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No. 24821.—20th August, 1908.—WILLIAM HENRY Mc-
GEEVER, of Greenmount, Queensland, Australia, Station-
master. Improved device for use in connection with the
staff working of rail- and tram-ways, and method of using
same.*

Extracts from Specification.—I provide a principal staff . . .
and a number of up- and down-train subsidiary staves. . . .
The staff is made of any suitable shape, preferably in the form
of a flat ring and of light material. It is provided with means
whereby the staves may be detachably secured thereto,
said means being such that they cannot be manipulated by
the engine-driver. The staff has painted or otherwise marked
on either side thereof instructions as to the direction in which
it is to be used and any other instruction that may be neces-
sary. It is also provided with simple means by which other
messages or instructions may be indicated thereon, to be
removed when necessary. Provision may be made for the
attachment of a number of padlocks for use in securing the
staves to the staff, and the messages to either, as the case
may be. The staves are made of similar shape and material
as the staff. As before mentioned, there is one set of staves
for use with “ down trains ” and one set for the “ up trains ” ;
they are therefore marked accordingly. Furthermore, they
are also each provided with an instruction tablet, ring, or other
device (having means for securing them in the desired posi-
tion), as in the case of the staff. If desired, the staves may
be marked with the number allowed to be used on the section,
and with consecutive numbers indicating the order in which
they are to be delivered.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 8s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24838.—25th August, 1908.—ELLIOTT L’ESTRANGE
BARTON, of Hawera, New Zealand, Solicitor. Improvements
in aeronautical apparatus.*

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, a handle, con-
sisting of a wheel mounted upon a shaft, is pivoted upon
gimbals mounted upon a standard. A pulley connected to
the gimbals is rotated when the handle is turned, and the
motion is communicated by a belt or cord to another pulley
or to each end of a cross-bar fixed to the vertical rudder of
the machine. A cord or the like at one end of the handle
passes around a pulley fixed to the horizontal rudder, and
has its other end attached by a spring to the frame of
the machine, or the cord or the like is attached at its other
end to the extremity of a cross-bar on the horizontal rudder.
Attached to the opposite ends of the bar is a spring cord
attached at its other end to the frame of the machine. When
the handle is oscillated fore and aft the pulley is rotated and
the horizontal rudder operated. An important feature of the
invention is the twisting of the side wings of the machine to
approximate somewhat to the form of a screw, or so to dis-
tort the wings, or the outer portion of the wings, on each side
in opposite senses as to produce a section of a screw, which as
it is propelled through the air will tend to cause the machine
to rotate on its axis of flight as it is propelled forward, in a
right- or left-hand sense according to whether the screw formed
is a right- or left-hand one.

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

(Specification, 8s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24839.—21st August, 1908.—EDWARD DOWNEY, of
131 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, New Zealand, Umbrella-
manufacturer. An umbrella-holder for vehicles.*

Claim.—In a tapered cylindrical case having two dia-
phragms, one near the top bored to receive the body of umbrella,
and one near the bottom to receive the ferrule end, substan-
tially as described in this specification and drawing.

(Specification, 1s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24857.—31st August, 1908.—JOHN ROBERT KENT, of
Somerfield Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand,
Designer of Boot and Shoe Uppers. Improvements in
uppers of shoettes and the like.*

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, a tongue
approximately T-shaped is cut out upon the middle line of
the upper, oval holes being formed upon each side of the
tongue, and the usual approximately horseshoe-shaped
piece cut out of the back of the upper for the reception of the
ankle. The leather is cut through from the tongue to the
ankle-space, thereby forming a strap upon each side of the
upper, and to which buttons are attached.

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

(Specification, 3s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24860.—31st August, 1908.—PERCIVAL ARTHUR LE
MARQUAND, Engineer, and CLARENCE WALTER LE MARQUAND,
Plumber, both of Auckland, New Zealand. Improved means
for the utilisation of the exhaust from engines for heating
liquids.*

Claims.—(1.) Means for the utilisation of engine-exhaust
for heating liquids, consisting of a chamber and a series of
pipes arranged within the chamber and of gradually increasing
diameter from the inlet to the outlet end, and through which
the exhaust is led, substantially as specified. (2.) Means for
the utilisation of engine-exhaust for heating liquids, consisting
of a chamber, a series of pipes arranged within a chamber and
of gradually increasing diameter from the inlet to the outlet
end, opening at intervals through the sides of the chamber
and provided with screw plugs or the like covering such open-
ings, substantially as specified.

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

No. 24956.—18th September, 1908.—THOMAS FRENCH, of
Waitara West, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved
gate or fence post.*

Claims.—(1.) In a reinforced-concrete post, imbedding a
ring at each end of the post and attaching reinforcing rods
to the said rings, substantially as set forth. (2.) A reinforced-
concrete post having a hole of large diameter at each end of
the post and tapering to a small diameter at the ground-level,
substantially as set forth. (3.) The combination and arrange-
ment of parts comprising the improved gate or fence post,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and illustrated
in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25034.—3rd October, 1908.—WILLIAM NELSON, of 46
Douglas Street, Auckland, New Zealand. A ventilator for a
lamp, or flue-pipe, or any air-shaft.*

Claims.—(1.) The ventilator for a lamp, flue-pipe, or air-
shaft, specified, consisting of an inner and outer cylinder, said
inner cylinder being perforated laterally at its top end by a
series of holes, said inner cylinder being fitted at its top with
a cap and being secured to said outer cylinder by bolts or
studs, and the annular space provided thereby between said
inner and outer cylinder, for the purpose set forth, as described
and illustrated.

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

No. 25044.—7th October, 1908.—JAMES BAIRD, of Hamilton,
New Zealand, Engineer. A sanitary dry-earth closet.*

Extract from Specification.—One form of the invention con-
sists in providing a rotatable platform or table beneath the
seat of the closet at a suitable distance thereunder. Another
form of the invention is the providing of an endless belt
working on wheels.

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

(Specification, 3s. 3d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25830.—14th April, 1909.—HERMANN PAPE, of 36
Hohe Bleichen, Hamburg, Germany, Engineer. Process for
the preparation of zinc-oxide for reduction.

Claim.—Process of preparing zinc-oxide for reduction and
for transport, consisting in exposing the loose zinc-oxide in
the condition in which it is obtained from the dust-chambers
or filtering-appliances for some considerable time to a great
heat until the zinc-oxide coagulates and forms dense solid
lumps or pieces mixed with finer hard granules, whereupon
the oxide condensed or solidified in this manner is allowed to
cool.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)