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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1956.
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Atomic Waste May Be Used As A
Fancy Goods At 1956 British Hello, Helle. Food Preservative
Industries Fair
A PREVIEW OF SOME
OF THE EXHIBITS
By W. R. Lyster
Because new ideas are the very life of the Fancy Goods industry, exhibitors in this section at the 1956 British Industries Fair at Earls Court, London, are keeping the details of many of their most interesting products a close secret until the doors open on Wednesday.
From what i have seen, how spleit-proof, and the colours ever, it is clear that British permeate the body of the metal designers are following their in a way which will give it own bent und that at Earls many years of elegant wear. Court the majority of the goods on show will have a native look (about them as unmistakable as
an English voice,
are
Because ils task is to make a thousand and one small things which
at once useful and t-decorative, the Fancy Goods
Trade-or the Gift Trade, a most British manufacturers now like to call it offers designers an unrivalled opportunity combining invenliveness floe workmanship.
HUNTLEY & PALMIERS• plaži i Clutter Road on Chinese New Year Five suld B Feliks per minute for 10 urn-over a ton of biscuits. Have you tried these na packets of biscitis? A wide variety available from lending process and NAAFI shop.
now
A boon that will be appro- elated by many is the sealing device for Vacuum flag the little projecting p which one manufacturer added last year to prevent drips when pouring now also acts
clamp to hold the stopper position.
on or
sewa on
по A
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nylon
A new use for solid should please housewives. It makes strong and efficient cur- New materials will be well in gliders which can either be represented in the exhibiis, but looked
the buyers will find many tradi- fabric. The nylon has the effect tional materials, such a well- of polishing the
metal rails personed oak and
fine brass, which the same firm produces, handled with the careful atten- so that curtains hang evenly tion to detail which their merits and accurately. demand at the hands of a skill- el craftsmañ. If some of the ok FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS for
patterns reappear, it is not only household and office furniture, best because there is a great demand
South quants and KorkmanKULIŲ,
for them, but because no others Furniture Cu, #3 Ice Towe
Lean quæbe replace them. Street, Hongkong,
FURNITURE
STAMPS
BOMETHING EXCLUSIVE, Collec tors packets of sasorted stampe. From 20 cents per packet upvarde. South new serves Ap entirely China Bioruing Post Ltd., Wyndham Street Hongkong 푸디 Salisbury Road, Kowloon.
NOTICE
CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, LTD.
of
Porcelain is another matter. This is a flexible medium de mending the hand of an artist rather tin that of a craftsman, I was the imaginalion of
which young artist
created Whimsys, those little
poree-
tain, animals that look as leap- ing and alive as anything in the Zon. He began to work for the firm that produces them Three years ago, and since then people all over the warld have taken delight in owning them. The result is that the firm is greatly. extending its range this year,
I give this designer top marks for creating such chuiming miniatures as the three colti
thumb each the size of your but each with its own character with a little beagle barking at their heels. The hound com- pictes not only the el. buit also the scene.
for
Notice To Shareholders. NOTICE is hereby give that pursuant to Article 16 of the Company's Articles Association the Board Directors has resolved to call the balance of $2.00 per
The greatest triumph share unpaid on the 2,000,000 shares issued in 1949. This naturalism is where you would
look normally least
for it call will be due and pay among the plastics. There is an able
1
of incredible assortment of flowers 1st day
tiny stamens illu- October 1956
the which have and
minated by electric light, 50 shares
will then rank part that they seem to glow phos- pass for dividend with the
phorescently. These can be remainder of the Company's plugged into the ordinary elec- include models shares. Format notices of this trie mains and
which
just enough light to Rive
CH1
call will be despatched in in-help you round the room when
dividuni shareholders accordance with the Com pany's Articles of Association
By Order of the Board of Directors
P. W. A. WOOD, Secretary & Chief Accountant,
Hong Kong, 18th Feb., 1966.
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the television set in use.
Perhaps the best use for one of these single flower units, however, is as a nursery light; it will delight a child for Its novelty and will give just enough light to provide assur- withou! kerping him
nwake.
or
Gings mosaics for use as wall pillar decoration will be available this year in a differ- ent form. The flexible backing of this dazzling stuff has been made doubly substantial. finy oblongs of mirror now carry a part-overlay of black or white ceramic, and the domino-like shapes realitanl have been arranged in a series of abstract patterns.
That Mars? |
Could that crackling be the volce of a Martian. wonders four-year-old Rowley Street as he Lunes into his d "space" radio? Space-boy Rowicy is unlikely to be picking up the planets but his radio doen testisait both speech and morse for a datanes of about half a mile. It has a switchboard type pañol controlling searchlight beam, telegraph and morso, and there are a built-in tappër key, an automalle decoder and a log book. It li one of the many novel pro- ducts to be on show at the British Toy Fair which is being held as part of the BIF from next Wednesday until March 2 at Earl's Court, London.--Reuterphoto.
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GASWORKS TYPE MOTOR
Intended to meet the special horsepower and at a competitive positions) or it can be equipped requirements of gesworks
with a and price.
sealing chamber and ordinance factory engineers,
Outwardly, a flameproof type armoured glands. new electric motor introduced terminal box
the replaces
Bearings are doubly protected The temptation of novelty for by Nowman Industries Limited, standard version.
of Yate, Bristol, England.
which novelty's sake seems
This has wide flanges and the by "wiping" type seals successfully been avoided in the specified as being dust-light, terminal mounting posts are are fitted In addition to normal goods selected for exhibition.weatherproof and hoseproof," . embedded in separate synthetic bearing closures,
to have
From all I have heard, elear that the articles on show 'will combine delight in what is new with a sensible eye on the uses to which they can be put.
is
By C. L. Boltz ONIONS that last for a long time without con be stored
rotting; potatoes that indefinitely without sprouting; tomatoes, that will last a fortnight in the shop without going soft; these are what we can now expect as n side- product of Britain's atomic energy industry.
The materials used to there are unwanted changes in produce these effects are the taste. So a great deal of what were once looked on research has yet to be done as waste, the dangerous in order to find out how to get
sterilisation and apparently useless tiste, substanca that have had
without change, of
In order to do this sort of re-
tlan
to be stored in deep tanks search as well the investiga- and then deposited deep in the sea in waterproof con- tainers,
of overy sort of effect ot radiation from radioactivo sub- active substances, .a new search group has just been sot This waste consists largely of up at Britain's Atomic Energy Establishment at what are known as fasion pro- Research, ducts. When uranium 235 under- Harwell. About £400,000 will gots daslon vach atom breaks be spent this year on the work into two nearly equal ones of of this new group, which is also the dificult hall the atomic weight, concerned but this is not a mathematically mixed waste the isotopes that business of separating from the accurate statement, for it is
only
about
of
with
on the average that the atoms are needed. The search is on for.
uranium 235 are exactly a site near Harwell where the halved. So we get substances like new group can be housed. caesium, with an atomle weight Medicine & Industry ·
and
from 131 to 188, con-
more than
· half the
atomic weight of uranium 295, HOODS are not the only thing strontium - with Isotopes that can be sterilised by having atomic weights ranging radiations. - There are pharma- from 84 to 92, less than half ceutical products, Including anti- the atomic weight of uranium blotics like penicillin, which is
235.
£400,000 Research
T
pre-
damaged it heat is used on it. Bones for grafting and sections of arteries could also be served for use in surgery. THESE Aission' products are
The effects of radiations are radioactive. Suontium 90
scen on many Industrial pro- emits beta radiation for years.
ducts. I have seen the well- Caeslum 137 cmits the more penetrating gamma radiation as known plastic, polythene, before and after radiation. The un- well, also for a number of years tres
treated
polythene oflens and What has happened now is that nowa at a temperature not tar we are learning to use these above the boiling point of water. fission products
of After
irradiation radiation.
polythene for example, still retains its shape at such temperatures. Many materials subjected to This is important in relation to heat caused when an alr- craft fles at supersonic speeds. Radiation lso influences the progres of
ny sources
сал
it is By selecting its B.S. range as
resin-bonded moulded insulators. Two other features are the radiations show changes. Food- the basis for the gasworks type Entry of dust or water Is use of atud type bearing caps stuits, for instance, motor, the firm is able to offer thus positively prevented,
and of a locknut to secure the sterilised with radiation-hence it immediately in the full com- The box can be arranged for keyed fan to the shaft in place the use on onions and potatoes plementary range from 44-25. direct condult entry (in four of the more usual circlip. and so on. But with many foods
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
| I GUESS IT'S SELFISH OF ME TO
CARE--BUT MANDRAKE USUALLY
REMEMBERS MY BIRTHDAY--
Hmm--THE BOAT STARTING TO MOVE-
FERDINAND
LEAT
SUDDENLY, AS IF BY MAGIC, THE
GIFTS BECOME VISIBLE MANDRAKE'S POST-HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION!
İZUXL JONZ-ZU
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
SHE'S SEEN HER
BIRTHDAY
MORE FUN THAT WAY.
PRESENTS
BY NOW.
12.23
IT WAS COME SONT OF LYPNOTIC TRICK-- BUT THEY'RE REAL!
DI-IT'S WONDERFUL
A MAGICAN!
TO BE IN LOVE WITH
7.49
| TOMORROW LONELY MAGICIAN-
By Mik
Its
surface
NANCY
By Ernie Bushmiller
TRAINS
OH, YES ---I'VE TRAVELED A
LOT IN MY TIME --- I'VE BEEN IN 48 STATES---
TRAINS
maltes
*
This "Flexogloss" distinct contribution to the treatment of wall surfaces, par- ticularly in shops and places of recreation, but it looks almost as effective on smaller objects such as display blocks, trays and table mats.
Abstract or geometric pat- terns seem to attract British designers. In this they follow England's maior painters, who since the way have almost alone persovered with this form. Cosmetic
and accessories, especially powder compacts, demonstrate the two wings of British national style, for they are either faithfully antique or as far away from living shopes as machines themselves.
ware
which The anodised will be seen at the BIF in pro- fusion also shares the qualities of a beautiful machine. Whether it is a well-turned tray, or bowl, the glowing colours given by anodising have been added to a clean ond sold product. One of the best of there pro- |ducts, to
my mind, is a whooled trolley: the topmost of its throe tiers in detachable for ordimry domestic use, or alternatively, can be provided with a heat- ing element. The firm that makes this knows how to make high lustres heatproof and
WINDOW FOR
BAGGAGE
JOHNNY HAZARD
YOU BID IT GABY? YOU'RE AN ANGEL... A FLYING ANGEL, GABY
BABY!
AND IF YOU DON'T UNLATICH YOURSELF, SKÁP.WE'LL BOTH
Di
'I'LL FOLLOW JOHNNY DOWN...THE |MISSION IS OVER! WE'VE SAVED. JOHNNY
AND JAN MEERI.
WINDI
BAG
By Frank Robbins
|MOMENTS LATER......BOTH PLANES LAND
NOW IT CAN BU TOLDĮ. STEPWAN WAS IN THAT TANKER PLANI!..... F GABY HADN'T CHOPPED THAT HOSE YOU AND MERIC WOULD
BERIAL DISAP
THAT'S FINE. *CEPT FOR ONE LUNELE KAGTAIL/
TALK
ABOUT
MAGIC!
Have you seen
Admiral
AIR CONDITIONERS
AND REFRIGERATORS
If we were any fresher we'd still be on the vine!
Libby's
TRY
FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
TODAY
ROWNTREES
AERO
.this situation
calls for a
San Miguel
cup,
the
So
chemical reactions.. much so that it is believed that manufacturers of some Insecticides will be able to de- crease the time taken in pro- duction.
The manufacture of hormones be can, It is believed, also changed with the help of radiations.
Already the group has ideas on possible changes in the processes that go on in oil refineries.
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In short,
a new Industry being crested, the industry of irradiation, in which the sources of radiation will be materials
that were previously thrown away as atomic waste,
It is important not only for industry.
But for the rest of manicind as well, many of whom have been concerned about the amount of radioactive waste dumped in the sous,
Once the new industry ia going, there ought to be much less of this for us to worry I about.
New Sparking Plugs For Motor-Cyclists
Over 40 years ago, a British racing motor- Kenelm Lee cyclist, Guinness, began to make his own sparking plugs.
These wore so successful that he founded the firm which bears his initials - KLO Sparking Plugs Ltd, of 50; Oxgate Lane, London, NW2 and which has since sent its products all over the world.
Its wide
Tango has recently
| bten extended by the reintroduc-
for
the
tion of platinum pointed plugs average touring motor- cyclist and 10-millimetres Iong reach racing plugs.
Platinum pointed plugs were first produced by the KLG.com pany nearly 20 years ago, but their manufacture was discon tinuod during World War II. and has only now been resumod. Completely now in design, there are four types, in which both central and earth electrodes are tipped with platinum, ond between them they cover needs
of the majority of motor- cycles; both sports models
tourors.
the
and
Tho great advantano of platinum is that it has a high
resistance 10 sorrusion and brosion; thus the plug's life in greatly
and longer Increased periods of operation without at- tention are possible.
The mow plugs.also embody a resister, which further lengthens theft..te and acts as an inter- ferendo suppressor
Racing plugs, have until now boen avoljoble In 14-millimetre diameter, long and normal reach, but thosp "of 10-millimetre' alamoter have been only of maranoi pouch; the range is cóm-. plated by the latest addition to the firm's output The Ionar reach 10-millimetre KLG plugs were used on the 1963 Worla