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Evening Star, Issue 4942, 4 January 1879, Page 1

SEWIN& MACHINES. PARIS EXHIBITION, 1878. JHE ONLY ~GRAND PBIZE (A much higher award than the gold medal) Has been Awarded WHEELER AND WILSON'S NBW ' ; ■ - DOUBLE POWER SEWING MACHINES For their Superiority over Eighty Competitors. This Brilliant Triumph confirms the verdict of :the American Institute, the highest authority, that the new Wheeler and Wilson is the " Best Sewing Machine in the World." The New Wheeler and. Wi'son has More and Greater Improvements than any other Sewing Machine. Send for a Circular to WILLIAM MELVILLE, Agent, And Practical Machinist, GEORGE STREET, DUNEDIN. All kinds of Machines Repaired with promptness and despatch. SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES. BUY OF THE IMPORTERS. TOHN SHEEN & CO., Rattray street, beg to inform the Public of Dunedin that they are now selling Sewing Machines by the best-known makers as follows: : TREADLE MACHINES— £ 8. Singer's Domestic ... ... 610 Raymond's No. 1... 6 10 Jones's B Manufacturing ... 8 10 Joneses C . „ ... ... 810 Jones?s Elastic Arm ... ... 12 0 Jones's Wax Thread 15 0 HAND MACHINES— Raymond's Household £4 4s (Over 5,000 of "this machine sold by our firm in New Zealand. Can strongly recommend them.) Raymond's Home Shuttle ... £4 4* (A very handsome machine, beautifully finished.) . WaneerA ... r. £4 4s (With, new stand.)

The above are all excellent machines, and we can confidently recommend them to the attention of the public. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Liberal allowance to counter storekeepers. Note Address— JOHN SHEEN k CO., Rattray street. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING 00.'S NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, K& The Beat in the World. "E& THE " Survival of the Fittest" is illustrated in the records of the Sewing Machine Market from 1871 to 1876. In 1871 the Singer Manufacturing Company had twenty-four competitors, whose total annual sales were 424,834 machines; In 1876, thirteen competitors had gone out of business ; the total annual sales of the survivors had fallen off 121,217 machines, and the annual sales of the Singer's leading competitor had fallen off 19,529 machines. Meanwhile, the sales of the Singer Machine Increased from 181,280 to 262;316 machines, and even this enormous number, despite the "hard tunes," was still further increased in 1877 to 282,812 machines. All (but Family Machiaei nn now supplied witk th« ...;.-'■ TRIPLE-ACTION WHEEL, And for the future no extra charge will be made ■ for this most valuable improvement . Machines Worked by Hand or Foot. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Ulnatrated Price Lists sent free on application. ;■ Machines sold on the Time Payment System on terms to Buifc purchasers ; weekly or monthly payments fixed at a small sum within the means of every family. , Machines let out on hire, with the option of purchase, Deposit from 10s j weekly payments from 2a 6d. G. M. A L D R I O H, Singer's Agency, Corner Princes and Dowling streets, Bunedin. PUBLIC NOTICES. HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM. R OSCAR DAVID, future Teaohtr of . Gymnastics at the High Schools, will, with the kind permission of the Hon. Mayor and the Governors of the School, open a Gentlemen's Evening Class the 14th of January, 1879'Evenings—Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 till half-past 9. Boys' Class, the 13 th of January. Mondays and Thursdays, from half-past 4 till half-past 5. Terms: Oiie guinea per quarter, payable in advance.

"Applications received at Office of this Paper and at my residence, Harcourt Lodge, High street. Boys' Class (junior), 18th of January, Saturdays, from 11 till 12 o'clock a.m. Terms : 10s per quarter, payable in advance. OOK-KEEPING and! SHORTHAND (Pitman's) Taught on easy terms.' For particulars, address "Toomey," Albany street Post Office. J WANTED Known—Just opening out, a fine assortment of Kloctro-plated ap.d Britannia Metal Teapots, Cruets, Biscuit Boxes, Cake Baskets, Waiters, Butter and Jelly Dishes, Fendo.rs, Fire-irons, Brass Jelly Pans, etc, etc., all first-class' goods, and sold at the lowest prices. J. & D. SCOTT, Ironmongers, : ■ j '■'■ George street. TOT MARGUIS, Member of the: Royal JLjl e College of Veterinary Surgeons, begs to inform the public generally that he i has commenced practico in his profession, and is prepared to treat horses, cattle, and other domesticated animals, and hopes, by strict attention and moderate charges, to share a portion of public favor. Colts castrated on the new method or j otherwise. Veterinary medicines of all descriptions prepared for farm or station use. orders punctually attended to. Address N.jMarguis, V.S., Pritchard's Veterinary Forge, Rattray street, Dueedin. : M. MARSHALL'S HOMCEOPATHIC PHARMACY AND DISPENSARY, ; , Corner of Princes street and Octagon. •Open from 9 a,m. to 6 p.m. (Sunday excopted). A COMPLETE STOCK of Homoeopathic . Preparations. Books and Specialities kept. Cases Re-filled and Prescriptions accurately Dispensed, etc., etc. Dispensary on the same principle as those so successfully carried on in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, etc. • Medical Advice and Medicine, ss. Qonßulting Hours : J. R. Wanless, M.D., 10 to illr-.a.m.; J. Duncan M.D., 3 to 4 P«. ......