VALUABLE MACHINE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 22

VALUABLE MACHINE

THE LISTER.

' The approach of the wool season, and tlio present importance of that important product, is possibly rc- . sporisiblo'" in ■ some respect for the rush of work oh the part of Messrs. Levin and Company dealing with orders for the Lister Sheep-Shearing Machines. . The firm has a staff of inon,. who •.aro.^daily. working overtiniß in their efforts to cope with the Lister 'orders, which havo now been coming in for some time from all over the' Dominion. Although tlio Lister has proved itself to be an I absolutely reliable machine, .it is someivhat of a feather in the cap. of its iVow. Zealand agents that in the short timo they havo been controlling the business in; New Zealand, they have put up a season's record . for sales. In a little' 'over, eight, months, '« -Messrs.. Levin and; Company; havo fixed: up over four, 'hundred stands.. A' liominiox- representative, who. visited the Lister part of tho firm of' Levin and Company 1 . yesterday; found . everybody and everything in ; a. state of activity.- Consignments from ; overseas were' being unpacked,' and at "the ■ samo'time there wore being inado.a hundred' and- one dispatches of material to' all parts of New Zealand. . •'■■■' . The firm's Lister place is . a two-stoi-y building, 50 . feet by <10. feet, and comprising on. tho lower lloor a bulk store, and, workshop,'.and on the upper floor a packing room and' offices;. The; most interesting ,of these' , was tho workshop, 1 where ' a Lister benzine engine, of the vertical typo, was seen driving forty feet of shafting, from which hung, several';, different'; arrangements of tho. ■ Lister machine. . . One of the stands was. an electrical shearing outfit, in lieu o£ shafting,-not a new idea, 'but somewhat novel, and'cultivated to' a great .extent by some run-owners, , who like to dabblo with electricity. These outfits: can bo .installed in any old building, not taking any. shaftinfj. On another stand was seen the Lis-; ter 'bracket, one of; .'.the special' .features'.of'which is a crucible-steel ; oili. spring,- which. is already.'-.so. ; popular' with. shearers. ; This; gear, docs away' with the block, and-tackle; apparatus,- which is at times such a/uuisance to,shearers,.wlio ; may be handicapped with machines of "a promodern'type....'..ThevDunjctin-Hut-chinson-.Sk'ewbelt ; patent- was ■sented' on., another, .standi;, ; Considerably ; over ono hundred of these "have'- ! been' installed this year. - Their chief ' advantage : is ,; a . minimum . of ; vibraltion, and the fact that they may ; . bo pat into a shed a foot lower than ■ that ' which- will ; accommodate any . other existing gear.; .At the.; same,' .'■ time, •'they.. are• so'' fitted as ,to' give shearers' ample space to get round I, their, sheep, thus making for . faster ; I and better shearing. This is an imI portaut item, when one remembers •.I .the.;tons of sheep a shearer has tocarry '.in* a 'day;'- and the distance ho . travels; bcfore lie cuts out two hun- : dred slieen. The workshop'' possesses' V 'a; 1 full" engiiieerihg; . equipment ; .;'of V nmcbinery,'Vincludfing,. lathes; 'and •j drills,: emery! grinders, grinding, and B•polishing --butts,' brazing.'^forge;;: ; and *' otlier' /labour-saving,appliances. . Fault hundred; machines' were. being ''.''■' overhauled." preparatory,: l ;io their ■bein|.'fixed up .'for consignment, .r-.e.vei-y '.part being; tested.' .; The '.'firm' makes; a ■ boast; that .'it sends every ;Listpr;part;out perfect./ ■■■'.