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and bearing upon which the revolving arms are mounted, and
means for their adjustment in relation to the curved or con-
cave surface, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19999.—5th September, 1905.—ANDREW MURIE
GRAINGER, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Labourer. A bird-
trap.*

Claim.—A bird-trap comprising, in combination, movable
slides or doors in the body of trap; an entrance-passage
running from one side of the body of trap to the other, pro-
vided with a floor or entrance-plank, parts of which are reduced
to a feather-edge at the sides; uprights, or entrance-passage
sides, which extend about an inch below the bottom of the
entrance-plank, the spaces between uprights and the uprights
themselves being covered with netting; a space provided
between the netting and feather-edges of the entrance-plank,
and a shoot provided with stops, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20083.—20th September, 1905.—EDWARD ARTHUR
IRWIN, of Timaru, New Zealand, Manufacturers’ and Adver-
tising Agent. Improvements in a stand and cutter for holding
reels of wrapping-paper for shops, &c.*

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in pro-
viding a cutter-bar with rollers and a bevelled cutting-edge,
and in providing improved means for mounting the reel.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20131.—4th October, 1905.—GEORGE VINCENT KEMS-
LEY, of Reikiorangi, Waikanae, New Zealand, Fire-engineer.
Improvements in closed circuit electrical fire-alarms.
[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered from that set out
in the provisional specification.]

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in the
interposition within the closed circuit of a joint composed by
a weight and a fusible alloy, both of which are electrical
conductors, and which alloy is so composed as to be capable
of fusing at any predetermined temperature. When such
alloy fuses the weight will fall, thereby breaking the circuit
and causing an alarm to be sounded through the relay circuit
connected therewith in a usual and well-known manner.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 4s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20151.—6th October, 1905.—JOHN FENTON, of Grey
Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, Stove and Range Maker.
Improvements relating to fasteners for hats, bonnets, and the
like.*

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention the
guide, instead of being fixed to the hat, is made in the form of
a perforated plate, which is adapted to slide in a frame having
a comparatively long slot for the passage of the pins, and
which is secured to the hat upon the inside or outside of the
crown.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20189.—18th October, 1905.—DAVID GRAHAM WATSON,
of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand, Company-manager.
Improvements in trace-spreaders.*

Extract from Specification.—A pin having a head and a
squared neck is fitted in to each socket. A portion of the
inner end of the pin is cut away and fitted with a spring
having its end bent at right angles and formed into a snib.
A hole is made through the socket and is adapted to receive
the snib of the spring, and thus secure the pin in the socket.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20276.—2nd November, 1905.—EDWARD THOMPSON
CLIFTON FIRTH, of Government Life Insurance Buildings,
Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Pumice-manufacturer.

A process for mixing or combining ground pumice, pumice-
sand, or other granulated material with soap, for the manu-
facture of compressed pumice-soap or other suitable granu-
lated or fine-ground material intermixed with soap.*

Claims.—(1.) The mixing the pumice-sand in the proportion
of about 36 lb. avoirdupois weight with about 5 lb. avoirdupois
weight of soap and about 8 lb. avoirdupois weight of water
and passing the mixture through my disintegrating-machine,
forcing it through a wire mesh until it is left in a semi-granular
condition and dry enough not to stick to the moulds or dies
after being pressed for the purpose set forth, substantially as
described. (2.) The pressing the mixture specified in my press
protected by Letters Patent No. 20811 or in other suitable
press for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s.)

No. 20569.—12th January, 1906.—JOHN PERCY COWDERY,
of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved apparatus
for oiling the axles of railway carriages, trucks, and other like
vehicles.*

Extract from Specification.—Consists of a roller or wheel
that is mounted within one end of a rocking device so as to
be capable of rotary motion, and upon the other side of the
supporting bearing of which rocking device a counterweight
is secured that tends to elevate the wheel or roller aforesaid.
The box is supplied with oil, and the mechanism described is
so disposed that the wheel or roller will be partly immersed
in the oil. Said wheel will be kept in contact with the axle
by the counterweight, and thus the axle will be supplied with
oil from the oiler, while the axle will convey the oil to the
bearing.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 3s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20631.—24th January, 1906.—WILLIAM JENKINS, of
Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, Bootmaker. Improvements in
boot-sole attachments.*

Claims.—(1.) In boot sole and heel attachments, metal
plates fixed between the tread and a sole or lift adjacent to
the same, and provided with a screw-threaded aperture for
the reception of a spike-pin, and fastening means, substantially
as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and as described. (2.) The
combination of the parts illustrated in Fig. 3 at the heel,
which are adapted to be attached thereto, substantially as
described. (3.) The combination of the parts illustrated in
Fig. 4 at the heel, which are adapted to be attached thereto,
substantially as described. (4.) The combination with a per-
forated sole of the attachments thereto illustrated in Fig. 3,
as described. (5.) The combination with a perforated sole
of the attachments thereto illustrated in Fig. 4, as described.
(6.) A metal plate which has a thin non-central part, fastening
means in one piece therewith, and means as a screw-threaded
aperture to receive a removable spike-pin or the like, sub-
stantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20742.—19th February, 1906.—ALFRED JAMES BORDER,
Electrical Engineer, and LUCY MAUDE COVENTRY, Married
Woman, both of Wellington, New Zealand. An improved
indicator.*

Extract from Specification.—The invention relates particu-
larly to that class of indicator which embodies the use of a
pair of drums arranged in parallel lines, and upon which is
wound a canvas band, or the like, bearing on it the names
of the various stopping-places in order, and which names are
displayed as the band is wound from one drum to the other.
Such drums have been operated by mechanical or electrical
means, and the present invention consists in improvements
in electrical means whereby the drums may be given the
amount of revolution necessary to display a fresh name, and
also to the manner in which the drums are mounted, so as
to allow of their regular action and for perfect balancing.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 11s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21091.—5th May, 1906.—ELIZABETH MARY BARKER,
of Featherston, Wellington, New Zealand, Married Woman.
Improvements in cans for holding and agitating milk, and in
methods for cooling the same.