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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1718, 24 November 1887, Page 3

1 Pnblic Notices. ECONOMY IST .TIME: ECONOMY IN LABOR : ECONOMY IN FENCING MATERIAL. Patent Titan Wire Strainer. ADVANTAGES: TT strains a wire anywhere, oither post or midway ; makes ll o bfiflt knot, and one whic'i seldom br aks old wire; doe?a net slip about m uorkinf ; strafna with unrivalled power, ease, and freedom from annoyance ; does not ailow the wiro to slacken moro than ONESIXTEENTH of an inch while being secured ; combines lightness tnd strength m the highest degree ; can I c conveniently applied to all purposes which require wires to be joined under tension* A REVOLUTION IN WIRE FENCING EFFIOTBD BY REID'S PATENT TRIPLEX WIRE STRAINER. (Patented m 1885 throughout Great Britain, the United State3j and the Coloniis.) No Straining Postsl required except at the angles of fences. The boring of Straining Posts unnecessary. The advantages claimed for these, the latest and most improved means of straining wire fence b, are: — THEY COST NOTHING, because they pay their coet m the straining posts they save. THEY ARE A DIRECT GAIN m economy of time snd labor, because no boiinp; of straining posts is required, and the whole proces9 of Btrainiog occupies only about quarter the usual ume. T" HEY EFFECT A FURTHER SAVING of time and labor as leng as the fence exists, because they are left perma* nently attached to the wires, which can therefoie be tightened or slackened when* ever desired. Comparative Estimate of 14 chains of 6- Wire Fence. UNDER ORDINARY METHOD. No Wire Stretchers left attached. h. d. 2 straino of 7 chains each, requiring 3 straining posts at say 3s each 9 0 labor at 2 strains of 6 wires, say 1 man for 1 hour, at Is per hour 1 Labour det»in:jr, erecting, and fixing 3 straining posts and stays for came, pay 1 man for 4 hours, at Is per hour ... 4 0 I Labor borii g two straining posts, | cay 1 man for 20 minutes ... 0 4 Total 14 4 CKDKR NEW BY6TEK. • Triplex "Wiro Stretchers baing left attached to Wire. i. d 1 strain of 14 chains, Patent Triplex Wy;e Stretchers need midway, and straining 7 chains on each side ; only 2 straining posts required, at say 3s each ■•. 6 0 Labor at one strain of 6 wirep, Bay 1 man for 20 minutes, o< ly no fnsieningg,eing required ,„ 0 Labor erectin digging, anrf fixing 2 straioin posts and stays for same, say man for hours 40 minute 2 No boring required „ 0 0 *Cost of G Triple Wire Stretchers, at say übout 8d each ... „ , 4 0 Total 13 *NOTE WELL —If lITAN WIBE STRAINER be used and removed after straining, the above item of 4s will also fee saved, though at the expenße of future efficiency. ihorriug Kew System to bß.Boimich> more economical thanittti>a£ '>w>-rß}iafc_a._ balance is left over ajtcr yuchtti/ng ff/ie cudt of Triplex Wire iHiretchet . J l l McCallum & Co. Polo Ag tfljfor iho^Connty of nnnjt JOHN ORR & CO. ARE NOW SHOWING Large Stocks IN IRONMONGERY, Including the following — Perforated Zinc, Babbet Metal, W Netting, Engine Packing Patent Scythes, Hoyrakes and Fork Saratoga Trunks, Gladstone Bijge, Portmanteaus New Patrnt Tile Register Qmfea • Fendere, Fire Guards, Fire Iron and Lamp Stoves Plough Line, Senming T*'ine and R«pe "■*■»*. ,. Bedsteads, French Sftimp, Half Tei < I and Cots New American Perambulators Butter Workers, Milk Pans and Chum » Oils, Paints, and Colors of all kinds Varnishes — Oak, Copal, Body a&A Carriage Grindstones nnd Fittings, Knife Cleaners m great variety Digging, Manure, Stone, Potato, and Hay Forks /■xo?, Pitks, Ehovelß, and Breast Picughs Mnngles, Wringers, and Washing M;ichine3 Saws of all kinds, including Fretaaw* Hammers, Wrenches Bolts, Locks and Hinges of all kinds Lampblack, Oil, Raddle Sheep Shears, 11a N.2J., 8.8.A.N Z 38 A.S. and7s'a Turkey and Washita Oilstone b. . 4