Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2531, 19 May 1882, Page 2

FOB THE HOLIDAYS. Tby the cheapest SHOP IN TOWN FOB 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 oheap. And last, bat not least, a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where you can got fixed ap for the small sum of SIXPENCE. H. OAKEY, 9495 High street.

BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. ARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are 1 arriving by frequent Orient and P. and O. ateamera 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. W. H AK K Is> IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRESS " OFFICE. 908 WANTED, a Purchaser for a Grand OHESNUT FILLY. One of the beat fencers in Canterbury with lOst up. Rising five years. Thoroughly quiet for a lady to ride, and guaranteed perfectly sound. Apply D. STRANAGHAN. Grocer, Victoria street. Also, two Good Springtrap HORSES for Sale

VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. EL C ORR 10 K Desires to Intimate that he has Purchased ft Consignment of SUM HER 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 6d, 9s, and 10s 6d per pair Ladles’ Kid Elastic Sides, from 6s 6d, 7a, to 10s Pate-1 Leather Boots, at 4s 6d, 10s to ISa Do, 5s 6d Also an Immense qnantlty 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 STREET. 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 set forth in the tabula* ted statement attached. We find that the Wertheim 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, 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 superior | to any of the others, and went through every teat to our entire satisfaction. We therefore beg to recommend that the 1 Machines be planed in 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 I ~ QUARRY j Experts. STATEMENT OP EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAVIS, Threads broken ... ... ... 0 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 i, •> bard steel ... 11 ii ii In motion ... 11 Speed 550 Speed in stitching ... ... ... 575 Height of arm ... 4in Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement ... „ Radial Lift of needle ... Ijjin Number of accessories 17 Eesnlt 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 nntd yon 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. O. FIBRE & CO. Corner Colombo street and Catbedi square Agontr.i 8800