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Otago Witness, Issue 1934, 19 March 1891, Page 13

A NEW INVENTION. THE SEWING MACHINE RIVALLED. About the most unique and useful little machine introduced since the sewing machine is the Jewel Bug Tuf ter — a bandy, simple implement for working up odds and ends of ribbon, coloured dress stuffs, wool, or yarn into rugs, ottomans, tidies, or the other attractive and comfortable .'etceteras of a well appointed household.' By its use scraps of .cloth, old dresses;- or -the' unconsidered trifles of the household; cut into strips, can be worked into a canvas foundation, to form really handsome mats by persons of either sex, either to while away the leisure time or as a source of profit. The machine is exceedingly simple, and can be worked without previous knowledge. •It cannot possibly get out? of order if the directions for operating are followed with ordinary care. No prettier or more useful present can be desired, whilst to persons wishing to supplement their incomes the opportunity exists for the sale of the machine or its handiwork. Anyone wishing- to see samples can call on me and inspect the machine and a rug made within the last few days by a gentleman nearly 70 years of age. Several of these Tufters are now in use amongst the -ladies of Dunedin, and the following testimonials, selected from many, will show what its users say : — Mes M. A. Coopee, South Dunedin. — " Having bought and worked one of the Jewel Bug Tufting Machine, I can with pleasure recommend it to -every household. My children (boys), one 10 years old, can make rag or wool mats, and beautiful they are. I find it a source of pleasure and profit." Mes Allan, St. Kilda. — "I was never better pleased than when I bought one of the Jewel Tufting Machines, for with it I have been enabled to work up all the rags and strippings ' about the house into useful mats and hearthrugs." Mrs Maetha Hancock, " Macrahanish," Anderson's Bay. — " Having purchased one of tbe Jewel Tufting Machines, I can say of it that it will do the work claimed for it ; and I have in my possession a mat made by one of these machines, the work of my little girl 10 years of age." Mes Haebiet Chitman, South Dunedin — "We have bad one of tbe Jewel ' Tuf ting Machines workiug in our home for some time for making rag or wool mats. It surpasses anything I have ever seen. I consider it a useful little article. One of these machines should and its way into every household either as an aid in the artistic and industrial education of the young, or as a means of converting otherwise valueless material into furnishings of comfort and beauty. The machine complete with nickel plated rods, needle, and 6et of screws for adjusting tbe length of stitcb or loop, wood enamelled handles, and canvas pattern for small bedroom rug, 10s 6d — post free 12s ; or with handsome canvas foundation pattern (rich design) for hearthrug, 14s. Retail agents required everywhere. Meanwhile cheques and P. 0.0. can be made payable to the New Zealand agency. A. T. KEIRLE, A. M. P. Buildings, Dtjnedin.

Dr Hocken has made a donation of native plants to the Botanical Gardens. A proclamation in the Gazette notifies that; the Marewhenua river is declared a watercourse, under the Mining Act,