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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 2

Sample impressions of the datestamps used in post offices throughout New Zealand, were recently obtained by headquarters so that those which arc giving indistinct impressions can be replaced. One c/f thc-iu-teresting points discovered was that some of these date-stamps whose impressions are so familiar to everyone have been m regular service for twenty ydars and are still giving clear impressions. They are designed for: long life, for the letters upon them stand out in high relief deeply engraved on steel. The changeable dates in the centre of the stamp are also of metal. The pantograph principle is used,in the engraving liinchincs, one arm of the pantograph following a stencilled plate oil which lias been cut the letter' to he engraved, the cutting arm of the machine reproducing this outline exactly but on the much smaller scale seen on the date-st Umps. The steel discs used are softened for engraving, and afterwards hardened so effectively thd-t twenty years’ use is not remark able. Westminister Chiming Clocks frrim £5/10/-- lip. Wonderful bargains to(3ay._Stonehp.nTs, Jewellers. Gisborne. • Who pays the hill for the injured? Consult the -Standard, \ Insurance Company for full-protection.—S. G. Northo, local manager. (Mvt.). ,