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All Classes of
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THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS,
BOILER MAKERS,
FORGE MASTERS,
OXY-ACETYLENE AND
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MECHANICAL AND
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-DRY DOCK-
Length 787 Feet. Length on Blocks 750 Feet-
Depth on Centro of
OF HONG KONG, LIMITED. THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
TUG "TAIKOO"
SJI (H.W.0.S.T.) 84 ft. 6 ins.
-THREE SLIPWAYS.-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932.
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
NORTH ATLANTIC PASSEN-
GER TRADE.
GEORGIC'S TRIAL CRUISE.
EAST AND WEST.
Iron Foundry for Korea.
| Technical Association for Reinforced-
Concrete Industry.
A Yen 9,000,000 iron foundry is to be erreted in Korea by the For some time past, those ongag- Mitsubishi Mining Co., which owns fed in the reinforced-concrete indus-
a big mine in Kankyo Provines, try have felt the need of an or
ganised body to represent their in- supposed to contein. between terests. It has now been decided 100,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 tons of that an association, to be known as the Reinforced Concrete Asso- ore. The percentage of iron, how- ever, is small but investigations ciation, shall be formed, and-an have convinced the company of the influential committee, composed of directors of the principal rein advisability of starting mining, an the magnetic separation
forced concrete engineering arms, will enable it to carry on the busi-is actively engaged in drawing up Ite membership a commercial basis. The constitution. proposed foundry will be erected in Seishin and construction will
be started next year,
process
London, June 14. For many years the White Star lies has held a premior position both in respect to its steamers and their equipment and the unique accommodation itness on provides for every class of passen ger. Founded upon a doctrine of commerce and gouhendism, it gruti- fed all who tried it as a new de parture feet. When the motor ves-
During the six months ended sel Britannic began her, maiden March 31, 1032,, there were issued voyage two years ago she set in Melbourne 950 building permits valued at £505,800, of which 256 milestone in the history of post-permits covered dwelling construe war shipping development.
British's Largest Motor Liners.
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Building Permits in Melbourne.
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Architectural contro) in Norway is a communal function, perform- ed by organizations known Bygningsraad. (advisory building committees), which exist in the leading cities and communities. Applications for building permits are submitted first to the local building commissioner, who passes on the structural details. If the project involves architectural fen- tures it is then referred to the
advisory building committee, which approves or disapproves the pro- ject from an architectural stand- point.
tion and 604 other types. During the corresponding period of the preceding year 066 permits were issued, valued at £258,914, While The popularity of the Britannic the number of permits issued dur led the White Star Line manageing the more recent period shows ment to build a ship of the saetensed more than 100 per cent.
virtually no change, their valua in- type, and the Georgie, which has been built by Messrs. Harland & Architectural Control in Norway. Wolff, Belfast, shares with the Britannic the proud distinction of being Britain's largest motor liners. At the week-end the Georgie ran a trial cruise, and, will make her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on June 25.
She is a vessel of 27,000 tons, and though patterned in the same mould as the Britannic, she has many fea tures quite distinct from her sister ship. The developments in design which were incorporated in the Britannic have been carried a step Big Soviet Purchase. further. In outward appearance Mesara Almaenna Svenska Elek- the Georgic has a straight stem, ntrisks Aktiebolaget, usually term- cruiser stern, two low broad fun-ed The ASEA Company, Vesterans, Sweden, have announced the salo nels, and perhaps most striking off of their Russian plant in Jaro- all is the curved bridge front, which slav to the Soviet Government, produces a streamline effect. Acat a price of 7.7 million dollars to commodation is provided for 1632 ment bonds, governed by a gold be paid in 8 per cent, Govern- passengers in cabin, tourist, and clause. The amortisation is to third glass; this is slightly greater begin at once, and the fall sum is to be paid before the end of 1948. than in the Britannic. The most striking room in the ship is the cabin smoking-room, where, in an endeavour to get away from the customary imitation of a period room ashore, an original note is abtained by panelling the room in ¦horizontal flat 'sections of lacquer work in black aud vermilion, sug- gestive of the construction and quality of 1 steel vesse! to- day. Other noteworthy features the swimming pool, tennis courts, and elevators in the cabin class, the children's playrooms and clevators in the tourist class, and children's playrooms in the third-class accommodation.
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An Altar in a Cabin Ship.
While the Georgic is a " cabin " ship, her passengers will have sur- roundings and comforts equal to any de luxe liner. Indeed, cabin class to-day is better than first class ten or fifteen years ago, both as-re- gards cuisine and comfort.
One of the many uses to which the lounge can be devoted is that for worship, An altar has been fitted up in a recess at the after end, and when in use in the early morning a secluded by curtains hung at the sides, and producing the quiet at mosphere and sense of being special- ly set apart, so desirable during the service.
Electricity Driven Machinery.
In the engine-room the untrained mind of the ordinary visitor might well fail to grasp the significance of the complicated mass of machin
Capable of Handling Ships Upery that rises from below on "overy"
to 4,000 Tons Displacement-and-
Electric Crane si Soa Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet andins.
BUTTERFIELD G SWIRE, Agents,
HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
Tau... Apommes: “TAIKOODOCK, Hono Koma”
30211
Plan: "U" OVER “ÂNA. PRNNAME"
The propelling machinery of the | vessel consists of two 10-cylinder
| double-acting -4-cycle motor engines
of Harland B. & W. typo ombodying the latest technique and research. available for this type of engine. The cylinders........ard...........cooled-by- fresh water and the pistonsure vil cooled,_while_olf_the_auxiliary “(Continued-on Poje IL)-
4.
will embras every interest con- corned in the industry, namely, engineers, contractors, manufactur ers of pre-cast reinforced-concrete- units, manufacturers of plant, and producers of all the materials' that go to the erection of a reinforced- Mr. R. V. concrete structure, Chate, A.M. Inst.C.E., is acting as secretary, and communications may be addressed to him at 20, Dart-
London, S, Wi-
mouth-stroot, Engineering.
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