Page 2 Advertisements Column 5

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2623, 2 September 1882, Page 2

BOOTS. BOOTS. BOOTS. ' ARGE SHIPMENTS of the above are arriving by frequent Orient and P. and O. steamers via Melbourne. The stock Is \ well assorted, and will be found very oomplete, and should command the attention of all olasses of customers. There Is not any similar stock to select from in Chrlstoburoh. The quality of the goods and the lowness of the prioes must commend themselves to all who pay the establishment a visit. All the goods are shipped direct from the manufacturers, and consequently oan be, and are, sold very oheap, W. H A K E lßt IMPERIAL BOOT DEPOT. SUITS TO MEA.BUBE FEDM 70s. IIBST CONSIGNMENT of SPBING TfVEHrS AND COATINGS Just Arrived. W. M. EOBBSTS, Practical Tailor, Manchester street south. Trousers from 13a, Splendid Se!eotlon. ! 1002

FOK THE HOLIDAYS. np Art the cheapest shop in TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, meerohaam and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Panes, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, & ~ &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, bat not least a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where yon can get fixed np for the small sum of H. OAKBY, 9495 High street

NOT quite SO DECISIVE as it was BUT A LITTLE MORE OVER. WHELMING. WE CHALLENGE the representative of the Singer Sewing Maohine Company, or any of the jurors on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who voted for the report corning from that body to controvert the following statement of facta. Messrs Meddings, Cnnnlogton, Dale, and Kirk, we call npon yon to defend your report. H. C. FISKE & CO. Christohnrch International Exhibition, June 15th, ISB2. REPORT OP COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. To H. C. Fiskk & Co. )EAR SIB, —In aooordance with your request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Maohines, for the purpose of oomparlng them. In our comparison we have takea Into consideration— 1. 'i he meohanlcal principle involved 2. The quality of the material used 3. The depree of workmanship exhibited 4. The facility for doing a good and varied o'asa of work. :*•**««■ *»kins both maohines asunder, carefully examining every piece, and fully testing their capabilities, we have no hesitation in saying that we consider the Davis far the superior machine of the two. Our reasons are as follows: In both machines the same method Is adopted for actuating the needle bar, viz., a orank with roller working in a cam. This oam in the Davis Machine Is oat out of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while in the Singer it is not only very much lighter, bnt Is made of oommon oast iron. The feed apparatus of the two machines are very dissimilar. That of the Singer is the usual slip feed. The Davis hat the vertical feed peculiar to Itself. In this arrangement the pressor foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reaohed Its lowest point. The pressure ia then relieved and transmitted to the feed bar. Feed bar, needle, and material are then, by a very simple oontrivanoe, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch.

Motion ia given to the shuttle in the Davis machine as follows. An eccentric at the wheel end of the main spindle gives motion to a vertical lever. Thia In turn transmits it through a ball joint of ingenious oonstrno tion to the only moving part nnder 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 sliding shuttle carrier. It will be seen that In the Davis there are between the main spindle and the shuttle fonr 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 ecoentrlo and the ball joint, are adjustable, and the parts most liable to wear are made of hardened steel. To oompasa the same work the Singer employs as points of friction the teeth of the mitre 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 cast iron, having a oertaln amount of backlash, and consequent tendenoy to rattle and and break. The oonncctlng rod In a thin bar of K-un, with « hole in each end. The end which runs on the want t u nne of the prinoipal joints in the machine, havin b n considerable amount of work to do with small bearing surface, making it very liable to wear, while, aa before remarked, there are no means of compensating for any wear. It will be notloed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine la carried In a slide, to which a lateral strain is given by the driving rod, causing a oertaln amount of friction, while in the. Davis it is carried by the lever quite free from Motion. With the exesption of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a single piece in the Singer Machine, not even excepting the shuttle, that cat not be cut with an ordinary pooket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wesrlng part. In the Davis not only are most of the pieces made of steel, and tempered, but at every essential point means are provided for taking up any wear. On this point we 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 mechanloal arrangements of the two machines, we tested their adaptability for work, and we noticed the very peouliar feed of the Davis. In this respeot we 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 often the effect of the pressure on a f'.re motion feed. We must in common honesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which we 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 equal ease from the lightest to the heaviest fabric. JOHN UHSE SOOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanical Engineer. T. GLUYAS PASOOB, Manager of the Kaiapol Clothing Factory. GEO. P. ANTHONY, Meohanical Bxpart, from Nettlefold'F, Blr- " mlngham. 830 Q