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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2521, 8 May 1882, Page 2

FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Try the cheapest shop in TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, moerohaum 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 . SIXPENCE. H. OAKEY, 9495 High street.

BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. ARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are 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 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. IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE « PRESS ” OFFICE. 908 Prices—la Cd, Is Sd, la 10d, 2s, 2a 4d, and 2s 6d per lb. Everybody says STRANAGHAN’S Prices for General Groceries are loner than any other house in the city. And what everybody says, &0., &o. D. STRANaGHaN. Coffee Manufacturer and Importer, Victoria street. W. 1 i A RRI S , MUST BE TRUE. - .IVKRVROUV savs STRAfvAGHAN’S

VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. UORR I C K Desires to Intimate that he has Purchased a Consignment of SUMMER GOOD 3 At a Price that will enable him to Sell at Considerably LOWER PRICES THAN EVER. Note the following:— Ladles’ Prunella Hoots, sewn, 6a, 7a 6d, 9a, and lOs 6d per pair Ladles’ Rid Elastic Sides, from 6s 6d, 7s, to 10s Patent Leather Boots, at 4s 6i, 10a' to 13s Do, 5a 6d Also an Immense quantity of Ladies’ Venetian Slippers at 2a 6d per pair Other lines equally cheap The above consignment must be sold to make room for Incoming goods. H. CORRICK, VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT VICTORIA BTREBT. 82

THE NEW DAVIS 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 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 our experiments are sot 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 bnt agree with the jury that it is very tuperlor 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, Jtnes and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES. Ist, The Pavla ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson. Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT 1 „ . QUARRY j Ex P erts - STATEMENT OP 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 Gooi Number of parts composing machine 133 it .j bard steel ... 11 „ „ In motion ... 11 Speed... _ 550 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... 4i n Gap or open space under arm ... Pin Shuttle movement Radial Life of needle ... l|) n Nnmbor 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-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, you can obtain a Davis Sewing Machine on time payment of Five Shillings per week. H. 0. FISKE & CO. Corner Colombo street and Oathed: square Agents. BSOO