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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 874, 23 November 1870, Page 4

Celebm! Premium HE GROVER & BAKER ELASTIC AND LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINES Arc so "well known and so universally used, that any description of their advantages is superfluous. They hem any width, cord, quilt, braid, fell, GATHER, TUCK, BIND, and EMBROIDER, and are considered by competent judges to be the Sewing Machines yet known. NEAL & CLOSE, Agents for Napier. The following are ar few of the many testimonials the Proprietors are constantly receiving, furnishing a convincing proof of the superiority of their Machines:— From " The Ararat Advertiser." There are few modern inventions of greater practical utility, or which cause so large a saving of time and labor, as the Sewing Machine. The benefit which the steam engine has secured to manual labor on a large scale, the Sewing Machine has effected (only to one class of work, it is true) on a large scale also. What it has achieved for women whose livelihood is earned by the needle, such as sempstresses, there needs no dissertation to prove. These machines, however, have been of equal service in private families, saving not only hours but days of wearying and monotonous work. Of Sewing Machines there are several varieties, differing slightly in their construction, but all effecting, more or less, the object for which they are designed, that of saving labor. So far as we have been able to learn, the machines patented by Grover and Baker appear to be the simplest, most economical, and most efficient; and since Mr Chad wick has been appointed agent here a large number of their machines have been disposed of in this town and district. Still, however, opinions differ as to which of the several varieties of Sewing Machines is really the most useful, and we generally find that our lady friends declare in favour of that machine to which they have become accustomed, all agreeing, nevertheless, that the invention to them has indeed proved a boon. Steam Printing Office, 97 Little Collins street East, . Melbourne, Oct. 22, 1868. Gentleman, —The strong Shuttle Machine, furnished to my printing office, has given complete satisfaction, and though it has been subjected to rather rough usage in sewing pamphlets and similar work, it has not gone out of order in any way.' We also use Jt for family sewing, and it answers well. I highly approve of the mechanical construction, as it is strong, very simple, and, by liberal use of friction rollers not likely to wear out. I can confidently recommend it, and you are at liberty to use my testimonial in any way you may think lit. Yours truly, Robert Bell. From "The Pleasant Creek Chronicle." . The efficacy and general excellence of Grrover and Baker's Elastic-Stitch Family Sewing Machines have been signally tested by a purchaser connected with the office of this journal. In every respect it has answered the account given in the advertisement of its capabilities —the hemmkg, stitching, and felling being uncommonly good. For embroidery a better machine could not belbund 5 and in that respect it may take precedence of all other machines very easily. Altogether the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine is an indispensable aid in tho domestic economy of any house-hold, and those£ who purchase it will not be disappointed.