A Ha'Penny in the Slot." The Latest Novelty.
Therk has been inaugurated in Paris, on the Rue Dupuytren, close by tha School of Medicine, a novel development of the automatic fountain invention. It is for the supply of hot water. Automatic fountaiue are becoming one of the features of out-of door Pan's. Pome ore already inex« istance. which if you put a penny in tlm slot, will supp y you with a glass of beer or coffee, of tea or oi common wine, hot or cold at pleasure. The new one gives hot water only for baths, for washing pu> poses, and for the kitchrn. Yon drop a halfpenny in the slot, turn n handle, and i h-»lf a minute you get a pailful — tepid, hot or boiling, just as yon prefer it;
Mias DrjtoxT, recency arrived from the studio of Madame lieiU'.ie, George-street, Sydney, mny be interviewed in the suite of rooms fronting Cn'ia-.street. In both rooms we are prepared to do the fnlle; t justice to all requirement*, so as to ensure the utmost satisfaction with our dressmaking skill at Te Aro House A ellington. Patterns of the new Spring Dress Fabrics will be forwarded with self measurement charts, post free on application to James Smith Te Aro Honse Wellington.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 October 1890, Page 2
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212A Ha'Penny in the Slot." The Latest Novelty. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 October 1890, Page 2
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