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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 24, 27 January 1872, Page 4

CHEAP MILLINERY. / - .c, v <& y — y y y\ Having Purchased a Consignment of First-class^/ y^ . \ dtfiV^^ <Ap 1 sJs Sulf^i ***) Ijj English Millinery, consisting of Ladies' and ./ -\ '/ <$p ' <^ y^ y<* ™" ) ' g Children's Trimmed antl Untrimmed llats/-"^ yS X^* <t^ *y> y^ f~\ V"^ S and Bonnets ; also, a large assortment of/^v >/ £V <^C>> y^ %&&% •> y< %^> S Children's Washing and Quilted Silk /<< *>y^ C° 4^ -$> Jkfj SmJ ' /{V V V g Hats and Hoods, all of which will .^T ~y <$> . *0> y lk^> Hi be offered at such prices that ry^ <§,> v .c, y^ -<\\ \* \^ yA must effect a rapid sale.^^ V /^ <<i' V X M Ladies favoring us with /J >V*C <&&'' +\ * •# y*< Jk X S orders may depend / Vy^ \7^ v ysy y^ sK %^%^ & upon a creditable i/l^X^ . \ -c# yf^ C\ V^ 4^ V* y^ production at y\ X^3> ' «& 7« \ /**** V **> £ reasonable^ jNf y f K C\ V X^ y & # ;44 i >i<xi> w^^ -y H»yk\K^> <py^y><y'. *s&y -o^ g \\) y /# v^ *^ y^y^^^filX-U, French Merino width. &J -^*\ \^ y<& &* y^&" <&> -^ y*sS> \^y At ss. Id., real value, 2s. 9d. & V y® i>y <? *> ** S^ MOURNING DEPARTMENT.

are by many provincial papers. But in th c early days of The Ttmes it was the custom in announcing a marriage to state the amount of the bride's dewry— £2o,ooo or £30,000, whatever it might happen to be, and in looking through the ladies' column one morning at breakfast, Mr. Walter threw out the suggestion that if a man married all that money he might certainly pay a trifling percentage upon it to the printer for acquainting the world with the fact. "These marriage fees would form a nice little pocket money for me, my .dear," added Mrs. Walter, and as a joke her husband agreed to try the experiment. The charge at first was but a trifle, and the annual amount probably not much; but Mrs. Walter, at her death, passed this prescriptive right of hers to her daughters, and when a fo*v years ago the right was re-purchased by the present proprietor, it was assessed at £4000 or £5000 a-year.

TWO MORE GOLD MEDALS AND THREE SILVER MEDALS AWARDED TO EHE u pLORENCE." -i- THE Highest Prizes for Sewing Machines WERE GIVEN TO THE "FLORENCE," In 1867,- at the A MERICAN INSTITUTE, NEW YORK (the greatest honor attainable in the United St' tes); Mechanics' Institute, in Lowell, Massachusetts, in October; EXPOSITION UNIVEIiSELLE, PARIS, in July; Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society's Centenary Exhibition, in August; and at Coventry and Midland Manufacturing Industrial and Art Exhibition, in October. THE BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE in the world. It comprises all the good points, and combines all that is valuable in the whole of them, besides which it has many important advantages possessed by no other machine. THE REVERSIBLE FEED enables the operator to sew either way; to fasten cads of seams without stopping or turning the work. IT HAS THE SELF-ADJUSTING SHUTTLE TENSION. IT MAKES FOUR KINDS OF STITCHES. THE SAVING OF THREAD over machines making the chain or embroidery stitch will in one year be more than the cost ol the machine. THE LOCK STITCH, compared with the chain stitch, is less clumsy, — is less liable to be washed or honed off, and does not,"like the latter, form a network to retain dirt. THE EXACT AND POSITIVE MOTION of every part, with no uncertain springs or brush pads, renders it almost impossible for a Florence Machine to get out of order, and enables even an ordinary operator to use it successfully. IT USES THE SAME SIZE THREAD on both sides, and both sides of the seam are alike. THAT IT IS THE BEST, is evidenced by the fact that of the thousands sold in the United Kingdom during the past two years, none giye dissatisfaction. All extras, fifteen articles and one dozen needles, j FREE OF CHARGE. ALFRED OAKEY, t SOLE AGENT FOR NEW ZEALAND, f Bridge- street. Fottr Doors from McGee's Hotel. FLORENCE MACHINES SOLD ON . MONTHLY PAYMENTS. 63