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horizontal shaft loosely held at right angles across the under-body of the car, substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings. (3.) An emergency brake having, in combination, steel or other hard-metal spikes or rods with shoes or plates loosely fitted thereto, said spikes or rods keyed to a horizontal shaft operated by a toothed wheel working in an archimedean screw or thread on a horizontal shaft operated by bevelled gear wheels fixed to upright standards and turned by a hand-wheel, substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19454.—9th May, 1905.—JOHN HALL, of Auckland, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved detachable rowlock and plate attachment.

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in giving the rowlock a short shank, with a part of shank flattened and with a shoulder beneath same, so that the shank can be fitted into a hole in top of neck of a plate fixed to the gunwale, and also into a hole in plate which will permit the rowlock to turn in its working the same as the ordinary rowlock now in use, though held secure to the gunwale.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawing has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

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

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 31st May, 1905.

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

No. 18758.—10th May, 1905.—ANNIE MARR, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Married Woman. Improvements in and relating to curtain-poles.

No. 18956.—11th January, 1905.—ROBERT HENRY ELLIS, of 200, Harris Street, Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia, Boxmaker. An improved butter-box.

No. 19138.—25th February, 1905.—THOMAS HIGGIE, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements relating to driving-reins.

No. 19310.—6th April, 1905.—HENRY BUCKLAND, of Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand, Sheep-farmer. An improved fire-screen.

No. 19344.—11th April, 1905.—TOM VIVIAN, of Fort Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Exporter. An improved substitute for bonedust.

No. 19386.—20th April, 1905.—CHARLES GIESELER, Sawmill-hand, and HENRY JAMES MAJOR, Carpenter, both of Kaituna, New Zealand. Improvements relating to tip-wagons.

No. 19389.—25th April, 1905.—HENRY HALCROW, of Johnsonville, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. An invention for clearing drains, &c.

No. 19395.—26th April, 1905.—FREDERICK MULLEN BAKER, of 38, Bayswater Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Civil Engineer (assignee of Thor Westring, of 213, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, near Sydney aforesaid, Agent). Improvements in ear-trumpets.

No. 19405.—28th April, 1905.—BERTRAM GEORGE AIKEN HARKNESS, Engineer, and JOHN FOSTER BATEY, Dairy-manager, both of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. An improved beam-scale weighing-machine.

No. 19421.—4th May, 1905.—WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MERRALLS, of San Francisco, California, United States of America, Manufacturer of Mining Machinery. Mortar for stamp-battery.

No. 19431.—3rd May, 1905.—CATHERINE MATILDA WALL, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Married Woman. An improved toasting-fork.

No. 19451.—8th May, 1905.—FREDERICK GEORGE RADCLIFFE, Photographer, and ROBERT LESLIE STEWART, Merchant, both of Auckland, New Zealand. An improved post-card.

No. 19456.—12th May, 1905.—HENRY WILLIAM EARPTHOMAS, of Wellington, New Zealand, Dentist. An improved protector for the inner tubes of pneumatic tires.

No. 19459.—7th May, 1905.—HENRY GEORGE WILLIAM LAWRENCE NOY, of 369, Castle Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. The application of extending and adjustable brackets for rod or tube to a mantel or fireplace for drying and airing clothes and suchlike.

No. 19461.—12th May, 1905.—ALFRED EVELYN BROWN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Electrical Engineer. Improvements relating to physical-culture apparatus.

No. 19466.—11th May, 1905.—EDWARD VERDON DIXON, of Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved steam rotary or turbine engine.

No. 19474.—15th May, 1905.—NIELS NIELSEN, of Maranui, Wellington, New Zealand, Builder. Improvements in roofing-tiles.

No. 19475.—12th May, 1905.—PIERCE LANIGAN, of Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor. A new method for digging kauri-gum.

No. 19477.—16th May, 1905.—DAVID RAIT, of Murchison, Nelson, New Zealand, Storekeeper. Improvements relating to wire mattresses.

No. 19485.—17th May, 1905.—JAMES WILLIAM PERRY, of 270, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, and EDWARD RICHARDSON, Jun., of 24, Hereford Street, Linwood, Christchurch aforesaid, Insurance Agent. Improvements in the wheels of vehicles.

No. 19489.—18th May, 1905.—CHARLES DUCKETT, of 374-376, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Iron-merchant (assignee of Emil Cæsar Rudolph, of Killara, Normanby, Victoria, Australia, Blacksmith). An improved automatic adjusting spanner.

No. 19492.—17th May, 1905.—ROBERT CLARK, of Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved non-slip stair or door tread, or for use for other similar purposes.

No. 19497.—19th May, 1905.—EDWARD KELLY, of Willowbank Boardinghouse, Plimmer’s Steps, Wellington, New Zealand, Labourer. A boring-machine.

No. 19498.—19th May, 1905.—ROBERT JAMES DICKIE, Postal Clerk, and JOHN HENRY BROWN, Photographer, both of Wellington, New Zealand. Improvements in machines for vending postage-stamps, tickets, or the like.

No. 19502.—19th May, 1905.—ALFRED FRANKLYN ROY, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Rigger and Wire-splicer. Improved means for supporting a chair upon a post or pole in order to enable a workman to work at or near the top thereof.

No. 19503.—20th May, 1905.—ALBAN JOSEPH ROBERTS, of Belfast, New Zealand, Electrical Engineer. Improved means to be used for branding carcase meat.

No. 19504.—19th May, 1905.—BERTIE PORTER, of Greenmeadows, Napier, New Zealand, Married Woman. Bust-support, or Grecian corset.

No. 19505.—20th May, 1905.—ALEXANDER TAYLOR, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Attendant. Improved apparatus for playing racing games.

No. 19506.—23rd May, 1905.—ARTHUR GEORGE RICH WILLIAMS, of Petone, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements relating to sewing-machines.

No. 19509.—25th May, 1905.—GODFREY PENTERFYN HUGHES, of 82, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Inventor. Wood-splitter.

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 18th to the 31st May, 1905, inclusive:—

No. 17480.—W. E. S. Ramsay and S. McMurray, suspending pictures.

No. 17514.—R. J. Moore, milk-aerator.

No. 17522.—A. W. Bickerton, paper health shelter for open-air treatment.

No. 17595.—G. H. Clapham and J. L. Barlow, die for cake-tins, &c.

No. 17607.—J. Gemmell, hay-stacking apparatus.

No. 17630.—J. Gray, seed-sower.

No. 17840.—United Shoe Machinery Company, skiving-machine (J. B. Hadaway).

No. 17841.—United Shoe Machinery Company, stamping-machine (W. Gordon, and L. E. Topham).

No. 17958.—E. Richardson, exhaust-valve for engines.

No. 17975.—G. H. Wallace and W. H. Lowthen, totalisator.