Colonial Inventions 1904

from Evening Post 11 October 1904

COLONIAL INVENTIONS
... Applications for Letters Patent, with provisional specificatoins, have been accepted as unders:

? Donald Willian BODLE of Manurewa, Auckland
- an improved clip for holding papers and the like

? Charles Daniel BRENT of Cromwell, Central Otago
- improvements in cylces

? Arthur Albert BUSHELL of Perth, Western Australia
- folding stand for usable attachment with bicycles

? Frank CASEY of Melbourne
- improvements in pump or suction dredging machinery

? Alfred CLARK of Melbourne
- improvements in apparatus for recovering gold and other metals from slimes, tailings, and alluvial wash

? John CLAUSSEN of Weraroa, Levin
- means for indicating the espiration of certain predetermined periods of time, the same being particularly applicable for use in cooking eggs

? Edward Patman COULTER of Sydney
- improved method of saving carbonic-acid gas in the manufacture of aerated waters, and appliances for same

? Richard COSSLETT of Ponsonby, Auckland
- improvements in twist moulding machines

? A. C. DENNES of Auckland
- means for use in automatically supplying needles to gramophone sound-boxes

? John FAIRWEATHER &
? William FAIRWEATHER snr &
? William FAIRWEATHER jnr of Blenheim
- improvements in, or relating to, flax-strippers

? Henry Claylands FIELD of Aramoho, Wellington
- the manufacture of a fire and easrthquake resisting building material of gravel or broken stone in the manufacture of conrete for building purposes

? Thomas FRENCH of Leonora (Western Australia)
- improved ratchet for ore-feeders

? James GRAY of Dunedin
- improved fertiliser-conductor for fertiliser-drills

? Edward Ernest HANNAFORD of Dunedin
- an improvement relating to locks of doors and like

? James HOLMS jnr of Waimakaka, Southland
- clasp for spreaders on traces or chains

? Edward West HUBBARD of Melbourne
- improvements in pump or suction dredging machinery

? Archibald George LAND of Christchurch
- an improved adjustable seat for vehicles

? Richard Neville Reid LINDSAY of Auckland
- an improved aplliance for use in dehorning cattle and for other analogous operations

? Oswald Thomas MADELEY of Corindhap, Grenville, Victoria
- an appliance for gathering delicate fruit without injury thereto

? Richard Francis MARSH of East Maitland (N.S.W.)
- an improved washing machine

? Harold MARTIN of Auckland
- means for use in automatically supplying needles to gramophone sound-boxes

? Mrs Alice Mary McDONALD of Wellington
- a cabinet for preserving eggs in, by vapour

? Peter McIIVRIDE of Wanganui
- an improved nose-bag

? Richard Brabazon MORRIS of Christchurch
- fastener for lid of basket

? Ernest MOSS of Christchurch
- fastener for lid of basket

? Luke Nelson NATTRASS of Lower Hutt
- an improved churn

? James William PERRY of Christchurch
- improvements in bicycles

? Walter William PILKINGTON of Wellington
- an improved churn

? William QUIN of Wellington
- combined receipt and cheque form

? Matthew RYAN of Greymouth
- a gold-saving apparatus

? Mrs Emily SCHULZE of Auckland
- an improved catamenial appliance

? John STORER of Melbourne
- improvements in apparatus for recovering gold and other metals from slimes, tailings, and alluvial wash

? Edward TAYLOR of Brisbane, Queensland
- means of operating, controlling and (or) determining the amount of liquid to be withdrawn form a vessel by a siphon

? John THEOBALD of Eltham
- an improved shaft-tug for harness

? Benjamin TREWHELLA &
? William TREWHELLA of Trentham, Victoria
- improved lever jack specially useful for clearing land; same, improved pawl and ratchet mechanism

PHOTO
the Butter Church may have existed as early as the 6th century AD