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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 21 November 1887, Page 3

Public Notices. ECONOMY IN Tiifcß : ECONOA.Y IN LA BOI^: ECONOMY IN FtfNOING MATERIAL, s Patent Titan Wire Strainer* s ADVANTAGES: % r - ■ .. XT strains a wire anywhoro, either post, or midway; makes tlio bear. knot, and 0110 whic'i eeldouu breaks old wire; docs not Blip about m working; 'i strains with unrivalled power, onse, and • freedom from annoyance ; does not al!ow the wire lo slacken moro than ONJ3---t SIXTEENTH of an inch while boing secured ; comhines lightness end strength m the highest degree ; can be conveniently applied to alt purposes which require wires to be joined under tension. A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENOIRU . EFJFKOTED BY , REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER.' (Patented m 1885 throughout Great J Sritain, the Dnited States, and the Colonies.) No Straining Posts required except at the angles of fences. The boring of Straining Posts unnecessary. The advantages claimed for these, the latest and most mproved meana of straining wire fences, are : ~ ..THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their coat m the straining poat3 they save, THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIS m economy of time ond labor, because.no boring of straining posta is required, and 1 the whole process of straining occupies 1 only about quarter the usual »ime. • THEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAVING of time and labor as lang as the fence pxifltp, because they nre left perma. nently attaohed to the wires, which can therefore be tightened or slackened when« erer desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chains of 6-Wire Fence. "UNDER ORDINARY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attached. s. d. 2 etrainß of 7 chains each, requiring 3 straining posts at cay 3s each 9 0 Labor at 2 strains of 6 wires, say 1 1 man for 1 hour,. at Is per hour 1 Labour digging, erecting, and fixing 3 straining posts and stays for same, say 1 man for 4 hours, 1 at Is per hour ... ... ... 4 0 1 Labor boring two straining posta, cay 1 man for 20 minutea ... 0 4 [ Total 14 4 UNDER NEW SYSTEM. I Triplex "Wire Stretchers being left attached to Wire. ; S. Cl 1 1 Btrain of 14 chains, Patent Triplex Wire Stretchers used midway, and straining 7 chains on each ; side; only 2 straining posts required, at say 3s each -.. 6 C I Labor at one strain of 6 wires, say 1 man for 20 minutes, only no fasieningg.eing required ... 0 4 Labor erectin digging, and fixing , 2 strain m posts and says for j same, say man for hours 40 minutes ... ••• ... 2 No boring required... ... ... 0 0 °Cost of 6 Triple Wire Stretchers, at say about 8d cash ... ... 4 0 Total 13. *NOTfi WELL. —If TITAN WIRE STRAINER be used and removed after straining, the above item of 4s will nlao be 'saved, though at the expense of future efficiency . Showing New System to bo bo much more economical than th 4 ) old one — that a . balance is left over ajter mduo-ng the cost of Triplex Wire Siretclw HI McCallum & Co. Solo Ag ts for the County of abort ; JOHN ORE & CO. ; ARE NOW SHOWING [ Large Stocks - IRONMONGERY, Including the follow mg — . Perforated Z:no, Babbet Mofal, Wire Netting, Engine Packing Patent Scythes, Hayrahea and Forks Saratoga Trutilcs, Gladstone Bags, Portmanteaus Now Patent Tile Register Grates, Fenders, Fire Guardg, Fire Irons j and Lamp Stoves Plough Line, Seaming Twine and Pope c Bedsteads, French Stump, Half Tostoi Q and Cots New American Perambulators Butter Workers, Milk Pans and Ohuma k Oils, Paints, and Co lors of all kinds Tarnishes — Oak, Copal, Body ancl Carriage Grindstones and Fittings, Knife Cleaners m great variety Digging, Manure, Stono, Potato, ond Hay Forks ixea> Picks, Shovels, and Ereast Ploughs Mangles, Wringers, and WaehiDg Machines Saws of all kinds, including Fretsaws Hammers, Wrenches '* Bolts, Locks and Hinge.' |of all kinda Lampblack, Oil, Eaddlo Sheep Shears, 11a N.Z., B.BA.KZ j ' 38 A. S. and7s's Turkey and Waehita Oilstones. 8