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Mr. Langton bad further contend- ed that it had never yet been held that a contractual liability to do re- pairs had the same efect as a phy sical compusion to do them owing to a tort, but ur, Justice Enteson said de was not going to discuss that point; he doubted whether it was Sound; at any rate, he decided the ease on the simpler view of the mat- ter. The further question of quan- tam of surveyer's fees was, he held, not a subject he could interfere with
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The health, bulletin of Eastern parts to find in on review, and so favour of the respondents as owners for the week ended April 6, issued cof the "Royal City," and there would by the Director of Medical and Sani- be judgment accordingly on the ap-tary Services, gives the following peal for the Cardiff paintiffs in the cases, the figures in parenthesin 'in-
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One of four cases which are pass- ing on from the Admiralty Court to the Court of Appeal is that of the "York," which raises a curions ques tion of the stay of a ship at Antwerp, and the length of detention which could be brought into colision dum- ages since, beside using the occasion for repairs there, ste had gone to
The appellants are now taking the Antwerp, to be delivered to a new owner, sa78 the "Journal of Com-matter further to the Court of Ap-
peal. marco."
the
A collision occurred between Cardiff steamer "Royal City" and the "York" in Barry Docks, on March 12, 1927, and the Cardiff District Regis-
report na a trar made
for claim
collision action, with costs.
ELECTRICAL, AUXILIARIES It is now generally realised by ship the owners of the Cardiff vesact foreigners that the ordinary diettrie damages. That was appealed to Mr. nu.or and control par das.gned and Justice Bateson in the Admiralty made for use on land is not suitable Court, Mr. Eric W. Brightman appear-
for abips. The extremely on oug ing for the owners of the "York,"
conditions in which sectrical machin- the appellants (instructed by Messrs.
to work on board ship ren- ery bas Gilbert, Robertson and Co., Cardiff;
der it
ture to stal on motora imperative London agents. Messrs. W. A. Crump and Sou), and Mr. George Langton,
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and control gear when have been specialy designed and maoutactured for this 104 · particuar purpose.
ment.on a few acvantages
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toad
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Repairs to the 3.8. "Sar Nam Hoi,"
In connection with the resort made of during the week that a small woy was over drowned when a sampan caprized steam engines for driving stupy anxi- while H.M.S. "Hermes" was earring haries, writes Mr. G. J. Scott, B.Sc., out exercises at Lamming Channel, it M....n the course of an article now transofres that no lives were in The Motor
Ship"
lost. The lifeboats from the aircraft The durect-current. electric carrier rescued the occupan's, and motor has an extremely large over though at the time it was thought capacity for short periods. For that a boy was missing this was lat- winches and wondlasses this quality is er found to be incorrect. invaluable. The steam engine has practically no overload capacity.
18 always which was recently involved in an up- (2) Tno eisėtric moz ready to run at fiosd, or even river collision, are completed, and in overload, at a IOW seconda' notice; all probability she will resume her the steain engine only it steam is run from here to Kongmoon, to-mor kept in the tėed pipes, in wuch case { row. tuere is an enormous loss by condensation.
While passing Ki Au ights on a 8.5. "Kong (3) ecc motor specially de- trin from Wuchow, the signed or shipwors & extremely re- Ning" ran into some fishing nets and Hale and unan.caily very simple sustained damage to her propeller. There is only one rocating part and As a result the vessel has gone to the Chione shipyard at the number of weaning parts are very Kwong Tak BR Lompared with face of a steam Cheung Sha-wan for remairs.. engine. The renewals are very much less after a few years'
running com. pared with steain
engines. (4) The labour required for main tenance- on La electically equipped sap 15 very much less than that tor a steam-equipped ship.
power
(a) Although the urst cost of in- stalation of electrical shops auxi-
bareer than
taat of steani
the run-
en the Shipping masters enraged West River run find less difficult in reaching Wuchow than of late, They report that the river shows signs of rising appreciably,
WARSHIPS HERE
The following men-of-war are at
n.ng cst has been proved to be very present in the harbour. much lower, particularly in the
case
of intermittent ruaning machines, such as winches, windlasses, capstans, steering gear, etc.
Intent years
ance
and
North Wall basin, "Cornwall"
South Wall basin, "Petersfield." Fast
"Dartmouth,"
Seamew" and L3.
Wall basin,
North Arin, "Kent,
West Wall Dock, Francol."
that the electric drive is now as Titania" and sterling". No
Foreign Men-of-War U.S.S. "Beaver" and submarines. US.S. "Cam li
French "Vigilante."
Portuguese "Macau,"
two intependent investigators, have proved that the running cost in fuel
In Dock, "Seraph," "Serapis," L15, alone. of electric winches is One-
and "St. Broock seventh that of steam winches.
Oil Fuel Jetty, "Kharki"; No. 1 (0) Electric
windlass winch,
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running and
Buoy "Thracian": No. 13 Buoy, maintenance cost is enormously less.
"Marazion"; No. 18 Ruby "Bigol": The principal points in the design, No. 23 Bov. 11.9.5. "Guam"; No. Al of electrical gear for ships are:-
Busy, "Suffolk." (1) The insulation the machines ba of the highest possible must
It has been found that standard. mica are the only really reliable in-
and a minimum salating materials,
of micanite or mica is essential between all "life"
Confidence in the future of the conductors and earth.
It is also extremely important that coal industry in South Yorkshire is
b.g demand for house coat, the Silk- had sold the "Royal City" to a pur- wound, should be entirely freed from
Har detent.on moisture by baking and impregnation stone seam at Cortonwood is to be chaser in Antwerp.
in vacuo, followed by a further bak re-opened. no loss to the owne there issued
24 hours in thick She was at Antwerp necessarily ing of not less than
order to oxyd's and set the varnish,
વર્ષ to be delivered to her now owners.
this wax after watch, when still hot, the parts Mr. Langton's reply to that the contract of sale did not dis- should be treated with one or more
coats of best carriage varnish, able the owners from using the yes- sl st the time the repairs were re- She was quired be
to carried out.. vanily
under no ebligation tỏ go to Antwerp at all, and the repairs were well under way belire anything was concludeit
in the matter of the sale. The respondents were not under any cbligation to hand the ship over unti after the date when the repairs wers The detention: robbed completed. them of the use of the veszal } Judge's View The view Mr. Justice Bateson took Was that the vessel wall live 30 Di Pint-Carding possuilty period so wileri tale Legskar's gues reaved. he lound the “mejal katy“ Was is to go on wadin lor so.ne moncus without repauing the dainag
there beansed the shin for they all armatures and cols. after being growing. In order to meet the very
ers.
d.
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owners got a tender for repairs Those repairs were all above water- line. The work was estimated to Lake three days, but in fact, took long Ap because there was no hurry er,
(2) Binding wires on the armature core to hold the conductors in the slots are not reliable and a breakage of such binding wire is able to cause serious damage to the machine. Hard wood wedges suitably impregnated should be employed instead.
(3) For motors and dynamos on board ship the very minimum amount of sheet-iron in the form of covers should be used, as even when paint ed it is found that the corrode, after a few years. Thick cast-iron
com- mutator covers, with ventilation open ing well below the centre lins and pointing downwards, with similar in- let openings, have been found to be the best for engine-room motora The internal fan used for ventilating the motor must be of sheet-Iron, bot should be hot-galvanised to prevent corrosion,
below
I do not consider that totally en- closed motora are necessary deck so long as ventilated motors are- designed as outlined in the foregoing remarks, except in mecial positions,
tack. A fortnight before that—va December 21-aer owners entarca intu contract to sell her, with denver, not unter than February 25, sec. to the buyers approval on inspection There was nothing to guarantee that the vessei would actualy be accept where, for instance, chicride fumes ed. She reached Antwerp on Janu-may be present, as near refrigerat ary 17, having mave profits up tiling machinery, or where the air may
ben the Then then of over $17 a day,
bs impregnated with enal-dust, such as in or near holler-rooms.
Ball bearings have now proved themselves so reliable that they are becoming universal on ship motors. Oil-ring bearings reire frequent at
with oil tention and the filling up parently the ship had gone to thi port both to undergo repairs and t liable to be forgotten and is some
times difficult owing to the position tirn out cargo. The Registrar foun she was in a condition to rn, and of the motor Ball bearings, to be but for the collision would have earn reliable, however, must be made a ed profit and the proposed purchas very careful it on the shaft and as had nothing to do with the detention therefore removal of the ball bear- For the appellants It had been aring from the shaft is to be avold- gued that the contract of sale put aed, it is essential that bearing hour- period to the plaintiffs' opportunity oings should be made aenarata from using the ship to make a profit, by the end bracket, so that the armature Mr. Justice Bateson said he must find may be removed and replaced with that she was never out of post-carn bearings untouched. ing possibility. It has material to test it in this way. She need never have gone to Antwerp at all, or when The Marine Court which has been she did her owners might have investigating the case of the 60-ton waited until February 25 befors ten covets) steamer Annie M. Miller," dering her to the prospective Layers which foundered off Sydney Heads on When Mr Linglon insisted that the the night of February 9 Just with the contract of sale in the circumstances loss of six Ilvor. une found that the d'd not dabar the Cardiff wwners from wess foundered because she was ning the shin, he (Mr. Justinerloaded and not properly trimmed. Bateson) thought he had right on his The owners were exempted from
blame,
It is about 2 ft. 6 in.
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