TESTIMONIAL'S
Comet Windmills
Catalogue No. 4
March 1918
The Royal Easter Show, Sydney, March, 1913.
Comet Windmills exhibited at the Show in 1913 and 1914.
There were about 40 windmills exhibited, ranging in size from 4ft. up to our 27ft. Comet,
which was the largest, and during the show week, it was noticeable that when the wind died away,
our large Comet was the last to stop working and the first to begin again when the breeze sprang up.
This was a great revelation to a great many Southern people.
Messers, Sidney Williams & Co
5th April 1911, Vuna Station,
Whitewood, NQ
Dear Sirs, - After giving your Mill a good trial, I can safely say it is the best I have had anything to do with,
both for smoothness of running and capacity of water pumped per hour.
(Sgd) N. Geary
Messers, Sidney Williams & Co
24th February 1912, Vuna Station,
Whitewood, NQ
The mill you erected 2 years ago, which is a 22ft, Comet has been going splendidly ever since, and has not once gone wrong.
It has been watering 14,000 sheep since it was erected.
(Sgd) N. Geary
NOTE: - This was the first Comet made (erected Feb 1910)
Over 200 have since been sold.
'Lakes Creek', Rockhanpton, QLD.
Nov, 16, 1917.
We have pleasure in stating that the 22ft. Comet Windmill installed 2 years ago on a well,
at the foot of the Berserker Mountains, and to which is attached a 7 inch Comet Syphon Pump,
to replace an oil engine, has worked most satisfactory.
We have drawn on an average, 20,000 gallons of water daily, and have had no difficulty with it.
Since its introduction it has saved us considerably in fuel, and has cost nothing for repairs,
and the only labour used has been a man to oil it occasionally.
On our Western stations we have put in over a dozen of your Comet Mills, ranging from 12ft, to 22ft.,
and these have given entire satisfaction.
The Central Queensland Meat Export Co. Ltd.
(Sgd) G. B. Hopper.
'Launceston', Hughenden, QLD.
May, 6, 1916
Two of your 24ft.Comet Windmills have been working almost daily for 6 years,
and not a penny has been spent on them.
(Sgd) W. F. Riley.
Penrice, NQ, Railway.
Feb, 20, 1916
The 20ft. Comet Comet Windmill you erected here in 1913 is a good advertisement.
It has never cost a shilling for repairs,
and has worked smoothly ever since it was first erected.
(Sgd) I. R. Riley
'Mt Sturgeon', Hughenden, QLD.
April, 21, 1916
I am so pleased with the 3 Comet Mills I have that I am enclosing an order for an 18ft. Comet Mill,
which I require you to send along at once to Hughenden.
I will also be ordering another two 24ft. Mills very shortly.
(Sgd) F. J. Dailey
'Gnalta', Winton, QLD.
Oct, 9, 1917
The 20ft. Comet Mill with a 4¼ pump you supplied to 'Gnalta' a few months ago is doing splendid work.
It is watering 10,600 sheep, 50 head of horses and 10 head of cattle,
and the overflow from the tank keeps a large hole in the creek full.
(Sgd) T. B. Lynn.
'Tenterfield Park', Hughenden, QLD.
April, 10 1915.
Since writing to you last I have inspected several windmill plants, including some Comets,
but consider there is not a plant in the district to compare with mine ( a 24ft. Comet Mill pumping from 388ft.
with a 3¼ pump)in every particular, which has been inspected by several people, or should I say several hundred people,
who all vote my 'Comet' the champion of the district.
(Sgd) R. J. Nolan.
'Whiteabbey', Point piper, Sydney, NSW.
Oct, 24, 1916
I think I was among your first purchasers of Comet Windmills , a 22ft. mill on 'Vuna' Station.
I had always advocated 'direct-acting' as against geared mills, and the result obtained from the above mill,
lifting water 150ft. from a sub-artesian bore, not only confirmed my views to 'direct-acting' mills,
but has led me to purchase 'Comet' and 'Comet' only ever since.
The 27ft. mill we have with an 8inch pump, lifting water 100 ft., is equal to a steam engine and it is incredible
how light a wind operates it, and how smoothly and noiselessly it runs, absolutely the minimum wear and tear.
I have all sizes of Comet Mills from 12ft. to 27ft., which all give equal satisfactory results in proportion to their size.
In my opinion the Comet is the very best thing at present in windmills,
and you are to be congratulated upon being its designer and manufacturer.
(Sgd) W. J. Young.
Australian Pastoral Co.
'Elderslie', Winton, QLD.
Oct, 17, 1913.
I have now purchased over 3 dozen Comet Mills. They are working in various parts of Central and northern QLD,
at a depth varying from 15ft. to 400ft. In most cases the stock are entirely dependent on these mills for water,
and I have pleasure in stating that they have never failed us. The mills are exceptionally strong and reliable,
and what what is most surprising, they work in the very lightest breezes. This is particularly the case with the large mills.
The fact that I have just given you an order for ten 27ft. Comet Mills with 4¼ pumps for pumping in deep sub-artesian bores,
is the best proof I can give you of my continued confidence in your Comet Mill.
Until I had seen your Comet Mill I had no idea we could depend on stock watering by windmill power
(Sgd) Chas. J. Brabazon.
'Darr River Downs', Longreach, QLD.
May, 1913.
I have pleasure in stating that we have erected 10 Comets on Darr River Downs and Surbiton Stations,
ranging from 18ft. to 24ft. They are pumping from various depths up to 300ft, and they water from 6,000 to 10,000 sheep.
One of the 24ft. mills is keeping a 20,000 gallon tank full, which overflows frequently, and when we have good winds,
runs a water race a distance of half a mile. I have only erected these mills during the last 18 months,
and I am pleased to mention the promptness in which you have railed these orders, has been all that one could desire.
One of the chief recommendations of this mill, in my mind, is its perfect simplicity and excellent governing powers.
(Sgd) James G. Richardson.
'Kynuna' Station, Winton, QLD.
Nov, 16, 1917.
We have the 20ft. Comet Windmill erected with a 6¾ brass pump and is giving splendid results.
I estimate, in a fairly good wind, it pumps 6,000 gallons per hour through a 4inch delivery pipe.
I like the motion of the Comet Mill, it is strong a there's little to get out of order.
It's the best arrangement we have on the station.
(Sgd) L. G. Reid, Manager.
'Oban' Station, Cloncurry, QLD.
Jan, 8, 1915.
We now have 7 Comet Windmills, mostly 27ft., working at various depths down to 360ft. on 'Oban Station.
Since their erection they have given little trouble, having fully realised our expectations of their capabilities
in pumping and reliability. We can certainly recommend the Comet Windmill.
(Sgd) McMarster,Vickery & Field.
per G. McMaster.
'Oban' Station, Cloncurry, QLD.
March, 26, 1917.
We now two 35ft. Comet Windmills in operation and the 3rd in the course of erection.
I am pleased that these two 35ft, Comet Mills are doing their work well and will prove
quite up to expectations.
(Sgd) Albert Jones, Manager.
'Talleyrand', Longreach, QLD.
May, 14, 1913.
I have pleasure in stating that the 24ft. Comet Mill is doing wonderfully well, and raising more water than
I thought possible with a direct-acting mill at its depth. I have 3 other makes of mills pumping at over 200ft.,
and none of them woutd water more than 3,500 sheep, while the Comet is supplying at least 3 times that amount.
The wood rods and patent joints are great labour savers, as they have not once uncoupled since they were put on
the first mill 5 months ago. I consider the Comet has solved the problem of lifting water from sub-artesian bores.
(Sgd) J. S. Rowan.
'Talleyrand', Longreach, QLD.
Dec, 3, 1913.
On inspecting a 22ft. Comet Mill , we noticed through some fault, that the mill was lifting 370ft. of 6inch
bore casing and 200ft. of 5inch pump casing full of water, rods and clamps.
Not a bad lift if you figure it out
'Bimbah', Longreach, QLD.
Dec, 1910.
The 20ft. Comet Windmill erected by you on 'Malboona' Station, Corfield, which is working a 3¼inch pump,
and I have much pleasure in stating that this is most satisfactory. It is pumping 720 gallons of water per hour
from a depth of 280ft. from the surface in a good wind, and in a light wind about 500 gallons of water per hour.
It is the best Mill I have seen and I prefer it to any others.
(Sgd) R. H. Edkins.
for Edkins, Campbell & Co.
'Edwinstowe', Jericho, QLD.
Jan, 15, 1916.
During the past few years I have purchased 8 Comet Windmills for 'Edwinstowe' & 'Coleraine' Stations,
and since their installation I have not required to use an engine pumping plant. The last 22ft. Comet erected
on 'Coleraine' Station is pumping with a 3¼inch pump from 306ft. on a short stroke, and with a 20,000 gallon
storage tank and 200ft. of troughing has been watering 4,000 sheep and 200 bullocks for the last 3 months,
in addition to which, at the present time, the overflow is running in a trench for half a mile.
I have been here three years and have not had to take a pump up yet.
(Sgd) J. H. Wall.
'Elderslie' Station, Winton, QLD.
Dec, 1912
Please send me an 18ft.Comet Windmill, and I expect to require considerably more Mills for 'Elderslie'.
I consider the Comet Windmill is probably the best Windmill in the world to-day.
(Sgd) C. J. Brabazon.
'Burliegh', Richmond, QLD.
Oct, 12 , 1916.
The 24ft. Comet Windmill erected at Bore No. 13 is operating a 4¼ pump at a depth of 150ft. in conjunction with a
3 N.H.P. Comet Portable Steam Engine and a No. 4 Comet Pumping Head.
So far we have not had to use the auxiliary since erecting the mill, and I do not think a better pumping outfit could be found.
Now that everything is going in a satisfactory manner I would be pleased if your Hughenden representative
would come out and look at the corner bore where there is a 24ft. Comet Windmill
operating a 5¼inch deep well pump at a depth of 90ft. The tank is full and has a capacity of 250,000 gallons
and is watering 2,000 head of mixed cattle.
(Sgd) G. Ross Debney.
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