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ment of the axle and movable transversely of said path
in order to catch the said waste, and by means of a yielding
movement of the latter and means to deliver a fastener to
the catcher, as set forth in claim 1; drawing, modified.

(Note.—Here follow thirteen other claims.)

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22320.—29th April, 1908.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY
COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United
States of America, a corporation organized under the
laws of said State of New Jersey, carrying on business as
manufacturers of boot and shoe machinery and other articles,
at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in the United States of America, assignees
of James Cavanagh, jun., of Boston, in the County of Suffolk
and said Commonwealth, inventor.—Improvements in or
relating to the manufacture of shoes and in particular ma
chines for use therein.*

(Claim.—(1.) A machine for operating upon soles com
prising, means for cutting slits in channeled soles only
through the sole at the points where the stitch-receiving rib
would join the edge of the channel, means for turning the lips
of cut out of or away from the channel, and means for
inserting or setting the line of the channels adjacent to the
lips, means for the use of which without means to adjust the
depth of cut.

(Note.—Here follow seven other claims.)

(Specification, 18s. 6d.; drawing, 5s.)

No. 24894.—8th September, 1908.—JOHN HENRY TINK,
of Morrinsville, Victoria, Australia, Farmer.—An improved
wire-fasteners.

(Claim.—(1.) An improved device for joining the ends of
wires and for straining same, consisting of a frame having a
winding-roller in combination with a slotted clamping rotatably
mounted in said frame, and a straining-lever having means
for temporarily securing one end of the wire thereto.

(Note.—Here follow three other claims.)

(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24944.—10th September, 1908.—ADOLPHE CHALAS, a
citizen of the French Republic, residing at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America.—An improved pro
cess of recovering nickel from siliceous ores.

(Claim.—(1.) The process of recovering nickel from nickel
iron ores, which consists in smelting the ore and producing
therefrom a nickel-iron matte, and further concentrating,
dissolving the anodes, continuously precipitating the dis
solved iron by nickel-hydrate, electrolyzing the iron-free
lixivium of precipitating-agent, and re-depositing the dissolved
nickel.

(Note.—Here follow five other claims.)

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 25123.—21st October, 1908.—FREDERICK TORRINGTON,
of 41 Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Merchant,
Trustee in Bankruptcy, &c.—A regulated water-closet or
bulk form.*

(Claim.—(1.) In the plunger for regulating the pressure of
aerated waters made in bulk form, the plunger having fitted
thereto a regulating-cap, which cap by rotating or screwing
bearing against a perforated or meshed shoulder or shoulders,
or other similar means, for various regulated quantities of air.
(2.) The application, arrangement, and combination of the
various parts specified, for the purpose and in the manner
described and illustrated.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25272.—11th December, 1907.—KNUT IVAR LIND,
STOCK, of Nykvarn, Sweden, Engineer.—Improvements in
milking-machines.*

(Note.—This is an application under the international and intercolonial
arrangement whereby protection in New Zealand may be obtained if an
application is filed in Sweden.)

(Claim.—(1.) Milking-machine by which the milking-organ
operating on the teat is acted upon by means of air or water,
characterized by the fact that the milking-organ is suspended
in a supporting-device 3 so as to move in a vertical direction,
which device is adapted to move in a circular path, and this
organ and the supporting-device, the volume of said part
which surrounds the teat is, (2.) Milking-machine, the inter
communication between teat and udder having been closed
by the milking-organ for the purpose, that the milking-organ
is suspended in a supporting-device as in claim 1, and the move
ment of the milking-organ as described in claim 1, charac
terized by the fact that the supporting-device consists of a
ballons of caoutchouc or suchlike. (3.) Embodiment of the
milking-organ as described in claim 1, characterized by the
fact that the expanding part consists of a piston moving in a
cylinder.

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

No. 25329.—9th December, 1908.—EMILY IBBOTSON, of
Gore, New Zealand, Housewife.—Improved embellishment, 1s.

(Claim.—The composition of matter to be used for cleaning
and washing, consisting of caustic soda, muriate of ammonia,
and oil of bay, with water in the proportions specified, and
mixed as described.)

No. 25421.—6th January, 1908.—THOMAS THOMAS AGNEW
JACKSON, of Gordon Road, Chatswood, New South Wales,
Australia, Commercial Traveller.—An improved detachable
shirt-collar.

(Note.—Notice is given in connection with this and other international
arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in
Australia.)

(Claim.—(1.) Improvements in turn-over or folding collars,
consisting of providing a turn-over or fold, either one or the
inner fold and integral therewith, for the purpose set forth
and substantially as described, and as illustrated in the
drawings. (2.) In an improved folding collar, a pair of in
tegral and an inner fold is provided, with means for securing an
ordinary collar of the type herein referred to, substantially
as described and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25427.—16th January, 1908.—FRANCIS HENRY CATT,
of 29 St. John's Wood, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.—
Improvements in the manufacture of expanded metal and in
apparatus therefor.*

(Note.—This is an application under the international and intercolonial
arrangement, the date given being the official date of the application
in England.)

(Claim.—(1.) Expanded metal in which the strips between
the successive rows of slitting are all the same in all parts,
the strips being all in the same plane, and each strip being
at an angle to that plane and the portions of each strip, by
which adjacent strips are connected, being all in the same plane
as described. (2.) Expanded metal, substantially as described,
and as illustrated, made by a series of punches, each pene
trating expanded metal consisting in forming in a sheet
parallel longitudinal rows of cuts which are alternately inclined
with respect to each other and with respect to the centre-line
of the adjacent rows, then turning the junctions bodily out
of the plane of the sheet, by rows of punches substantially as
and subsequently expanding the sheet, substantially as
described. (3.) A method for the manufacturing expanded
metal consisting in forming in a sheet parallel longitudinal
rows of cuts which are alternately inclined with respect to
each other, and with respect to the centre-line of the adjacent rows, then
turning the junctions out of the plane of the sheet, all the
junctions in one transverse row being turned out in a like
direction, whilst all the junctions of the two adjacent rows
are turned in the opposite direction, and finally expanding the
sheet, substantially as described. (4.) The employment of
rollers with saw-like teeth, substantially as described, for
turning the junctions out of the plane of the sheet.

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

No. 25430.—13th January, 1909.—THOMAS FINCH, of No. 7
Martin Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Labourer.—Im
provements in and for connecting harness and saddle work.

(Extract from Specification.—The working of the con
trivance is as follows: Fig. A having been drilled to frame
work of the vehicle, the attachments B and B′ adjusted to