INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3686, 27 November 1873, Page 3

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

a: dukedin clothing factory. We are informed that Mr M. Hallen•stein, the Melbourne partner of a firm which is largely engaged in commercial pursuits both in Victoria and New Zealand, has completed arrangements to start shortly in Dunedin an extensive clothing factory, equal to the largest establishment -of a similar nature in Melbourne. A manager, with: an experienced staff of ihandsTwill shortly arrive from Melbourne. Mr Hallenstein has also arranged with the -Government to bring out a number of artizans from home. The firm intend to use largely New Zealand made tweeds, iihus stimulating in various ways native industry. Jn the hands of an experienced, •energeticj and wealthy firm, this new industry ought to prove a great success. BRICK-MAKING NEAR DUNEDIN. In the course of a few weeks, operations will be commenced towards the •erection of an extensive brick manufactory in Dunedin.. The site secured is a paddock close to Hillside, on, the Kensington road, and- here will be built a large kiln; on the \ Hoffman principle of continuous burning, capable of turning out 70,000 bricks per week ; and with a view to supply this quantity, machinery on the compressed plan has been sent for from England, and, it is expected, will arrive here so as to be ready for work by About the middle of February. . Kilns of the above description are now- generally in use all over Europe, and the proprietors of the patent right for New Zealand iave hadone in operation in Canterbury for the last two years.

ANOTHER' OTAGO WOOMjEK FACTORY. 1 Another woollen,factory is about to be «sected in the neighbourhood of Dunedin. TheKaikorai Valley is the locality chosen for the factory, and the proprietors are Messrs Williamson, IJre, and ■ Booth. J\: ''^. ; .: : ,-: ' .'.'■•■.' ' .-; ' ..' ■ THE SOUTBXANO TIMBER TRADE. Some idea of the proportions the South3and export timber trade is assuming may be fonried when we (Southland News) *tate that 250,000 feet (super.) of; sleepers, i)oards, &c, passed down the "Winton land Bluff -Railway in, a single week lately^ Of thisi quantity, 190,000 feet was carried three trains of from 18 to 22 waggons each/ 7700 sleepers, and 12,000 feet ordinary sawn stuff were • *ent down for shipment by one vessel^— the barque Hadda. The chief sources of the supply north. of-Invercargill are the forests inthe vicinity of' Messrs Jack and Sampson's mill, Winton j Murdoch, Grove Bush (the totara sleepers, for, j Canterbury arechiefly cut there) ;:Murdochy Makarewa ; Richter, "Waikiyi; arid—sbutH pf the tpwn-^ ttie Seawarid Bush, from.which Messrs Brown and Rosa,"' Calder arid Co., and Gordon and Brunton. derive their raw material. Messrs Calder and Co. also obtain totara from the' Otatara peninsula, itransferriiig it frbm lighters at the Puni Creek Bridge to the trains. .The value of mixed timber; is. now about £3 lOs^ and of totara (sleepers), £5 10s per 1000 feet; Taking the average at '£4 10s,^ arid refering back to the ■,'. prices current", twelve, months ago, 0 we. find? that a rise of 30 per cent, has-been established.-.The demand-, it may be: further stated, shows nosigns of diminriition.' / ';, CQ ACHMAKING IX V UJ^EDIN. We have seen at the ,cpach factory of Messrs Robiii and Co., Octagon, two vehicles,-which ;are well worthy of notice, feeing of peculiar construction and of very ■iiperior'workmarisKip. One is an open park phaeton, some whatof original design, nung on "a perch? carriage with eccentric lock, the: body presenting the appearance of a perfect; skeleton, yet looking rooriiy and comfortable,5 arid fitted to carry five people. .In addition to the main or back «eat, there is a child'B seat, removable at pleasure, ■ arid-- a portable driving seat. After seeing it in all its forms, one;would .scarcely know-in, which to' idniire vit rnosfc.. It is painted'piirpla lake, picked out with, vermilion, cjit up, by a fine line of black: » The. trimming-: is in blue cloth, with a rich blue : and''black eilk' lace. It was "built to the order of ,a geritleman in town. The pthejr yiehicle is a ; barpuche, beautifiilly' fitted; upi; with ■water-deck, aridi <«verything-necessary.^fer- coriifori; It is trimmed in morocco, and richly mounted,'; said is the first'carriage of the descriptipri built here. V The lines are very fine and pleasirg to the eye.: It, too, is hung, on * perch carriage, arid, altogether, reflects .■great credit'bri the builders. It is painted' in the sairie* niariner as the other, .and •was built'*t6 the^ order ; pf Messrs Wl Bacon and; $om, liyery stablekeepers, of 4his city. Judging frpin the style of -these carriages arid others wiiicti are" in progress, w;e' should say that there is .no longer any necessity for sending abroad for anything in this Une. ■;:•■ DT}jTEl)nf-MAI)E aiACHINERY. . On Saturday < afternoon a;■ compact steam crane was completed by Messrs Fraser, Wisharfc,'-and.Buchanan, of the Railway foundry, Great King street. " A trial of the crane was made towards evening, and it worked very satisfactorily at ;ihe rate of 250: revolutions per minute. Its constructionoccupied about sixs weeks, rand being on an improved principle, it is i«upposed to be- the first crane of the kind; imanufact ured iri the Colony; It has ar .double cylinder, arid was made to the order 'of Messrß'Graham and M'Leod, :sub-contractors' for the, erection of the mew Jetty at Port Chalmers, to be used in; 'driving piles. This niorning it will.be c shipped on board one of the lighters and 'Conveyed to the Port. A. large waterwheel, about IGft. in diameter, has also 'i>een completed by this firm to the -order of Mr J. Preston, of Longlands Station, Kyeburn. It is com posed solely of iron, with yentilat-r iing biickets. ,We noticed a nicelyrfinished saw spindle, ready for transtonission to a gentleman resident in Tokoatnairiro. A hydraulic lift, on the latest improved principle, with balance valves, -was also completed. These lifts are being ■extensively used, and an order for ' a has lately been received from the 3?orth. A. 4-horse power steam winch, with single cylinder, has been commenced the Lady of the Lake, and will ahortly be completed ; this class of crane ds very useful for. small vessels, in coiise«quence : of; occupying but little space. One of the Dunedin merchants has ■ordered a saw-mill plant; the wheel is to %c 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 ihandsome two-storey frontage for offices, THE RAILWAY WORKSHOPS. In the meantime, pending a permanent site being chosen for these shops, the machinery ha 3 been fitted together where the station is to be. In an unpretentious shed, frail enough to be shaken down were all the machinery in motion, the machines, all of tthe latest inventions, and everything pattented, have been brightly polished and put •together. They are the first of the kind in :4h.e Colony, and duplicates have been taken "for the construction of similar ones for Auckland. -By these it is expected that everything necessary for the line—engines, carriages, trucks, waggons, and any species of iron or woodwork required—may be manufactured. One hxmdred sets of iron, connected with, the carriages, &c, have been • sent out for present use, and patterns for the ■workmen.. The machinery is of a heavy , character, and consists of a double highpressure engine on a new principle, winch can -work all the machinery at once, with equilibrium slide valves, and tubular boiler. "The general joiner is a machine which cuts wood to any thickness, plaues, tongues and * grooves, makes tenon 3 and mortices, and, with a half-inch saw like a band running round two wheels, cuts any sized circles, •besides doing the work done by a circular saw, which is also a part of the machine. "Then there is a small vertical machine for boring holes and shaping iron, and a large one of a similar description ; a machine for cutting and slotting key seats for wheels and

{ shafts ; a screw-cutting lathe, for cutting screws to any size or pitch; a planing machine, for planing anything of iron up to 4ft. Sin. square; a saw-sharpener for sharpening perpendicular frame saws and circular saws of any size, and the teeth of the saws can be *unk and sharpened to any depth by a composite disc. The wood machinery is by T. Eobinson and Son, of Rochdale, and the iron by W. Collier and Co., Salford, Manchester. The whole has been carefully fitted up and cleaned by Mr T. Burt, who has had much practical experience, and though much of it was eaten with rust and salt water, it has now abrand new appearance.