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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 906, 31 December 1870, Page 4

JHE GROVER & BAKER ELASTIC AND LOCK-STITOB SEWING MACHINES Arc so well known and vso universally used, that any description of their advantages is superfluous. They hem any width, cord, quilt, braid, fell, GATHER, TUCK, BIND, and EMBROIDER, and are considered by competent judges to be the best Sewing Machines yet known. NEAL & CLOSE, Agents for Napier. The following are a few of the many testimonials the Proprietors are constantly receiving, furnishing a convincing proof of the superiority of their Machines :- From " The Ararat Advertiser." There are few modern inventions of greater practical utility, or which cause so large a saving of time and labor, as the Sewing Machine. The benefit which the steam engine has secured to manual labor on a large scale, the (Sewing Machine has effected (only to one class of work, it is true) on a large scale also. What il has achieved for women whose livelihood is earned by the needle, such as sempstresses, there nteds no dissertation to prove. These machines, howover, have been of equal service in private families, saving not only hours but days of wearying and monotonous work. Of Sewing Machines there are several varieties, differing slightly in their construction, but all effecting, more or less, the object for which they are designed, that of saving labor. So far as we have been able to learn, the machines patented by Grover and Baker appear to bo the simplest, most economical, and most efficient; and since Mr Chadwick has been appointed agent here a large number of their machines have been disposed of in this town and district. Still, however, opinions differ as to which of the several varieties of Sewing Machines is really the most useful, and we generally find that our lauy friends declare in favour of that machine to which they have become accustomed, all agreeing, nevertheless, that the invention to them has indeed proved a boon. From "The Pleasant Creek Chronicle." The efficacy and general excellence of Grover and Baker's Elastic-Stitch Family Sewing Machines have been signally tested by a purchaser' connected with the office of this journal. In every respect it has answered the" account given in the advertisement of its capabilities—the hem rail g, stitching, and felling being uncommonly good. For embroidery a belter machine could not befound ; and in that respect it may take precedence oi all other machines very easily. Altogether the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine is an indispensable aid' in the domestic economy of any house-hold, and those who purchase it will not be disappoint', d. Steam-Printing Office, 97 Little Collins street East, Melbourne, Oct. 22, 18S8. Gentleman, —The strong Shuttle Machine, furnished to my printing office, has given complete satisfaction, and though it has been subjected to rather rough usage in sewing pamphlets and similar work, it has not gone out of order in any way. We also use it for family sewin?, and it answers well. I highly approve of the mechanical construction, as it is strong, very simple, and by liberal use of friction rollers not likely to wear out. I can confidently recommend it, and you are at liberty to use my testimonial in any way you may think fit. Yours truly, IioBEHT Beljc. 45 Albert-street, Melbourne, October 20, 1868. Gentlemen, —Having one of your No. 26 Cabinet Sewing Machines in use for nearly four years I have much pleasure in bciug able to speak of its excellence. In addition to domestic work, we use it for the various materials in upholstery, silk, bedticking, drugget ar.d furniture leather, and find it ail that csn be desired. It has never been out of order nor given any trouble in working since the first week. 1 btlieve it to be the best, machine extant. —I am, gentlemen, yours truly, p. M. CfiOWfcEY, Upholsterer. Kichmond, October 26, 1868. I have much pleasure in loi warding a testimonial in favor of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine, which I have hud in use for the last Jour.years. It is a most useful machine for a family, and very easily learnt. Yours truly, *