ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 15, 18 January 1894, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

T 1*1 —T" .., ■ I* Is nob often thab'the arrival of • «hlp* menfc of goods bo New Zealand waters is so generally welcomed as the arrival of tho present parcel of Waterbury watches. By the fire on the Ruahine 3,000 Watebburts— gold, silver, and nickel—were destroyed) and this interruption in the regular inflow has kept the market bare till the landing of the present parcej. The Hon. Dr. Pollen stated in tho Legislative Council that 95,000 Adum; Males pay the whole of this colony's taxation, maintains its Civil Service, runa its railways and publio works, and forms the nucleus of the colony's prosperity; and yob to chia very limited population over 120,000 Watekbubys have been cold and delivered, and the ship* vent now landing consists of 2,880 Watkeburys, which is followed by the Elinor Vernon, due in a month with 2,880 Mock, all sold already to the wholesale trade, who have been waiting supplies for from three to four months. Large a8 these figures are, two other shipments are to arrive before Christmas, and we venture to affirm that no other watch can show a sale in New Zealand during the period covered Bince the Watorbury advenb of One to Each Hundred Wxterbubys. Jewellers and retail dealers will kindly •end tbeir orders to our agents as quickly as possible. WATERBURY WATCH CO.