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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st August, 1900.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 12177.—15th November, 1899.—JOHN JAMES ROTH, of 211, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Importer. An improved combined soap-block and advertising- or notifying-tablet.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 99, of the 23rd November, 1899.]

Claims.—(1.) In transparent soap blocks or tablets, the insertion of films of gelatine or like substances bearing a print or inscription substantially as described and explained. (2.) The manufacture of combination soap-blocks and advertising- or notifying-tablets by placing upon finished soap previously printed films of gelatine and pouring over the whole boiled soap of about the temperature set forth, substantially as described and explained.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 12287.—8th January, 1900.—GEORGE RENNER, Journalist, and WILLIAM HENRY BOYENS, Mechanical Engineer, both of Kaikoura, South Marlborough, New Zealand. An improved appliance for branding wool-bales, cornsacks, &c.*

Claim.—Branding-apparatus consisting of a reservoir adapted to contain marking-fluid, a tap connecting said reservoir with a subsidiary chamber to the perforated face of which porous felt is attached formed to the shape of the brand-marking to be produced, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12636.—23rd May, 1900.—GEORGE ALLEN, Masterton, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An invention for fixing brackets or shelves to the wall without screws or nails or damaging the paper.*

Description.—The brackets or shelves to be of any size or shape, but instead of being screwed or nailed to fillets on the wall they are fixed in position by two steel pins at the back corner and two eccentrics at the front corners, which force the brackets or shelves into the corner; and can be removed at any time and replaced at pleasure.

Claim.—An improved means for fastening brackets or shelves substantially as described, and as illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12741.—29th June, 1900.—EDWIN SMALLBONE, of the Port, Nelson, New Zealand, Proprietor of B. Franzen and Co., Sailmakers and Ship-chandlers. Improvements in horse-covers.

Claims.—(1.) Rope covered with felt to prevent chafing horse. (2.) D fastened on canvas patch for splicing rope into inside of the cover. (3.) Spring hook spliced on end of rope to fasten into D on canvas patch at rump, inside of the cover.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12748.—30th June, 1900.—ETHELBERT ALFRED RANSOM, of Dannevirke, New Zealand, Saddler. An improved fastener for covers for horses and the like.

Claims.—(1.) The improved fastener as described, comprising a strap attached to each side of the cover in front of the animal’s hind legs and provided with a loop at the free ends of the said strap, and a strap attached to the back of the cover and passed through the said loops and through a loop on the opposite side of the cover and secured by a buckle, substantially as set forth. (2.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising my improved fastener for covers for horses and the like, substantially as set forth, and illustrated on the drawing.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

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