A PHETTY CONCEIT. Tho enormous sales of the Waterbury have led firms who do not care for a steady turnover at a legitimate profit to expl " purlieus of the Continentfor cheap, ii " tickers "—no do not call them watcheswitl. which to 'run the Waterbury,' Those possess one virluuonly-thatofsliowingtho dealer a return of somo 150 per cent, on his outlay. That they should kief tiniois'a matter ot 110 moment, so long as they rescmblo the Waterbury in outward appearlance, stylo of casing, etc, with suilioiont closeness to deceive a careless or unwary purchaser, Firms doing this often say to us "What do we caro; wo canmako five shillings a watch, more on them then we can on yours; and as to keeping time, well, our.troubles about that." Buyors requiring reliable watcher can trust the Waterbury, and tho public requiring the correct time Should see that they get it. Tho gents' or ladies' Waterbury, gold filled or in sterling silver, are handsome, inexpensive, and durable; whilst the nickel varieties aro so well known that they requite no furthe recommendation. It is a pretty conceit for here and there a stray trader to think his imports of the " Nebuchadnezzar," the " Millemum," the " Gonbung," or some other specially titled monstrosity, has any effect on the Waterbury market, whilst for every watch he nervously orders over ono hundred Waterburys aro always afloat for Now Zealand. Tho real strength of the Waterbury lies in its absolute reliability, in other words its absolute refusal to keen «-m. thing but tho correct timo. We son Si'o" tickers"-wo still bar them any other title—offered for sale which aro really wonderful combinations. They not only exhibit tho whoio of tho celestial bodies on their facis, but keep time, or profess to.teli you the state of tho money market, the amount of any particulal member's indob tedness at Bellamy's, and the name of the next Bank to reconstruct in Australia. The Waterbury does not do this. It simply ecps correct time and coes on doing so,
HAIR rich- ~ ness,luxuvlnnco, I and color to an ad- ' vanced period of come rauclil liy exposure to tho air, and winch Is as perfect a substitute for the oil supplied >y nature, in youth and health, as modern cliemistry can supply. Ayer's Hair Vigor J l'Jtlvl-AREp BT t» Or. J. C. AVER & Mass., U. S. A, Bf"Bow(iro of cheap imitations, Tho narac-Ayer-is prominent on the wrapper awl is Blown in tlio glass on tuo bottom of each of our bottlesae* X s
for a few days only 11! New Zealand BIBLE, TRACT, AND BOOK SOCIETY, 62a, Willis Street, WELLINGTON, Havo opened a shop at MASTERTON, Next MR HOOPER, DRAPER, with ft Large Stock of EVANGELICAL A THEOLOGICAL LITEIiATUIiE. p K. BOND, Architect, ■ Perry St., \j' invites .tenders, Mtiiraablo 12 noon of Wednesday,.thc 30th inst., for Kesidence In Oliapel street, for E, McKonzic, Esq. Plans and specifications to' ho seen' at the Architect's Office. ' ' '':.' ".. ",'•'('"'.,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4729, 25 May 1894, Page 3
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488Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4729, 25 May 1894, Page 3
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