THE EXHIBITION AWARDS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2529, 17 May 1882, Page 3

THE EXHIBITION AWARDS.

The following aw.a>.de of the i®*® 1 ® If several of the flames Wv' ra b , efo *‘* m® .V?y mittee of judging one! »*> ftr< J ß on eyening, and were passed a tt 1, “'ows : SECTION Hr

CLABa 11. -ander Jurors—George Oroll, Chairman -n Webster, W. Boag, William Bankin',-^* J ' Ivey. FIBBT OBDBB OP HRRIT—SIXTEB Andrews and Beaven, Christchurch — " Australasian” chaff cutter; oertifleotfa of gold medal Crassley and Co., Manchester, England l — Oito ” silent gas engine ; certificate of gold medal P. and D. Duncan, Christchurch—Double | and treble furrow ploughs j certificate of gold medal

M. G, G. M'Oormiok and Co. (Morrow, Bassett and 00., agents, Christchurch) Twine self-binding harvester ; certificate of gold medal Reid and Gray, Dunedin —Double and treble furrow ploughs : certificate of gold medal Walter A. Wood (Wood, Hhand and Oo„ agents, Christchurch)-Twine self-binding harvester. Certificate of gold medal J. Anderson and Hon, Christchurch —Steam boilers

W. and T. Avery (A. J. White, agent, Christchurch) —Weighing machines R. Blackadder, Dunedin —Extensive and varier! collection of iron and wood working machinery and steam engine George Booth and Hone—Chun, ■ and dairy utensils Georgs Booth and Pons —Extensive collection of farm implements, utensils and requirements generally Brown and May (Andrews and Heaven, agents, Chris church) —Four horsepower portable steam engine Outten and Co., Dunedin —Double cylinder inverted high pressure engine P. and D. Dunoan, Christchurch—Single furrow plough P. and D. Dunoan, Christchurch—Broadcast sowing machine Ferrior and 00. (E. Wilkin and C 0.,, agents, Christchurch)! —Woolpress Flood and Co., Melbourne—Water-lift J. Fowler and Co. (R. Wilkin and Co., agents, Christchurch) —’fraction engine Furat and Bradley (Geo. Booth and Sons, agents, Christchurch) —Gang and Sulky ploughs Haxton and Beattie, Gore—Flexible harrows Mast, Foos and 00. (Oppenheimer and Co., agents. Auckland) —Buckeye force pump Marshall, Sons and Co. (Ohrystall and 00. agents, Christchurch) —Bight horse-power portable engine Marshall, Sons and 00. (Ohrystall and Op , agents, Christchurch) —Three horse-power vertical engine MOormick and 00. (Morrow, Bassett and 00., agents, Ohristohuroh) —Mowing machine Pr. otor and Williams (Haling and 00., agents, Christchurch) —Malleable iron pulleys Reid and Gray, Dunedin—Subsoil plough Reid and Gray, Dunedin—Zigzag harrows Reid and Gray, Dunedin—Grain and seed drill Raid and Gray, Dunedin—Malleable castings

F. M, Reynolds and Co,, London—Woodworking machinery B.' Binnie, Dunedin—Hot air pumping engine •

Richmond and Chandler (Geo- Booth and Sons, egents, Christchurch) —Ohuffouttor Robey and Co., Lincoln, England—Combined threshing and dressing machine Sachtische Sikmaschinen Fabrik, Dresden —Bandsawing machinery Scott Bros., Christchurch—Twelve horsepower horizontal high pressure condensing engine Warrior, Mowing and 00. (George Booth and Sons, agents)—Randall’s revolving disc harrow Walter A. Wood (Wood, Shand and 00., agents, Christchurch) —Self-delivery reaper Bailey and Kerr, London—“ Bailey” model printing press SECOND ORDER OF MERIT —BRONZE! MEDALS. G. Booth and Sons, Christchurch— Koemerer’s broadcast sowing machine R. Hornsby and Son, England—Eighthorse power portable engine J. and F. Howard, Bedford, England— Twine self binding harvester J. and F. Howard, Bedford, England— Zigzag harrows Johnston Harvester Company (Morrow, Bassett and Co., agents)—Twine self-binding harvester Kell, Meats and 00. (Andrews and Beaven, agents, Christchurch) —Anglo-American grain drill Kincaid and McQueen, Dunedin—Woodworking implements J. Little, Woodend—Expanding horse hoe Reid and Gray, Dunedin—Single-furrow plough Reid and Gray, Dunedin—Ohaffontters Scott Bros., Christchurch—“ Excelsior” windmill

R. Wilkin and 00., Christchurch—- “ Speedy ” woolpresa Reid and Grey, Dunedin Eligible for Industrial Prize (sea particulars attached) GKNBBAL SEMABKB. Kincaid and McQueen —Yory useful tools for wood-working ; specially suited for heavy work ■ John Anderson —Exhibit of steam-boilers show strength, good design, and workmanship Robert Binnie, Dunedin—Hot-air engine, is well adapted for pumping or driving machinery ; there being no internal valves or delicate parts, no skilled labour it required to work it, or very little attention of any sort. K. Blaokadder, Dunedin—Shows a very varied collection of iron-working and woodworking tools, from the massive punching and shearing machine to the delicate fret saw; also some good steam engines Soott Bros—High pressure condensing, horizontal steam-engine, Ilia cylinder, 20ia stroke. The framing is of the “Corliss” type, the condenser is compact and well de signed, the airpump being situated at the bottom, and all the valves above, the injection water is introduced at the opposite end to the steam, and distributed over the whole length of the condenser. On the back of slidevalve there is an expansion valve, by a handwheel on end of its spindle, the out off may be adjusted to any degree of expansion while the engine is in motion. The engine is regulated by a high speed governor, which is loaded with a short lever and weight, by shifting the weight the speed may be varied at pleasure. The piston rod, valve spindles, and crank-pin, are of steel. The whole is well designed, well proportioned, and shows good workmanship Flood and Go. —Water-lift is simple, and will raise a large quantity of water in proportion to the power required to drive it Brown and May (Andrews and Beaven, agents)—A four-horse power portable engine, a largo boiler, long connecting rods, large bearings, and a very simple and efficient plan of cleaning the tubes while the engine is at work

John Fowler and Co. (R, Wilkin and Oo.) —Traction engine, well made, strong, and everything well under the control of the driver, ho competition Marshall, Sons and 00. (Ohrystall and Oo.) -Eight-horse power portable engine; the special feature is the fore carriage, which consists of a plate of iron, the shape and size required, and dished so as to give it rigidity. Other makers exaui red, Robey and 00,, Rue* ton and Proctor, and R. Hornsby and Sons, all of which are good engines Outten and Co., Dunedin —A small pair of inveited cylinder engines, chow good design, and workmanship Orossley Bros—" The Otto" gas engine. This is a beautiful piece of machinery, both in design and finish, the shaft, rolls, and fly wheel being bright and accurately true, the guides and bearings having large surfaces ; good provision made for the proper lubrication of each part, particularly the cylinder and slide valve. The high speed governor is very sensitive, and has the supply of gas completely under control. The great advantages in a gas engine are—it can be started to work at any moment, and by simply turning oil the gas is stopped, and may bo left with safety at once

In some classes of agricultural implements the exhibits are numerous and fully up to the standard, both in inventiveness a ad workmanship now arrived at in this department of, maohinory. In others, however, they fall short, some eminent makers being conspicuously absent as exhibitors The novelties are few in number, the most noticeable being Nash’s “Acme” harrow, and Cockerell’s " Disc" cultivator. Without a field trial the value of these implements cannot be judged. In ploughs the New Zealand makers are, in our judgment, well ahead of all competitors.

Making full allowance for the imported ploughi being ordinary implement!, whilst those of local makers were specially made for exhibition, wo have no hesitation in placing the latter, for suitability to the wants of the country, for inventiveness and workmanship, before the former, represented by several leading English manufacturers^ In grain drills the competition is keen Messrs Raid and Gray, from their knowledge of the wants of the country, have improved on the American drills, and produced a most useful implement, well adapted to New Zealand requirements. Messrs Kell, Meats and Oo.’s AngloAtoi>.' icßn dr ‘M i* the result of the combination of w hat the inventors consider the best point! of the English and American drills. i With ow Zealand experience the I maker* would have *llll farther improved 1 fo* use fa this 1 c^ untr 7 thls drlll < which ha « many good points'. , , . There is bat Httltefo between these and the other grerin (JriflV 6X j?, . • All of them* are really good stud ui lm Plements, the difference being io mint* P oln t* not greatly effecting tbeir efficiency. Of broad-cast sowing machines, bu. three are shown; We think that of the Messrs I Duncan the' most suitable for the wants of this country. ' Harvesters are well represented. In the twine eelf-binding class nearly a® the most prominent makers exhibiting. The efficiency of the beet of these implements has been well exemplified to ns during the late harvest,, and we have no hesitation in making our awards. Improvements are being made year by year, by which the gear is becoming more and’more simple j weak points are found out, and the machines are now stronger, more effective, and more eraily understood than was the case but a short time sines.

The “ Appleby ” knotteris—with modifics* ions—used in the majority of sases, tha 1 Wood,” however, uses the more simple • Halines ” knotter, whilst the makers of the

“ Osborne ” use their own patent. Although these machines, no doubt, will be still* farther improved as ciperiei-ce is gained, the end aimed at by the inventorris most successfully attained, leaving little to- be desired in the quality of the work done, whilst for inventiveness and workmanship; too great oredit cannot be given to the makers.

The aim for the future should be in the direction of simplification and reduction- in tho number of parts, and tho-selectiou of iha best material for those most affected by wear and tear, or subjected to strain. Field oocspetition between tho beet self-binders promises to be soon one of smart driving, tho real point of difference becoming one of durability and simplicity. Messrs Howard fix a pair of wheels and shafts to their machine, which allow of its being drawn endways through an ordinary gate. In would save muoh time and risk if all self-binders could bo drawn directly through farm gates of the usual width. In the self-delivery reaper class there is little competition. Tho Walter A. Wood implement is. however, as nearly perfection as cun be desired.

The mowers, too, are few in number, but the McCormick, the Wood, and Hornsby’s Paragon are all simple in construction, useful, and make good work. Although giving the place to the McCormick, we hardly cared to give a second place to the others. There is little to choose between them.

The exhibits of combined threshing and dressing machines are four in number. It is noticeable that in this class, and in that for steam engines, the exhibits are all English made, whereas the reapers and grain drills are American with but few exceptions, the local makers furnishing all, or nearly all, tne good ploughs. All the machines are by well-known makers, and all yield good results, the difference being in arrangements of parts, in strength of construction, in liability to suffer from wear and tear, and so on. Much ingenuity has been displayed in combining the various parts i to a whole, which shall yield as large as possible, a yield of well-dressed grain per hour, at the least cost of power, and for wear and tear

In none of the exhibits is there any novelty worthy of special mention

The exhibits of ohaffontters are numerous and good Messrs Andrews and Beaven’s collection deserves great commendation. The “ Australasian” implement (recommended for gold medal) is a most complete arrangement for cutting, elevating, and bagging The minor implements used in agriculture are in some directions well represented, in others this cannot be said

Harrow*, roller*, and scarifiers present no features worthy of notice, with exception of the Randall disc barrow—a most useful implement lately introduced—which is shown by Messrs Reid and Gray, and by Messrs Booth and Sons, and the flexible harrows of Messrs Haxton and Beattie

The line may be said of horse rakes and horse hoes ; there is but little competition, and maty well known implements are absent Messrs George Booth and Sons make a very fine exhibit of imported implements, of granary and dairy utensils, and other articles required by the farmer We have not thought the bulk of these articles worthy of special mention in detail, but we think the firm deserving of the award of a silver medal for th« exhibit as a whole

The exhibits of castings by Messrs Reid and Gray is highly creditable. The use of malleable castings in their ploughs and other implements is an advance of considerable importance to farmers.

SECTION 111. PIKST OBDRR OP MERIT —SILVER MEDALS. Jurors—E. Richardson, H. Aitken, Lud. Bergh, Allison D. Smith. Plavel, Sydney and Co., Leamington— Ranges. For workmanship, design, inventiveness, quality, value, and general display certificate of gold medal recommended Radoliffe and Co., Leamington—Ranges; for quality, price, and value Brown and Green, Luton—Portable cooking stove ; for workmanship, inventiveness, price, value, and general excellence certificate of gold medal recommended J. Wright and Oo Birmingham—The best collection of gas cooking and heating stoves exhibited T. J. Watters, Christchurch—A certificate of gold medal recommended for design, inventiveness, workmanship, price, value, and general display J. Crompton, Christchurch—Ranges, for design, price, value, and variety of exhibit Scott Bros , Christchurch—Ranges Barningham and 00,, Dunedin—Ranges and stoves taken together Peyton and Peyton, Birmingham—Bedsteads. For design, inventiveness, quality, workmanship and general display a certificate of gold medal recommended B Parkes and Sons, Woodaelton Works, near Dudley—Fenders and fire irons, dog grates, ash pans, hall and umbrella stands Kirkstall Forge Co., Leeds—Rolled shafting, spindles, couplings, oast arms, mail axles. A certificate of gold medal recommended for general display, excellence, and variety of exhibits John Russell and Oo ~ Walsall—Welded iron, hvdraulio press tubes, steam fittings, tubes, &c. A certificate of gold medal reoom-

mended. Auburn Mfg. 00., Auburn, N.V.—Agn* cultural tools ; for workmanship and general utility Burgon and Ball, Sheffield —Sheep shears ; for price and quality Priestman Bros , Hull—Models of dredging and lifting apparatus, and of machinery for lifting and discharging goods ; for excellence of design and workmanship, ingenuity of invention, recommended for certificate of gold medal Q-eo, Oheavin, Boston —Filters, Recommended for certificate of gold medal Slack and Brownlow—Filters Cunningham and Kent, Christchurch — Models of machinery and electric apparatus Union Steamship Co., Dunedin—Models of steamships J. Greener, London—Guns ; for high finish, inv‘ ntiveness, and general excellence recommended for certificate of gold medal Adams—Guns, rifles, pistols, swords, and hunting knives; for variety of display and general excellence recommended for certificate of gold medal Kynooh and Oo.—Cartridge cases; for general display Warren Hill, Boston—Bailway and ticket punches; for design, finish and special utility Cleveland Gauge Company, Cleveland — Portable forges; for simplicity of oon.tmotion S. H. Johnson and Co., Stratford —Hydraulic filters. _, , ~ Steel Company of Scotland (Limited), Glasgow —Steel plates, angles, Ac,, for boilers; a certificate of gold medal recommended

West Cumberland Iron and Steel Company (Limited), Workington Materials used in manufacture of Bessemer steel j recommended for certificate of gold medal Phosphor Bronze 00., Southwark —Specimens of phospher brozs. The exhibit is too small to do justice to the merits of the article, or we should have recommended a certificate of gold medal Taylor Bros., Sheffield—Saws Shropshire Iron 00., Hadley—lron and steel. For workmanship, quality and genera] display a certificate of gold medal recom mended Whiteoroes Wire and Iron 00., Warrington —Wire, wire rope, Ac. Netllefolds, Limited, Birmingham—Screws and nails of high quality and excellently displayed ; a certificate of gold modal recommended wire rod and fencing wire of excellent quality ; a certificate of gold medal recommended Imperial Wire Co., Smethwick—Annealed fencing wire _J. B. Brown and 00., London—Galvanised wire netting Scott Bros., Christchurch Ornamental castings ; for design, price, and general excellence of display a certificate of gsld medal recommended

E. Buchanan, Christchurch—lron castings Globe Nail Company, Boston—Machinemade horseshoe nails

Eeid and Gray, Dunedin—Forgings and castings Anderson and Morrison, Dunedin—Oopporwflrrk of excellent workmanship ; a certificate of gold medal recommended Anderson and Morrison, Dunedin—Braeowork ; for workmanship and general display S. and T. Danks, Melbourne—Nickol-plated brass work

T. hohlaadt, Dunedin—Sole-cutting knives, excellently finished J. Piper, Christchurch—Plain and japanned tinware, JFor workmanship, in v price, quality, and general display, we wish to recommend this exhibit for the industrial prize as one of great importance to the success of several local industries

©liver Bro*. und Phillip?, Pittsburgh— Barb fencing wire ; for quality aud construction

Bail way Barb Fencing Co., Cleveland— Steel barb fencing wire ; for price and quality a certificate of gold medal recammendedl

Ward and Payne, Sheffield—Tool? and shears of excellent workmanship

F. PArkes and 00,, Birmingham—Agricultural tools and implements, quality and general display Mackley and 00., Dunedin Sporting and blasting powder, price and quality ; a certificate of gold medal recommended ; it being a new industry, and the price being tbe same ai imparted sporting powder of similar quality SECOND OEana OF ItHBIT—BBOW3B MBD AXS, Albion Oil Oo. —Oooking and heating apparatus T. Atkinson, Christchurch—Ranges Wells, Bros., Birmingham—Fenders, &o. Silber Bight 00., London —Lamps Dennis and Btennis, London—Wirework John Hill, Christchurch—Horseshoe nails ; for quality and shape T. Voyoe, Christchurch—Ornamental gates 8. Hardley, Ashburton —Sunlight and guttering

J. Crompton, Christchurch—Wheelbarrow, guttering, spouting, ridging, &o. Wells and Sons, Birmingham—Hoes, picks, &c. J. Harper and Oo.—Builders’ and cabinetmakers’ ironmongery, general display J. Adams—Filters A. F. Adams, Dunedin—Model of Gothic Church Bailey and Kerr—Safety kerosene lanterns ; for workmanship, price, and inventiveness THIED OBDEIU OF MERIT —BRONZE MEDALS. John Wright, Birmingham—Fenders and fireirons A. Limb, Christchurch—Model of cottage, built out of cigarettes OIHEB EXHIBITS EXAMINED. Whalley, Smith and Payue Washing machines and mangles Safety Nut Company—Safety nuts John Anderson, Christchurch —Gates and castings P. Young—Mining screens Boland and Sons—Shovels Twentyman and Oo.—Filters Twenty man and Oo.—Lead-hesded nails Temperley—Filters Waymouth—Model of yacht The above have been examined by the jurors, but they do not consider it necessary to make any awards Laurelle Guns and pistols are only mentioned to draw attention to their inferiority. General Remarks.

In forwarding the attached report, we think it right 'to express our opinion that the class of exhibits we have had to examine ar.’, on the whole, exceedingly creditable, and that while tbe local manufacturers have in some oases sent exhibits quits equal to, and in many oases even superior to those from abroad, still there is no doubt much useful information may be gained by the local manufacturers by closely examining the recent improvements introduced in many of the exhibits from abroad

We also wish to express our regret that the manufactures of several of the local firms are either not exhibited at all, or if so to such a small extent as to preclude our favorably noticing their exhibits FIEBT OBDBB OF MERIT —CERTIFICATES. New Zealand Railways Workshops Addington, Christchurch, and Hillside, Dunedin This exhibit by the New Zealand Government shows the state cf perfection the railway workshops both at Hillside and Addington have been brought to. There are four distinct exhibits of rolling stock, welded steel railway crossings; forgings from scrap iron, and brass castings. Had these exhibits been sent in by any private firm, the jurors would have awarded first order of merit with gold medals in each class, and it remains for the promoters to take what course may be considered advisable as to the granting of rewards. la any case the jury consider that the awards of merit should be sent to both the Addington and the Hillside workshops. N.B.—Mr A. D. Smith being interested in the above exhibits, refrained from taking any part in examining them, and was absent when their merits were discussed at his own request.