BARBED WIRE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 8, 7 December 1883, Page 3

BARBED WIRE.

]Sfe*W-'Stev«ns khd Norton fcay'e been appointed sale, agenfein Manawatn And Eaiigitik«i tbt tihe aale'of the barbed wire made^Byr, > "Colpnial Ba^Bedf %i?e ! 3P«i^|% ■ Vwcb *** been suc'essffiity esfcaSisViaVOamaru. II is cfaTh^eii'fowthe"wire^aMt?s superioi to ! the. market. The heavilf sample is numl|er 12,. which consists ot three strands of s^eel, wire, and^mc^eaingly strong, able to resist almost any strajnthaifCoald. against it The- l»arb' isjof solid make, andiwinted^T^aad is .^> iopeil^ between the OTrarfaswiat ite "lemffr^m *e^£<pto impossible. It is » most foroiidablft wirSTanarsKoul^be everlas^g as regards wear. It ran* 18 chains to the hundredweight. Nor"i3 is .alsq £ strantteMawd^ s>seeTi with 'a similar barh^itteddWeri^iiiifon^in. trmng;ular forinvvanHi'^uke^ifiiSaw^ble. 13 runsJai^teiin^tcf iSe No. l^i^ai^tSbjiWy Ife : the wire most in dqaindWitfwifl 4 . run 26 Chains to. the htttidtfta^efgltb,'^* 1 tlibugE coin- ;- parativety stewi&r is guatanteefl to withstando^fe pftlfe^anystfaihei' , in use. The <wir*» #pe«pg to of excellent quality, and we undersfcfnd is sold at considerably lower rates than^the American more durable. The industry waTfirst established in OfMsk&ttoit& B J yeira when operations were begun; on a very small way. At the^lbe^nme^one shed was in use and sQfl^ i 2O f d 1 r 30 boys were employed. t ;J€^w"»tßh' large sheds are erected, tfi&liahUS<fitraH>er some hundieds, and stilLtbe-deßiand f or-theSouthern market can [J* the only wire' in use^Lnuthe IVliddle Island.- aflAM Ye f i 1 "^? 1^ sa^Wti^ all th^iM^m{arn*^HE r 9^ rrin 8 Ji - No doubt Messrs Stevens .and Gorton will soon efect.esljen^i^, jales jof jthj wire aW^gfej^re, At . should