MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1105

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd May, 1905.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 19135.—22nd February, 1905.—ERNEST HAYES, of Rough Ridge, Otago Central, New Zealand, Millwright. Conical wind-motor.

No. 19228.—20th March, 1905.—ERNEST HAYES, of Rough Ridge, Otago Central, New Zealand, Millwright. Improved dead-lock standard jack.

No. 19274.—30th March, 1905.—JOHN NICHOLSON, of 63, Elizabeth Street, Paddington, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Assayer, and SAMUEL GEORGE PLUCKNETT, of Stratford Lodge, Petersham, near Sydney aforesaid, Company-manager. A mechanical process for the separation and recovery of gold and other minerals from slimes, kaolin, and suchlike saponaceous earthy matter and auriferous earthy formations.

No. 19289.—31st March, 1905.—HUGH SHAW CLARKE, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Master Mariner. An improved tap for tins and other receptacles.

No. 19304.—5th April, 1905.—GARDNER TUFTS VOORHEES, of 53, State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in or relating to systems of fluid-compression, and compressor therefor.

No. 19305.—5th April, 1905.—WILLIAM JOSS, of Fortrose, Southland, New Zealand, Saddler. Improvements in harness-hooks and the like.

No. 19307.—5th April, 1905.—GEORGE GRIMMER, of Farnham Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Sawmiller. An invention for arresting sparks from steam-boilers (locomotive, tubular, and other) and smokestacks.

No. 19309.—6th April, 1905.—GEORGE FORD, of McCartin Street, Leongatha, Victoria, Australia (assignee of Rudolph Henry Simon, Plumber, and William Richard Garner, Mechanical Engineer, both of Railway Reserve, Leongatha aforesaid. Improved cream-cooler.

No. 19312.—5th April, 1905.—DRUMMOND HOLDERNESS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Student. Method of and apparatus for killing noxious weeds, and for distributing manure and other like substances.

No. 19313.—7th April, 1905.—WALTER SCOTT BAGBY, of Marton, New Zealand, Horse-tamer. Improvements in wagons, spring-carts, drays, and like wheeled vehicles.

No. 19314.—7th April, 1905.—HERBERT FRANK MANDER, of Kimbolton, New Zealand, Blacksmith. Tire-furnace.

No. 19318.—7th April, 1905.—NILS SETTERWALL, of Grefmagnigatan, 6, Stockholm, Sweden, Barrister (assignee of Frans Oskar Nilsson, of Inedalsgatan 7b, Stockholm aforesaid, Mechanic). Distributing-device for centrifugal separators.

No. 19320.—4th April, 1905.—JOHN DENNISTON SMITH, of No. 10, Harbour Terrace, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved mail-bag fastener.

No. 19321.—8th April, 1905.—JOHN LAW KIRKBRIDE, of Sentinel Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Settler. An improved automatic life-guard for tram-cars.

No. 19323.—8th April, 1905.—JOHN LAMBIE, of Kyle, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved tire for motor, bicycle, and other like wheels.

No. 19326.—10th April, 1905.—OTENE PAORA, of Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, and PUKAKAWA PAORA, of Orakei aforesaid, Farmer. Improved portable grinding and boring machine.

No. 19329.—8th April, 1905.—JAMES SHEPHERD, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in sight-feed lubricators.

No. 19331.—11th April, 1905.—EMILY ALEX ALLAN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Widow. Improvement in harmonicas or mouth-organs.

No. 19332.—12th April, 1905.—WILLIAM SEAL, of Yea, Victoria, Australia, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in double-acting pumps and cognate mechanism.

No. 19333.—12th April, 1905.—EDWARD HENRY WHITMORE, Ward’s Building, Invercargill, New Zealand, Printer and Cardboard-box Maker. A metal clip for fastening boxes made of cardboard or like material together.

No. 19335.—12th April, 1905.—EDWARD FISHER REYNOLDS, of Orbost, Victoria, Australia, Tinsmith. An improved removable bottom for milk-strainers and the like.

No. 19336.—12th April, 1905.—RAPHAEL PALADINI, of Arney Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Carpenter. An improved fastener for mail-bags and the like.

No. 19337.—12th April, 1905.—CHARLES W. MERRILL, of Lead, South Dakota, United States of America, Metallurgical Engineer. Pressure filter, and process for removing solid, semi-solid, or unfilterable material from the containers thereof.

No. 19339.—8th April, 1905.—WILLIAM LOWE, of Gorge Road, Invercargill, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in seed-sowers.

No. 19340.—11th April, 1905.—ALFRED FRANKLYN ROY, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Rigger and Wire-splicer. An improved process by means of which a calico or the like fabric may be made waterproof.

No. 19341.—13th April, 1905.—JOHN BRETNEILL CRUMP, of Bullarook, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Farmer. An improved potato or potato-seed planter.

No. 19349.—15th April, 1905.—FRANK HENRY PORTER, of 2, Oak Grove, Hankey Street, Wellington, New Zealand—Sapper of the Royal New Zealand Engineers, Permanent Force. An improved stopper for submarine-mining purposes, for taking the strain or to transfer the weight suspended by the tripping-chains when mines are being raised.

No. 19352.—12th April, 1905.—FREDERICK HENRY MENDOZA, Engineer, and ARTHUR TEASDALE, Barber, both of Auckland, New Zealand. An improved boot upper and sole impervious to heat and damp.

No. 19353.—12th April, 1905.—WILLIAM CHAPPELL, of Puhoi, Auckland, New Zealand, Teacher. An instrument for measuring the sun’s altitude.

No. 19354.—17th April, 1905.—DANIEL SKINNER, of Wellington, New Zealand, Messenger. An improved rail bond and coupling.

No. 19355.—17th April, 1905.—CARL GUSTAV JOHANSON, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Storekeeper. An improved implement for cutting hedges and for other analogous purposes.

No. 19357.—18th April, 1905.—GEORGE INVERNESS DURRANT, Shoemaker, and PERCY ROBERT, Embroiderer, both of Palmerston North, New Zealand. An improved calk for horse-shoes.

No. 19364.—19th April, 1905.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer (nominee of Donald Robertson, of Wellington, New Zealand, Civil Servant). Method of and apparatus for making up telegraphic messages and the like for despatch.

No. 19365.—19th April, 1905.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer (nominee of Donald Robertson, of Wellington, New Zealand, Civil Servant). Apparatus for containing and delivering sheets of paper and the like.

No. 19367.—19th April, 1905.—HENRY BRABY, of 87, View Street, Annandale, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in burners for heating and illuminating purposes.

No. 19368.—19th April, 1905.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the said State of New Jersey, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of William Hedges Taylor, of Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Shoe-worker). Improvements in or relating to heels and heel-nailing machines.

No. 19374.—20th April, 1905.—FRANCIS SEWELL, of Ookia, near Wanganui, New Zealand. Farmer. An implement for the extermination of noxious weeds.

No. 19375.—20th April, 1905.—CHARLES GLUYAS, residing on the property of the Jubilee Gold Company, Limited, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, Mine-manager. Improvements in apparatus for treating slimes produced in the reduction of auriferous ores for the recovery of the precious metal.

No. 19377.—20th April, 1905.—HUGH MCFADYEN DOUGLAS, of 47, Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Bookbinder, Paper-ruler, and Account-book Manufacturer. A loose-leaf account-book transfer binder.

NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 20th April to the 3rd May, 1905, inclusive:—

No. 17543.—C. Nissen, separating dust, &c., from air, &c.

No. 17629.—J. Brake, attaching breeching-strap to vehicle-shaft.

No. 17660.—United Shoe Machinery Company, heel-attaching machine (A. Bates).

No. 17681.—S. G. Roseman, broom and brush manufacture.

No. 17851.—H. Carter and J. J. Evans, cleaning kauri-gum.

No. 17853.—D. McMurrich, firebars.

No. 17943.—E. Hooper, easel attachment to school-desks.

No. 18003.—C. H. Black and T. G. Haigh, laundry-iron stand, &c.