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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1933.
EGYPT'S POLITICAL
SITUATION
Parliamentary Majority Not In Cabinet.
UNIQUE POSITION DEVELOPS
taire
A strange political situation has developed in Egypt whree tho Pers
hamentary majority
wanted in the Cabinet
Bot
מידווי
Brahim Fahmy Kevins Pasha
Body CEM webes How the pri
insiste
יני
Forming 1
gainst th 9117% 01
! Executive of which
the Cabinet.
Haber! shuakist
Engineering & Building
Scotland's Store Of "White Coal"
Harnessing Power In The Grampians
ELECTRICAL
characteristics Ismail Silky The natural
DEVELOPMENT
THE CHINA MAIL.
of base load in times of flood and low
water, respectively.
Pasha the rexigrity Prime Minis-the watershed of the Grampians ter, is President. They have there and the River Tay are the number ot lochs situated at a comparative. for hen expelled from the Party
It now remains to be seen what
Parlimens wili huppen when
sembles in De ember
An
over
the power station on Loch Ran- has, therefore, been designed ly high level and draining into the or a tal capacity of 66,000 up..
Sea. From Po North
" hydraulic
44,000 h.p. is already in- point of view, these features are of salted while the ins alled capacity napounding of the Tunnel stat.on, which is Following the Enst tone in the the highest value for
under construction, will also summer of 1931, the Shanbist Party, purposes, and their utilisation has gone
Le 44 um hp. The Grampians Com- which had only been formed ly been in contemplation since 1899.
It was not untu 1922, however, pany has powe, a to supply mail Sidky Pasha at the end of
Avijan ara of 4.214 sq. miles, and is the previous year, gained a majority that the Grampian Electricny
1: powers thus ob- also delivering energy in bulk to It is understand that when Sidky was passed.
of 12,000 kw. to the Pasta resignet he stipulated that tained have been transferred to the the extent The new Cabinet should
as Grampian Electricity Supply Com Grid many Shanbist Members as would pany and have been developed by The area of Loch Ericht is 7.1b correspond with their representa.he Scottish Power Company, Limits, mlles, and in places it is 500 the south- Bon in Parlament, but only two muted, under whose control the scheme ft deep. It drains ai
carried west corner through the River of the 11 members of the new Cahi described below has been net were chosen from the party
Ericht into Loch Rannoch, the an-
Reuter
The centre of the development is nual rainfall in the area being 70 63 in. is available Loch Ericht, which is situated 1., of which
the |153 ft. above sea level, and is drain- when allowance is made for ed through the River Ericht into (ron-off. Loch Rannoch, the difference To compensate for this, the level
in 'elevation
abuut of the river has been raised 12 ft. being 485 IL. In pour miles. The deviation of cer- by n dam, and the impounded water lab other watersheds Into Loch a used down to a level of 6 ft. be Ericht has been authorised, thus in- jlow the natural level. This varia- creasing the area the patural tion of 17 ft. gives a reservoir ca- watershed from 62.6 to 1×5.2 Bu, pacity of 3,425,000,000 cub ft. The mean elevation of Loch Ericht of above Loch Rannoch is 485 ft. and Later on, a entenment It rea 200.7 sq. miles, of a total of 39 this head is being utiilsed at the .. 1166.
power house.
ENGLAND HAS NO AIR STAMPS
Useful Revenue Source Not Adopted.
COLLECTORS HOPE FOR ISSUE
Lencion
pur.
miles.
Australia, Canada, South Africa The available
from
and New Zealand all hver Then these arens will be utilised in two STAGGERING
sind wir maij stamps ma but the power stations, age on Luch Mother Country fat Some
the outlet of the Frason Koh L
Ran-
River
Brag hind The Pod Fffice doosjitricht, and the other on the River Bot jane any aper and stamps for an Tummel, while by correlating the war although over The Countries" various catchment areas inside the
DECLINE IN
PROPERTY
How make isties for this purpume, watershed, it wil be possibile to New York Only Worth and find it quite a useful source of develop the maximum power at the
FeVeľuje.
greatest efficiency.
U.S.$16,000,000,000.
"Happy Landings, Cowboy!"
The airman's parting salute, "Happy Landings," can well be adopted
by The cowboys appearing in rodeos throughout the country. For here "happy innding" at Salinas. Calif., with Frank Snyder doing the
landing from the back of a bucking bronco.
Hydrogenation Of Coal
Petrol Production Now!
Practical Matter.
GOVERNMENT BONUS TO AID INDUSTRY
ly, and indirectly, for probably about 5,000 more.
The Government are to be con- gratulated on this new departure, which implies no heavy drain this Treasury, such as is involved the excution of non-urgent
on
Nearly two years have elapsed in since Sir H. McGowan, the head of public works, which as a panacea Imperial Chemical Industries, for unemployment has invariably Limited, started in a letter to The proved unsatisfactory. Times that the prolonged and cost- It is to be hoped the following ly researches at Billingham-on-Tees the same policy of helping those had proved that, by hydrogenation, who are prepared to help them- petrol enuhi be produced from coal setves, the Government
will soon
new
at a cost which at the then prizes! see their way to forward the re- would show a small profit if the sumption of work on tho operation were conducted On * | Cunarder.-Engineering.
ufficiently large scale.
Later to the same year, Dr. A. Crawford, in a paper read before
the North of England Institute of Mimng and Mechanical Engineers, Kave some particulars of the
Many stamp enthusiasts hope that Owing to the natural configura- Sir Kingsley Wand. the Postmaster tion, the facilities for storage in $1,000,000,000 DROP IN YEAR process followed. General, who has been doing splenihe Loch Ericht area are exception- i fid work to popularise the telephone jal, and sufficient reservoir capacity
has been concluded. — Reuter
}{ New York has lost value,
dry
The Original Process.
He stated that from 100 tons of in Great Britain. will take up this will be obtained by raising its level more than $1,000,000,000 is the last
sh-free coal 62 tons of petrol No city ther AD question when his 'phone campaign by 25 ft. On the other hand, the 12 months
Additional Jarlifeia cartation of the level of New York could stand so unperturb could be produced.
such terrible tone. One real was required for heating and Loch Laldon is not permitted by ed under
nearly the other purposes, so that the over- the Act, and at Loch Rannoch only then dollars, that is
total value of a dozen large cities in all consumption might be taken to of storage will be available.
It would go far toward be 3.65 tons of raw coal per ton of By interlicking the two stations the Weat
owed us petrol produced. jand distributing their output achtering the war debt
COUNTIES This 15 It Ithy foreign
WORLD SHORTAGE
OF WHISKEY
cording to the low conditions,
The overall efficiency was given possible to use staggering decline in the property as 43 per cent. and the cost of pro- American Consumption voll, however, be reservoir for the value of New York, but singularly duction on a large scale as 7d. per
May Raise Price.
whole watershed, the guiding prin- no he is greatly alarmed by this gallon, of which 2d. per gallon re- ciple being to make the Tummel fact, which was quietly revealed to presented an allowance for obsoles
DUBLIN DISTILLER'S FORECAST and Loch Ericht stations take the the
New York.
A world shortage of good whis
Je, wab pres you know SHANGHAI BUILDING
now high" after repeal, was seen
by Mr Lionel Marks, director of Dublin Distilleries. Ltd., and
the
APACE
William Jameson Company, who is New Apartment House on his way back to Ireland after Of Eight Storeys.
study of trade conditions In this country.
WESTERN DISTRICT PROGRESS
world by Jamie J. Sexton. cence of the plant. big chief of the department 471 Taxes and Assessments, # joviad) man who appreciates a joke.
Mr. Sexton, standing with 1
The above estimate was hused of an output of 220,000 tons of petrol per annum, and the estimat- ed profit was too small to justify
if of papers bearing regiments the attempt to work the process of figures, declared last week that! New York from a real estate stand-commercially.
point was worth only $16,702,961,-|
Conditions have, however, been
an.
D
046 Lant year his department completely changed by the estimated the real property value of nouncement made in the House of the five boroughs at $17,759,844,944) Commons on Monday last, stating and on this valuation was based the that the Government proposed to "I could have nold here consi-
taxes demanded from property guarantee for a term of years derably more whiskey than I've ac-
owners but so many refused to pay preference of at least 4d. a gallon tually got for delivery after re-
or were unable to do so because of on the home-producted spirit. The skyline of the Shanghai peal." saic Mr. Marks. "But I
eronomir conditions that the great wouldn't seli a quart at this time Bund is well known and familar to city of New York found itself with until we see what is going to bap- the world traveller and makes attle funds to meet its bills and was pen. Whiskey after all, is a com- good impression, as well as a sur-about to be declared "bankrupt." modity, like cotton.
prise to those calling here for the first time, but the Bund skyline is
"The world surplus of good complete in comparison to the city whiskien han been getting short west of the Bund. We have had enough while there
at the pre-war
consumption unless the whiskey is
As matters stand, there is a duty of 4d, a gallon on imported petrol, which is not balanced by an ex- cise,
Protests Heeded.
Should this condition persist, the Last year when Mr. Sexton and guarantee will extend for four and hin men declared that 808,818 a half years only.
in
If, however, an excise duty to imposed, or the import duty lower-
Going into the Western part of parcels of real estate in the five; was no American consumption, but the city and gaining a view of the boroughs were worth close there in only enough for six months
rate of American growing skyline, people continue to $18,000,000,000 long protests were ed, the duration of the guarantee oxpress surprise at the number of forwarded to City Hall demanding; will be extended, and if the bonus large apartments. In looking at demanding and demanding. Ap is ultimately fixed at 4d. a gallon, to be cut with rectified spirits. Shanghai it la well to remember it parently this was effective because the term will be ten years.
"The price of good whiskey is is a large city and is continuing to valuation upon which taxes will be New Plant to be Installed.
grow, and of course there is a based have been pushed down below As already noted, the output on le going to be high. How high, constant demand for better places those of last year and perhaps which Dr. A. Crawford's estimatca God only knows. I
jabout $500,000,000 more will be
going to be act by the demand. Itj
ter.
don't."--Bau-
GERMAN CANARIES FOR AUSTRALIA.
Bird With 12-Note Range
to live.
Mr. Sexton explained that he and
The most recent addition in cleaved from the tentative figures were based was 220,000 tons of apartments will be at the corner of before the final value is sent to the petrol per annum, and the plant re-
quired would cost 8,000,000L. Route Vallon and Rule Cardinal Boards for approval
Apparently further Improve- Mercier. The apartment house will be eight floors with all modern im- his associates were fully aware ofments have been affected, since provements-the permit was grant-conditions and understood the hard- Mr. MacDonald forecasted a yearly ed recently and work has already, ships which confronted the tax output of but 100,000 tons.
Further particulars have sinco letarted on the foundations.
payers and having that in mind the Additional building permits have values arrived at, in his opinion, been published stating that Im- parial Chemical Industries Limit- Mr. T. W. Harper, a passenger been issued in the Western district are equitable.. by the "Larga Bay" brought out for the construction of 18 hongs Mr. Sexton points out that reduced, will instal forthwith plant cost- five German roller canaries from with 2nd story located on Rue de tions in assessed valuation over the ing 2,600,000, and capable of pro- Hartz Mountain for his aviary in In Tour. Other permits issued last four years have totalled ap-cessing 400 tons of coal per day. Brisbane.
were for, four European residences proximately $2,288,921,808, so that Another 600 tons a day wil be con-
Sydney, NSW.
The thoroughbred roller, he said, with garages on Route Legendre, since the depression started over sumed in the operatione di could whistle in twelve notes, bui alx European residences with three $3,400,000,000 has been reduced With the plant in full work, em- his were not thorouglibreds, and storeys, and attic on Route Dolas-from the total taxable real estate ployment will be found for 2,500 could be heard only in four notes, tre, 12 Chinese houses off Ferry valuation, indicating that the de- miners. Eighteen months will In Germany rollers were trained to Road, four Chines hangs on Ton-partment, has taken cognizance of be required to construct the plant;| whistle with the aid of an electric quin Road, and 19 Chiness houses the stagnant conditions of the real- and during this time work will be munical box.---Bouter.
off Avenus Boad
Ly market."
found for some 7,000 men direct-
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