ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 40, 15 February 1894, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

If 1b nob often that) the arrival of a ship* merit of goods to New Zealand waters is so generally welcomed as the arrival of tb» present parcel of Waterbury watches. By tine fire on the Ruahine ,JJ 3,000 Waterburys— gold, silver, and nickel—were destroyed* anil this interruption in the regular inflow hm kept the market bare till the landing of the present parcel. The Hon. Dr. Pollen •tated in the Legislative Council tbab • 95,000 Adult Males fay the whole of this colony's taxation, Maintains its Civil Service, runs its railtfftjß and public works, and forme the >uoleus of the colony's prosperity; and yet to Uhis very limited population over ": 120,000 Waterbubys hate been sold and delivered, and tbe ship* venti now landing conaiata of 2,880 Waterburys, 'iwntoti is followed by the Elinor Vernon, due io a month with ' 2,880 More,

•II «old already to the wholesale trade, who Jiave been waiting eupplies for from three jto four months. Large as these figures are, *wo other shipments are to arrive before (phriatinas, and we venture to affirm that no Other watch can show a sale in New Zealand during the period covered since the rtVaterbury advent of

One to Each Huxdbed Waterburys. ,' Jewellers and retail dealers will kindly Wild their orders to our agents as quickly •8 possible.