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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7759, 4 October 1886, Page 4

Great SOCIAL REVOLUTION. '• - ; SIGNS OF THE TIMES. '' And then be drew a dial from bis poke, And looking on it with lack lustre eye, . Said very wisely, " It 1s ten o'clock, And in another hour 'twill be eleven. And in another hour it will be twelve, And thereby bangs a tale." —Shakespeare.' Beckman's " History of Inventions " state* that Watches were first made in the year 1506, and when the works .of Shakespeare were written, those indispensable articles of modern use , were but rarely worn. • The one that was can In the pocket of the '' Motley fool " was probably of very rude workmanship, though, of course, slightly in advance upon that primitive watch made by the Irishman, when "He dug up a turnip and scooped it out clean, Then slipped a live cricket in under the skin, Wboo ! they'll think it's a ticking ! said Bryan O'Lynn." The "poke dial" of Shakespeare's fool would doubtless indicate approximately the difference between ten and eleven o'clock, but it would be totally unfit to mark the . minutes with anything like accuracy, while seconds were simply of no account in those Good old times three centuries back. Curing the 380 years that have elapsed since the invention of watches, great and wonderful progress has been made in the art of fashioning the works, and adorning the exterior of these articles, until now a watch is a monument of MECHANICAL SKILL and a triumph of AUTISTIC TASTE. Watches can be made so small that the works are only discernible by the aid of a microscope. 1 hey can ba made cheap and nasty" in Switzerland, or with added Yankee notions in the Transatlantic Republic ; but England occupies the premier position for the manufacture of first-class substantial and reliable time-keepers, so. that the term •' English Levers" has come to be synonymous ■ with the highest acme of excellence- In a ' - Taschenuhr (pocket watch) as the Germans call it, while Messrs. STEWART DAWSON & CO. stand prominent among English Manufac- . turers for excellence of workmanship. To ■ contrast one of the world-famed English Watches with one of 300 years ago, if such . were possible, would demonstrate the great . strides made by the world during that tims. Bat the GREAT SOCIAL REVOLUTION . of the Age is not so much the advance of mechanical and artistic ingenuity as in the method of placing the products of human taste and skill before the public. The evils that afflict society at the present day are not to be cured by the abolition of Monarchy, the . Disestablishment of the Church, or by the removal of all three " at one fell swoop." • RADICALS, SOCIALISTS, AND COMMUNISTS . j agree with intelligent monarchist* in holding .. that social inequalities are due to the commercial system now prevailing, under which importer!, commission agents, wholesale merchants and letailera swallow up large intermediate profits, thus unduly taxing the purchaser and consumer. The great Social Revolution without bloodshed or disorder is to bo accomplished by the annihilation of the middleman, and the placing of the producer and consumer in direct contaot. The people of New Zealndd, placed at a tremendous distance from the manufacturing centres of England, have long had to pay heavy toll to Middlemen, and in no linn of business has this been more aggressively enforced than in the Watch and Jewellery Trade. The FABULOUS PRICES CHARGED by DEALERS on all sides, and in many instances for Articles of the most inferior production, is proverbial. All this roundabout and costly system of trading by a series of gradations has been altered by the presence STEWART DAWSON & CO. Whose system of direct supply saves every purchaser three or four enormous profits, and the thousands of people who thronged their BEST ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION on Saturday evening, testifying with appreciation the great change that has taken place. HEAD WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY : . . •" "Have placed your English Lever at £310s alongside one at £10 10s. Can assure you, yours is best in every shape and form. Yours truly, "J. H. Bridhaukr." ..." Superior to anything ever seen at the price, worth double the money. "H. A, Mixiield." . • . " Your English Lever has been .. knocked.about like a billiard ball for sight months, and has only varied two minutes. Herewith cheque for another. " W. H. Chapman." ... Have carried your English Lever, • - at £3155, five years. Never cost one penny In repair. Would have cost me Ten Guineas in New Zealand. "Wm. Lang Thorburn." ..." Chronograph, received as a testimonial, is truly a Paragon Watch. " Gjcoboe Couch." . . . "I am wearing your £310s English Lever 13 months. It is looked upon as the best timekeeper hare. " Jewbrson Hoyd, Baker." . . . "We have five of your £1 7s 6d Defiance Watch*s on this station. All have given the greatest satisfaction. " Thomas Mok«an." . . . "It Is a mystery to me how a watch of such exquisite finish and handsome appearance can be manufactured at the price. "Thomas Yarhxs*." The want of space prevent) u« giving more or we might continue ad infinitum. Over 40,000 testimonials similar to above have been received by Stewart Dawson A Co. Please call forts. D. and Co.'s magnificently illustrated pamphlet, in which you will find the above in full, with the address of each person, together with hundreds of others. In stoie pamphlet, you will find an «ffer of £1000 to ' anyone who will point out the name or address of a single testimonial that is not correct. BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURERS, STEWART DAWSON Ac CO., AND SAVE RETAIL PROFIT., VISIT OUR GREAT ENGLISH WATCH EXHIBITION, 94, QUEEN-STREET. A Magnificent Stock of Jewellery, Embracing all the Newest Novelties, at Wholesale English Prices. Repairs of every description at half New Zealand prices. QHAMPION GRAIN DRILLS. 11 SPRING HOES nip, Grass Seed, and Fertilise Attachments CORTLAND WAGONS

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