Page 4 Advertisements Column 3

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 913, 10 January 1871, Page 4

Celebotd! iPRMUfe IHI? GROVER & BAKER ELASTIC AND LOOK-STITCH SEWING MACHINES Are so -well knowp and so universally used, that any description of tjtieir advantages is -mperfluous. They hem any width, cord, quilt, braid, fell, GATHER, TUCK, BIND, and EMBROIDER, and are considered by competent judges to be the beat Sewing Machines yet known. NEAL & CLOSE, Agents for Napieb. 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 largo a saving of time and labor, as the Sewing Machine. The benefit which the Bteam engine has secured to manual labor on a large seale, 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, howcv< r, 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 de-igned, that of saving labor. So far as we have b<;en able to learn, the machines patented by Grover and Baker appear to be the simplest, most economical, and most eilicienr.; 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 ugreeing, nevertheless, that the invention to liiein has indeed proved a boon. From "The Pleasant Creek Chronicle." The efficacy and general excellence of G rover and Baker's Elastic-Stitch Family Sewing Muchiius have been signally tested by a purchaser connected with the office of thu journal. In every respect it has answered the account given in the advertisement of its capabilities —the hemmirg, stitching, and felling being uncommonly good. For embroidery a better machine could not befound ; and in that respect, it may take precedence ot ail other machines very easily. Altogether the Grrover and Baker Sewing Machine is an indispensable aid in the domestic economy oi any house-hold, and those who purchase it will But be disappoint:d. Steam Printing Office, 97 Little Collins street East, Melbourne, Oct. 22, 1868. Gentleman, — 1 he strong Shuttle Machine, furnished to nuy priming office, has giveu complete satisfaction, and though it Las be.-n 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 sew in?, and it answers well. I highly approve of the medianical construction, as it is strong, \cry simple, and by liberal use of friction rolkrs not likely to wear out. I can confidently recommend it, and you are at ii' eity to use my teetimonial in any way you may think fit. Yours truly, lioBEKi: Bell. 45 Albert-ktreet, Melbourne, October 20, 1863. Gentlemen, —Having oue oi your No. 26 Cabinet Sewing Machines in ute for nearly four years 1 have much pleasure in beiujibie io ispeak oi ifs excellence. In addition to domestic work, we use it for the various materials m upholstery, silk, bedticking, drugget axel furniture leather, and find it all that can tie desired. it has never been out of order nor given any trouble in working since the first weik, 1 believe it to be the best machine extaut. —1 am, gentlemen, yours truly, D. M. Crowley, Upholsterer. Richmond, October 26, 1868. I have much pleasure in forwarumg a testimonial in favor of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine, which I have had in use for the last four years. It is a most useful machine for a family, and very easily iearut. Yours truly,