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THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD &
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SALVAGE TUG Taikoo".
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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
EAST AND WEST.
IN CANADA.
ping-Hankow Hailway, but an ad- A NEW PROJECTOR FROM
NEW YORK, ditional $8,000,000 will be required
to put them into good working order. These mines will hold an important place in north China due The Lamenburg Foundry Com-to their proximity to Peiping, Tien- pany, Limited, of Nova Scotia, re- tein and the Tangku senports. It ported at its meeting, that the sales is also the only coking coal for the blast furnaces of the Lung Yen Iron Tor 1930, despite prevailing con-
mines.-Par Eastern Review. ditions, were the largest in the history of the company. The com many has been operating for forty years, specializing in marine work.
urine engines, etc.
HIGHLAND ROADS.
"NOVALUX HANDY FLOOD.
LIGHT."
METAL MARKETS.
RUDOLF WOLFF'S WEEKLY REVIEW.
Loxnos. April 24. Markets have ruled steady and prices show little material change as compared with our last report.
TIN
Tin has been a shando ensier, the price showing a small deeline of about 987 as compared with last Friday's close. Sales in the Enst
COPPEN.
Copper has ruled slendy and the price later in the week recovered, showing a small advance of 2/0d.. for near as compared with our last report, the best prices not being maintained. Business with con sumors is dull and industrial re ports from "Amerien are nots too. favourable, but nevertheless, the market responded to a little bay-i ing and bear covering, no doubt attracted by the lower range of prices, whilst sellers at the same time have shown thore reserve. The Association price of Electrolytic re- nming' unchanged, but offerings are: still being made by nutaidu in
Turnover for the week 3,500 tons.
LEAD..
A 100-watt general-utility flood- light projector, the Novalux Handy Floodlight, has been announced by the General Electric Company of Now York. Much smaller and less expensive than the usual projectors, the new unit, is expected to find during the week amounted to 930 new fields of application in house. Lans; shipments thence for the pre holds, on farms and estates, in and sent month are estimated at 0,000terests at appreciably lower prices. Bround garages at wayside and
road stands, and in other uses tons. Straits and Banka Tin are where light requirements do not quoted at premiums of £2.10. necessitate, the inrger, standard Trade demand has been quiet in
Load has been quietly stendy up to to-day, when the prior ́ rosa; The projector, weighing less than this country and on the Continent, three pounds and measuring less and similar conditions are reported sharply and the market closes at than nine inches wide; 10 inches from America. Statistics publish an advance of 101: to '11/3d, 'ns com- pared with our last report. Trade deep and 13 inches high with its ed yesterday show a small decrease demand continues dull, so little or supporting stand, is built for a 100-of about 430 tons in the Total nothing arises in this direction to watt inside-frosted general-service incandescent lamp with 4-inch Visible Supply, hut a disappoint (sustain values. Sollors have adopt
ed a rather roservod attitude pend...... light centre and medium screwing feature was disclosed in the ang more defints indications with hase.
"It is composed of a sheet alumi-envy increase in the U.K, stocks, regard to the vegetations which it mim combination casing and re- which were taken as reflecting the is reported have been in progress Lmongst producing interests. flector, pressed together with n poor state of consumption during Ruinours were current to-day to thin separately drawn rocket-supporting the month; whilst the ineronse of effect that it was likely that a de- finite policy of restriction would cap over a supporting ring.
though unconfirmed, were respon sible for to-day's sharp recovery.
Turnover for the week 4,050 tons.
SPELTER.
A good deal of activity is mp- H, C. Schofield, chairman of the parent in many districts in Scotloodlighting units. Saint John Harbour Commission. land in road making and fürther New Brunswick, announces that Road Fund grants have been an the Federal Government, visioning nounced in the Minister of Trans vast development in Canada's trade | port for schemes on which work will an the next quarter century, haashortly be started. One such scheme decided to make an early survey of is for the widening of about nine the barbour with the iden of pro- miles of the Glasgow and Inverness jecting large-scale improvements. highway at Newtonmore. The cost of this scheme, including the con- struction of bridges, is. about 40,000. A sum of 225,000 is to be spent the reconstruction of a stretch of road at Dalwhinnie by Inverness County Council, and £19,000 on the construction of two bridges over rivera in Inverness- abire. A NEW rond in Perthshire
THE SHANTUNG GOLD MINE.
A placer deposit near Chefoo shows good prospects and the past record by working with dredges
show favourable results. A study
|
The
socket support, casing-reflector and about 200 tons in the Carry-Over he agreed upon, and these reports. ring are made substantially inte in the Straits, though relatively gral by the pressing and bending small, was regarded as unfavour operation. The casing is polished inside, forming the specular surface for reflecting purposes.
meter and of hent-resisting, clear,
The publicaion of the figures, however, had little or no effect on the market, for whatever
weakness might have arisen was
showing a moderate advance of
Spelter has bera firmer, the price
of the mine" will be undertaken by is to be unde it a cost of £23,000, unsket fitting in a groove in the inore than counteracted and the about 7/4d.. per ton as compared
a 'Commission and further help extended, in 'arder to develop it.
STEEL SLEEPERS..
A considerable amount of work is
coming into Sheffield as a result of the extension of the use of steel
end a road between Stirling and Airth, with a bridge over the river Carron, will be constructed a cost of £29,000.
A NOVEL FILE.
Except for the introduction of
sleepers by the British railway the well-known dreadnought pat
many of
Companies. Although
tarn, which bas now been in service these sleepers are
not made in for many years, metal files and Sheffield the city beneata indirectlywood rasps have altered little dur; in more ways than one. In con- ing the last half century. A new structional industry, too, constant one, however, in which a
novel substitution of steal for wood is principle is embodied, hus recently taking place. Sixty-two thousand ninde its advent. The cutting steel sleepers of British manufac-edges are those of a number of thin ture are to be laid this year by hardened steel plates that are the Great Westra Railway, in half clumped together on a square rod,
one-mile lengths, in various parts of the system. Already this keep them slightly apart. All the company have over 138,000 steel
plates are exactly the same size, sicepers laid in the permanent way,
have square central holes in thein to and the year's programme will
fit on to the square rod, and have bring the total laid with steel Bleepers up to Of miles. The South-two adjacent curved sides, the other ern Railway Company have placed two being straight. The plates are arders for 32,000 tons of steel rails clamped up tightly when the edges and 5,000 tons of steel stoopers are to be ground-a process which
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from British makers. The South-
ern Raitway contract for rails has been allotted to the United Steel Companies, Rotherham, which also share in the contracts for steel steepers.
LONGEST TUNNEL IN FAR
EAST.
...
The construction of the Shimizu Tunnel, the longest one in the Orient, on the railway going from Macbashi, Joshu, to Echigo, across the Shimizu Pass, was completed
with thin discs between them to
can be carried out on an ewery-
heel, but when the tool is brought into serve again the elamping nuts are slackened a trille. The result is that as the device in pushed over metal or wood the plates tip slight. iy, causing their forward edges to stand out and cut. This happens in both directions, so that the file 18 double-acting. Such a tool can- not clog, while it is easily sharpen ed, as already indicated. It is chiefly intended for filing soft metals, which quickly clog ordi- nary files, and for rasping wood. The plates, may, of course, be of any shape, but the square form," with two sides rounded for dealing with hollow surfaces, is found_to be the most generally effective. The
ui March 14, the brick work, the last part, having been finished. rod on which the plates are mount- The gigantic project took 10 yearsed is fitted with a handle at each
for completion, entailing the coat of
Y. 12,000,000. The tunnel extends
and.
'
for 31,831 feet, or about six miles THE WELDING OF SPECIAL
in length. Since the boring was completed at the end of 1920, the work of laying the bricks took 13 months.
a
All those who were engaged in the construction of the tunnel will velebrate the completion of the work on Sunday, March 15. The taying of the rails will be completed in a few months, and the traffic on the line will be started on Septem- ber 1.
STEELS,
A large number of special steels and alloys are employed in modern enginearing, and since every branch of engineering calls for welded design, each of these metals, such ur stainless steels and metal alloys. for chemical plant, high tensile steels for pressure vessels and pipe lines and manganeso steels. for resistance to wear must have its spoolal welding technique and its special electrode.
The A. welder, for instance, requires an easy, flowing cloctrode, the piece rata worker wants a fast électroda, the boiler 'repairer re- bequires one which will not cover him
The difficult, work claimed the lives of 40 mon in 10 years, and a monument to the victims will creeted.Far Eastern Review.
THE CHAI TONG COAL MINES, HOPEI.
with showers of sparks when he is welding & combustion chamber roof; while the odd job man needs |eno that will weld anything from a gunmetal gear wheel to a broken casting. Murex Wolding Processes, Ltd. are now engaged in develop- Theso miucs are located near Fei-welding process, and the shielded ing both the automatic hydrogen
ping" and "according to the old are process, in addition to their mining and drilling records, they ether wido activities in the welding industry.It will In "recalled that viold, both cozing, intuitious ah Murax Welding Processes, Ltd, was anthracite coal-over-$3,500,000′′ werd·|-formed in order to combine the - spent by the last operating com technical and practical resources of Alloy Welding Processes, Ltd. and n 30-kilometer railroad, the Premier Electric Welding Co., pany on connecting the mines with the Poi-Lid.
The front lens, 8 inches in dia-
convex glase, it clamped against a reflector, a rolled split clamping ring with non-losable clamp screw at the bottom engaging two clamp castings riveted to the ring.
A rubber-covered twin-conductor lamp cord is woven through a rub her bushing affixed to the socket- supporting cap to prevent entrance of moisture and abrasion of the cord.
of cadmium plated steel, vertical
with our last report. The low rice slightly advanced by some prices earlier in the week attracted very substantial support. Menn-a mare active demand on the part of consumers, and as much of the while, the general position shows no
selling pressure on the London very material change: consumption market has been rolaced, prices" has apparently not so far improved responded to the slightly improved as to restore epuilibrium between situntion. Reports from the Con- tinent moreover wore rather more supply and demand, so that the optimistic, the opinion gaining market will require to receive eon.groand that the price is sufficiently tinued support if further modernte low and more than reflects the ad
The support for the projector is
verso factors of the stuation, 'of No which the heavy stock which has and horizontal adjustments are ob- decline is to be prevented.
accumulated is still the outstand- tained with wing nuts in the swivel doubt this, will be forthcoming as is finished in dark green baking likely that buyers will relinquish
The projector and when required, for it seemsing feature. support and base. enamel for the base, swivel support their efforts at the present reason. and easing. The clamping ring is ably low level of prices, and in the glamping bolts and wing nuts are should gradually improve. aluminum lacquer sprayed, and the long run therefore the situation
cadmium plated.
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The market in the U.S.A. hus dio- playad a slightly easier tendency. demand being light both for home trade and export.
Turnqver for the week 4,300 tons:
JUST PUblished.
1931
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