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HONG KONG DAILY PRESSES SEE
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
-25,000 MILES FOR £87
SUCCESS OF, DIESEL. ELECTRIC MOTOR-TRAIN
running time is eight hours, butį out of these eight hours the engine
has been in operation for only four.
During the remaining four hours, the train has free-wheeled down gradients, thus cutting down woar. Bad tear and reducing fuel con- sumption by half.
A new era of cheapper railway working is indicated in a report
In Perfect Condition issued by Mossis Armstrong Whit worth at Newcastle on the Arm- An examination of the valves, strong Whitworth, Diesel-electric pistons, and other parts after the motor-train "Tyneside Venturer," which has completed six months continuous service on the London and North-Eastern Railway Com pany's intense local system around Newcastle.
The report shows that the motor train has run 28,000 miles, and that the total fuel and lubricating oil costs for the whole period amount ed to only £87, or less than three. farthings per inile.
It has been in service 17 hours daily, and has kept its time sche dule without one minute's delay, So simple has its operation proved to be that it has been worked in!
completion of the six months' ser vice, which covers one of the most difficult routes in the North of England, showed them all to be in perfect condition.
The motor-train, which seats 60 people and travels at 65 m.p.h. when required, has at rush periods, carried 120 passengers without the and of a trailer coach, which brings its normal seating capacity up to
150.
Interviewed as Newcastle on the results of the six months' service, an L.N.E.R. executive official etat ed:--
The motor-train has been very
rotation by a team of 12 atean necesful, and has me all the de-
locomotive drivers, all of whom mands made on it on a
difficult were able to take charge after a rate. This week-end it is to be few hours' instruction.
moved to Middlesbrough, where it
The train is in service from 7, will be put through further and yet 4.m. to 12 midnight. Its actual mew severe trials."
Christmas
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FARTHING A UNIT 'ELECTRICITY
EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF NEW GENERATING STATION
A new generating station, esti- mated to produce electricity at a farthing a unit, including all capital charges, has been opened at Ronbridge, Salop.
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1932.
ROLLER BEARINGS ON ROLLING STOCK
RUNNING WELL AFTER MILLION MILES
BY WAY OF UNDER-
STANDING
ART AS A CONTACT POINT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Roughly 150,000 roller bearings of MR. J. M. HUNT'S PLEA FOR A
various makes (105,000 of sue maku
alone) are in regular use under caoching and goods stock, carrying loads up to 2 tons per axle, and
· CULTURAL CENTRE
The local Y Mon's Club had as
many hundreds are running under speaker Mr. J. H. Hunt, Secretary locomotives and fenders. At least of the European Y. M. C. A. at. two very heavy locomotives have their weekly meeting at Messin. all axles fitted, the driving axle Lono, Crawford's Restaurant on load boing 23 long tons, and other Thursday, the 24th November, Mr. Pyhus, Minister of Trans- engines have driving axies equip.
Mr. Hunt's subject, as proviously pod
announced, was "By Way of Un- port, speaking at a luncheon in connection with the opening, said! A number of coaching bearings derstanding." He stressed the im- the unexampled depression which have exceeded 1,000,000 miles por portance of mutual understanding hind, rested upon the country, and bearing and are still running well, among different nationalities, and indeed the whole work, for while many thousand have exceeded told his audience that inany ways many years had caused each of the 500,000 miles without appreciable had been tried to promote under- „deterioration. A number of the en-standing- but none was successful. great industries to examine care- fully its internal economics and its gine bogie axles first fitted have Even sports, Olympio games, and relative efficiency when compared, exceeded 500,000 miles, and the en- Concord Clubs could do nothing gines above mentioned as having to combat nationalism; therefore, with its rivals in other countries.
their driving axles fitted, have run While the electrical industry had taken full adavritage of the bad more than 100,000 miles witheat in times to economise in its cost of sideat. There is therefore no pos- sible doubt as to the mechanical
"Art is a universal language," production and to increase its offi
success of the roller bearing under continued Mr. Hunt. "We can cienoy, it had ever been urged
any type of railway stock.
appreciate the cave paintings of against it that, on a world basis,
It is interesting to note the dis-prehistoric man done many thou- particularly in the heavier classes
tribution of the bearings in use, sands of years ago. We do not of generating and conversion' plant, it had much to learn of competitors and below is a note of the approxi-know anything about his spoken mato numbers in se in Europe language, perhaps he never had and some of the other countries of one, but we do know what he the world, as far as I know them.
overgens,
That great generating station, however, set a measure of efficiency. which would stand comparison with genorating plant made in any other
part of the world,
is Coming!
A Word to Merchants from Old Santa, Himself
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ECONOMIC conditions notwithstand- ing, I'm coming around again to cast my spell of fun and happiness over the land. Now is the time for you merchants to stock well your shelves, for since the world-began: none have been able to resist the infectious spirit and gaiety of Christmas. And mark ye well, a word from Old Santa himself- A-D-V-E-RT-I-S-E. The more you adver; tise the more you will sell, and the more you sell the more successful my holiday.
SHOP-FARLY
SANTA CLAUB
in the day
in the month
Sweden Germany France
he thought of approaching this problem from a new angle, namely, by means of Art.
wanted to say when he painted that reindeer on the walls of his cave. To mhay artists of to-day, the Greek ideal of art stili predomin- ates. In architectura we still copy the beautiful lines and- the, splen- did proportions of the old Greek temples. Tho, Greek language is spoken of to-day na a dead langu age, but their art is as vital ás 6,700 each ever.
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1.48,000 24,000
15,000
Deumark
$,800
Czecho-Slovakia
2,700
Russia
Hungary
1,100 1,500
Australasia
Japan and China
000 720
Spain, Holland,
Canada, Norway, Finland, India
England
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These figures apply to one make national in character and nords alone and are in the nearest round some sympathetic understanding. numbers. All the locomotive ape the beauty in the art of
But he is a poor artist who calinot; plications are in the United States. other nation. Comment is superfluous, but it may
said that a similar state of affairs
is to be found with regard to cér tain other mechanical devices.- Mr. P. A. Hyde in a letter to En 'pingering."
WEDDING IN KOBE
ap-
· Ühinese Life and Art,
"There are some aspects of Chin- ese life I do not like, same as there must be aspects of Western Lifo that the Chinese dislike, but when I am looking at Chinese painting or a piece of Chinese craftsman ship I am thrilled with admiration for the Chinese, and for the time MR. R. W. LEE MARRIED TO forget all that I dislike in them.
MISS MARGRETTA
And I think this is equally true the SHEILA SHAW
other way
round-the Chinese look- ing at Western art. The different technique of the Chinese artist com- pels me to try to understand his point of view. Directly I do this break through the narrow national barriers and become international.
Kobe, Nov. 6.-There was a pret ty wedding at All Saints Church. yesterday, when Miss Margretta Sheila Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Shaw, formerly of Ko- be, became the bride of Mr. Ralph Wallace Lee.
"So I would suggest the forms- tion of an International Cultural Centre as a means of bringing The ceremony was performed by the people of the different nations Bishop Basil, and there was a large together. The common interest in crowd in the Church, which had art of all kinds would make a been pretty deporated with white natural and informal point of con- and yellow chrysanthemums and tact which other means do not
palms.
supply. There would be no con- The best man was Mr. T. M. acious effort or atimulation to Dunlop, of the Hong Kong and create an international feeling of Shanghai Bank, Tokyo, while the goodwill-it would be there by wir bride was attended by Miss Joan tue, of the general appeal of the Speace and Miss Joyce Phipps.úbjects that draw the members The ushers were Messrs. H. together in fellowship. The title of Owen, G. Waller and M. G. Gard- such an organisation would have to be carefully chosen, and, perhaps,
лег.
The bride entered the Church on it would be advisable to omit the the arm of Mr. D. M. Ross, who word international altogether. PH- gave her away. She was dressed in marily the object would be the a gown of off-white ring velvet, cultivation of our Art interesta, but with an old Brussels-lace-veil-lent the result would be a better under by the bridegroom's mother, and standing of each other's national carried a bouquet of pale pink point of view. roses. The bridesmaids wore pale blue silk, with silver lace caps,"
The best aspect of a Nation
"The art of a nation represents and silver shoes, and carried bou- its best aspects. So often we judge quets of pale pink roses.
:
another nation by its weaknesses and are blinded by them to auch As the happy couple left then extent, that we fail to appre- Church, Mendelsohn's wedding ciate its good points. Well, let.us march was played by the Rev. J. Approach the problem from this new angle and through the study of in- C. Ford."
ternational art discover the best in the notions_____
A reception was afterwards held at the Hong Kong Bank House, where a toast was drunk to the newlyweds,
"I do not wish to limit art to pictorial art, but would include all branches-music, photography, li- terature, drama.
Mrs. Lee's going away dress was a navy blue lightweight woollen Imagine, for a moment, build Frock, with navy blue toque adding set aside for this object, con- veil, and a short fur cape: The taining facilities for the cultivation future address of Mr. and Mrs of the arts: A studio for the. Les will be 33 Kitano-cho, artista, a music room for the chome,
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