ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1130, 27 October 1893, Page 33

ARRIVAL OF THE NEW WATERBURY

It is not often that the arrival of a shipment of goods in New Zealand waters is so generally welcome as the arrival of the., present parcel of Waterbury By the fire on the Ruahine 3000 Watebburts — w - \ gold, silver and nickel—were destroyed, and this interruption in the regular inflow has kept the market bare till the landing of the present parcel. The Hon Dr Pollen stated in the Legislative Council that 95,000 Adult Males

pay the whole of this Colony's taxation, maintains its Civil Service, runs its railway and public works, and forms the nucleus of the Colony's prosperity; and yet to this very limited population over

120,000 Waterburys have been sold and delivered, and the shipment now landing consists of 2880 Waterburys,

which is followed by the Elinor Vernon, due in a month with 2880 More, , all 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 before Christmas, and we venture to affirm that no other watch can show a sale in New Zealand during the period covered since the Waterbury advent of

One to Each Hundred Waterburys

Jewellers and retail dealers will kindly send their orders to our agents as quickly as possible. WATERBURY WATCH CO., :'...

Bond and Crawford streets, Dunedin.