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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. 17106.—13th October, 1903.—LATIMER CLARK, of Hobsonville, Auckland, New Zealand, Sanitary-pipe Maker. An improved process for glazing sanitary pipes, bricks, and all kindred ware.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved process for glazing sanitary pipes, bricks, and all kindred ware, the same consisting in coating the clay as it is forced through the forming-dies with a coating of a suitable glazing solution or preparation, and then burning the articles in the ordinary manner, substantially as described. (2.) The improved process for glazing sanitary pipes, bricks, and all kindred ware, consisting in the employment of a chamber or chambers surrounding the opening in the forming-die, such chambers being provided with apertures opening on to the die-opening, and being adapted to contain a glazing solution or preparation, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17140.—24th October, 1903.—JAMES HAIR, of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved plate or shoe for racehorses.*

Claim.—In plates or shoes for racehorses, a sharpened angle-piece projecting downwards from the bottom face of the plate or shoe, and extending around the toe portion thereof, the front face of such piece being made uniform with the front of the plate or shoe, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17172.—27th October, 1903.—WILLIAM JAMES O’HARA, of Papatoitoi, Auckland, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. Improvements in wagons.*

Claims.—(1.) The extension gear comprising, in combination, two poles on which is attached the turntable, brake, and body, or load-bearers, substantially as described. (2.) The extension gear comprising, in combination, two bars connecting the hind axle and brake at either side, so that the brake and hind axle can be telescoped on the poles by the one motion, substantially as described. (3.) The equalising of the draught, comprising, in combination, four irons in the form of the letter V which can by the drawing of a pin be swung in or out so as to shorten or lengthen the centre of draught on the double or main tree to suit animals of different strength, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17217.—10th November, 1903.—ARTHUR MUREHEAD BAUCKHAM, of Ashhurst, New Zealand, Builder. Improved means for retaining and locking window-sashes at any desired height.*

Claims.—(1.) In windows, toothed racks secured along the vertical edges of the sashes, in combination with spring plates secured to the adjacent faces of the stiles of the frame, and each provided with a tooth projection adapted to engage with the teeth of the respective racks, and a recess in the stiles behind each of the spring plates, substantially as specified. (2.) In windows, toothed racks secured along the vertical edges of the sashes, spring plates secured to the adjacent faces of the stiles, and each provided with a tooth projection adapted to engage with the teeth of the respective racks, a recess in the stiles behind each spring plate, and pins passing through the window-frame adapted to bear against the backs of the spring plates, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17252.—17th November, 1903.—ARTHUR HULL, of Kaihu, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand, Watchmaker. Improved means for repairing leaks in metal vessels.*

Claim.—In means for repairing leaks in metal vessels, a rivet formed with a hollow stem of soft metal adapted to pass through the hole to be closed and to be beaten out against the surface of the vessel so as to jam the edge of the hole between the rivet-head and the beaten-out portion, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17280.—23rd November, 1903.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-manufacturer. Improvements in and relating to apparatus for thinning turnips and similar root-crops.*

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) For the purpose indicated, the combination with a “ridger” or the like of revolvably mounted disc rings carrying hoes as and for the purpose specified and illustrated. (3.) For the purpose indicated, a triangular-shaped frame secured at its forward end to a frame, such as that of a “ridger,” carried upon travelling-wheels, a seat upon said triangular frame and a revolvably mounted trailing-wheel, disc rings provided with hoes fixed upon levers fulcrumed upon a bar in said frame, stirrups upon the end of said levers, and tension-springs operating upon said levers tending to raise the discs from the ground, substantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawing. (4.) For the purpose indicated, apparatus comprising, in combination, a frame carried upon travelling-wheels, a seat upon said frame, disc rings provided with hoes fixed upon levers fulcrumed in said frame, stirrups upon said levers by which they may be operated by a person sitting upon said seat, and springs tending to raise said discs from the ground, substantially as specified. (5.) In a machine for thinning turnips and the like, the employment of the rearwardly extending levers, to which the disc rings carrying the hoes are revolvably secured, said levers having stirrups upon their ends whereby they may be operated by the feet of a person driving the implement, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17308.—28th November, 1903.—FREDERICK JAMES SHELTON, of Wellington, New Zealand, Importer. Improved means for heating kitchen-ranges and other furnaces.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for heating kitchen-ranges and the like, a burner composed of a trough formed with a cone-shaped bottom and supported in the bottom of the fire-space, a pipe-nozzle passing upwards through and projecting a short distance above the top of the cone, a pipe connection between the nozzle and an oil-containing vessel, and means whereby air may be delivered on to the top of the cone, substantially as specified. (2.) In means for heating kitchen-ranges and the like, in combination, a burner composed of a trough formed with a cone-shaped bottom, a plate within the bottom of the fire-space supporting the burner, a pipe leading from an oil-containing vessel and passing upwards through and projecting a short distance above the top of the cone, air-pipes resting over openings in the burner-supporting plate, one on each side of such burner and converging to above the top of the cone, and an opening in the front of the range beneath the plate, substantially as specified. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved means for heating kitchen-ranges and other furnaces, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17359.—8th December, 1903.—JOHN MARKS, of Devonport, near Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved hose-coupling.*

Extract from Specification.—It consists mainly of four pieces of metal, cylindrically shaped, two of which are fastened to two ends of separate pieces of hose, one of the other pieces of metal is screw-threaded on its outside so that the remaining piece forming a jacket can connect it to one of the pieces on the end of one of the pieces of hose by being screwed to a reciprocating screw-thread thereon, the jacket being inwardly screw-threaded at one end with a right-hand thread, and at the other end with a left-hand thread, sockets and pins are provided for coupling the one end to the other as is detailed.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17425.—30th December, 1903.—MONTAGUE MOORE, of 408, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mining Agent; and THOMAS JAMES HESKETT, of 86, Donald Street, Brunswick, Victoria aforesaid, Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for treating ferruginous ore for the manufacture of iron and steel therefrom.*

Extract from Specification.—The mode of operation is as follows: The gas-furnace is first heated in the ordinary way, and a deoxidizing gas is then admitted by pipe I to the deoxidizing-chamber A²—whether that chamber consists of a vertical tower, a portion thereof, or a revolving cylindrical chamber—through which it passes to the gas-furnace where it comes in contact with the air admitted to the gas-furnace by passage E¹¹ at the end of the furnace nearest the heating-