ARRIVAL OF THIS NEW WATERBURY
I»J8 not pfi»'n'tbablll'.f crrivfcl tof a ebipineWt of goods to New'f! >!and inters ib so generally welcomed n~. iha arrival of tho present parcel pi Waterbury watches. By the fire on the Ruahine 3,000 Watesbueys— ....-.' gold, silver, and nickel—were desbroyed» and this interruption in.the regular inflow bas kept tho market bare till the-landuig.-of the-present parcel. The Hon. Dr. Pollen stated in tho Legislative Council that 95,000-Adult-Males' v pay the whole of "this colony's taxation t maintains its'Civil''Service, runs its railways and public works, and fbrms tbo nucleus of the colony'B prosperity; and yeb to this very limited population over '. 120,000 Wa't?rburys have been sold and delivered, and the ship* menb now landing consists of 2,880 Waterburys, which is followed by the Elinor Ternoo, due in a month with 2,880 More, all sold already to the wholesale trade, who have been waiting supplies for from three to four months. Large as 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 Waterbury advent of One to Each SDNDREI} Watekbdbys. .Jewellers apd retail dealers will kindly oend their orders to our agents as quickly «a possible.- - >
WATERBUftY WATCH CO.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 30, 3 February 1894, Page 6
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