TWO MORE GOLD MEDALS AND THREE SILVER MEDALS AWARDED TO EHE a pLORENCE." -*- THE Highest Prizes for Sewing Machines WEEE GIVEN TO THE "FLORENCE," In 1867, at tee AMERICAN INSTITUTE, NEW YORK (tbe greatest honor attainable in the United States); Mechanics' Institute, in Lowell, Massachusetts, in October; EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, 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 :ii! that is valuable in the whole of them, besides wnu_ it has many important advantages possessed by no other machine. THE REVERSIBLE FEED enables the operator to sew either way ; to fasten ends 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. TBE LOCK STITCH, compared with the chain stitch, is less clumsy, — is less liable to be washed or ironed off, and doe s not, like the latter, form a network to retain dirt THE EXACT AND POSITIVE MOTION of every part, with no uncei tain springs or brush pads, renders it almost impossible for a Florence Machine to get out of order, and enables eve a an ordinary operator to use it successfully. IT USES TB E SAME SIZE THREAD on both sides, and both sides of the seam are ab'ke 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 give dissatisfaction. All extras, fifteen articles and one dozen needles FREE OF. CHARGE. ALFRED OAKEY, SOLE AGENT FOR mW ZEALAND Bridge-street. Form Doobs prom McGee's hotel. .FLORENCE MACHINES SOLD ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS 3
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 152, 27 June 1872, Page 4
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