DUNEDIN-MADE MACHINERY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1669, 10 December 1873, Page 4

DUNEDIN-MADE MACHINERY.

[OTAGO DAIL\ TIMES.] On Saturday, a compact steam crane was completed by Messrs Fraser, Wishart, and Buchanan, of the Eailway Foundry, Great King street. A trial of the crane was made towards evening, and it worked very satisfactorily at the rate of 250 revolutions per minute. Its construction occupied about six weeks, and being on the improved principle, it is supposed to be the first crane of the kind manufactured in the Colony. It has a double cylinder, and was made to t.he order Of Messrs Graham and M'Leod, sub-con-tractors for the erection of the new jetty at Porfc Chalmers, to be used in driving piles. It will be shipped on board one of the lighters and conveyed to the Port. A large water-wheel, about .16 feet in diameter, has also been completed by this firm to the order of Mr J. Preston, of Longland's Station, Kyeburn. It is composed solely of iron, with ventilating buckets. We noticed a nicely -finished saw spindle, ready for transmission to a gentleman resident in Tokoraairiro. A hydraulic lift, on the latest improved principle, with balance valves, was also completed. These lifts are being extensivsly used, and an order fora sample has lately been received from the Norih. A four-horse power steam winch, with single cylinder, has been commenced for the Lady of the Lake, and will shortly be completed ; this class of crane is very useful for small vessels, in consequence of occupying but little space. One of the Dunedin merchants has ordered a saw-mill plant ; ths wheel is to be manufactured of wood, and 30 feet in diameter ; the two saw-benches will be self-acting. The firm have decided to extend their premises shortly and erect a handsome two storey frontage for offices, &c.

The first portion of the rolling stock for the Mataura railway has been brought to Invercargill from the Bluff, ex ship Bebington. The cases are of immense size, each measuring 31ft lOin in length, 7ft 9iu in breadth, and 2ft 9in in depth. They contain carriages, but the trucks" are to be first fitted up in order to bring down the preserved meat from the works at Woodlands, where, Bays the Southland limes, there are some ,600 tons awaiting transit. j