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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 50, 13 December 1900, Page 15

The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company built and sold 213,629 machines in the season of 1899. This is the greatest Bale of harvesting machines ever made by one company. — +* m The latest idea of the Dunlop Company in advertising for a name for their second quality tyre — for which they offer a £20 (twenty pounds) reward— has caught on. The Christchurch house is receiving tons of suggested names and would advise that the competition is only open to the 31st inst. — # % Particulars of excursion fares on the Government Railways in connection with the Canterbury Jubilee Celebrations and the Christmas and New Year holidays will be found iv our advertising columns. Excursion tickets from Clinton and all stations north thereof to Christchurch will be issued on December 14 and 15, and from any station to any station from December 18 to January 2. These tickets will be available for return up to and including February ID.-/* Visitors to Dunedin who intend to invest in footgear should not fail to visit Messrs. Loft and Company's establishment in the Royal Arcade, where they will find a stock of boots and shoes unsurpassed in New Zealand. The firm keep only the best of goods, and these they sell at moderate prioes. Not only do they keep footgear of all descriptions but they also keep their customers, for as these are well served and get good value for their money they return again to the establishment. It will interest our readers to know that Messrs. Loft and Company are at present giving their customers a very fine picture of Lord Roberts which has been specially imported by them.—^%