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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2510, 24 April 1882, Page 2

FOR::- THE -'; HOLIDAYS. JL RY THE CHEAPEST SHOP IN ' XOWNIOfI I All kinds of Pipes, meerohaum and wood, Cigar end Cigarette Holders, Knives, Parses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, &., &o N.B.—A lot of CKICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, but not least, a HAIR COTITNG SALOON, Where yoa oan get fixed np for the small sum of H. OAKBY, 9495, High street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. •~ ARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and iv. steamer's 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 mnet ■ commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. ■ £ll the goods are shipped direot from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and are, sold very cheap. .Torr TIT A R R I s, IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE " PRES 3 " OFFICE, 3 MUST BE TRUE. jWERYBODY says STRANAGHAN'S 14 TEA.S are the best in the world. Prices—ls 6d, Is Sd, la lOd, 2s, 2s F 4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRANAGHAN'S Prices for General Groceries are lower than any other house ia the city. And what everybody says, &0., &o. D. STRANaGHAN, Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. boot depot. "H. CORR IC 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. ,'-.*p Note the following:— Ladles' Prunella Boots, sewn, 6s, 7s 6a, 9a, arid 10a 6d per pair Ladles' Kid Elastic Sides, from 6s 6d, 7s, to 10s . Patent Leather Boots, at 4s 6d, 10s"'to 13b ■:.:■■" '-'"■■<''- ■;':■■>'" ■■■•■ Do, 5s 64;."',.., ./!•''. >-.« Also an Immense: quantity of "Ladies' Venetian Slippers at 2s ,6d per pair Other lines equally cheap" The above consignment must be sol .1 to make room for incoming goods. H. CORRICK, yiCIT.OB.IA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA BTREST. 82 THE NEW DAVIS Vertical Peed IPiVJIOCC ROVKB itself superior to all other Machines in the Melbourne Exhibition. Read the following : COPY OP REPORT. Melbourne International Exhibition, llth April, 1881. To J. Cosmo Newbery, Esq., Superintendent of Juries and Awards. Sir, —According to your instructions we have made a practical test and thorough examination of the following Sewing Machines, viz., the Wheeler and Wiluon, Jones and Co., Wertheiro, and the Davis, and the results of j ■pur experiments are set forth in the tabula- i ted statement attached. We find that the Werthelm 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, but the results of our experiments are similar to the former named. I 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 Machines be placed in the following order : BAMILY MACHINES. Ist, The Davis; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 2nd, Werthelm ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT "> _ QUARRY j Ex P<*t". STATEMENT OP EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAVIS. Threads broken _ ~, o Needles broken ... ... 0 Stitching on Leather ... ... Good Long stitching through thick and thin Good Binding ... ... ... _. Good Ruffling „ .„ ... ... Good Lace Prilling ... Good Number of parts composing machine 133 ii i, hard steel ... 11 !■ i, in motion ... \\ Spaed. ... .... ... 550 Speed In stitching ; , 575 Height of arm ... 4i n Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... Radial '■ Lift of needle ... lg{ n ' Number of accessories ... ~, 17) Result of Go-as-you-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 f. a 7£? een the DA ' V IS ' Re member that the UAVIS was awarded the only First Prize at the Melbourne Exhibition for Hand and ■>eadle Sewing Machines ; ako, First Prize at Sydney Exhibition. The Second Prize was awarded to the Improved Singer, Bemember! No matter in what part the colony, you oan obtain a Davis Sewing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per week. B H. C. FISKE & CO. Corner Colombo street and Oathedi square Agents, 8800