The new sewing machine contrived by an Edinburgh inventor claims to be she simplest yet made for effecting the lock etitch. It ia on the rotary shuttle principle, the novelty of it lying in a circular saucer-shaped shuttle, which ia set up and laid with its flat side against the left-hand end of the lower shaft, which is held in position by a revolving cup. The axis of the shaft, the shuttle, and the cup, being in line and revolving together, the result is an easy motion far excelliug the old reciprocating shuttle. The machine may be said to be constructed on the rotary system, for, as described, nearly every part rotates, which, it is said, renders the motion easy and light, and makes it capable of a much higher speed than any lock stitch machine hitherto in use.
A painter at work on tho Brooklyn Bridge fell into the river below, a distance of 130 feet. He was rescued by a passing tugboat, and did not appear to. be much the worae for hie fall.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8065, 28 September 1887, Page 5
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