SELF-BINDERS TYING WITH WIRE.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4287, 26 April 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)

SELF-BINDERS TYING WITH WIRE.

IMPORTANT TO' yARMKRS.

We recommend the following eommnmcs' tion from Mfsssrs. Redwood Brothers, f|t the Spring Creek mills, ,to the oarefal attention of the agricultural interest: — " Wo deairo through the medium ol yon* paper to call the attention of farmers naißg self-binders which tie with wire to the ftcS, that by allowing the wire to pass througa the threshing machine it is broken mw small pieces which remain in the graia. With wheat this is most injurious, a« w» find that particles of wire passing theaton-sinjgrindirig are flattened and rendered ao aharp that they cut the silk dreSMßg machinery, and not only cause much low from stoppage of repairs, but P»«™». £" turning out a fine sample of flour.. IM« *° us is a most ssrioua matter, and we wisn » point out that by not the wire bands whon threshing, farmersi «" depreciating the value of their wheat, al » miller will give the same price If.jFTL On'our own farm we have had ne aU °™*£ in taking out the wire by using the mp]F» made by the manufacturers for the P«P°£: These implements cut the wire ™J?. e T. arid hold it firmly afterwards, so tt»* * a * band can easily be pulled out and put *»«* We noticed in some American the millers there were very much »g«»£ maohine* using wire, and were m » C *J; binirrg to prevent their use amongst J*™°"l but we wero inclined to think that ibty*™ doing so from other motives; but wnw - accidentally found some of ths wire in the. meal, and then examw silk dresser, we found the complau«»F -r, Yankee friends were well _™ m °*r» ffl aL have several of the pieces ©f wire; atosu.» and shall be glad to ( show them te »*. interested, when we-are certain it w* Been that we are not without _<*»*": « for what we say. B —"MarlboroughlM^

According to the Welltngtoi£OtaJ-j,, Mr A. Ashman, telegraph opera* * borne, has been asked to Exhibition ss the champion operawr Australian colonies. The msnt at Wellington undertekestopay of Mr Ashmiu's expenses. We t arrangements will be made g, of M? Ashman taking b* S«?S»«* Ashman is allowed tob»««9?£u&M-

*i_. r_«soraKo_ finance committee wiD, next steps they w_l teke to place Jgfyffi" thousand loan qo~tt" Lou-cn R M . has been seriously inthe last couple of days. *fjj_a for the Supreme .Court Buildings are aow ready- kdmaea, April 25. 4 Mnrded public meeting waa held here last the cd-cation reserve, and re*_sfe aot acti-jr on the report of the gold£K committee last session, were earned rmaniprincipal speaker was Mr Barff, *ff"i? intended to give a puttie banquet and .J£Jo___ to Warder Price, on his being transJZZTtrvax tins district. iS*** 1 ™" 1 Dun-din, April 25. _■» Fere-sen, a large storekeeper and Mayor J Tain-, was to-day charged atTapanui with f. lib-rued down his premites, with intent £*_fl»d tbe Ins-ranee Companies. The enheld to be insufficient, and accused J**!**?*-*?™ 8 ,. __* "t^Ta_aiu-t Mr David Proudfoot, at the &i%t the Harbor Board, compelling him to Sfcs-P leases of certain sections on the renext Captaia Hammerßley, of the r__-^v-to* eerß ' wiU appear at the police fStoanswera charge of creating a not in £f_>_aedin arcade, when the volunteers were _-,_._" is a return of cases tried at the -», V__ee Court, Maclaggan street, Dunedin, ending March 31st, 187-.— rwmfoal cases: Dismissed for want of prosecu__T»mde_ee, 74; dismissed on the merits, or hell to kail, 614; _Li*rf___far trial. 11; neglected children eom-f^tolad-sti-ilSchool, 10; lunatics cornel, H; protection orders granted, 2: **' 791 ' Iktmc_._-.i__, April 55. •n* Governcr held a levee this forenoon at *v Athena*", at which some forty gentlemen *Sl_*L His Excellency afterwards went ST-cTthß Government Buildirgs, the ImmiKf Srracks, and walked about the town. fr__f.r_~t «mc the vice-regal party proceeded TJhartoa by apeci-l train. They returned m __T-SS_* and afterwards attended the %J?Z§ held in the drill-shed About fftrwapk- were present, and the whole affair <_<__ off successfully.