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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1958.
BRINGING LIFE-GIVING
WATER
TO RURAL AFRICA
By PHYLLIS DAVIES
English feature writer and journalist formerly on the staff of the London "Daily Mail":
In spite of the many scientific marvels made available to man in modern times, a good and plentiful supply of water is still one of his best friends for maintaining his health and developing his country.
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Plans For Futuro Devolopment
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This reservoir supplies water to Ibadan, Nigeria. A modern pumping and Altration plant ensures a pure supply.
1e of any cuntry. but where vural Atrieu is con- ernet water supplies are often of fate ty te fest matter
and on the Ju the
gre Twhich hie
The Gold Coast Government's 10278cfes
encourage pulley has been to [] are the end of World War
local councils to dig wells and standards of བླློཛྙ*
ponda anul construct other water Imperity of the less de-
works Up Կ 1950. apply Termitesbere ..E ped
The Native Authorities had provid- Tesoma man wealth, the provision af * 1557 wells and 98 reser- voirs and watering ponds. Since water andrapurta
sagapadi
Mas
of such needs then the trik ins is equille toy in beren of gas-funding trapon fastreer
Rul Water partment Offer recently
Developmen which has. ac- of the add-
cording to Intest Agures, provid- mande in the Afmean Priteties of the Commonwealth Be Found the
English ery offelni faets At figures is conjured sep
het m
pture new life bang berugia to rural Afrien, of what i metafas lo men. Their
the of their crops
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pent by June
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meng and Welfare fumis, It is estimated that expenditure
for
1954
The end
1955 merte und af de £683,274
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territates,
the which
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to servio in unge arld
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In Ugda water suples for
before date of publication. Leattle and other stock are Sprotal Announcements Vided mainly by a
and Classified Advertise ments as usual.
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&
SHEUNG SHUI DISTRICTS. THE
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is now obtainable from the
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servoir-building. already built vary from
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rks with a capacity of two million gallons lo reservoirs holding 50 million gallons. New reservoirs are being built at the
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The a year. 1,684 bort-holes which had been sunk and fitted with pumps by the end of 1954 ore being added to at the rate of about 220 year
1$
Nigeria, by the end of 1955. It is estimated, had spent about development of £1,899,000 on
rurel water supplies in the form of doms, wells, windmill and other pumps, pipelines, cisterns and many other kinds of water supply points.
grants Again, from Colonial Development and › Welfare funds have been of great help. An instation is the Western
Region
when 90 per on cent of the £200,000 spent 2,500 installations ... ranging from tonks and shallow weils to deep bore-holce--was met from such grants.
As in Tanganyika, the Gold Coast and Northern Rhodesia have set up special Rural Water Developming Departments sinte the war In Northern Rhodesia £984,000 of Colonial Develop- ment and Welfare money Wan spent on rural water supplies from 1052 to 1955. Since 1950, 80 dams, 10 weirs Dad about
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2,146 wells, 22 reservoirs, 85 successful bare-holest and piped supplies for $3,000 people, vf whom 20.000 ure supplied From bore-farsten
The Public Works Departinent has provided piped supplies for 20,000 x-ople for one large rural scheme and is about to construet another to supply further 90,000 peopk
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The work of providing water for rurai Afrken is coziiinuous and in several ferritories plung for water development extend It is all very worth- into 1000 while, for adequate water sup- plies have an instant impact on the life of a community. Water, Indeed, is life
AUTOMATIC COMPUTERS
WEN
and
The Digital Electronic Univer- have a total copuelly of 40 BB Computing Engine (DEUCE) words In addition 32,000 words which has been built by The will be stored OXA mugnetic
Electric Co
drums with an access time of less than 10 milliaceonda installed during the year the Control Mechanisms and estimated that the new corn- Electronics Division Is already puter will be at least four times working
fuster on the design of a
Uhan the DEUCE and further computer
UPA
will The new computer Instrury delay lines circulating t5llion pulses per second for is high speed store
Twentyfour long delay lines having
45 thrie of 1 millisecond will store a total
108 words of a binary digits.
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
TRAINLOADS OF FOOD RUSHED TO SKYSCRAPER MAN
NEW PROBLEMS IN LOGISTICS ARISE AS ATTEMPT IS MADE
FERD'NAND
NANCY
BELISHIMBIA & KM-
JOHNNY HAZARD
GLAD YOU AND COLONEL
OPERATION LOTHAR! HOW LONG WILL
THIS LAST?
It is
will be able to undertake work for which the existing mochinves are Impracticable.
Check Weigher
Miniature Slip
Rings By
CLAIMEDAS New
Techniques
GREATEST Using special production techniques a ADVANCE UK firm have perfected tiny slip rings
What is claimed to be the greatest advance yet in its particular, sphere, the Check- Weigher AA643, has been pro-
some smaller
the in diameter than thickness of two halfpennies-and brush assemblies, with guaranteed performance and accuracy.
At the moment these rings are used
duced by the Solartron principally on gyroscope torque motors
Electronic Group, Ltd,
of Thames Ditton, Sur- rey, England.
It is designed for every kind of continuous packing and weighing of materials ค Di maximum rate of 120 packages per minute, from marmarine to outs and bolts.
Ita
most important feature, the makers state, is its necuracy which is constantly maintained at one-tenth of one per cent, or one part in a thousand, by the weigher automatically re-check- Ing self against B standard weight (an electronic system) alter weighing each package.
even
L
is weighing 10-poundi
check - weighers
and synchroscopes.
and
skdü
New assembly methods have Second the homogeneity and outdated old methods of manu- adhesion of the pinted metal to
Insulator can facturing miniature slip rings. the
never be By combining precision satisfactorily guaranteed.
Another method was to build engineering production methods with modern plastic injection up the slip ring assemblies by the slip rings techniques these tiny slip rings, locking together
Tho Insulating spacers, some measuring only one-tenth of an inch in diameter, can now disadvantage of this method on be made quickly and by semi- miniature dip rings is that it skilled labour.
requires great
during This
assembly. is the first time that
The
new miniature slip rings these two methods have been
are available in three standar combined.
diameters.
Aro governext by lead-out wires required on each assembly. Any number of slip ring ways from one to 22 can be provided The three sizca cre: 0.100 ins, contact dia. for 1-4 ways; 0.102 ins, contact dia
G-12 for
ways,
Ing. 0.200 contact din, for 13-22 ways.
Qt
After machining from copper- palladium alloy, the groups
rings are
assembled in a mould and high-temperature resisting Polystyrene is injected, This completes the assembly and
further machining
required.
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By using Polystyrene, these slip rings will run in a tempera- ture range of at least -40°C to +85°C.
no
This happens machine packugca.
the
Mechanical
uuady have
an accuracy
or minus
This 2013 mens
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plus
two per cent, that to ensure the
customer receives, say. ut least
half-a-pound of margarine or comparable article, a possible four per cent overweight has to for be arranged
With the Solartron Check-Weigher,
thi fis reduced to one-twentieth, кур The one-fifth ot one per cent, malcers state. This, obviously, Įmakes for considerable economy.
The new equipment will re- jeet underweight packages and can be arranged to control All- ing or dispensing plants, auto-
was
suitable
the
One of the old methods of manufacture Was 10 electro- deposit metal rings on a pre- farmed insulator.
The correct shape of the slip ring assembly
first mude up in R
Insulating material and. those surfaces which we
were needed for conduct- then treated purports --usually with graphite.
The insulator was dipped in a electro-plating bath and a con- ducting surface built up.
This method has several dis-
Ing
of the Study is being made application of high speed com- puters to clerical work at the Centra Offloc of the Ministry National of Pensionis and Insurance with particular re- ference to the possible applicamatically self-adjusting the advantages. First the choice of lo weekly plant as it re-checks itself after I conducting materials which can thors of the DEUCE payroll work.
cach weighing operation.
WE'VE GOT TO KEEP HIM FED!
FOOD--FROM THE BAYS OF BOMBERS!
YOU COULD HAVE BORROWED OUR VACUUM CLEANER
KO-SO. NEGD A LOT OF BRUSHING
MARLON CAME TO TERMS, \\ UPJ THE STATE
JOHNNY, I WANTED YOU
IN ON PROJECT HEAT- BARRIERE HAD MUCH ·
JET EXPERIENCET
OF AVIATION HAS ADVANCED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE "PROP"|
DAYS:
SSLOGIN FINLOT COORDINATE
I KNOW
RIGHT FACT 19, THE
HIFE IS MUCH HAPPIER
By Lee Fak and Phil Davis
--AND WATER--FOR
THE 700-FOOT
SENSATION
OF THE AGE!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
---BUT I'M MAD AT MY NEIGHBOR
Y'MEAN THE TWO HOW THAT I FLY A DESK! | "SPIES"?
CHON, I'LL GIVE YOU A
KNOCKDOWN TO YOUR [HEW BUPPIES! THEY'LL
SHOW YOU THE ROPESI
CUT IT, JOHNNY! IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER- AND FLL STAKE MY REP ON THESE BOYSŁ
By Frank Robbina
HERA ARD
COMING IN GUCTY JUDSON NOW FROM A AND JESS HEAT-BARRIER *LARKINT
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be electro-deposited is limited,
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situation
calls for
San Miguel
These the
number
Rustproofing
Hot Surfaces
For
A
quid metalilo con{- ing for rust proofing steel surfaces subjected to high temperaturen, such as steel
has chimneys.
boon developed by * British firm.
On
The coating is applied cold and does not depend
high temperaturo To stove, cure or alloy it to the steel, ag is the case in SUIILO special aluminium High temperature resistant coatings. This is importanț because most stoe chimneys, for example tempernäine operate at below 100 degrees F.
The company claim that the liquid meini can with- stand temperatures up to 600 degrees F.
It can be appled with a paint brush or spray gun, When dry Che costing for an anodio metal skin on the slee) surface, cathodic which gives 10 protection
Timo Firro: Southern Metalife
LIA, Princess
Street, Harrogate, York- shire, England.
Electronic Standardisation
For use in all branches of the ferrous metal. in- dustries to test small pró duction samples 'and com. ponents for metallurgical uniformity as compared with a known standard or component, в пети elec tronic instrument, the 'Celsonic"
standardiser,
has been proďticed by a British firms.
The makers claim that this Instrument detects differences in magnetic permeability between the standard and the material under test and does not mark or the material in any damage WDY.
They add that therefore, 100
cont por
batch testing is possible, the rejectest material then belag subjected to the usual laboratory extraination and investigation to determina the cause of restation.
When the standardiser once been set up by a skifed person, it is possible for an unskilled operator rapidly lo reject
material which falls below the standard › efthor' in regard to multe or differences in its composition or incontest heat
treatment.
As the degree
from
́of departure standard material under, test is clearly shown on the meter, definite
rejection limite. can be worked out. Instrument
270
can be
arratrgod to monitor continu
ously, the quality of wires, wire ropce, rods and bars during production, any change, Vin section, being instanty indicated to the meter,
quality and
and incidentally
The standardiserin frondly portable, weighing only.
Incltaling text houde can therefore be "taken" ondo to ang part of a works whono te help may be requļski in borting or in -- borting de ekdentally mixed batches of corpiodenly or raw raboriala.
Mamučnefitrdrs: Excel Boutid Borviotu · Ltd, 'Chlsonia Works,