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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4715, 11 June 1883, Page 1

Business Notices WANTED Known— B. J. Martin, WrozBikkeb, has removed to 122, Eilmore street. Don't forget if you want a good well at a low price | hundreds can testify to their excellence. Bams and Tanks fixed j Pumps, Pipes. Ac, in stock. 7665 On S a l b— WHISKBY— Finest old Scotch (blended), in qr casks Pure Highland mail;, in qr-casks Glenlussa and Dalraore, in qrcasks Jehn Jamison and Sons old Irish, in qr-casks Greenlus* Lome, in case Ditto Olaymore, in i, i, and pint flasks ■ GENEVA— JDKZ, full contents and under BS AflDY— Ohampogne Vineyard Proprietors pala and dark, in qr-oaßke and oases Hennessy's • and * • *, in case OLD TOM— Swain, Boord and Co.'c, in case BUM— Kelso's and Lemon Hart's, in qr-oasks Old Jamaioa " Golden Fleece," in ease WlNE— Hunt's O <*► <3>,&c, in qrcarks Silva ajd Cosen'p, stars in diamond with stars underneath, &c, in qr-casks Page s goad medium, in qr-caaks *nd caee F. W. Cosen's Sherries, is qr-casks GINGER WlNE— Bernard's, in oaso ALE— Wm. Younger and Oo.'s quarts and piats 3796 SOLANDEBS k CO. COFFEE. GILLBSPIE'S ELEPHANT BBAND OOFFBB HAS long been recognised as the most suitable breakfast beverage, it being delicious in flavour and thoroughly wholesome. Sold bj moat grocers in 1, 2, 4, 7, 14 and 251 b tins, And; WhOLMALI BY All MBBOHAOTB And at Thh Mine, High street. 217 NOI QUITE BO DECISIVE AS IX WAS, BUT A LITTLE MOBB OVERWHELMING. WB Ohallonge tho representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jurors on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who veted for the report coming from that body to controvert the following statement of facts. Messrs Meddings, Gunnington, Dale, and Kirk, we call upon you to defend your report. H. C. FISKE & CO. Christohuroh International Exhibition. Jans 15th, 1882. Bbpoet op Couhittbb op Esphbtb. To H. 0. Fiske and Co. DEAB SIB, — In accordance with your request, wo have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Maohines, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have taken into consideration— . 1. Th« aieoVanical prjneiple_iniolviid*._ r - -Br-5Pb«-qw»lity : of "tho material used. ( 3. The degree of workmanship exhibited. 4. The facility for doing a good and varied ! class of work. After taking both maohines asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully te»ting their capabilities, we have n* hesitation in saying that we consider the Davis far tho superior, machine ef the two. Our reasons are as follows :— In both machines the same method is i adopted for aotuating the needle bar— viz., a I crank with roller working in a cam. This cam in the Davis machine is out out of a ■ solid piece of Btocl and hardened, while in the Singer it is not only very much lighter, but i ia made of common oast iron. The feed apparatus of the two maohines 1 are very dissimilar. That of the Singer is the usual slip feed. The Davis has the ver- > tical feed peculiar to itself. In this arrangei ment 'the presser foot holds the material > firmly down till the needle has reached its lowest point. The pressure is then relieved and transmitted to the feed bar. Feed bar, ) nsedle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch. Mot'Gfl is jiven to tho shuttle in Davis' ) maohl&e as follows :— An ecoentrio at the wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to r a vertical lover. This in turn transmits it through a ball joint ef ingenious oonetruotion to the only moving part under the machine, a pivotted lever having at its end an adjustable shuttle carrier. In the Singer Machine a pair of mitre wheels drive a vertital spindle, having at its lower end a crank. A connect- , ing red from this crank moves a sliding shuttle earner. It will be seen that in tho • Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle four points of friotion, the pivot 9 carrying the vertical lever, the eooentric, the ball joint, and the pivot of hori- ', zontal lever. The two principal movements f the ecoentrio and ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts most liable to wear are made of [. hardened steel. To compass the same work the Singer employs as points of friotion tho i, teeth of the mitre wheels, the two journals of vertical spindle, the two ends of the conneoting rod, and the sliding Bhuttle oarrur. None of tkese places aro adjustable. The small wheels are common oast iron, having a oertain amount of backlash, and consequent tendency to rattlo and break. The connecting rod is a thin bar of iron, with a hole in each end. The end whioh runs on tht crank pin is one - of the principal joints in the machine, having - a considerable amount of work to do with Bmall bearing surface, making it very liable to wear, while, as feeforo remarked, there are no means of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine is carried in a slide, to whioh a lateral strain is given by the driving rod, d causing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis it is carried by the lever quite free from friction. With tho exception of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a eiagle pieoe in the Singer Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that cannot be cut with an ordinary pocket knife, and there are no means of adjusting cny wearing part. In the Davis, not only are most of the pieces made of tteei, and tempered, but at 6very easeatial point means ara provided for taking up any wear. On thia point, wo may say that whero wo had any doubt about the quality of the material a, employed the piece was broken and the frac- }] turo carefully examined. _ Having examined the nieohanioal arrangements of tha two machines, we tested their . * adaptability for work, and we noticed th«very j° peculiar ieod >f the Davis. In this respect g we have been forced to the conolusioß that for ' all purposes, sewing from the thinnest muslin * to even through a metal spoon, the Davis has -l na parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that a- puckering often tha effect of the press uro on I] a fore motion feed. We must in oommon honeßty express our astonishment at the __ range and variety of work accomplished by ~~ the Davit, whioh we are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer. In summarising our report, we repeat that n we have no hesitation in saying that wo re- * card the Davia as very superior to the Bingei in workmanship, material, and tho moohanioal p _ principles involved, and aUo in performing lB » greater range of work. We found the Davii to work with eqnal ease from the lightest tc -the heaviest fabric JOHN LEE SOOFI (Bcott Bra.) Mechanical Sagineer. I. GLUYA3 PASOO3, Manager of the Kaiapoi Olothinj Factory. 420. P. ANTHONY, Mcobanioal Bxpert, from Nettle! old'i n Hrnugbftsu 6712