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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1933.
ENGINEERING
AN IMPORTANT. · DISCOVERY
Prolonging The Life Of Chilled Meat
London. Discoveries ・・of "prime importance to meat producers in the Empire are described in a re- port of the work of the Food In- vestigation Board in 1932. It is published by H.M. Stationery Omce.
пот
AND
BUILDING
ARE RAILWAYS TO DISAPPEAR?
FASTEST TRAINS NOW SLOWER THAN AUTOCARS
Network Of Motor Roads
In Europe?
The report records Important re- sults concerning the storage of chilled beef. In ordinary air, chil-
Berlin-Startling as this ques-work of roads should link up all led beef, can be kept in store for
tion' sounds, it is now frequently the capitals and important cities about one month. This period
being discussed by traffic experts. of Europe. The plan has the ap- permits of marketing of chilled
Everywhere one sees signs that the proval of Mussolini. beef from Argentina, but not from Australia and New Zealand. It has railways are having to fight like been found, however, that grim death to keep their foothold. comparatively low concentrations This very year, two new railway of carbon dioxide prevent the speed records have been broken in growth of the moulds, and bacte-Germany. One was held by the "Flying Hamburger," the benzine ria commonly found on chilled beef. Roughly speaking, a con- motor-coach that travels at an centration of 10 per cent will average speed of 78 miles per hour about double the storage life of on its routine runs and called it
self "the fastest train in the world" hind quarters of chilled beef.
-until it was beaten by the new electric train between Munich and Stuttgart that put up the incredi 1933 ble record of 94.7 miles per hour 1934 on its trial trips. "These efforts had| 1935' become
necessary. bezinge the 1936 public was complaining that the 1937 railways were too slow.
Experiments on the gas-storage of bacon are also recorded. These show that bacon can be stored; successfully in commercial caroon dioxide for nine weeks at 5 deg. centigrade, Carbon dioxide ap- pears to have a specific effect in preventing "taint" since the lean' of similar bacon stored in nitro- gen was tainted after 31 days. The absence of oxygen also prevents rancidity and gives a better ap- pearance to the bacon.
While frozen pork keeps remark- ably well, chilled pork fetches bet- ter prices. So far neither Austra- lia nor New Zealand can export chilled pork to this country.
Gas-storage experiments haye accordingly been extend to pork.
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As it now stands, the plan could only be realised by concerted ac tion on the part of all the coun- tries of Europe. The total length of roadway was to have been 14,000 kilometres. Five years were to have been spent on the task. The programme of construction was as follows:
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THE HANYANG IRON WORKS
Chinese Engineers Urge Opening
been taking advantage
of thetr
·loan agreement to purchase from ore from Tayeh at reduced rates. This material is, of course, con- verted into armaments, and if the matter is allowed to 'continue un- Commenting editorially on the rectifed, it will only be another report that at the 3rd. Annual serious mistake on the part of the Conference of the
Chunghua Government, authorities. (China) Engineering Society a re- Referring to the various propo-
solution was adopted to petition the Hupeh Provincial Governmental and plans recently put for for the re-opening of the Hanyang ward for the establishment of a Iron and Steel Works, the "Sgin new iron and steel works, the fa- Wen Pao" makes a public appeal opening new factories, it would be per points out that Instead of in support of the resolution.
more economical and advantage- ous to re-open the Hanyang Iron and Steel Works. This is a matter that demands the attention not only of the Hupeh Provincial Go- vernment but of the people.
Reviewing the history at the Hanyang' Iron and Steel Works, the journal points out that at first the works was a Government en- terprise, but later owing to lack of funds, it was transformed into, a private business: «
Appeal to Bankers
Due to business depression, how- ever, it was later found necessary In conclusion, the journal states to seek loans from foreign sources.
that the banks are experiencing A loan from Japan was therefore considerable dificulty in the dis- secured which gave the Japanese posal of deposits in their vaults in the right to purchase iron ore from sound Investments. It would Tayeh at reduced rates. This, the therefore not only contribute to journal points out, was really the the development of the iron and steel industry but also help to beginning of the works troubles. For further loans from Japan were solve the problems of the bankers obtained by the Directors and in if definite steps were taken to re- the 1st year of the Republic (1912) open the Hanyang Iron and Steel a proposal was even put forward" Works." The journal concludes by of the expressing the hope that the pro- for the joint operation works by Japanese and Chinese posal of the China Engineering interests. Due to opposition. how- Society will engage the attention ever, the plan for joint operation | both of the Hupeh Provincial Go- did not materialize. A proposal vernment and of the various bank- for the restoration of the eater- ing interests"Kuo Min." prise to the Government was like- wise dropped soon after.
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$50,000,000 Investment
Continuing, the journal states But compare these speeds with
that more than $50 millions have those reached by the ordinary au-
been invested in the enterprise tomobile. On a clear stretch of
both by the Government and the good road with no slow-moving
Creation of Employment.
private interests. It deplores that vehicles or road-crossings to cum-
One of the most cordial sup- the works have been closed down ber the way, 70-80 miles per hour porters of this magnificently con-
for over a decade. To re-open the is nothing extraordinary. The top ceived plan was the late Albert works, however, the paper points speeds now reached in rare cases Thomas, Director of the Interna-out, would only require the ex- by the electric train is the final tional Labour Office in Geneva, penditure of one or two million achievement of a period of deve- who believed that it would indirect- | dollars. lopment that has been going only give the economic life of Europe for well over one hundred years. such a stimulus that the problem The railway train. by now, has of unemployment would yield to probably got as near to perfection a comparatively easy solution. The as we can reasonably hope ever to amount of employment that the. see it.
execution of the programme would give directly would be:
Motor Car In Infancy.
Workmen On the other hand, the motor
employed CAI is still an infant. "The
Year Working Days per 100 days. world's first motor car," built 1933 37.5 Millions 375,000 Mannheim, was driven through 1934 93.5
streets of
Munich
only
the in 1836. Already record speeds of over 250, miles per hour with sporting machines on racing tracks a have been attained. Evidently great developmental possibilities lie ahead. Both the motor car and the aeroplane owe their speed to the efficiency of the motor. Aerial travel is now being inten sively developed. As it pushes its way ahead, the improvement of the airplane motor will inevitably re- sult in higher speeds in ordinary motorcars.
Up till now, the antomobile has never had a chance to show what it could really do. As far as speed is concerned, it has been serious- ly handicapped by the fact that it has to run on roads built for horsedrawn vehicles and pedes
trians over a hundred years ago. While the racing autocar has been going from one triumph to 301- other on specially-made roads, the ordinary car has to run on tracks that twist and turn. for no logical reason. Moreover, the roads are far too narrow for the amount of traffic that passes over them. Cyc lists and pedestrians are constant. ly getting in the way. No car can move along at 100 miles per hour If other vehicles on the track are not exceeding 30. And the maker
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OIL-BURNING AERO ENGINE
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Seven Year's Steady Research
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
SOLVED
Seven years of intensive work by the engine research department of the Bristol Aeroplane Company pre- coded the successful flights of the new Phoenix" engine, which is the most powerful air-cooled oil- burning engine yet built and Bown The fact anywhere in the world. gives some idea of the formidable obstacles in the way of producing a satisfactory sero engine which of would burn heavy oil instead volatile spirit.
The first objective was in con struct a single cylinder which should is wasting his time in building fas-run well. Five years went by br
fort the engineers were ter and faster cars.
satisfied.
For over a decade past, it has More than fifteen hundred hours' been evident to all experts in running was done with various Europe that a new era in travel types of cylinder, and after success- was merely awaiting the laying of ful completion of a severe official tracks, scientifically-built, place type test it was decided to build where they are of maximum ser- an engine. which should be designed vice, to the economic and touristic on the same general lines as the needs of postwar Europe, and ex-
petrol-burning motor, "Pegasus"! clusively for the use of automo- A complete engine was, produced. bilists. The motorcar takes pas- In eighteen months it ran approxi sengers and freight from door to mately 200 hours on the test beach, door, while both the railway and and was then mounted in a Weat the aeroplane start from points and Wapiti" biplane for flying that take time to reach. More trials Already it has been flown over, both bound to fixed time, for more than twenty bours, in- tables. The automobile starts at cluding a climb to 16,000 feet above any time convenient to the user.
Faster And Safter.
sea level.
Maximum power output of the engine is 400 h.p., and geruising Once Europe is covered with a power. at the normal engine speed- network of specially-prepared of 1,900 revolution's a minute, 300 motor-roads, travel will not only h.p. The engine is exceptionally be so much faster, it will be ever easy to start and runs very smooth so much more comfortable, much to fentures of performance safer much more convenient; much which discount popular criticisms cheaper. The popularity of the of the oil-burning engine. Its fuel- railways is bound to diminish consumption, and here lies the chief" That this is no fantastic dream in advantage sought in developing oil proved by the fact that a group burning units. is 25 per cent, less, of the greatest traffic experts in weight for weight, than that of a Europe has drawn up a scheme for petrol-burning unit of equivalent providing the Continent with 14,000 power. ? kilometres of motor-roads, the Though much has yet to be done main features of which were dis before the oil-burning engine can cussed in April. last year at the In-boa comparison in longevity, ternational Automobile Congress taustworthiness and low weight with A Milan,
the orthodox nero engine, British This plan, due to the Italian engineers have undoubtedly solved Senator Purelli and known by his the most difficult problems, They name, is still the basis of all seri- have entered now upon a period of ous discussion. Senator Purell! visit-refinement and development which; od Berlin last May by Invitation, within the next five or ten years, to diseps his plan with the. Ger- may see the oil engine superseding man Reichs-Chancellor. As con- the petrol unit in many types of ceived by Purelli, this new net largo civilian and military aircraft,
The Journal' then points out the extreme importance of re-opening
the works in view of the fact that while they have remained idle for so many years, the Japanese have
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