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THE CHINA MAIL, TUES DAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1948.
METAL WINDOWS
by
GIBBONS
GILMAN & COMPANY LTD.
VOLTS
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Telephone 31146.
CURRENT
WESTON
ENGINEERING
New Uses For Plastics
WILM
PAGE
Why Not Give Scotland Her Just Due?
Over in Motherwell, then ke
centre of
a big Glasgow the mining industry, things also stirring.
Werk
Students from many countries Lanarkshire is steadily losing; They are due most of the and, with that experience, they now in England have visited the position as the chief cant pro credit for pushing up the per- built their first clecleie eval ent- plastic industry, which has deve during area in Scotland. Out- | centage of machine-eat conlter in 1997. loped out of all recognition since
put has
fallen from about 24 frem 1 per cent, at the turn and is still growing. the war
in 1910. Lo Pallion tons
Home of the century, to over 75 per the of reaction Typieni
cent. now. remark by Mr. J. Y. Soong, oft million tons last year,
Instead of producing twice as Shanghai, that it was a tragedy
as Pife, Ciekmannan ch that currency and other economic troubles prevented the peoples of and the Lothians put together. the Far East from enjoying to Lanarkshire IN
down to fall the fruits of the relevel terms with the alliance of markably advances and research
These three delds, stik strong which havo been carried out.
but losing prosvet.
th
The Halex factory, visited by the students, is concerned solely I with the processing of row plas. ties supplied in powder or sheet household goods of Farm into
luxury itema many kinds, and such as table tennis balls. But the machines on
Esday were typical of the types used in the
production of new types of las The goods which are rumpeting with bath metal and fabrles.
Dow
For all that. Larkshire is likely to play a dominant part in the British mining industry fur mally a long day. That is beenuse ʼn group of modest firms in the crainty have been system- aleally building
JL up' strong position in the manufae
ture of mining machinery.
very
On them, and not a the Ameriening, will rest the task of re-tquipping the wauro' the wear colberies.
Anderson and Boyes, Ltd., of that town, built their first cial cutter in 1900. That too, was powered by electricity. Being The mining machinery Indes pioneers, these companies had try nhi grew out of eletricity to make must of their own sup; on that plin, muters, switchgear and and the pioneer work
of energy. They are still remarkably | transportable form carried out"in and around Glas-self-contained. grow.
A generation later, the de- mand for lame-proof switch Made In Motherwell
Kear, with the added safety it Mavor and Coulson. Lad., of guaranteed, provided the basle Glasgow, were one of the first the Belmost Company of Bell
for another trailblazing firm.
electrient engineering Arma Made In Britain
the world. They installed the Between
then they are re-first electrical supply system in For "example, many articles for sponsible for by far the grent- Sectland, now grown
into the household use have been produerd er part of cont entters, under- hage Glasgow Corporation Elec la plastle and have proved them-round ennveyors and flame- trieity Departmenti.
lves lighter yet more durable! than
their melat predecessors, proof switch gear used in the They have the added advantages British sal industry.
higher resistance to damp.
which caused rust or corrosion on metals and germ resistant finish.
For Tropics
The firm sont get busy lee- trifying factories and collierles
A NEW FLEXIBLE
FUEL TANK
shil.
That concern turns nut
much of the flame-proof swith sea higtalled underground.
All three companies produce equipment which is prnettenlly their particular standard in
es. All three are still forg ing alat and a three hay factories which were chosen by the war-time Ministry of Pre- duction as show places. Hard- lyn day passes without sone cene paying a visit to find ou
how things are done.
This is written, not to adver list: these Lanarkshire Arms. but to give credit where credit 13 ||!.
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Safety and fuel capacity in maximum use of the space menta is a substance called Tery; nerafi will be considerably in- available for carrying fuel. Flene, It is almost as strong wet
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The Joy Loader, halled as amler alt conditions and is re- Britain of a new type of flex-subsidiary of Imperial Chemical istant to all normal dry cleaning ble fuel tank. Evolved from Industries Ltd., was responsible the latest thite from the United
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The mulerial for the "Mar- fautus Meco Moore Culter- flex" cell consists of a sandwich | famous Meco cutter-londer. An with an intermass and facing ader. As it travels along the of "Formyar”-Glyceryl-Adipate face, the coal disintegrates and synthetic reala, calendered on Haugpears.
In two-ply cotton fabric. The The machine is a Motherwell resin is impermeable to petrol production. not, as many sup or aviation spirit and remains pose. something new-fangled lexible over a_comparatively from America.
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Although the range of plastles: nirendy
produced is bewildering, British scientists believe that the industry is only at the threshala the fleld at usefulness has been found that de
The material is "tailored" on still remains the hope of the MANUFACTURERS OF EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL EX Hrate equipment such s radia rets, which suffer from the
British radio manufacturersweden formers- method British coal trade. feels of heat, cold or damp when exported to less temperate reports that the renown of the which lends itself to the speedy production of unusual shapes. wireless receiver has rendered Im British nervious hy treating them with prompted many enquiries and The farmers are so made that Can be completely dis-) arders from China. For the they
mantled after the tank has been moment there are many culties which have to be solved built and withdrawn through a befate Britain can supply China hole made to receive one of the with equipment in quantity. melai fittings. Makers, however, are very op-
elimutos,
can be
plastics after construction.
Radiophone Experiments
have been trying to perfect the wireless telephone for years and the latest development in this connection was recently tried out
London.
The first of these trial sets, fut receiving and replying to nissages in a moving vehicle, was fitted in a police car and the experiment proved so satisfac. tory that the new system may he introduced in all police ears.
wireless telephone This new can also be used between trains and signal boxes, and the time is possibly not remote when nil will have telephones fitted to their cars,
timistic that China will
dif
tinately prove to be a large patrebaser of British sets buv
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A new British helicoptor, the Fairly
has just "Gyr.dyne," made ita successful first flight.
An experimental model, it has already been subjected to search ing ground tests. In its present
form it has seating capacity, for Those who suffer from deaf- four, though mest of the space
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Selental and industrialists cenose of exchange and service ness in Britain are given new is cccupied by test-recording
problems, ordera have to be kept hope by a report just Issued by instruments.
the Medient Research on file.
Council, Chief interest lies in the novel The question currency It states that when the National form of counteracting rotor tor onturally falls into the sphere Health Act ecmes into effect que: a shaft is taken from the of international finance, but it next July, the Ministry of Health engine through a small stub wing is realised that users of British are planning a free lesue of new on the starboard side to an or
hearing aids,
thodox variable pitch propeller. receivers have also to he as- The result of three years' ex- The propeller also provides thrust wred of repairs and that spareperimental work by the Electro- for forward propulsion.
Acoustics Committee of the The advantages of this design parts are available.
The organising of this service Council is given in the report. lie in greater safety, higher for is one of the chief problems, for Following these activities, ar-ward speed and greater comfort. ellicient service must be based rangements have now been made Greater safety is claimed because for the largescale manufacture the main rotor blades are always on skilled Chinese technicians 10.
the auto-rotative n cheup and eflcient hearing aid flying within thoroughly trained in British It will satisfy the needs of 10 pitch range. Consequently, un. radio methods.
per cent, of the deaf people in eine failure does not entail rapid THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Meanwhile, makers are con- Britain.
action on the part of the pilot to avoid loss of roter revolutions
QUEEN'S BLDG., CHAT ER ROAD, HONG KONG- ducting intensive research into.
minute,
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Canadian production Agure of por that
cars far April are destined for the Far East. passenger
was comes from minimized vibration Sets are subjected to artificially 13,261-a fall of 676 compared from revolving rotors.
The "Gyrodyng" is a striking March total of 13.027. mnade tropical Imates and with the
hand, commercial example of the Intensive research great heats. In
work now being carried out by rder to fur-On the other
vehicles over the same period the Fairey Company at a cost of ther prevent cabinets warping,
£150,000 yearly. all joints are treated with spe- showed a rise of 1,286. Receivers cial resin binding. also go under a third treatment which' safeguards against hu- midity penetrating the parts.
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The British Council Inst week arranged for a party of over- sena students to visit the Cussor radio factory. A Chinesc scholar who is studying mechanical engineering at the Imperial College, London, inter- viewed later, said that what he' found most remarkable was the ability with which the British worker speedily and efficiently constructed moet complicated circuits.
Lack of electricity in China. to conaldered, would prove the greatest obstacle to general use
f wireless in China.
Wilfrid Andrews, chairman" of} the Royal Automobile Club and vice-chairman of the Interna tional Automobile Federation, has' been made an Officer of the Or ter of the Crown by the Prince Regent of Belgium. The honour was conferreḍ in recognition of Mr, Andrews' untiring efforts in the cause of international mutoz: Ing.
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