THE "WAIPA POST."

Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 42, 8 September 1911, Page 3

THE "WAIPA POST."

CHILDREN'S COMPOSITION.

The children of Standards V. and VI. of the Te Awamutu State School visited the works of the WAIPA POST on August 25th. The management offered a prize for the best composition written by the children of the Senior and. Junior Divisions. The schoolmaster, after careful consideration, has awarded the prize for the Junior Division to Master W. Groves, who, with 80 pDints, heads the list. COMPOSITION.

THE PRINTING WORKS. "On arriving at the office we were shown around by the courteous manager, Mr Warburton, who explained various matters of interest. First, we visited the small machine, or platen, as it is called, and there saw matters worthy of attention. The type is set and put into an iron frame and made tight by means of screws and little iron blocks. It is then put into the bed of the machine and locked. The wheel then revolves, and three little rollers move over a disc upon which the ink is put, and descend over the type. The platen can be moved by a treadle or by motive power. At the side of the machine there is a little board called a feeding board, and on this the paper is put. On the other side there is a brake, and when the machine goes too quickly, so that the machinist cannot put the paper in, he applies this brake, causing it to go slowly. Now we come to the big machine, which is much more important than the other. It is a Wharfedale machine weighing' five and a half tons. The paper is placed on the feeding board. One by one the sheets are put on another board and this rises up, and the paper is caught by grippers which are situated on a cylinder. As the paper passes round the cylinder it is pressed against the which keeps moving backwards and forwards, at the same time rubbing against the rollers and being replenished with ink. These rollers are situated at the back of the machine, and are held in their places by little iron slabs which are fastened in the middle by a bolt. Next we come to a machine used for cutting paper called a guillotine. In this machine the paper can be cut into all sizes. Just in the front there is a wheel, and upoirturning this a board at the back moves. This is used to get the paper exact. As soon as the paper is brqught into a line the blade descends and the part not wanted is cut off. The knife is worked by a long handle Which when pressed forces the cutter down. We then see another machine, which is used for binding books. This is called a stitching machine. A handle is pressed and a needle-like contrivance passes through the paper and through this hole there passes a thin strip of wire which fastens itself underneath.