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Battle and CO., LTD. The Sydney
Stock and Station Journal 12 April 1912 |
The exhibit
of this firm was larger and of a more varied type than they have previously
made. It ranged from heavy traction engines to all classes of light machine tools. A
road-making plant for the Gadara Shire Council, Tumut, was shown on the
stand, and embraced an 8-h.p. compound traction engine with new style of
bunkers. "Gibson, Battle" road waggons
for shire use, "Goodwin Barsby" stone breaker,
fitted with a "Gibson, Battle" elevator for lifting the road metal
from the crusher to the trucks driven by an 8-h.p. Ruston portable engine,
"Ruston Proctor" portable steam engines, from 2½ to 10-h.p.
"Columbus" portable oil engines, one of which drove the whole of
their wood working and engineering display, "McLaren," 5 h.p. tractor; this type of engine won the 1910
competition for ploughing at the Royal Agricultural Show in, Britan, a "Weeks " Road scarifier
is on the stand, also a very interesting elevator made by the Portable
Elector Co. of U.S.A., for stacking heavy goods on the floors of warehouses,
weights up to 10cwt. being dealt with in remarkably quick time. A
large number of machines was to be seen in actual
operation and the wood-working department showed the cihain
and hollow chisel morticing machines which have
revolutionised this class of work in the Commonwealth. Three different types
of these machines were at work, also the 'Judson-Jackson'
patent sand belt for cabinet makers, joiners, and pattern makers' shops is a
very interesting and labor saving appliance. A
panel planing machine. Felloo
dressing machine, grinding machine, universal wheelwrights' tool that will do
all classes of work, from the turning of a hub to finishing the completed
wheel, saw benches, suitable for the joiner or the saw miller, and many other
interesting tools were displayed in this department. All these wood-working
machines are manufactured by W. B. Haigh, Gruban and Co., of Oldham, England. They
had also in operation a 'Herbert' No. 4 Capstan Lathe with friction gear and
automatic head; this machine was to be seen turning out most beautiful work
at a wonderful; speed. A 'Butler 16' Shaping Machine. 6in. x 3½in. centre
lathe, hacksaws, and two-spindle ball-bearing; machines were among the
interesting exhibits shown in their tool department. Weighing
machines by Pooley were shown on the stand; a very
interesting exhibit in this department being a weighbridge suitable for
butchers and produce merchants requiring to get
accurate weights without loss of time. Owing
to a late delivery the firm were unable to show a specially designed
ploughing plant, but arrangements have been made whereby an actual trial will
be given at the Wagga Experimental Farm about the end of April or beginning
of May. |