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IR7 THE CHEAPEST SHOP IN TOWN FOR All kinds of Pipes, moerohaum and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Purses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brashes, Hair OU, Lime Cream, & &o N.B.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, but not least a HAIR CUTTING SALOON, Where you can get fixed np ior the small sum of 9495 H. OAKBY, High street NOT QUITE SO DECISIVE AS IT WAS BU I' A LITTLE MORE OVERWHELMING. ’IS CHALLENGE the representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, or any of the jurors on Sewing Machines at the Exhibition who voted for the report coming from that body to controvert the following statement of facts. Messrs Modelings, Cnnnlngton, Dale, and Kirk, we call npon you to defend your report. H, O. FISKE & CO. Christchurch International Exhibition, June 15th, 1882, REPORT OP COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. To H, C. Fisks & Co. BEAR SIB, — In accordance with your request, we have examined the New Davis and the New Singer Sewing Machines, for the purpose of comparing them. In our comparison we have taken 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 we 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 ont ont of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while In the Singer it Is not only very much lighter, bat 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 the feed bar. Feed bar, needle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch. Motion la give n 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. This In turn 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, havL g 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 lover. 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 the same work the Singer employs as points of friction the teeth of the mitre wheels, the two journals of vortical spindle, the two ends of the connecting rod, and the sliding shuttle carrier Noue of these places are adjustable. The small wheels are common cast Iron, having a certain amount of backlash, and consequent tendency to rattle and and break. The connecting rod la a thin bar of Iron, with a hole in each end. The 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 very liable to wear, while, as before remarked, there are no moans of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine is carried in a slide, to which a lateral strain is given by the driving rod, causing a certain amount of friction, while in the Davis It is carried by the lever quite free from Motion. 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 ca not be cat with an ordinary pocket knife, and there are no means of adjusting any wearing 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 wo 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, end 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 muelln to even through a metal spoon, the Davlo has no parallel for grasp, or for avoiding that puckering often the effect of the pressure on a fire motion feed. We must in common honesty express cur astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which we are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer, In summarising onr 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 fonnd the Davis to work with equal ease from the lightest to the heaviest fabric, JOHN LEE SCOTT (Scott Bros.), Mechanical Engineer. T. GLUYAS PAStfOE, Manager of th# Kalapol Clothing F*ttfory. GEO. P, ANTHONY, j Mechanics! Expert, from NetVicJoid’a, Bir-/ 8300