COLONIAL INVENTIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 47, 24 August 1904, Page 2

COLONIAL INVENTIONS.

Applications for Letters Patent, with provisional bpeeiikations, have been aci I'cpted as under: — Muhael floj-an, of : Waugiiiitii, impioved bicycle htand ; Ueoige Stevpi) Jones, of Oainaru, iinpioved mail-wrapper for photogiuphs ana the like; James Dun&Mn .md Ernest VVillimn Manning, of Auckland, a method of advertising ; John Hickman, of Christchurch, improvements and alterations in tho Welsbach incandescent gas-buiue 1 . Jeremiah Cullnghnn, John Harknes* McQueen, and John Watson, of Dunedin, improved decanter; Sydney Smith, <i Christehuroli, a now und improved sandal ; Gibson Pierce Martin, or Kelso, improvements in fastenings for animal covers : George Seaton Stevenson, of Gore, and James Shiels, of Balfour, air or vacuum buffer; William O'Brien, jun., of Wnipori, an invention for obtaining hydraulic power from the waves ; William Frederick Rankin, of Devon port, a stoveprotector for use in frying ; Francis Soper, of Athol, Southland, means for autoiv, MrnlU rocking cradles; Robert Waleb, ' unodin, improved collar-stud -, same, apparatus for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions; same, devico for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions ; Thomas Crosland, of Dunedin, improvement in portable washing-boilers ; Arthur Appleton Stephenson, of Fremnntle Western Australia, an impioved lowpressure inflammable gas and heating and motive power; Albert Senor. Coronal, of Wttvcrley, New South Wales, Austmlia, improved devices for suspending or holdiug sliding sashes of windows and the like; Fruncis William Lee, of Woodend, Victoria, improvements "in potato-diggers; John William Boreland, of Yarragon, Buln Buln, Victoria, an improved selflocking pin for implements and other purposes ; Alfred James Gilsenan, of Bairnsdale, Tanjil, Victoria, an improved acetylene gas generator ; Charles Edward IDasterbrook Smith, of Ponsonby, Auckland, a means for the doing away of the smoke arising from smoke stacks, funnels, and the like; Hans Peter Knutzen, of Auckland, improvements in nppliauces for killing smoke; 'Thomas William May, of Ponsonby, Auckland, an improved rotary engine; Peter M'Donald, of Dipton, improvements in means for removably attaching Bi'ippers to tires; Robert Wales, of Diinedin, method of and apparatus for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions ; same, method of and machine for packeting discrete materials in predetermined portions ; Roderick ( McKenzie M'Lennan, of Dunedin, improvements in calendars ; Samuel Nicolson, of Gore, an improvement in non-freezing taps ; same, an improved method of attaching strips of leather or lubber to the tires of motors or other vehicles; Charles Valentine Jenkins, of Lower Hutt, on improved collar-stud ; Alexander Rattray Ayson, of Glenham, Southland, improvements in or relating to flaxHlrippurs ; Foi tescue Francis Croft Huddlesion,"- of Nelson, an improved heating npuaratus ; Thomas Foster and Thomas Thomson Paul, of- Dunedin, binder for mercantile _, perg, newspapers, and the like; Robert Whitley, of Wellington, a method of killing all blight and parasites on fruit-trees of any description, nnd of thoroughly cleansing trees ; Richard Cosslett, -of Ponsouhy, Auckland, improvements in building appliances; John Hircus, Frederick William Barton, -and William Morton, of Dunedin, a machine for turnip-thinning ; William Ponuinghnus, of Papuniii, an impioved incubator; St. George Trevlyn Wilson Stewart and William Edward Charles Thomas Miller, Sydcnham, Canteihury, an improved piano insulator ; Edward t Don, of Dunedin, a method of and composition for boot-finishing, including tan boots ; August Lyell, of Palmerston North, improvements in sewing-machines ; John Wntt, of Balclutha, improved meaett t for. utili«insr tho waste heat from nn ordinary oil lump or incandescent gasburner ; Alexander Spcden, of Tiniaru", nn improved lock for doors ; Augusto Joseph Francois de Oavay, «f Kow. Vie--toria, an improved process for separating by flotation parts of the constituents of* ores 'and other solid bodies from the remainder thereof; same, an apparatus for separating by flotation parts of the constituents of ores and oilier solid bodies from the remainder thereof ; s>ame, an improved piocess for separating by riotation zinc-blende from ores, tailings, concontrutes, and slimes, and where necessary for preparing such ores to enable such separation to be effected; Ralph Byerley Taylor and Edward Ambrose, ol Newcastle, New South Wales, improved washboard and rubber for use therewith ; Angus M'Artney, of Nelson, a doubleheaded match ; Francis Alfred Tregelles, of New Plymouth, improved movcuble river and sea groin ; Francis Alfred Trogelles, of New Plymouth, improved system of building river and sea walls, gtoins, caissons for foundations of walls und bridges, und for cofferdams, and cms sons for breakwaters and foundations for samo ; Frederick Colvillo, of Waiiuate, an improved tripping attachment to reaper and bindet ; Morton Aldis, of Auckland, on. improved form of handle and automatic lid-opener for billies and similar vessels ; Alexander Rattiuy Ayson, of Glenham, Southland, an unproved rlax-scutcher ; Peter George Kelly, of Arch Hill, Auckland, improvements in propellers for ships or other vessels ; Charles James Vvaugh, Wellington, ail invention for turning and crooning si>eedpulleys or other wheels ; Hilary Quertier, and Charles Clarke Armstrong, of Dunedin, impioved flashlight aup<u«rus ; sumu, improved flashlight powder ; William Sneddon, of Dunedin, an im pro />ul garment-suspender ; Alexander Nathan, of Feiiding, Frederick Joseph Nathan, of Pulnierstou North, and John Alfred Merrett, of Wellington, impioved apparatus for drying milk, blood, and other mat.ters; Alfred Percy Westbury und Frederick Lee, of Whites I.me, Lower Hutt, an improved sash-bar for greenhouses, frames, und suchlike structuics ; James Alexander Butler, of Balfour, and George Seatou Stevenson, of Gore, a u<my or improved wind-gauge for rifles and the like; Archibald Crook, of Christchurch, an automatic fertiliser-press; Mrs. F.dith Maine, of Christchurch, New Zealand, an improved boot or shoo stand ; Pierce Luiiigan, of Auckland, a new method of lifting and bunching venetiun blinds at or near the top of the window ; Jaines> Bounctt and John Friezer, of Melbourne, improvements in or in connection with means for drawing beer or other liquids from barrels; Ro.we's Patent Lock and Block, Limited, of New South Walts (assignee of William Roue), impiovements in railway traffic control systems ; Alexander Carsttiirs M'Neill, of Brunswick, near Wnnganui, an appliance for use hi leg-ioping cows; William Coehraue, of Pnrnrll, Auckland, impiovrd menus of raising sunken vesselb ; Alfred Prior, of Dunedin, impro\umeuls m tuui relating lo boxos ; William Borlase, of Duiu*din, improvement* in cisterns; Patrick C'hureliiT Maxwell, Alpheus Augustus Pi-iirt, and William Levitt Wells, of Lntrobe, Tasmania, a now or impioved manual device for holding playm,; mrds; V and I) Duncan, Limited, of Christcliurgh (assignee of James Keir), .in improvement in s'eed-aoweib; Johan Albert Nikamlor, of Cliristohurch, an unpiuved iipplinnce for cramping floois f»ud for other analogous put poses; John Hariison Love, ot Auckland, improveinwita in saddles j YVilliuin Heuiy Spiller, Albeit Park, Victoria, an impioved combined automatic creum-separutur aiul milkcooler; Philip Nuun, of Tunganmb, Moira, Victoria, an atjuchiueiit for lemuviug clay and the like trout the hoes of uraon drills

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