con* structlon, 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 buperior to any of the others, and went through every test to our entire satisfaction. We therefore beg to recommend that the Maohines be placed iu the following order : FAMILY MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jtnes and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson. Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT } ™ „. QUARRY j Ex P<»-ts. STATEMENT OV BXP3RTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAVTS. Threads broken ... ,„ o Needles broken ... ... 0 Stitching on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thick and thin Good Binding „. Good Ruffling ... Good Lace Frilling Good Number of parts composing machine 133 „ ~ hard steel ... XI ii ii 1° motion ... 11 Fpeed 550 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... 41n Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... Radial Lift of needle Igin Number of accessories ... ... 17 Besult of Go-as-yon-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 DAVIS. Remember that the DAVIS waß 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, you can obtain a Davis Sewing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per week. H. C. FISKE & CO., Corner Colombo street and C»thedv aquare, Agents. 8800