1933-02-14

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933.

Avistion, Engineering and Building.

BETTER HOUSING

IN U.S.S.R.

Special Tax To Be Imposed.

Moscow.

The slight slowing down of the second five-year programme will permit a greater effort toward im- proving the general living condi- tions and cultural facilities in the towns and villages, the Government has decided, and work along that line is to begin at once.

Better housing will be provided

and greater impetus will be given

to cultural development, thus giving small town workers more of the benefits enjoyed in the cities.

to-

Enter The Baby Airplane

Taking Off From The Suburbs

REALISING A PROPHECY

(By Col the Master of Sempill.)

THE CHINA MAIL.

NEW AIRSHIP WORK MODERN HYDRAULIC

BEGUN

Improved Ground

Clearance.

From Wimbledon to Hampstead (flying for the majority. There will improve

in seventeen minutes.... or indeed is for cars in a similar category.

Car

OPERATION

EARLY MACHINE-TOOL

APPLICATION

The

CARRYING CATTLE BY AIR.

Supplying New Guinea Gold Fields.

Sydney, N.S.W.

A new method of transporting In aircraft construction the out-

cattle has been adopted in New standing development during 1932

Guinea. This is by aeroplane. is the commencement of work on

How a bull and a cow were carried the Tc-13 airship, a non-rigid type

from the coast to the Bukolo gold- of 360,000 cubic feet capacity, with

described by The advantages and methods of complete the assembly. The de- fields by air was two geared, air-cooled engipes pro- ducing 700 horsepower for driving application of hydraulic power to sign is simplified by utilising pumps director of Guinea Airways Ltd., specially designed three-blade pro-machine-tool operation were discus- of the variable-delivery type, but who recently visited the Mandated pellers.

"Another feature of this sed recently in a paper by Mr. H. C. gear-pumps can be employed on cer- Territory of New Guinea.

a saving of Neither of the animals appreciat- airship," the report said, "is the Town before the Institution of tain machines with

ed the sight of the giant machine, five-fin control surface arrange Mechanical Engineers in London. cost.

According to the author, present- While the simplicity of ordinary and they refused to be driven or ment with which it is expected to

Eventually they clearance for day high-production requirements hydraulic installations has been re-backed into it. ground

and hauled Shortly after- at the higher est possible output by means of the variable-delivery pump prevents into the machine. to pay a Sunday morning call in ten always be a demand by the minority manoeuvring, low speed control, demand machines giving the larg tained, no accumulator is used, and were placed in a cage

table speeds, the waste of power when using wards they were flying through the minutes. . . or from Piccadilly-for aircraft of, larger capacity and surface stability

work-spindle and

au hour the circus to St. George's Hill golf links greater performance, just as there speeds and mechanism.

The airship will be equipped hitherto unknown. It is essential high-pressure fluid for light duty. air, and in less than anywhere you wish, at the rate of But the future of flying for the man with an observation car which may that an instantaneous change of Relief valves and pressure gauges animals were safely landed at their Hence the gold diggers on the a mile a minute, in your own baby in the street lies with the perfec- be lowered a distance of 1,500 feet these speeds be obtainable in the are included in the system, thus destination, 36 miles away. The Government announced

Bulalo now refer to the cow on the the ultra-light craft, the below the airship for special forms simplest possible way, and hydrau- safeguarding the machine against airplane with folding wings and ton of

This airship is lic operation fulfils this require overload.

fields as "the cow that jumped over day that a special tax will be im fool-proof landing; at a running possibilities of which have been so of observation.

ment.

Early Applications being constructed for operations

*For driving purposes an hydrau-

the mountains," because there are The earliest machine-tool appli-many mountains to be crossed bo- posed for the purpose and that it cost equivalent to that of a baby successfully demonstrated.

One can visualise the rural post-over water and will therefore have will become effective immediately.

That is the vision of those who man visiting his chain of outlying a boat bottom incorporated as well lie pump and motor unit is requir

these tiny ma- as a sca anchor ballast pickup deed. For feeding purposes the ap. cation of bydraulic transmission (tween the sea coast at Lee and the Bulolo goldfields. Before the ad- Men and women employed in the have been interested in the develop villages in one of various labour callings will pay the ment of ultra-light aircraft, and the chines. He will land on the local vice. For land operation conven- plication consists of a pump and was to broaching machines, and,

Control valves and piping tended to grinding machines. oil.

by an Adelaide the way, are run lowest tax which will be between possibilities of this becoming an ac-football field or the village green, tional bumpers and pontoons are! cylinder having a piston driven by proving successful, it was later ex-vent of the aeroplanes, whkb, by advantage of quiet, smooth opera-company, the journey through the two and three per cent. The tax complished fact within the not too deliver his letters on foot, and be provided."

While individual standards in

tion and freedom from shock of re-fungle and over the mountains took on the workers will be imposed for distant future have been emphasis-five miles away in the next hamlel

versal is more apparent on this type several days on foot--Reuter. a period of eight months only. ed by the recent demonstrations at within the same number of minutes. training in observation were higher Those engaged in the lighter the London Air Park of aircraft de- We may see the commercial travel than ever before, the report found callinge and who do not receive a signed by Mr. Lowe Wylde.

lers of England,. the bagmen of the that unit operations had been "seri- regular wage will pay 30 per cent. This machine, which incorporates road, forsaking rail and motorcar, ously handicapped by the restric

Various arrangements of cylin-

The shortest wave-length of any of a month's wages. Private mer-an ordinary standard motor-cycle complete with samples, travelling tion in flying time." for missions

ders in series or with multiple chants and priests will pay 260 per engine of 6 hp, is the outcome of round to Leeds, Manchester, Brad-giving training to squadrons as

It was noted that a new

transmitters can be incorporated in wireless service in the world is to cent. of a month's wages based on the designer's experience in the ford, Glasgow, Bristol, Southampton, whole.

drilling machine construction, al-be used between Lympne (Kent) Jerusalem. the average monthly income for a production and operation of gliders or anywhere else, the Continnent high-wing gull type metal mono-

though a combination of variable and St. Inglevert (France) acro- They will save time, plane with a speed of nearly 200 period of one year.

this development may be appreciated included.

The rebuilt Tiberias baths which delivery pump for feeding in con- dromes for the cross-Channel traffic The main effort of the project and sailplanes. The significance of travelling expenses, hotel bills and miles an hour had been developed.

Improvement in use of bombe for at are replacing the ancient medieval junction with a gear pump for of aircraft not equipped with radio will be directed toward better hous-by reflecting with what scepticism a train weariness.

thousand rapid traverses is generally em-seta. The wave-length will be 15 There is, indeed, no limit to the tack work was reported, with the structures where, two

centimetres (six inches). The dis- ing and municipal facilities which forecast of the present predomin. the entire populace may enjoy. ance of the small car would have the possibilities. It will be prae- fact that "research work along years ago Roman Emperors and ployed.

bathed in the hot

The problem of applying hydrau-tance between the two stations is been received twenty years ago, ticable to take off from some small technical lines, has produced bomb Proconsula

piot in the suburbs, or it may be ing aeroplanes which have attained springs, was formally inaugurated lie transmission to lathes is as yet twenty-three miles.

This service is chiefly for the Flying for the Majority

only partially solved, and present These small airplanes, in my from a special portion reserved in a high speed hitherto unknown in lately before a large gathering.

developments centre round short-announcing of arrivals and depar- [view, definitely open the door to our central parks in the heart of bombers."

traverse machines of the non-screw-tures of small aircraft, and London-or for that matter from

cutting type. Headstocks with routine service messages. It will Buch place

the pro-

hydraulic drives are rare, but the shorten the time required for check- jected 120 feet high land-

advantage of an infinitely variable [ing the passage of private aero- planes, so that in the event of speed range is very pronounced.

Milling machines provide special accident prompt steps can be taken

being over for rescue. difficulties which are

a locked

The use of this system will relieve come by the adoption of feed. Cutter life is greatly ip-the ordinary wireless service, and it creased by the cushioning effect.lins the advantage of freedom from The limited application to recipro-interference from natural electrical cating machine tools is explained Į disturbances. It is not affected by by the high speeds required and the fog, and it offers a high degree of difficulty at the point of reversal.

All persons who received less than

76 roubles monthly or who, because

of illness or disability, cannot work, will be exempt from the tax.

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE ing stage which is likely

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Sirhin

Steak Steak Sausage..

Braint Tongue, fresh

Bullock'

licad Heart Hump, Salt Feet

Kidneys

Liver

Jan. 11 June

Chleken Capone, Small

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STRATOSPHERE MOTOR.

LUXURIOUS ROMAN

BATHS REBUILT

Replacing Ancient Structures.

The baths beside the Sea of Galilee, lavishly equipped by the Romans, have now become a com mercial enterprise and are being 10 Paris-Although the huge plane operated by a limited liability com-

Farman works pany. be erected over a large area of the being built at the

In recent years the Tiberias goods aidings behind King's Cross for flights into the stratosphere is and St. Pancras Stations and take not yet complete, the motor which thermal springs have been run by an early morning bathe at Brighton will drive it to high altitude is the Municipal Council of the city in It is a 350-horse-a poorly equipped building, but early Jan. 11 June in less than an hour from starting. already on test,

year a new concession was 1933 1918 With equal possibility we may see power unit, equipped with three this

one to be granted to a group of American and Cts. Ct young men and maidens going off to super-chargers, each

golf at Sunningdale or St. Andrews brought into service as the plane Palestinian Jewish financiera.

The present concession is for a accelerated increases its altitude. with proportionately

trial period of five years. At the than £16, after which huend of that period, if the enterprise should be able to hire auch an air-is a success, a large scheme will be

Machines such as those referred craft for about 10s. an hour. Think considered necessitating the cutlay to, the Air Ministry being willing of it! Ten shillings in which to go of about £40,000 and a concession 18 and circumstances propitious, should sixty miles in sixty minutes. To for 40 years.

be on the market within the year at business man it may prove cheaper,

The mineral properties of the

cach. than telegraphing, telephoning, or Tiberias Hot Springs are similar to a price round about £200 Already the experimental models, travelling first-class by train.

1030 1928

Cla. Cts.

BUTCHER MEAT.

POULTRY,

Beef Sirloin

lb. 34 24.

Prime Cut

b. 70

Corned

RoseL

Breast

LATKO

30 speed and facility, and all at a cost 28 of transportation equivalent to that more

of the very low-powered car.

Soup

Duck

per

el 20

Dovea Eggs, Hen (cooking) per Eggs, Hen (fresh)

each 40

doz. 88

each 85

carned

1.05

Fowls,

Hainan

ib.

1.80

Canton

each 12

Geese

Pigeons, Canton

each

Hothow

LE. 20

Tripe

1,80

each 25

Calves'

Head & Feet set $1.50 $1.00

ib.

Leg

Shoulder

per set

Iò.

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58888 a 68ANSMIS6281

Speeding Up Trade

which by no means represent the

The personal factor counts most last word in comfort, are so efficient that I consider their practical usage in any sort of business, and one can on a large scale no mere optimistic see that these machines, by making conjecture or sensational prophecy. personal contact over long distances The widespread use of improved quicker, cheaper and easier than has pair 2.00 2.50 craft based on this type is as in-jever been dreamed possible will' do

a great deal to speed up trade. evitable as the turn of the tide.

each

» 1.10

Mutton Chip

Saddle

Pig'i Chitlings

Brains

Head Heart Kidney

Liver

Pork Chop

Loin

Loth

Pat or Lard

each 15

1. 50 80

Sheep's Head & Feet per set 20

Heart Kidneys Liver

each

Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hen

Snipe Pheasant Quail Partridges

Almonda

FRUITE.

Apples (California) Bananas (bride's)

Carambola

Coconuts

Lemons, China

Lemons, Americea Lichees, Dried

Orange

Fears (Canton)

Peanuta

Persimmons, Large Pumelo, Slam

Walnuta

Grapes

FISH

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ib. 1.00

28818181

The present machines are power-

All that is needed is Air Ministry

ed with 6 hp. Douglas 600 ec support and benediction. It will motorcycle engines,, take off and mean a revision of present regula- moment the oncial

38 land at about 20 m.p.h. and cruise tions, but the

26. comfortably between 40 and 50 word "go" is spoken, aviation will mp.h. Their consumption allows of receive the impetus for which it has

each 14

each

Eb.

Oranges (Canton)

VEGETABLES, ETC.

anch

Ib.

Artichokes

Beans, Sprout

Lowr

Best Boot

Brinjals, Green

བབ སྐབgte

near

of Helouin-Les-Bains, those Cairo, in Egypt, where rheumatics and other muscular ailments cured.-Reuter.

are

EARLY AEROPLANE MAKER DEAD.

M. Gustav Lilienthal Passes Away.

Berlin.

The death is announced of Gustav

This more famous brother Otto, who

The deceased was 84 years of Death overtook him in bar-

upwards of 55 miles to one gallon of been waiting since the first airplang Lilienthal, the close collaborator of petrol. The type that will develop left the ground.

So far flying has been a somewhat was the first construct an aero- as a result of these experiments will grobably be fitted with an engine of expensive hobby. The ordinary en-plane in which gliding fights could some 10 h.p. (nominal), which will closed light airplane costs pearly be made, and which already contain- enable a passenger to be carried 41,200 to buy, £50 to learn to fly on, ed all the essentials of the modern with ease and will also result in In- and at least 4d, per mile to fly. The plan only lacking the motor, there creased performace. The machine number of serodromes and charted existing at the time no aeroplanea. without pilot or passenger will landing grounds which may be used The two brothers Wright were Lilienthal's pupils and after his weigh under 500lbs., and with its with anfety is limited.

A forced landing generally re-death built their plane along the folding wings will be very easy to】

Įsults in some damage to the machinesame- lines. transport.

unless the pilot is exceptionally Easier for the Learner One of the greatest advantages of skilled. But the baby plane of the age.

* much wider ness in the experimental aviation: these tiny airplanes is the fact that future will have their low landing speed makes learn- choice in such circumstances, as any sheds where he was testing out an ing to fly far easier and safer than small-sized flat field with good ap-entirely new type of aeroplane con- it has ever been before. It is ob-proaches should be adequate for the structed by him on the "winging Ivious that if a beginner can land average pilot to alight on or take ayabem.”

off from. his machine at about 20 miles an hour instead of 40 to 60 mph. The pilot will, in time, be able to down safely on, or depart which is common to most light air- 19 planes of the present consitional from, a plot little larger than an type, he runs an infinitely smaller ordinary tennis court. When that risk of hurting himself in the west day arrives we shall inevitably find of a crash. Crashing in there con- that those who have been sufficiently ditions should be little worse than long-sighted to realise the possibili- Malling off a bleycle. You may be the of modern-day transport by the bruised, but you will not be broken, section of palatial road houses and Even more important in the fact vast garages in town or on our new

trunk roads will turn their atten that the cost of learning to By về tion to providing all the facilities be cut down practically to one-thira.

required for their Dew customers At prwent the course be

travelling by air. sionssary at tsa

come

A These machines will have to have a name. Why not autoplanes?”

They will at last enable Bamuel johnson's prophecy of 1759 to be

realfand p

I have long been of the opinion

INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES.

A cubic inch of cast iron weigba

288 lb.

•

· An American ton equals 2,000 lb. 16.

whereas a British ton equale 2,240

Cast iron expands .062 per cent. for avery 100 degrees F. increase in temperature. ---

•

Pounds per gallon X.09988 equals kilograms per litre.

„A wheel of 30 ina diameter re- volver 672 timen per mile.

Two gallons of petrol require

anor at ships and charioja man) 2,800 ouble-ft, of air for combus-

of machine than on any ether, and the applications include central, internal, and surface machines.

LINKING UP AERODROMES.

Becrecy.

1933

HAVE you returned your firms

particulars for insertion in

the "Hong Section" of the 1933 DOLLAR DIRECTORY?

Firma who have not yet attended to this important matter are re- quested to do so immediately.

Secretaries are also reminded to

forward all information concerning

their clubs, associations, etc.

J ☺

TO FACILITATE THE EARLY PUBLICATION OF THE NEW ISSUE THE PUBLISHERS WILL APPRECIATE THE PROMPT RETURN OF ALL FORMS.

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