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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2506, 19 April 1882, Page 2

mu THE HOLIDAYS. Try the cheapest shop in TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, meorohaum and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Parses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, .Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, &, ~ &o N.B. —A lot of CRICKSTING MATERIAL from last season very oheap. And lost, but not least, a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where yon can get fixed up for the small sum of SIXPENCE. H. OAKEY, 9495 High street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS LARGE SHIPMENTS of the above aro arriving by frequent 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 f.-om 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 oheap. W. H ABK 13> IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. 3 OPPOSITE “ PRESS ” OFFICE. 908 MUST BE TRUE. g.l VERYBODY says STRANAGHAN’S ru TEAS are the best in the world. Prices—ls fid, Is 81, Is lOd, 2s, 2s '4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRANAQHAN’3 Prices for General Groceries are lower than any other house in the city. And what everybody says, &0., &o. D. STRAN»GHAN, Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. [? j O R B I C 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:— Ladles’ Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7s fid, 9s, and 10s fid per pair Ladles’ Kid Elastic Sides, from fis fid, 7s, to 10s Patent Leather Boots, at 4s fid, 10a 18 to 13s Do, 5 a 66 Also an Immense quantity of Ladies’ Venetian Slippers at 2s fid per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment must] be Bold to make room for incoming goods. H. OORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA STREET. 82 iEIs? THE NEW DAVIS 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 sot forth in the tabulated statement attached. We find that the Wertheim and Jones all of the Singer type and similar In construotion, and should be clast jd in the same order. The Wheeler and Wilson differs In construotion, but the results of our experiments are similar to the former named.l 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 sati'faction. Wo 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 > „ QUARRY j Ex P etts * 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 Good Lace Frilling Good Number of parts composing machine 133 „ ~ hard steel ... 21 ■f it In motion ... 21 Speed 550 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... ... ... 4i n Gap or open space under arm ... 9j n Shuttle movement Radial Life of needle ... 2jjin Number of access cries ... ... 27 Besulfc of Go-ns-you-Please Contest for half an hour In Melbourne Exhibition before Experts Sample of good work ... ... 22 Variation of upper tension ... 0 lower tension ..." 1-fith Don’t purchase a Sewing Machine until you 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 1 No matter in what part the colony, yon can obtain a Davis Sowing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per weak, H. 0. FI3KE & CO, Comer Colombo street and Cathvd: square Agents. 8800