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SHIPBUILDERS, SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MÅSTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE AND
"ELECTRIC WELDERS,
MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS.
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-DRY DOCK—
Length 787 Feet.
OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.
THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
WIRELESS CALI SALVAGE TUG "Táikoo"
V.P.G.N. 600 METERS,
Length on Blocks 750 Fret
Depth on Centre of
SI (B.W.O.S.T.) 34 n. 6 ins.
-THREE SLIPWAYS.—
Capable of Handling Ships Up to 4,0)) Tous Displacement.
Electrie Crane at Sox Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Feet Radius.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,
HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
TEL ADDRESS: "TAIKOGDOCK, HONG KONG.
TELEPHONE: 30211 -
CALL FLAG: NUMERAL ONE" Oven “ANS. PENTANT
Shanks
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LTD
BARRHEAD-SCOTLAND
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1934.
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RANDOM NOTES
The Importance of the Bilge Pump
Et la surprising to note how little Importance, seems to be attached to the provision of sn efficient Bilge Pump among many in cases boat owners, especially where the craft in question do not appear to make any appre- clable amount of water, and overlook even owners seem ko the provision of a portable band- pump when cruising, and give no thought to the possibility of the leak, in erart springing a bad which erent "considerable danger would be involved.
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"Diesel Auxilary Engines for
Customs Cruiser
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been An order has recently placed with a well-known British Firm for the construction of a number of Diesel Engines to form the auxiliary machinery in new Cruisers which the Chinese Mari- time Authorities have stated their intention to build.
In each case the Motors are of the standard four-cycle type operating at a normal speed of 800.p... Six Engines will be of the 5-cylinder type, developing 60 h.p. to be direct coupled to a 30 K.W. Generator and an Air Compressor. Six further Engines are to be of the four-cylinder type developing 48 h.p. and cou- pled to 22 K.W. Dynamos and Air Compressors, whilst eight further engines are to be supplied, of 24 h.p. 2-cylinders to be direct cou- pled to Generators.
SANITARY WARE
MODERN
SANITARY
EARTHENWARE APPLIANCES IN WHITE & COLOUR
THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, LID,
(Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hongkong)
14, PEDDER ST. HONG KONG
SOLE AGENTS
SHAMČEN, CANTON,
For Constructural Work of Every
Description
Use Green Island Cement
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TWO REFLEX TYPE ROTARY KILNS HAVING AN OVER ALL
LENGTH OF 254 FEET, THESE KILNS ARE USED. TO
MANUFACTURE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT.
Issued by the
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.
2ND FLOOR
EXCHANGE BUILDING
ENGINEERING & BUILDING
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Present And Future Research
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has a long story to its credit, as we have just learned from the annual re- port, of valuable assistance given to idustry. Its researches, which have led to huge savings and greatly increased efficiency, in many industries, are constantly going on, and present and future.. work at ita various research sta- tions, and in the eight or nine departments at the National Phy sical Laboratory at Teddington, promise even more than the past.
Take coal: A great deal has still to be learned about its chemi- cal.constitution. What, for ex- ample, is in coat which causes it to make good hard coke for smelt- ing? Here is one of the almost in- numerable problems which", are Some day, receiving attention. perhaps, processes will be deve- loped by which valuable chemi cals will be extracted from raw .coal before it is burnt or treated
in any other way.
In the meantime, at the Fuel Research Station at Greenwich the convention of low tempera- ture tars into oils is being studi- ed. The chemical constitution of these tars is being investigated at the Chemical Research Labor- atory. Already new materials for the plastics Industry have been produced besides a new "wet- ting" agent for mercerising cot- ton, which should replace a pro- duet at present imported.
Engineering research is being directed towards finding steel and other alloys which will with- stand Increasingly high temper- atures. One of the problems that is being taken up by the Electric- cal Research Association is that of preventing, electrical machinery from interfering with broadcast- ing and a new laboratory is to be opened at the National Physi- cal Laboratory for the further, study of acoustics and the pro- blems of noise. Houses of the fu- ture, perhaps as a result of this new laboratory, may be so built that one will no longer suffer from 'one's next-door neighbour's loud
speaker,
ALL-WEATHER HOUSE,
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Another direction in which one's house stands to benefit from re- search to be carried out in the so-called "all-weather house " projected at the Building Resear- ch Station at Watford. One or two rooms are being built inside a shell, and in this shell all sorts of weather conditions will be re- produced, so that the require- ments for meeting excessive heat, damp, cold, and so on,may be thoroughly tested.
In principle the equipment :07 this a-weather testing is similar to that of the Department's la boratory at East Malling for stu- dying the problems whien arise from storing and transporting lar- ge quantitles of fruit. There are reproduced all the changes of temperture through which a ship carrying fruit has to pass on its way, say, from Australia to Eng- land-changes varying from sum- mer to winter.
Another very necessary work of research that has an important bearing upon the future is that on timber. We are not, and are not likely to be' for many years, an important timber-producing
country. We have to rely largely upon imports.. All the more ne- cessary, therefore, is it to preser- ve what we have and to prevent its attack by mould and insects, particularly beetles. Only by the work that is constantly going on at the Forestry Products Resear ch laboratory at Princess. Risbo- rough can we hope to prevent waste in timber and thereby help to redress the balance of trade.
Science should also be able in
thousand miles an hour, In this and two other new wind tunnels further new-designs for aircraft will be worked out. At the same time buffeting, spinning, and other factors concerned with safety in flying are being studied.
At the Building Research Sta- tion a new laboratory is now be- ing brought into use for studying the chemical and physical pro- blems which àride when cement is mixed to make concrete, as well as for research generally on the different types of cement and concrete. This laboratory will be the best equipped of its kind in the world.
Future building should also benefit from the research that is being made into the weatherability of: stone. The work has shown the feasibility of locating deposits of good and in- ferior Portland stone in the quar- Ty face."
A very complete study of steel frame building is also being carri
ed out in cooperation with the British Steelwork Association Safety in building is, or course, of paramount importance, but an unnecessarily high ***factor of safety is an insurance premium paid for lack of knowledge.
Gradually advances in the the- ory of structures and in the re- liability of data concerning new materials are producing knowled- ge which should finally lead to a considerable saving in costs for this class of building which, it should be remembered, constitute -an overhead charge on most in- dustries. Already certain firms have been able to reduce by twen- ty per cent. the amount of steel that is required "with a consequent reduction of cost.
INCREASE
IN RAILWAY
TSINAN RAILWAY THE LATEST IN
TO TSINGTAO
WIRELESS
Board Urges Comple- 5 Valve All-Electric
tion Of Purchase
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In view of the large 'pront made by the Tsinan-Tsingtao Ralway during the past year, the board of directors of the line at Its meeting on January 19, passed a resolution petitioning" the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang to consider the purchase of the ilne from Japan.
The operating profits of the line for 1933 reached 5,000.000 yuan, the treasureris roport said, Even after deducting 2.000,000 yuan needed for the payment of intérest on loans from Japan, the board of directors believe that' the line would.constitute a de- Anite financial asset to the, Na- tional Government, the petition is reported as saying.
The Tsinan-Tsingtao Railway, also known as the Shantung Rail- way, consists of 245.56 mile's, t from main line track running Tsinan-fu, capital of Shantung province, to Tsingtao, important sea port on the Yellow Sea and of 36.1 miles of branch line track. Construction of the ilne was be- gun in 1899 by a German; com- pany capitalised at 54,000,000 marks On July 1, 1984, the Arst train was operated over the full length of the ne marking ani important stage in the German peneration of China which began In 1899 with the occuption of Tsingtao. Following the surren- der of the German garrison in. Tsingtao to the combined. Anglo- Japanese forces in the fall of 1914, the line was placed under Japanese management and re- mained so until on January 112, to railway was sold 1923, the China by Japan under the terms of an agreement consequent upon the Washington Conference.
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The new company was capi- talized, at 740,000,000, the total amount being secured by Trea- sury notes.
These were repayable At any ime after Ave years the interest rates being six per cent.
By December 31st, 1931, none of these notes had been retired although interest on them, bas been paid generally.
MINERS”
WELFARE
Оде of the most important sections of what is known in Great Britain as the "Public
Sets
The Radio Exhibition held at . Olympia in London this year enabled the general public as well and pur- Bs overseas visitors
how chasing agents to realise great have been the advances made in the design of popular receiving apparatus during the It also. fast twelve months. showed that the average prices have fallen by about 20 per cent compared with those of last year. The efficiency of some of the cheap sets is amazing-one can now purchase a thoroughly e- Hiable three-valve battery set for elaborate about £3. The more Ave-valve "all-electric" sets which to be previously.cost, £20-30 are had for about £14.
A feature of the Exhibition is the large number of battery sets' -nearly 70 per cent of those on chow 15 run from batteries. whereas last year most sets: were all-electric. A new method of amplification which gives. improved reception is. greatly responsible for this change, be- cause it works by means of bat- terles. There is also a general return the superhetrodyne, circuit, which is favoured because of the extra efficiency is gives in selectivity. Many novelties were to be seen at this year's Exhibi- tion, of which only a few can be mentioned. There was, "for example, a receiving set no bigger
than
to
a cigar box which can be fitted to the dashboard of a car.
There WBS a portable set for 'hikers' one which can be carried in the haversack. And there was a set for new television, seta, at For prices from £12 upwards. sheer value much of the appar- atus exhibited would be hard to beat. Manufacturers have not sacrificed anything of quality. while they have reduced the cost of receivers to very low figures,
BIG TINPLATE ORDER
Richard Thomas and Company, Limited, the big timplate manu- facturers, who controlled more than half the Welsh tinplate trade before acquiring recently the undertaking of W. Gilbertson and Company, Limited, of Pon- tardawe, have just received repeat order for a million boxes of tinplates for. delivery to Cana- This ensures da during 1934.
men
work for several thousand TRAFFIC Welfare Movement" is that. con-
ar-
Not long ago the London North Eastern Railway Company nounced a series of ambitious plans for reconstruction and development Another great company, the London Midland and Scottish, has now issued details of & programme which will involve expenditure amoun- ting to eight and a half million pounds.. sterling. The programme. includes the building of 232
·locomotives. 159 locomotive,bai- lers, 674 passenger carriages, and 4,365 goods waggons. A third company. the Southern, intends next year to extend its all-electric .."route
from Erighton to East- bourne and to other holiday re- sorts on the South coast.
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The trame receipts of the four great groups of English railways have shown remarkable increases during the last few months, and this has justified the compantes in their ambitious building pro- grammes. The year 1933 opened unfavourably for most of the railway but, since the tide turned in the spring the weekly figures have averaged more than £100,000 per week over the corresponding perled
With the for last year. exception of the figures for unem- ployment, which have shown a consistent improvement, there is no more favourable sign of trade recovery than this general impro vement in railway trame. travelling publie has already benented by reductions in fares, in which still further decreases have now been promised,
The
the future to assist in meeting the THE QUEEN AS MOTORIST demand for further supplies of pure water. Besides problems of pollution and its prevention, the Department is also dealing with "those of water softening, and at the moment it is studying plum- bo-solvency, so that the amount of lead which is taken up by wa- ter as the result of passing through lead-work may be mea suzea. In this connection, the effect of electric currents in lead pipes on the lead content of the water passing through them is being investigated, e
The Queen must be one of the most regular motorista in Great. Britain. Whenever she stays in the country she makes excursions-- by car to see places of interest or to visit antique shops,
NEW DESIGNS FOR AIRCRAFT
It will take more than the break- down Her car had on the way from Bandringham - foCambridge modify this custom
to
ad, the King found himself In avaimilatatuation there would have been no need for him to get There is always a second. car in attendance when he travels
A wind tunnel is being "develop" ed at the National Physical-La- boratory for wind speeds of a "by road.
nected with the miners. In 1920 a special fund was started for a ton this purpose... A penny
coal impost was levied on all produced in the country, and subsequently a further levy.was the imposed on royalties for, provision of pit-head baths. Since those dates, the former has produced £11,000,000 and the latter $2,551,562. This money has been spent on improving amenities in the mining districts; and the results are simply wonderful.
Over 600 mining centres have Village Institutes and Ealls, built and equipped at an average cost of £3.800 each.. For outdoor. sports and recreations 'more than 600 mining villages haze recrea- tion sports fields which have cost. an average at £3,200 each. The following gives some idea of the work done with the help of the funds: £4,783,038 has been spent on indoor and outdoor recrea- tional facilities. £3,187,175 on Health Provisions, such as con- valescent homes; £110,426 on Education, including scholarships: £802,432 on research work; and £2,609,001 on pit-head baths. The pit-head baths have added greatly not only to the comfort and welfare of the miners, but also to the comfort of their homes and the welfare of their families.
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in the tinplate, steel, mining and engineering industries for some months.
A CUT TOWEL
Sometimes it happens that a towel gets cut with a razor which has been dried on it. The ent should not be just sewn together - again, a the threads will soon. pull in washing and another tear result The slit should be darned with a fairly thick embroidery cotton, first tacking a square of net on the back of the towel, Darn over the net to strengthen the threads around the actual tear, and remove as much of the complete. The area around the sit will remain strong for a long time without further trouble if it is treated. in. this way.
The men can now leave home and return in cleanliness, and so save an enormous amount of house- hold work. Now that so much of what might be termed 'capital value' work has been done, it is proposed to, review the whole position with a view to reducing the levy from one penny to phe half penny per ton.
METAL WINDOWS
MANUFACTURER SIMS
MADE IN HONGKONG
FROM
IMPORTED
BRITISH MATERIAL
95%
BRITISH
THE TAI YING STEEL WINDOW MFG. CO.
TELEPHONE: 27482.
Oro 85, QHUN, YONG STREET. *WYM, FARIDY-NORTH-POINT, HONG KONG.