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  2. THE WORLD'S PROGRESS

    A new case-hardening mixture consists of 80 parts of granulated coke, 80 parts of powdered bituminous coal, 20 parts of powdered soda-ash, and 15 parts of air-slaked lime, with or without ...

    Article : 52 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 428 words
  4. THE PUREST WATER FOUND IN FRUIT.

    In these days of improved drinking water filtered water it is well to know that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 217 words
  5. MAKING WOOD FROM WASTE PAPER.

    There is an old saw to the effect that "Nature works in circles, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 292 words
  6. SPRING PIPE CUTTER.

    The spring pipe cutter is constructed with the head pivoted so that the advancing screw handle may be screwed down tight at the beginning. This tool is claimed to be able to cut a piece ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. LUBRICANT FOR MOTOR TUBES.

    A lubricant for the inner cubes of motor-car tyres has been introduced to the form of mica powder. It is claimed to possess advantages over soapstone and tale, in that it will not cake or ...

    Article : 51 words
  8. HIGH-POWERED LAMP.

    A new high-power electric lamp for the head-light of a motor-car is of 16 c.p. at 4 volts only. The Automental filament is arranged in grid fashion, which enables the light to be ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. ARTIFICIAL CAMPHOR.

    There is now in operation in New York an antificial camphor factory, the produce of which is intended to compete in the market with the natural substance. It is maintained that it ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. NEW KNIFE SHARPENERS.

    A novel knife and scissors sharpener has just been placed on the market by a Birmingham firm. The sharpening is done by means of a hardened steel wheel, and the appliance has ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. AID TO MOTOR HILL-CLIMBERS.

    A new instrument for indicating the gradients of hills is designed to fit on the dashboard. The indications of the gradient are given direct in figures, up grades being in black and descending ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. WHERE DOES THE IRON GO?

    Not more than a quarter of the world's iron is used a second time, and not more than a quarter of this goes through r second scrapping. The dissipation by wear is more rapid ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. PUSHING AND PULLING.

    It has been wisely observed that most operations can be more efficiently performed by drawing them along through their proper course than by attempting to push and jam them through. ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. A STEP FORWARD.

    An invention was described at the British Academy of Science last month which is an adaptation of the phonograph to the telephone, enabling messages to be recorded at a distance ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. WOOD-PULP CLOTH.

    The making of yarns and cloths from wood. pulp is a comparatively new thing in Britain, but it is a better-known process in Germany as well as in the United States, where they work ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. A DIET TO WARD OFF TUBERCULOSIS.

    That everyone is more or less susceptible to tubercular trouble is a matter on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 214 words
  17. WHAT THE TELEPOST WILL DO.

    An American inventor, Mr. Patrick B. Delany, has worked out a new idea. By an automatic machine he is able to telegraph a thousand words a minute over a single line for ten ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. CALCULATING THE SUN'S CANDLE-POWER.

    The never abating scientific interest in the heat and light of the sun recently ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 138 words
  19. PARIS SCIENTIST FINDS GOUT MICROBE.

    Chickens with the goat form a novel exhibit of the Pasteur Institute. The chickens so afflicted are believed to mark a distinct forward step in the study of the germ theory because ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. THE MANUFACTURE OF HYDROGEN.

    As under the stimulus of practical. science the world's work widens and intensifies, there is a constant call for better methods of producing certain substances which formerly were ...

    Article : 134 words
  21. SOME NOVEL AND INTERESTING INVENTIONS.

    The agitation against the public drinking cup has resulted in many scheme for the elimination of the danger of infection from such a source, but none of them is more curious than ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  22. WORK & WAGES THE WORLD OVER

    Reports from Leipzig (Germany) state that strike of workpeople employed in the lignite mines of the Zittau district is an progress. The men demanded the fixing of wages by a ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. ARBITRATION COURT CASES.

    The Perth Hairdressers Union has decided to cite a case for the Arbitration Court. They intend to demand decreased, pay and better working conditions. The colliery enginedrivers ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. FIRE-SHUTTER CONTROLLER.

    A fire-shutter controller. by which it is claimed that common swing-shutters may be opened and closed quickly and safely from the outside of the building without impairing their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  25. ENGINE-DRIVERS' POSITION.

    At a special meeting in Melbourne of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association (Vic.) last week, it was resolved "that the Chamber of Manufactures should be approached with the ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES.

    The change in rates of wages taking effect in April last affected 97,000 work-people, who sustained a net decrease of £1350 per week (remarks an English journal). Of the total amount ...

    Article : 105 words
  27. FRENCH LABOR DISPUTES.

    Two hundred and eleven were reported to the French Labor Department as having begun in March as compared with 100 in the previous month and 171 in March 1910. In ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. NOBLEMAN'S GIFT TO EMPLOYEES.

    Lord Penrbyn gave a holiday to his 4000 Welsh quarrymen on Coronation Day and on investiture Day together With an addition of 5 per cent to their wages. ...

    Article : 29 words
  29. SUGAR CO. EXEMPT FROM WOOD WORKERS' AWARD.

    In N.S.W. industrial Court Judges Heydon decided that so long as the Colonial Sugar Refining Company paid its men who were carpentering at the river mills a minimum wage of £2 ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. STRIKE OF RAILWAY NAVVIES.

    Seventy navvies employed at Wallal, tear Charleville, Central Queensland, in connection with the construction of the Great Western railway struck last week for an increase of ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Recent despatches state that female servants are wanted in many parts of South Africa. In the "Transvaal" the building trade continues brisk at Johannesburg in Pretoria the seven ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. SIXTEENTH CENTURY ENGINEERING.

    EIGHT HUNDRED MEN AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY HORSES RAISING ST. PETER'S OBELISK. ROME. IT WEIGHED 320 TONS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  33. GLASS BEVELLERS' STRIKE.

    Further efforts are being made to bring about a settlement of the glass bevellers' strike in Victoria. At the meetings of the men last week it was reported that one of the manufacturers had ...

    Article : 125 words
  34. IRREGULAR DETERMINATIONS.

    The Chief inspector of Factories (Vic.) states that the determinations of several wages boards have been delayed by irregularities which have rendered it necessary to send the findings back. ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. STOPPER EXTRACTOR.

    This s a cork extractor comprising an impaling screw and a supporting member shaped to rest on the top of the neck of a bottle. The supporting member acts as a fulcrum for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  36. THE WORKERS' CHAMPION.

    A non-party committee has formed in England to organise a public testimonial to Mr. Walter V. Osborne the trade unionist working man who succeeded in obtaining the well-known ...

    Article : 135 words
  37. MOVING-PICTURE ADVERTISING CHAIR.

    On each arm of this advertising chair is a glass-covered space, 4in square under which passes a roll which is covered with advertisements, the reading matter being changed with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  38. A CENSUS OF PRINTING AND NEWSPAPER WORK.

    Under the Census of Production Act of 1906 a return of the printing and newspaper trade has just been made. Here is the statement of the gross output, the cost of materials used ...

    Article : 138 words
  39. FEES FOR THE RIGHT TO DIG.

    Here is an advt. from a New Zealand paper concerning a line of digging about which not much Is heard:— WANTED.—80 to 100 Gumdiggers. To work ...

    Article : 140 words
  40. ANIMAL TRAP.

    This method of trapping animals, presumably mice and rats, was patented by an Iowa inventor. Attached to the end of a table-top is a wire for the bait and a runaway so mounted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  41. BUILDERS WHO ARE BUSY.

    Probably in London's history there has never been a year in which a larger number of great building are being erected (says a London paper), the whole representing several millions ...

    Article : 224 words
  42. PAINTING TRADE AND TRAVELLING EXPENSES.

    Sometime ago the wages hoard for Melbourne painters fixed the rate of pay at it 3d per hour. It also decided that ½d per hour extra should be paid for work done up to five miles outside a ...

    Article : 272 words
  43. WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS' WAGES.

    After several sittings the special board appointed under the Shops and Fastories Act to fix the minimum ate of wages to be paid to watch and clock makers in Melbourne arrived ...

    Article : 264 words
  44. STREET FIXTURE FOR ELECTRIC LAMP.

    The operation of the curved street lamp support is clearly shown. The electric circuit is automatically cut out when the arm has been moved to a predetermined position. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  45. STRIKE IN FURNITURE FACTORIES.

    A recent despatch from Chicago reports a strike of union workmen employed in, the furniture factories of Grand Rapids (Mich.), Some sixty factories were involved and the strikers ...

    Article : 61 words
  46. THE ADELAIDE UNEMPLOYED.

    A meeting of the unemployed was hell outside the Adelaide Labor Bureau last week. The immediate cause of the meeting was a notice calling for 40 laborers for railway work at ...

    Article : 70 words
  47. SHAMPOO CAP.

    A protecting cap or shield for use when [?]hampooing the hair is shown. It passes around the head and forms a protection for the face and neck. In the front is a transparent ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  48. MANCHESTER TRAMWAY MEN.

    The Right Hon. Sir David Harrel, K.C.B. the arbitrator appointed by the Board of Trade in the dispute between the Corporation of the City of Manchester (Tramways Committee) and their ...

    Article : 92 words
  49. THE BUTCHERING TRADE.

    Unlike most of the others unions which claim payment at the rate of double time or time and a half for Sunday work, the Butchers' Employees' Union of Victoria is strongly opposed ...

    Article : 98 words
  50. BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE WITH IT.

    "The Globe" is cheap indead Only five shillings per year post free from the office 136 Castlereagh-street, Sydney: 1/1 per quarter or one penny per copy from any newsagent to ...

    Article : 41 words
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