P. & O. S. N. CO.
TSINGTAU &
WEI HAI WEI.
S.S. "RAWALPINDI
(17.000 TONS):
WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON OR ABOUT
FRIDAY, 19th JUNE
FOR SHANGHAI, TSINGTAU, WEI-HAI-WEI & JAPAN.
FARES TSINGTAU
WEI HAI-WEI
1ST SALOON
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MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Full Particulare from:
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Adzrs, P. & O. 8, N. Co.
ASSETS
£13,000,000
BY APPOINTMENT
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£40,000,00
GENERAL
ACCIDENT, FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CORPN., LTD.
All Classes of INSURANCE
WORLD WIDE
ORGANISATION
AGENTS:
JAMES H. BACKHOUSE
1A, CHATER ROAD.
TEL 21733.
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PUDLO
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Trade Mark
TEMPORARY REMEDIES
for dampness are itever cheap. In a few years, they cost more than a really permanent and entirely satisfactory treatment with Portland Cement and
PUDLO Brand Waterproofer.
A booklet, in English or Chinese, describing the uses of 'PUDLO' will be gladly sent on request, by the Sole Agents for HONG KONG and SOUTH CHINA':
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1931.
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
WORLD SHIPBUILD- ING DECLINE.
QUARTERLY RETURNS OF LLOYD'S REGISTER.
EAST AND WEST
Importance of Overseas Markots.~. British engineering Arms have been making a very extensive study of overseas markets during recent
years.
WANTED A MECHANICAL NOSE.
CAN VACUUM TUBES
MADE TO HELP.
Science has devised vacuum tubes to extend the human souses of hearing and seeing, but there isn't an electrical means of detecting adours..
Technical directors and ex- Returns of shipbuilding for the perienced business men have been first quarter of the year, which are sent out on extended tours to prac Issued by Lloyd's Register" and tically every country in the world, take into account vrasols of 100 and their recommendations have tons grces and upwards, show that proved of inestimable value to their, Scionco has developed, a vacuum on March 31 thore were under con- companies and organisations. The tube that will measure the light of struction in Great Britain and Department of Overseas Trade has a star hundreds of light years away, Ireland. 132 vessels, of 683,814 tous also been of considerable assist. but there isn't any means of detect- gross. Thess figures represent aanes and several, important official ing the presence of gases so power reduction on the returns for the missions": to such countries as Southful that they will knock out a man Decembór quarter of 40 yesaols and Amerien and South Africa, havo in a few seconds. 915,088 tons; and a docline.cf 230
been sent out by the Government. According to William O. White, vessels, and of as much as 21,170During the last two years no less engineer of the vacuum tube engi-i tons on the shipping being built than seventy-four different coun-acering department of the General on March 31 of last your. The trics have been visited by repre- Electric Company, the scientist in decrease is the largest over record- sentatives of the Agricultural and the past few years has greatly pro- ed during any 12 months, with the General Engineers, Ltd. These moted human welfare by extend- exception of the year 1922, when visits have resulted in the appointing the senses and in so doing has there was an abnormal decline in the shipping under construction following the completion of the large shipbuilding programme due to the War...
Nearly 100,000 tons of the ship ping now being built-in Britain is intended for Norway, and would include much tank tonnage, and about 120,000 tons are for other countries abroad, or
for sale Thirty-seven of the vessels, of 304,301 tone. A considerable pro- portion of this other shipping now being built represents vessels of the liner type. an
Abrcad there were being built on March 31, last, 1,300,052 tons, or only about 111,000 tons less than the amount which was in hand at the end of December. In seven foreign countries there were more than 100,000 tons under construction namely, France, 232,115 tons; the United States, 231,003 tons; Italy. 174,469 tons; Sweden, 141,305 tons; 120,830 tons; and Denmark, 114,711 Germany, 135,951 tons; Holland,
tons.
ment
of agents possessing the replaced manual activities provious- necessary technical 'knowledge add ly performed in response to stimuli les organisation; while in some of light, sound, touch and tempora- countries branch offices have been ture. Vacuum tubes, sotably the established or subsidiary companies light sensitive photo-electric tube, formed. The export trade of this are now applied to routine tasks, huge concern is controlled from the which are perfromed by the r head office in London, where the thinking part of the brain. For staff are not only engineers but also used to inspect the labels on small, example, the photo-electric' tube is linguists, and are capable of con- packages which are produced rapid. ducting technical correspondencely and in great numbers, Formerly with every important market in the world.
Power from Waste,
Power units that are capable of operating on materials that hither. to had been regarded as waste are found to be of particular value in the more undeveloped countries of the world. Satisfactory results are, for instance, being obtained in Africa and Burma when such fuels as rice husks, cocoanut shells, saw dust, tree bark, etc., are employed in gas-producers.
un-'
these packages passed before an operator who rejected all packagoa which came through improperly labelled or without any labels. The work was irksome and even the most alort minded person occasion- ally failed. The photo-electric tube never fails. It performs the work better and more cheaply.
Vacuum tubes are used to trans- waves, for, transmission id wire or Inte sound waves into electrical air, in telephony or radio. Viemim tubes are again used to intercept these electrical waves and retrans-
The stand-by losses of a Tangye late into sound waves. The photo. gas-producer are very small when the maintenance cost of the former The radio tubes, used in transmis compared with a steam plant; and electric tubo responds to stimuli more rapidly than the human eye. is also extremely low; as there are no moving paris,xcept the hand sion and roception permit the fan, and (in the case of the gas human voice to reach distant con producers for wood refuse and tinents.
But who will devise a "vacuum obituminous conly the rotary tar extube to extend the sense of smell.
tractor. In fact wear and tear is practically confined to the fire brick lining of the generator, but this will last for two or three years or even longer with reasonable' care.
Total World Construction, The total tonnage under construe- tion throughout the world March 31 amounted to 1,009,886, of which 34.7 per cent. being built in Great Britain and Iroland and 65.3 per cont abroad. Defore the War the averagó „pre- centages were 57.2 for Great Bri- tain and Ireland and 42.8 abroad.
was over. 154,000.
Smelling involves a very delicate chemical operation. The nose will detect minute traces of chemical substances that would otherwise be undetected. Man can producë al- most any desired odour chemically, he cannot detect an odour chemically, mechanically of elee
Disc Ploughing in Brazil, In Great Britain and Ireland
A loading agriculturist in Brazil work during the last quarter was
has recently carried out some extrically. started on only 22 vessels of 32,865 haustive trials with a new dise tona, a decline on the gurea for plough, the Magic, manufactur the December quarter of 09,310 tons and on those for the Marched by Messrs. Ransomes Sims & Jefferies. The farmers, who were quarter af last year of 393,880 zone. During the six nonths ended present at the trials, were enthu March 1930, the monthly average siastic in their praise of the imple ment, and were convinced that the tonnage on which work was begun working capacity and useful life of the "Magic were definitely great- During the first quarter of this er than that of other ploughs. BRT 145,519 tons were launched in The ease with which it could be Great Britain and Ireland, & de handled was another point in its crease of 161,324 tons on the amount favour; for when used with a trae- for the December quarter, and of
tor it did not have to be steered. 100,180 tons on the figures for the Grst quarter of 1830. Abroad work was started on 209,183 tons, a de erense as compared with the Decem ber quarter of about 79,000 tons, and there were launched. 251,852 tons, a decrease of 81,000 tons.
The number of tankers being built throughout the world on March 31 was 95, of 701,603 tons. Besides the 37 vessels, of 200,613 tons, boing built in Great Britain and Ireland, 14 vessels, of 106,600 tons, were under construction in Sweden, and 11, of 104,950 tons, in Germany. Of the 95 tankers being buit 85 are motor-shipe. The tanker tonnage now under construo tion throughout the world ropre- sents over 38 per cent, of the total steam and motor tonnage..
The "Magic" (pattern No. 3) is fitted with levelling levers, which ensure stability and comfortable working conditions for the operator, and it can be supplied, with lever controlled adjustable draw-bar, with draught arrangements for horses or with hinged pole for bullocks. The plough is reversible and can throw furrows either to the right or left and will work to a depth, of 3 to 10 ins. on the steepest hillside it is possible to plough without side-slipping or capsizing.
The
Marble Superseded. Suitable wall coverings, for ho pitals and institutions, where clean- liness together with hygiene are of paramount importance, have until Steam and Motor Shipping, recently been a stumbling block. During the first three quarters of owing to their initial cost.
advantages of such materials, as last year the tonnage of motor marble or porcelain tiles were ob.. ships under construction in Great Britain and Ireland exceeded that.vious for this purpose, but when of the steam tonnage, but at the their price and the cost of fixing. were considered they wore often- end of December the steamers again found to be prohibitive. exceeded motor ships, the excess being 3,740 tons, and at the end of March last the steam tonnage, nl 305,352 was greater than corresponding motor tonnage by 100,000 tons. Abroad the motor tonnage, at 752,104, was more than 38 per cent, greater than the steam tehnage
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This situation has, however, been entirely altered during recent years thanks to the advent of asbestos- cement products. A good example of this modern wall covering is that known as Turnall Stipple Ginza Decorated Sheets, which not only possesses all the advantages of marble, but exh be obtained, at a. fraction of its cost and is extremely easy and economical to justal,
Of the vesable being built through out the world ht the end of March eight wore steamers of between 8,000 and 10,000 tons, and three An entirely new product has re- swers steamers of batweon 10,000 and cantly been evolved from the stip- 15,000 tons, while the motor abips ple glaze, process, and represents a of corresponding site werd 43 and development-which had not-before 1k respectively Of the harger been possible with ordinary asbes Vossels those of 15,000 tons and forcement The new product—||
DODWELL & CO., LTD. pards 12 were steamers of be: Nirmall Plain White Decorated
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tween 15,000 and 80,000 tons, and Seeting is being ranrketed by seven wore steamers of 30,000 tons Asbestos Cement Building Pro and upwarda There were only uote Ltd who have a laris order three motor ships in the first divi- in hand for an important Singapors I sion and none in the second
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