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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 899, 22 December 1870, Page 4

HE GROVER & BAKER ELASTIC AND LOCK-STITCH SEWJNG MACHINES Arc so -well known *ind *o universally used, that any description of their advantages is superfluous. They hem any width, cord, quilt, braid, pelt,, GATHER, TUCK, BIND, and EMBROIDER, and are considered by competent j,udg,es to be the best Sewing Machines yejb known. JE A L & CLOS E, Agknts for Kapieb. The following are a 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 lnbor, 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, tin re 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 effect: ntr, more or less, the object for which they are designed, that of saving labor. So fur as we have been able to iearn, the machines patented by Grover and .Baker appear to be the simplest, most economical, and most efficient; and since Mr Chadwick has been appointed agent here a large number of their machines have been disposed ofinihia town and district. Still, however, opinions differ as to which of the several varieties of Sewing Machines is reeliy the most useful, and we generally find that ou:' 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. From "The Pleasant Creek Chronicle." The efficacy and ger.oral excellence of Grover and Baker's Elastic-Stitch Family Sewing Machines have been signally tested by a purchaser connected with the office of thijournal. in every respect it has answered the account given in the advertisement of is 3 capabilities—the hemming, stitching, and felling being uncommonly good. For embroidery a better machine could not befound ; and in that icspect it may take precedence oi ull other machines very easily. Altogether the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine is an indispensable aiu in the domestic economy ot any house-hold, and those who purchase it will not be disappoint d. 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 it for family sewiiu", and it.answers well.. X 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 fit. Yours truly, ivuBKKT Bell. 45 Albert-fctrtet, Melbourne, October 20, 1868. Gentlemen, —Having one oi your No. 26 Cabinet Sewing Machines in uce for nearly four years 1 have much pleusuie in being able to speak of its excellence. In addition to domestic work, we use it for the various materials in upholstery, silk, bedticking, drugget ard furniture leather, and find it all t*.at can be desired. it never been out of order nor given ary trouble in working since the first week, I believe it to he the best machine extant,-*-1-Km, gentlemen, yours truly, I). M. Crowley, Upholsterer, Richmond, October 26, 1868. I hare much pleasure in forwarding a tea* timonial in favor of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine, which I have Bad in use for ibe last four yi.-ars, It is a most useful machine for a, family, and very easily learnt. Yours truly,