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rotation of the wheel. (3.) A fluid-pressure turbine in which the rotary member is provided with rotary bucket nozzles, and the casing with fixed vanes having intervening passages of constant area, substantially as described. (4.) A fluid-pressure turbine in which channels or passages (29) are provided, by means of which leakage steam is directed into the nozzles or working-passages of the turbine so that its energy may be utilised, substantially as described. (5.) A fluid-pressure turbine having its rotary members provided with bucket nozzles, constructed and operated substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3, or to Figs. 4 and 5, or to Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings.
(Specification, 7s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17779.—14th April, 1904.—HENRY HELTON PATTERSON, of George Street, Junee, New South Wales, Australia, Cordial-manufacturer, and JOHN RICHMOND STEVENSON, of Lorne Street, Junee aforesaid, Chemist. Improvements in poisonous compounds for the destruction of rabbits and like vermin.

Claims.—(1.) In vermin-destruction compounds, the use as ingredients, in combination, of bisulphide of carbon, phosphorus, and treacle or the like in approximately the proportions particularised. (2.) In vermin-destruction compounds, the use as ingredients, in combination, of a proportion of bisulphide of carbon with a relatively much larger proportion of phosphorus, and a proportion of treacle or the like relatively much in excess of the proportion of phosphorus, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 17781.—14th April, 1904.—WILLIAM JAMES GRUSS, of Boulder Road, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, Amalgamator. A rotary vaginal syringe.

Claims.—In a rotary vaginal syringe, an outer casing or pipe having a number of slots and fitted at the upper end with a pivot bearing, and also fitted at the lower end with an inlet-pipe constructed to admit of the attachment of a rubber tube, and having a central hole and shouldered to act as a bottom bearing for the central revolving pipe, and having openings by which the fluid may escape; also a central hollow pipe perforated tangentially, one end being coned and closed to pivot in the upper adjustable bearing, and the other recessed to pivot in the lower bearing, and to admit the fluid entering through the inlet-pipe into the hollow cylinder, the whole forming a rotary syringe as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17799.—18th April, 1904.—AH PAT, of Foxton, New Zealand, Storekeeper. An appliance for handling nails and other like goods.

Claims.—An appliance for handling nails and other similar goods, such appliance consisting of two pairs of bowed arms, those of each pair being hinged together and formed with handle extensions beyond their hinges, and the corresponding arms of both pairs being joined together by a framework of fingers or tines bowed in a similar manner to the arms, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17803.—15th April, 1904.—FRANZ OSCAR RICHARD JAGUSCH, of Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Wickerware-manufacturer. An improved carpet and upholstery beater.

Claim.—In a carpet and upholstery beater of the kind specified, in combination, the diagonal winding of strands made of cane round a straight piece of cane centrally set thereto with the projection of two of the strands interlaced into a suitable broad flat device and returned into the handle, and the binding of the strands of cane to the centrally set straight cane with split cane, the binding of the central straight cane to the interlaced strands, and the projection of one of the strands to form a loop at the end of the handle for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17808.—21st April, 1904.—WILLIAM GREEN, of Brisbane Street, Tamworth, New South Wales, Bookseller. An improved adjustable drawing-board.

Claim.—An adjustable drawing-board consisting of a sheet of strawboard or other suitable material provided with a folding-joint in the middle thereof and a pair of jointed footpieces for the purpose set forth, and as fully described, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17817.—20th April, 1904.—WILLIAM WEBSTER, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Marine Engineer. Improved candle holder and saver.

Claims.—(1.) In candle holders and savers, in combination with a body of the usual shape, a flexible or spring socket capable of being made to fit any candlestick, with wires bent upwards and slightly outwards at their top ends, said wires enclosed in a sliding and tightening ring and being nicked to retain ring in the desired position for securing a candle. (2.) In candle holders and savers, in combination with the saucer-shaped body, wires bent to touch the candle and then bent away slightly, that portion being nicked so that a candle can be tightened by pushing an enclosing ring up the wires which presses them against the candle, one wire being longer and looped to retain the ring with an expanding and contracting socket, all substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In candle holders and savers, in combination with the body, a spike and projecting rim to hold the base of a candle, and the wires and ring to hold same higher up to secure it rigidly whilst burning, all substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17828.—25th April, 1904.—CHARLES JAMES RUSHER, of 61, Long Street, Cape Town, Cape Colony, Civil Engineer, and GEORGE WILLIAM BAUDINET, of 35, Lytton Street, Observatory, Cape Colony, Mining Manager. A new or improved explosive.

Extract from Specification.—It has been discovered that certain advantages will be obtained by the addition of carbonated ammonia, or any other ingredient that will give off free ammonia, to a mixture or compound of dinitro-benzol, or nitro-naphthaline and nitrate of ammonia, or nitrate of sodium, or sulphate of ammonia, or all or any of these ingredients, or to any of the Sprengel explosives or compounds, but preferably by impregnating one or more of the component parts with ammonia-gas.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claim.]
(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 17829. — 25th April, 1904. — HERBERT TOLFREE HARDING and AUBREY FIELD BILLING (trading as “Harding and Billing”), of Auckland, New Zealand, Advertising Experts. An improved puzzle for advertising purposes.

Extract from Specification.—The slip before it is folded is of oblong shape, consequently has two surfaces (back and front) and four edges (top and bottom and right and left). When folded and its ends connected the paper must present only one surface and one edge.
Claim.—A puzzle for advertising purposes consisting of a slip of paper folded in the manner indicated to produce one continuous edge and one continuous surface.
(Specification, 1s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17832.—27th April, 1904.—GEORGE MCMULLEN, of Sampson’s Buildings, Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia. An improved collapsible shutter or blind.

Claims.—(1.) A blind or shutter composed of slats which are held, guided, and controlled at both ends by links pivoted at their centres to said slats and attached at their extremities to the ends of each adjacent slat and which slats turn about studs formed on their ends, said studs being adapted to slide up and down in the grooved bars, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) A blind or shutter composed of slats which are held at both ends in caps or sockets, guided and controlled by links pivoted at their centres to such caps or sockets and attached at their extremities to the ends of each adjacent cap or socket, and turning about studs formed on the ends of such caps or sockets, said studs being adapted to slide up and down in the grooved bars, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)