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substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(5.) In combination, a sheep-shearing machine coupled to the
armature-spindle of an electro-motor by means of a universal
joint and spindle, substantially as described, and as illustrated
in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

(Specification, 4s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23759.—25th November, 1907.—LIONEL NETHERSOLE
RALPH, of Pongakawa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, Farmer.
Device for one man to run out barbed wire.*

Claim.—An improvement for uncoiling and laying barbed
wire, consisting of a fork bolted into wooden handle, the
other end of fork being turned up so as to form two eyes,
through which a plug is driven, and so placing the reel or
spool in position, substantially as described in the specification, and illustrated on the drawing.

(Specification, 1s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24056.—26th February, 1908.—WILLIAM CUTLER, of
10 Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwick,
England, Manufacturer. Improvements in the mode of and
means for manually propelling boats, and steering.

Claims.—(1.) A combined propelling and steering mechanism
applicable to a boat, and adapted for manual operation,
substantially as set forth. (2.) A manually propelled boat
operable by a reciprocating action, substantially as set
forth. (3.) A steering mechanism comprising a driven propeller the direction of action of which may be varied in
relation to the boat, substantially as set forth. (4.) In a
manually propelled boat, an inertial shaft gearing with the
propelling mechanism and mounted substantially as and for
the purpose set forth. (5.) The improvements in the mode
of and means for manually propelling and steering boats,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated.

(Specification, 6s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24520.—11th June, 1908.—FRANCIS ERNEST ROSS,
of Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in doors for allowing cows to pass out of a cowshed
when milked, and means for opening and closing same.

Claim.—Pivoted doors closing the cow-exits at back of
cowshed, and also closing those portions of the back of cowshed between the exits through which the cow does not pass.
The portions of doors closing cow-exits swinging out from the
shed, the portion of the doors closing the parts of shed through
which the cows do not pass, swinging into the shed. Rod
attachments to said doors for opening and closing same, and
means for simultaneously opening and closing a number of
doors, and for opening and closing any one of said doors, in
the manner and for the purpose set forth, as described and
illustrated.

(Specification, 3s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24542.—18th June, 1908.—JOHN BEATTIE, Farmer,
and ROBERT NIVEN FULTON, Electrical Engineer, both of
Dunedin, New Zealand. An improved check rack for adjustable seats for vehicles.

Extract from Specification.—In our invention we provide
a plate which is adapted to be secured to the upper surface
of the side rails of the body-part of a cart. The said plate
is provided with rectangular pieces, which are riveted thereto,
cast or stamped integral therewith, spaced at equal distances,
thus forming a checked rack having alternately a raised
rectangular piece and a space equal to the length of the
raised piece. There is a mating part similarly constructed,
with one or more rectangular raised pieces adapted to engage
in the check formed between the raised rectangular pieces
on the plate secured to the upper surface of the side rail.
When it is desired to shift the seat backwards or forwards the
weight on the seat is eased and a slight push to the rear or a
forward pull is all the operation necessary for adjustment.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24545.—20th June, 1908.—FRANK COOPER, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Implement-manufacturer. In improved skeith-buckle.

Claim.—A sleeve E with gap J therein, together with
cones G and H in combination with an eye-bolt buckle
for the purpose of adapting same to skeith, either rigid or
swivel, substantially as shown in drawings and described.

(Specification, 1s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24553.—24th June, 1908.—CHARLES GORMAN CUSACK
WHYTE, of Pile Street, Marrickville, Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia, Accountant, and ARTHUR RAU, of No. 53
Terry Street, St. Peters, Sydney aforesaid, Professional
Shorthand-writer. Improvements in and relating to manifold copying-books.

Extract from Specification.—By means of this invention
provision is made to further increase the number of reproduced copies of written matter in books hitherto serviceable
either for duplicating or triplicating purposes, in which the
well-known method is adopted of using, in combination with
the leaves, an interleaved transfer or copying sheet, whose
withdrawal will allow of the combined sheets being detached,
while the copying-medium is available for further use. Such
books have been in use for recording “counter sales,” “orders
out,” “accounts,” “correspondence,” and the like, but in
them no provision has been made for producing, as may be
required, an additional copy or copies of the writing. This
invention, therefore, is devised to meet such a contingency,
and with the aid of double-faced transfer-paper, used either
singly or folded, in association with a separate packet of
transparent sheets, the number of copies may be increased
from two to three, or from two to five, as may be required.
This is accomplished by utilising conjointly the covers of the
book, and attaching to their inner surfaces two sets or packets
of leaves, so placed in juxtaposition that they will, when the
book is closed, overlay, one set being composed of transparent
sheets only, and the other of opaque sheets only, or of opaque
sheets, single or folded, in combination with single transparent
sheets.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 10s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24574.—27th June, 1908.—DONALD HERMAN SMITH,
of “Benningholm,” Curlewis, New South Wales, Australia,
Farmer. An improved reversible multi-furrow disc plough.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to that
class of plough equipped with a plurality of discs, arranged
in line upon separate axles or otherwise, and one of its eminent contemplations is to provide an implement capable of
assuming a position for a return journey without its discs
making unnecessary travel, the draft being materially increased or the implement unduly strained. According
to this invention the plough, at the end of the furrows produced by its passage, may attain an attitude for its progress
in the reverse direction with celerity and comparative ease,
the main body and discs moving through approximately
only ninety degrees (90°), although the draft animals traverse,
necessarily, one hundred and eighty degrees (180°). By
this present invention, upon the completion of a furrow,
a furrow-wheel and steering-wheel are released from the
position by which they have been restraining the plough.
Following the line of least resistance and being unhindered,
the implement immediately runs out of alignment with and
clear of the furrows it has completed, at nearly right angles
thereto, over or on to the unploughed land. The draft-animals are then turned towards the ploughed or furrowed
land, and draw with them the draft-bars. These slide round
a semicircular front of the framework, and upon reaching
the end of the said front by a continuation of the draft over
the furrowed land, the plough swings for about ninety degrees
(90°) to attain the correct cutting side of the discs, furrow-width, and line of draft. The line of draft, when the plough
is ready to proceed, has therefore been transferred from one
side of the framework-front to the other. The discs are
situated beneath the framework of the implement, which, it
will be conceived, is drawn from one side of the semicircular
front end, and are capable of being elevated or depressed in
relation to the ground and the said framework, either in
unity or one end of the series at a time. Bearing inside each
disc is a scraper, adapted to be partially turned so that the