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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2622, 1 September 1882, Page 2

BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. LARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and O. steamers via Melbonrne. The stock is ■well assorted, and will bo found very complete, and should command the attention of all classes of customers. There is not any similar stock to select from in Christchurch. The quality of the goods and the lowness of the prices must commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. All the goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently can be, and are, sold very cheap. w. H A R RlB • IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. OPPOSITE “ PRESS ” OFFICE. 908 SUITS TO MEASURE FR CM 70s. FIBST CONSIGNMENT of SPRING TWEETS AND COATINGS Just Arrived. W. M. EGBERTS, Practical Tailor, Manchester street south. Trousers from 18a, Splendid Selection. 1002

FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Try the oh safest shop in TOWN FOR AH kinds of Pipes, meerchanm and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Purses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, A ~ &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, bat not least a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where you can get fixed np for the small snm of SIXPENCE. H. OAKBY, 9496 High street

NOT QUI ru SO DECISIVE AS IT WAS BUT A LITTLE MOKE OVERWHELMING. Wjfl CHALLENGE the representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jar ora on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who voted for the report coming from that body to controvert the following statement of facta. Messrs Moddinga, Cunnlngton, Dale, and Kirk, we call upon yon to defend yonr report. H. C. FIBRE & CO. Christchurch International Exhibition, June 15th, ISB2. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. To H. O. Fisks & Co. DEAR SIB, —In accordance with yonr request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Machines, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have take a into consideration— 1, The mechanical principle Involved 2. The quality of the material used 3. The degree of workmanship exhibited 4. The facility for doing a good and varied o ass of work. After taking both machines asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing their capabilities, we have no hesitation in saying that wo consider the Davis far the superior machine of the two. Oar reasons are as follows :

In both machines the same method is adopted for actuating the needle bar, viz., a crank with roller working in a cam. This cam in the Davis Machine is cnt ont of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer It Is not only very mnoh lighter, but is made of common oast iron.

The feed apparatus of the two machines are very dissimilar. That of the Singer Is the usual slip feed. The Davis has the vertical feed peculiar to itself. In this arrangement the presser foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reached Its lowest point. The pressure is then relieved and transmitted to Ijhe feed bar. Feed bar, needle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch.

Motion la glvtn to the shuttle In the Davis machine as follows. An eccentric at tho wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to a vertical lever. This In tarn transmits It through a ball joint of ingenious construe tlon to the only moving part under the machine, a pivotted lever having at its end an adjustable shuttle carrier. In the Singer Machine a pair of mitre wheels drive a vertical spindle, having at its lower end a crank. A connecting rod from this crank moves a eliding shuttle carrier. It will be seen that In the Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle four points of friction, the pivot carrying the vertical lever, the eccentric, the ball joint, and the pivot of horizontal lever. The two principal movements, the eccentric and the ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts most liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To compass tho same work the Singer employs as points of friction the teeth of the mitro wheels, the two journals of vertical spindle, the two ends of the connecting rod, and the sliding shuttle carrier None of these places are adjustable. The small wheels are common oast Iron, having a certain amount of backlash, and consequent tendency to rattle and and break. Tho connecting rod Is a thin bar of Iron, with a hole in each end. Tho end which runs on the crank pin is one of the principal joints in the machine, having a considerable amount of work to do with small bearing surface, making it vary liable to wear, while, as bef ore remarked, there are no means of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine la carried in a slide, to which a lateral strain la given by tbe driving rod, cansing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis it la carried by the lever quite free from frlotlon.

With the exception of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a single piece In the Singer Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that cannot be cat with an ordinary pooket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wearing part. In the Davis not only are moat of the pieoea made of steel, and tempered, but at every essential point means are provided for taking up any wear. On this point wa may say that where we had any doubt about the quality of the material employed the the piece was broken and the fracture carefully examined. Having examined the mechanical arrangements of the two machines, we tested, their adaptability for work, and wo noticed the very peculiar feed of the Davis. In this respect wo have been forced to the conclusion that for all purposes, sewing from the thinnest muslin to even through a metal spoon, the Davis has no parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that puckering of lien the effect of the pressure on a f:-ro motion feed. We must in common houesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which wo are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer. In summarising our report we repeat that we have no hesitation in saying that we regard the Davis as very superior to the Singer in workmanship, material, and the mechanical principles Involved, and also In performing a greater range of work. We found the Davis to work with eqnal oaee from the lightest to the heaviest fabric, JOHN USE SOOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanical Engineer. X. GLXJYAS PABCOB, Manager of the Kaiapol Clothing Factory, GEO. P. ANTHONY, Mechanical Expert, from Nettlefold’s, Birmingham. 8300