DEC. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3617

Richardson, T., Fitzroy, N.Z. .. .. .. Non-refillable bottle ; 30519 ; 20th November.
Carter, W. H., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Pastel, &c., drawings fixing ; 30520 ; 20th November.
Norton, J. T., Lyttelton, N.Z. .. .. .. Yeast food, &c. ; 30521 ; 21st November.
Sadler, S., Maranui, N.Z. .. .. .. Milking-machine pulsator ; 30522 ; 21st November.
Cunningham, P. E., Chidlow Wells, W. Aust. .. Spark-arrester ; 30523 ; 22nd November.
Reid, R. H. P., Chidlow Wells, W. Aust. .. Spark-arrester ; 30523 ; 22nd November.
Dossor, F. M., Wheatly, Eng. .. .. .. Seed-cleaner ; 30524 ; 22nd November.
Thomson, R., Pollokshields, Scot. .. .. Ferro-concrete column, &c. ; 30525 ; 22nd November.
Thomson, W. A., Pollokshields, Scot. .. .. Ferro-concrete column, &c. ; 30525 ; 22nd November.
Thomson, R., Pollokshields, Scot. .. .. Ferro-concrete floor ; 30526 ; 22nd November.
Thomson, W. A., Pollokshields, Scot. .. .. Ferro-concrete floor ; 30526 ; 22nd November.
Barr, M., London, Eng. .. .. .. Calculating-machine ; 30527 ; 22nd November.
Bell, R. A., Wimbledon, Eng. .. .. .. Calculating-machine ; 30527 ; 22nd November.
Beeton, H. R., Hampstead, Eng. .. .. Calculating-machine ; 30527 ; 22nd November.
Turbo Amalgamator and Extraction Company, Limited, Metal-extraction from pulp ; 30528 ; 22nd November.
London, Eng. (Lockwood, A. A.)
Meyer, W., Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Ger. .. .. Detonating-compound ; 30529 ; 22nd November.
Edgar, H., Karangahake, N.Z. .. .. .. Rock-drill ; 30530 ; 22nd November.
Searle, H. S., Invercargill, N.Z. .. .. Kerosene-tin piercer, &c. ; 30531 ; 22nd November.
Barrett, G., Alfriston, N.Z. .. .. .. Broomhead and scraper ; 30532 ; 22nd November.
Williams, S., San Francisco, U.S.A. .. .. Ore-separation ; 30533 ; 22nd November.
McCormick, H. S., Berkeley, U.S.A. .. .. Explosive-engine heater-attachment ; 30534 ; 22nd No-
vember.
Fitzharris, M. J., Morven, N.Z. .. .. .. Potato-digger ; 30535 ; 22nd November.
Harrison, H., St. Albans, N.Z. .. .. .. Slate-pencil pointer, &c. ; 30536 ; 22nd November.
Anderson, J., Tayport, North Britain .. .. Windmill, &c., sail feathering ; 30537 ; 18th March.†
Barnes, J. C., London, Eng. .. .. .. Fan and blower ; 30538 ; 23rd November.
McCarthy, C. R., Hillend, N.Z. .. .. Hatpin ; 30539 ; 21st November.
Ciehan, P., Limehills, N.Z. .. .. .. Hatpin ; 30539 ; 21st November.
Graham, S., Wendon, N.Z. .. .. .. Vehicle-spring-pressure equalizer ; 30540 ; 23rd November.
Graham, W. T., Wendon, N.Z. .. .. Vehicle-spring-pressure equalizer ; 30540 ; 23rd November.
Griffin, R., Carlton, Vic. .. .. .. Self-cleaning skip, &c. ; 30541 ; 22nd November.
Shoobridge, W. E., Bushy Park, Tas. .. .. Hops, &c., dryer ; 30542 ; 21st November.
Pike, C. D., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Kneeling-pad ; 30543 ; 24th November.
Anderson, J. C., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. Petrol-gas apparatus ; 30544 ; 22nd November.
Escott, W., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Petrol-gas apparatus ; 30544 ; 22nd November.
Williden, H. P., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. Petrol-gas apparatus ; 30544 ; 22nd November.
Ross, H. I. M., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. Skylight-frame ; 30545 ; 22nd November.
Tait, J., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Water-circulator ; 30546 ; 21st November.
Wright, A. H., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Stamp-recording machine* ; 30547 ; 21st November, 1910.†

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional
specifications from the 10th to the 23rd November,
1911, inclusive:—

No. 29032.—R. C. Porter, valve seat and casing.
No. 29036.—S. B. Forscutt, target.
No. 29076. — United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-
operating machine. (J. B. Hadaway and A. L. Russell.)
No. 29127.—H. M. Keesing, grate.
No. 29155.—C. E. Player, refrigerating-screen.
No. 25173.—C. S. McFarlane, gas-production.
No. 29176.—E. D. Berry, pasteurizer.
No. 29195.—W. C. Sharpe and W. C. Sharpe, jun., air-gas
production.
No. 29199.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot and
shoe machine. (R. McFeely.)
No. 29203.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-part-
assembling machine. (O. Ashton.)
No. 29235.—W. C. Joel, flash-gas sign.
No. 29304.—H. H. Hewitt, mineral-water manufacture.
No. 29641.—H. Chapman, milk-releaser.
No. 29799.—E. L. Wright, roofing-tile.
No. 29877.—S. Burrows, gout, rheumatism cure.
No. 29878.—J. S. Wearn, tramcar destination board.
No. 30026.—J. R. Jones, meat-rail tumbler-switch.
No. 30098.—J. R. Jones, wool-washer.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th November, 1911.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent
have been accepted, and are open to public inspec-
tion at this office. Any person may, at any time
within two months from the date of this Gazette,
give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant
of any such patent. Such notice must set forth
the particular grounds of objection, and be in
duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the speci-
fications and drawings are merely intended to give
some further indication of the invention than is
disclosed in the title, and the complete specifica-
tions and drawings should be referred to for a
description of the invention.

No. 28762.—23rd November, 1910.—CARL NEFF, of 19
Georgstrasse, Hanover, Germany, Banker, and AUGUST
BRANDES, of 8 Hildesheimerstrasse, in the same city,
Mechanic. Improvements in and relating to the treatment
of liquids.*

Claim.—A process of treating hard water consisting in
causing the same rapidly to travel in frictional contact with
an extensive uncompacted bare surface of aluminium from
which the oxide coating has been removed, whereby the fine
particles of aluminium or aluminium-hydrate are separated
from the plate and are continuously carried away by the
water, substantially as described. (Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 28774.—24th November, 1910.—UNITED SHOE MA-
CHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey,
United States of America, a corporation duly organized under
the laws of said State of New Jersey, carrying on business as
Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business
at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees
of Benjamin Franklin Mayo, of Salem, Essex, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor, and Euclid Israel La
Chapelle, of Beverly, Essex aforesaid, Inventor). Improve-
ments in or relating to grippers.*

Claims.—(1.) In a gripper's mechanism, means for gripping
a shoe-upper, and means for gripping a shoe-lining, said
mechanism being constructed and arranged to cause the upper
to be gripped with greater force than the lining is gripped.
. . (5.) In a gripper's mechanism, a rigid jaw, movable
jaws upon opposite sides of the rigid jaw, means for yieldingly
actuating one movable jaw toward the fixed jaw, and means
acting in a relatively unyielding manner to press the other
movable jaw against the fixed jaw. . . . (10.) In a
gripper's mechanism, means for separately gripping two super-
posed portions of stock and pulling the stock, comprising a
plurality of gripping-members, one of which is arranged to
move relatively to another in the direction of the pulling-
strain while the stock is under tension. (Specification, 16s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow thirteen other claims.]

No. 28856.—7th December, 1910.—HARRY GORDELIER
KETTLE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Machinery Agent. Im-
provements relating to the milk-pipes of milking-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) Improvements relating to the milk-pipes of
milking-machines, comprising means operated by the falling
of the teat-cups and connector when they drop or are knocked
off the teats for preventing loss of vacuum on such falling,
substantially as described. (2.) Improvements relating to