TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A. J. G., Raglan, writes: —"To decide a bet please inform me what pirt of the business is the picturo of the enclosed machine as re< prcsonted supposed to be performing." —It is supposed to represent the washing piecess. The clothes to be washed have been soaked in properlyprepared water for tlie loosening of the dirt; tho cistcrn is filled with boiling water In which there <s plenty of soda and soap, and tha passing of the clothcs backward and forward between the grooved rollers produces a rubbing action similar to that elTected be tween the hands, thus freeing the clothe 3 from tbe disintegrated dirt. The subsequent rinsing of the clothes can be effected by the same method, and the wrinsing is generally done between smooth rollers covered with vulcanised india-rubber.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 4
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