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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2538, 29 May 1882, Page 2

FOB THE HOLIDAYS. Try the cheapest shop in TOWN FOR 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 lost season very cheap. And last, bat not least, a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where yon can got fixed up for the small cram of SIXPENCE. H. OAKEY, 9495 High street. BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. LARGE 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 mast 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 AKK 1s ’ IMPEBIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRESS ” OFFICE. 908 WANTED, a Purchaser for a Grand OHESNUT FILLY. One of the best fencers in Canterbury with 10st up. Bising five years. Thoroughly quiet for a lady to ride, and guaranteed perfectly sound, APPIy D.* STRAN^&HAN, Grooon’Victorla street. Also, two Good Springtrap HORSES for Sale. VICTORIA BOOT DEPOT. JJ O R R 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 fid, 9s, and 10a fid per pair Ladies’ Kid Elastic Sides, from fis fid, 7s, to 10a Patent Leather Boots, at 4a fid, 10s to 13s Do, 5a fid Also an Immense quantity of Ladies’ Venetian Slippers at 2a fid 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, 18SI. 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 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 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 bnt agree with the jury that it is very superior to any of the others, and went through every test to oar entire satis faction. We therefore beg to recommend that the Machines be placed in the following order : FAMILY MACHINES. Ist, The Davis ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co., Wertheim. HAND MACHINES.; Ist, The Davla ; 2nd, Wertheim ; 3rd, Wheeler and Wilson, Jones and Co. (Signed) BOBARDT 1 ~ . QUARRY ] Ex P ortSl STATEMENT OF EXPERTS AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. DAYIS. Threads broken I ... 0 Needles broken ... ... ... ... o 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 ~ ~ la motion ... 11 Speed 550 Speed in stitching 575 Height of arm ... ... ... 41 n Gap or open space under arm ... 9in Shuttle movement Radial Lift of needle Ijjin Number of accessories ... 17 Besnlt of Go-as-you-Please Contest for half an hour in Melbourne Exhibition before Experts Sample of good work ... 22 I 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 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 I No matter In what part the colony, yon can obtain a Davis Sewing Machine on time payment of Five ShliUnca per week. 6 H. C. FISKE & OO.’ Comer Colombo street and Oathedi square Agents, 3800