Alexandra is shortly to possess a' Carnegie Library, for at last meeting of tho Borough Council a communication was (says tho local "Herald") received from Mr. Carnegie's private secretary that tho sum of J!800 was now available for tho erection of a library at Alexandra. .During a recent visit to Scotland Mr. W. Frasor sought an interview with Mr. Carnegie and requested a grant of ,£BOO towards building a library. The request met with tho sympathy of Mr. Carnegie, aud plans and specifications of the proposed building were duly forwarded •to Mr. Carnegie for approval. These have now been returned with the intimation that the amount of tho grant askod for has been set aside for tho purpose. ■ Tho council decided to immediately proceed with the preliminary arrangements' for tho erection ot tho building. Messrs. Baldwin and Rayward, patent agents, Wellington, Toport tliat they have filed tho following applications for patents in New Zealand, during tho week ended February 11:— T. Barrett, Sydney, improved horseshoo shaping and iorming machine; Messrs. Moyes and Stevenson, Glasgow, improvements in and relating to signalling apparatus;'?.. J. Caverhill, Christchurch, improvements in overhead driving gear of sheep-shearing machines; C. Cooper, Mnngatoki,'an improved valvo for preventing the frothing of-milk; tho Globe Printing Company,' ,a; Combined numbering, perforating, folding,' and '''gumming machine; H.Droutledge, Auckland, improvements in'< bucket-heads"-for milking machines; Youltcn's "Onyx" Process Co., Ltd., England, improvements in machines for separating dirt and the like from fibrous materials; C. Cooper, Maiigatoki, an improved silencer for steam jets. Most got a cold now and then, Groat poraons und losscr for sure; Tho thing is to know tho timo when You should seek out a really good cure. If your cough is-very bad, Lung Balaam may bo easily had. BARRACLOUGH'S ACACIAN LUNO BALSAM, 1« 6d, ' '
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 3
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