SAD, BUT TRUE.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7420, 20 September 1889, Page 2

SAD, BUT TRUE.

Peeslodeta generally, and the wta lersof "eheasT Continental and English watches In particular, offcengo considerably out of their wa? to demonstrate that the rage for the Watertury is waning." Such la not the oase, however, as the Waterbury Watch Factory i* efeiU unable with all its Increased facilities to keeppacewlth the demand. Out of the 35,000 Waterburye Imported Into New Zealand during the last two years therele not a single case in the hands of the Comnany's representative, who has been obliged during the past week to repurchase a parcel from the New Zealand Hardware Company to temporarily supply the demand in Christchurch until the nex* shipment arrives, Aβ an instance of the thirst for the correct time in the Cathedral City, we may mention that a gentleman who had not the necessary thirteen and sixpence to acquire one in the usual way, tried "burgling" as a substitute, and will have an opportunity of reflecting on the success of his enterprise during the three months of his " board and residence" in the comfortable gaol of that city. The watch is no doubt worth the sentence, buk we do not pvfctteh this aa a premium to burglary.