Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3005

No. 26769.—A. Burrows and W. J. Philips, self-locking attachment for bicycle-handles, &c.
No. 26771.—R. J. Gibb, locomotive.
No. 26774.—W. A. Mays, music-binder.
No. 26775.—E. Bamforth, breast-pump.
No. 26776.—C. Suttie and M. H. Wynyard, tow-saver.
No. 26777.—C. Suttie and M. H. Wynyard, treatment of flax.
No. 26783.—J. Sherlock, tip-dray lock.
No. 26789.—H. S. Clark, clip for motor-car wheels.
No. 26790.—R. J. McLeod and J. W. List, acetylene-generator.
No. 26791.—H. A. Scott, means for sterilising milk, &c.
No. 26792.—J. T. Walker, device for producing perpetual motion.
No. 26793.—A. H. Cotton, machine for producing powder.
No. 26797.—E. Jespersen, pulley-attachment for separator.
No. 26800.—C. F. Pulley, centrifugal pump.
No. 26805.—M. A. Goodfellow, card-playing board.
No. 26807.—T. P. Smith and C. J. Maclean, closet-pan.
No. 26810.—H. Beeson, horse-bridle.
No. 26812.—W. Woodward, door-fastener.
No. 26813.—C. J. Cooze, nut-lock.
No. 26814.—D. J. Williams, treating flax.
No. 26815.—D. J. Williams, apparatus for conveying flax.
No. 26816.—H. Aitchison, swingletree.
No. 26817.—P. Cavanagh, water-gauge for steam-boiler.
No. 26818.—J. M. Turnbull, W. Hickson, and F. J. Gooder, sewing books.
No. 26819.—M. S. Ramsay, aeroplane.
No. 26821.—J. Morgan, pneumatic tire.
No. 26822.—W. Pinches, clothes-peg.
No. 26823.—J. D. Kelly, L. P. Hughes, and A. H. Vile, shield for miniature target.
No. 26824.—S. G. Eldridge, steam-saw.
No. 26825.—W. G. Rae, advertising, &c., mechanism.
No. 26830.—A. Kale, catching flax-blades.
No. 26834.—A. M. Ivar, fastenings for cupboards, &c.
No. 26837.—A. Ross, flax-carrying apparatus.
No. 36844.—J. A. King, aeroplane.
No. 26851.—G. A. Troup, pantograph.
No. 26855.—N. A. Booth, slicing-knife.
No. 26856.—R. Dunne and A. J. Park, mitre box and cramp.
No. 26857.—R. Dunne and A. J. Park, marking plans, &c.
No. 26858.—R. Dunne and A. J. Park, mitre-box.
No. 26859.—R. Dunne and A. J. Park, mitre - cutting machine.
No. 26860.—J. Sutherland, scutching-machine concave.
No. 26864.—W. C. and F. G. McKinlay, egg-beater.
No. 26865.—E. Barrett, hair-pad.
No. 26867.—R. McGaffin, flax-loader.
No. 26868.—R. McGaffin, flax-mill drain-cleaner.
No. 26869.—R. McGaffin, flax washer and shaker.

[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.]

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 30th October to the 12th November, 1909, inclusive :—

No. 24654.—A. Allan and T. Bowling, automatic hot-air indicator.
No. 24665.—G. W. Grainger, concrete fencing-post.
No. 24676.—E. Moss, heat-recorder or fire-alarm.
No. 24686.—J. G. Hudson and J. W. Mardon, railway-signalling.
No. 24689.—W. F. Wall, floating stranded vessels.
No. 24691.—S. Graham, manufacture of fibre.
No. 24700.—A. H. Wright, advertising-apparatus.
No. 24704.—C. W. Nance, preserving and storing comestibles.
No. 24710.—J. Crook, means of producing air-gas.
No. 24719.—J. Arthur, jun., elevating and conveying machinery.
No. 24720.—J. Pedersen, churn and butter-worker.
No. 24749.—G. R. Fellows, gas-producer and grate.
No. 24793.—J. Pomeroy, steam-boiler furnace.
No. 24859.—J. M. Collins and J. Low, flax, &c., treating appliance.
No. 24915.—T. Barton, chair.
No. 24933.—United Shoe Machinery Company, work-support horn for boot-machine. (A. E. Jerram, J. Gouldbourn, and A. Bates.)
No. 25020.—H. S. Martin, producing mechanical vibrations and translating them into electrical variations.
No. 25030.—J. H. Grant, rabbit, &c., destroying apparatus.
No. 25094.—J. M. Collins, J. Low, and A. Burges, flax-treatment.

No. 25095.—J. M. Collins, J. Low, and A. Burges, flax-scutching machine.
No. 25096.—J. M. Collins, J. Low, and A. Burges, flax, &c., treating apparatus.
No. 25103.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-upper conforming-machine. (O. Ashton.)
No. 25104.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-press. (A. Bates.)
No. 25120.—W. C. Bray, cart-note case.
No. 25199.—United Shoe Machinery Company, heel-nailing machine. (E. A. Webster.)
No. 25314.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot, &c., making machine. (E. L. Keyes.)
No. 25390.—Nightingall Gas Control Company, Limited, gas lighting and extinguishing apparatus. (V. C. J. Nightingall.)
No. 25764.—W. Towt, wire-strainer.
No. 25781.—N. S. Friderichsen, casting lead seals, &c.
No. 25885.—G. Gates, railway-rail-joint support and fastener.
No. 25904.—S. T. Shirt, hand-shears.
No. 26059.—A. Anderson, automatic deodorant-distributor.
No. 26070.—G. Hall and I. A. Worthington, mould for making reinforced-concrete posts.
No. 26113.—Mono Service Vessels, Limited, paper-vessel manufacture. (E. Z. Taylor.)
No. 26122.—United Shoe Machinery Company, sole-leveling machine. (J. H. Rigby.)
No. 26159.—A. and A. L. Smith, fire-alarm.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

[NOTE.—The dates are those of the payments.]

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 20258.—A. T. Bate, liquid-fuel burner. (F. Cotton.) 29th October.
No. 20319.—W. Hall, threshing-machine. 10th November.
No. 20490.—J. F. Lutjohann, billiard-table raiser. 10th November.
No. 21999.—V. A. de Perini, paper-pulp production. 4th November.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 15586.—Quertier’s Excavator and Ballast Filler Company, Limited, excavator, &c. (H. Quertier.) 29th October.
No. 15604.—E. Bowmar, seed-sowing canister. 2nd November.
No. 15688.—The Natural Food Company, biscuit-making machine. (H. D. Perky.) 10th November.
No. 15914.—A. Hankinson, miners’ safety-lamp. 11th November.

Subsequent Proprietor of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.—The name of the former proprietor is given in brackets; the date is that of registration.]

No. 20047.—Walter Spicer, of Glenmore, near Auckland, New Zealand, Tinsmith, registered as Proprietor of a third share non-refillable bottle. (F. Blackburn and J. Robertson.) 30th October, 1909.

Notices of Requests to amend Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th November, 1909.

REQUESTS for leave to amend the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been received, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time from one month from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the amendments. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 25866.—G. Scott.—Manufacture of confectionery centres. (Advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 66, of the 12th August, 1909.)

The nature of the proposed amendments is as follows :—
(1.) To insert the words “what are known to sweetmeat manufacturers as” after the word “to,” line 1, page 2, and the words “or confection bodies, which bodies are usually” after the word “centres,” line 1, page 2; and to strike out the word “and,” line 2, page 2.
(2.) To insert “the invention” before “provides,” line 2, page 2; to strike out “thereof,” line 3, page 2; and to insert after “manufacture,” line 3, page 2, the following: “of such bodies whereby the cost of production is reduced while the quality of the confection is improved.”