ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 103, 1 May 1894, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY.

Iv'b nob of ton that the arrival of a ihip< ment of goods to New Zealand waters is so generally welcomed as the arrival of th« present parcel of Waterbury watches. By tho tire on the Ruahine

3,000 Waterburys— gold, silver, and nickel—were destroyed* and this interruption in the regular inflow has kept the market bare till the landing of tho present parcel. The Hon. Dr. Pollen stated in the Legislative Council thab

95,000 Adult Males ipay the whole of this colony's taxation, maintains its Civil Service, runs its railv/ityu and public works, and forms tho nucleus of the colony's prosperity ; and yet) ,to tbia vt-ry limited population over

120,000 Waterburys have been sold and delivered, and the ship* «aont now landing consists of

2,880 Waterburys, which is followed by the Elinor Yeraoo, daa in a month with

2,880 More,

tl) 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 beiore Christmas, and we venture to affirm that no ether watch can show a sale in New Zeaknd during the period covered emce the Waterbury advent of

Oivs. to Each Hundred Waterboys,

Jewellers and retail dealers will kindly Bind their orders to oar agents as quick.'y «,a pos:-:ible.