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SUITS TO MEASURE FROM 70s. First consignment of spring TiVBEI S AND COATINGS Just Arrived. W. M. ROBERTS, Practical Tailor, Manchester street south. Trousers fiom 18s. Splendid Seleotion. FOS THE HOLIDAYS. Trv the oh safest shop in TOWN FOR | All kinds of Pipes, meerohanm and wood, Cigar and Cigarette Holders, Knives, Purses, Matchboxes, Razors, Combs, Brushes, Hair Oil, Lime Cream, & &o NJB.—A lot of CRICKETING MATERIAL from last season very cheap. And last, but not least a HAIR CUTTING BALOON, Whore you can get fixed up for the small sum of SXXJPJB^TO^. H. OAKSY, 9195 High street NOT QHIVB SO DECISIVE AS IT WAS BUT A LITTIJE MORE OVERWHELMING. WE 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 Meddings, Cnnnlngton, Dale, and Kirk, we call upon yon to defend your report. H, 0, FISKB & CO. Christchurch International Exhibition, | June Xsth, 1882. REPORT OP COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS.

[To H. C. Fiskk & Co. DEAR SIR, —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 wo 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 class 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. Our 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 lu the Davis Machine Is out out of a solid piece of steel and hardened, while In the Singer It Is not only very much lighter, but la 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 pressor foot holds the material firmly down till the needle has reached its lowest point. The pressure la then relieved and transmitted to the feed bar. Feed bur, needle, and material are then, by a very simple contrivance, moved forward simultaneously the required length of stitch Motion is 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. This lu 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 spludle, 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 ore 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 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 certain amount of backlash, and consequent tendency to rattlo and and break. The connecting rod is a thin bar of Iron, with a hole la each end. The end which rnns 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, aa before remarked, there are no means of compensating for any wear. It will be noticed that the shuttle of the Singer Machine Is carried in a elide, to which a lateral strain is given by tho driving rod, causing a certain amount of friction, while In the Davis It la carried by the lever quite free from friction. With the exception of the small roller working the needle bar, there is not a single piece In the Singer Machine, not even ex ceptlng the shuttle, that ca.,not be cut 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 we had any doubt about tho 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 tho 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 often the effect of tho pressure on a fore motion feed. We must In common honesty express our astonishment at the range and variety of work accomplished by the Davis, which wa are satisfied cannot be done by the Singer. In summarising our report we repeat that we have no hesitation in saying that wo regard the Davla aa very superior to the cinger la workmanship, material, and the mechanical principles involved, and also in performing a greater range cf work. We found the Davis to work with equal ease from tho lightest to the heaviest fabric. JOHN LEE SCOTT (Scott Bros.),

Mechanical Engineer. T. GLUYAS PABCOB, Manager of the Kaiapol Clothing Fact or v. GEO. P, ANTHONY. ' Mechanics! Expert, from Wottlefol<Vß, Blrmlngbasn-, 630 Q