MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1198, 22 November 1882, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

An I'nglish paper says : — Our German rivals are sma'-t A Sheffield merchant who does a large business in cutlry, tells us that a certain local patent for a speciality in scissors ran its fourteen years on August 18. On the 19th, a Sollingen firm delivered to him a quantity of scissors the pattern of the expired patent. 'he Sheffield maker's quotation was some 60s a dozen ; the Sollingen people are able to deliver at 21s a dozen. They are folding scissors, which can be put away in the vest pocket, without inconvenience or danger of injury to the fingers. The German people will now do the business. Another famous English library is

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