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Sciendüd efforts on the part of British "manufacturers to cater! for overseas markets have always been a feature of the post-war British Industrial Fair, AdvanTE information from exhibitors in the 1936 Fair shows that the tendency has been greatly developed in the last twelve months.
There is. for example, an in- creasing export trade in British furniture which was formerly al- most entirely made for the home' market and the section of the Fair devoted to it will be the larg- est and most representative of the industry in the whole history of the Fair. Many of the makers mention in their catalogues that their products will be built on what they term the "K.D." pri- ciple, meaning that these can be "Inocked down" for packing into Amail compass and easily assem- bled by the importer thereby ob viating heavy freights for bulre consignments.
JAPAN'S FRICES "CUT"
P Perrume manufacturers have spent money on the invention of special stoppers which prevent the possibility of evaporation in warm climates. Pottery makers, jewel- lers and others are making spe- cial designs for each country which they intend to approach The potters are
full showing a
from range of all they make, -luxury- egina-ware-to-utility ear- thenware, and there will be im- Portant groups from Birmingham and Shefeld as well as Lon- don amongst the Jewellery, plate and cutlery exh pitors. A famous typewriting firm has perfected 'ils plant so that it can supply key- boards In eighty different lan- guages. It is interesting to note that some of the oldest houses m Britain, with "established reputs- tions" for a couple of centuries or more, are among the most en- terprising in this respect,
The scientific attitude now per- meates every branch of British Industry, which has contrived to remain surprisingly youthful. It la being applied more successfully than ever to costing and market- ing problems, with the result that prices at the 1938 Fair w.1 found to be thoroughly compeu- tive. One manufacturer of"fancy paper goods is able to quote lower prices than even the Japanese, who formerly had almost a mono- poly of the trade. So with 'other industr.28.
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. DAIRYMAN'S GODSEND
One of the best known films in England is making special dit- ner sets not only for the separab Empire markets, but for the Scandinav.an and other countries woere tarifs bave to be met. An- other house in the same industry is breaking down opposition in protected markets with an exquis- itely decorated ware, produced in a amall factory dating from the 17th century. A new and s- cret thermo-lithographic process for the designs makes it possible to sell this high-grade product at. a price which cannot be challeng- ed.
Originally is so marked in hundred different trades that at first glance one might imagine that 1936 is to be a "novelty" Fair. Actually the gadgets, 343 they may be called, arc never produced for their own sake. They all have a strictly utilitar- lan basis. One highly specialised. Arm, whose main business is to make "colour measuring" instru- ments. has invented 1 device which provides a quick and sure method of determining whether milk has been properly pasteuris- ed-a godsend to the modern dairyman,
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Sheffield scissors manufactur-“- ers, following much thought and research, have produced flower- gathering and other pruners which will reduce expenses and increase efficiency in horticulture. The organisers of the composite Scientific. Instrument -and :Opti- cal Exhibt, which is to represent the principal British opt cal and scientific instrument firms. are proud of a new micro-themed balance for weighing button to s 1/1,000th part of a milligramme
without calculation. Not many of us have bull.on to be weighed. but, for those who have, accurac is well worth paying for.
This instrument is characteris- ite of the progress of the British scientific industry, which has trebled in space at the Fair in the last live years, and will oc- cupy 3,400 square feet in 1936. Such rapid strides have been uade that the whole world can be supplied oy Britsh
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1935.
ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
MODERN WELD-
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Temperature Of I.C. Engine Inlet Valves
It is not generally realised how exacting are the heat conditions that pistons and valves have to withstand. An experience of the chief
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engineer of Barimar, Ltd.. of London, who recently visited the test-house of a well-known of Diesel engine builders. may enable readers to appreciate metallurgical success of the chemist in evolving metals that will stand up to high temperaturs
for long periods.
with every type of seleqtific in-
-trument
the ville fin:st quality, except for certain h.ghly-special- ised equipment, and at a cost be low that of foreign product. I may be mentioned that the op- tical glass makers are displaying a model of the Eddystone Kht. house which will be one of the. most interesting advertising feo- tures at the Fair,
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Science has not neglected the housewife. Brass ornaments and tensils are likely to become more popular than ever as the resu of the invention of a new process of chromium plating, which re- duces the cleaning ‘of brass, always a household bugbear, to a min imum, Polishing is no longer ne cessary. A new antidote is avall. able which serves the double pur- pose of chasing the moths away and dispeling cooking and other kitchen odours.
GOLF IRON WHICH DISPLACES THE CADDY
For the women, too, there is an hanite variety of accessories made specially for overseas fè- minine requirements-handbags, brushes, jewellery, non-tárrishable beauty sets, combs, and all the other etcet ras. The largest firm
comb manufacturers in
the world, by the way, is in Aberdeen. and nobody will be surprised to learn that they, have applied tra small tooth comb to the prick quest on.
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Modern sports and the pursuit of health in the open air have led to the creation of a great new Industry in which millions of pounds of capital are 'sunk. Pic-. nic, camping, hiking and motor- ing equipment is 'being produced in immense quantities, and the requirements of the warmer ril- mates have been carefully stud- ieq. One firm alone will exhibit
more
than 100 different types
and s zes of this and rucksacks, New Ideas in the manufacture of gam accessories are being ap- piled, and a Yorkshire firm, long associated with cricket, has pro- duced a leg guard of improved design which fits more effective. ly and comfortably.
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One of the brightest sport vant ons is the production of a golf iron which is claimed to be "seven perfectly matched clubs in one." The club, fitted with a steel shaft, has an ingenious ad- justable head, walch at a LUNTE of a thumb screw can be Com→ verted in a second into a putter or any one of six "off the green”. irons. This is not a freak, but a practical piece of workmanship which has been" tosted in several markets for three years before being offered for sale. Its ad- vantage in weight reductions is bvious... Qaddle. are dispensed with.
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Improvements and innovat.ons continue to be made in the office appliances, and, the paper and printing trades. One Arm of penmakers has overcome the dif ficulty of renewing fountain pen os, a job which usually requires expert. It has produced patent consisting of a combined nib and feed which screws into the nib section, of the pen, the change taking only a few seconds, The peu should be of special value in countries where, there are few repair depots. For those who prefer the ordinary pen, there is a new nib which, it is claimed, will write a four-page letter with one dip in the ink-pot,
Advertising-capes, wrapping pa- pers, and the hundred-and-one other things.so' necessary these dasa for business efficiency al! show enterprise and intelligence run the part of the makers in meeting ever-changing conditions
During inspection. there was noticed a phenomenon regarding which we have not seen any men- tion made previously. On one en- gine the air intake manifold had been removed for convenience, and it was therefore possible to see the underside of the inlet valves, all of which were dull red. The engine was carrying a normal load, and the speed was only 1,200
r.p.m. The designer stated that
the intet valves always attained a red
and volunteered the opinion that the incoming air was Insufficient to keep the valves cool. He added that on this particular design of engine the exhaust valves did not
heat attain the reached by the inlet valves. +-
In the light of this experience. 1 is hardly surprising that valve ...seats are usually the first part of an engine to require the attention of the welding engineer.
PROJECTS IN THE FAR EAST
SHIPBUILDING MATERIALS
FROM ENGLAND The China Merchants'. S.N. Company has decided to construct a 5,000-ton vessel for the Yang- tsze, cost estimated at $1,000 000. The company has £38,000 left from Boxer Fund money allotted for the purchase of the s.s. “Hai Yuan," "Hal Heng." "Hal Li." and "Hai Cheng" from England. is proposed to use this money for the purchase of materials from England, and to borrow $500,000 from Chinese banks for the pur- pose of building the vessel in China, Tenders will be invited immediately if the negotiations with the banks are successful.
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CHINA TELEPHONE. EXTENSIONS Elaborate plans for a network of long-distance telephone wires along China's" trunk railway 'lines have been worked out by the Communications Ministry, Work will be started along the southern section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway before the end of this year, and work on the line along. the
and Peiping-Hankow
the Lunghai Rallways is to commence Immediately. In order to connect the telephone service between the Lungha! and the Tientsin-Pukow Railways, an exchange is to be erected in Esuchow. Kiangsu. Work on the trunk telephone ser- vice along the Shanghal-Nanking. Raliway is already in progress.
SUGAR FACTORY FOR FÜKIEN
In view of the rich production
DAIREN AERODROME
Construction of a new macadam flight way extending over 300 metres forms one of the impro- vements of the Dairen aer drome to be undertaken this year. "Other Improvements include the con- struction
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of a macadam filight way of 682 metres long 40 metres wide, ultimately extending' to 900 mètres long and 60 metres wide. at a total expenditure of Y.200,- 000 on
a three-year plan, the equipment of flash lights for night service, equipment for aero- plane inspection, and the tablishment of signal posts tween Dairen and Antung. It s also reported that the year's ep- propriation asks for the establish- ment of a new aeronautic wire- less station at a cost of Y.87.000. The Dairen aerodrome is one of the most important terminals in the air route between Japan and Manchuria.
CHINESE RAILWAY PROGRESS
The construction of the Wuhu- Nanking rallway is making rapid progress, Rails are already laid on this end for a distance of more. than twelve miles, and the eng ceer-in-charge promises to have trains running to Nanking before the end of the year. The contractor, a Tientsin mar, has brought labour from Shantung.
The Nanking Ministry of Rall ways has approved an application from the Hunan-Hupeh Ralway Administration for an appropria- tion of $3.000 000 for the replacing of sleepers, rebuilding of locomo-
of sugar cane in Southern Fukièn,、tives, and other necessary repairs'
PAPER - MAKING urge-scale
World's Largest Calendar Rolls
Mesars. Miller and Co., Edin- burgh, have just completed R stack of eight calendar rolls for a paper-making machine, which. when erected, will be the largest and widest in the world. These chilled tron rolls have been made for the machine in the Kemsley Paper Mills, Sittingbourne. Only three firms, in the world quoted
for the work-Krupps in Germany, an American concern, and Messrs Miller, who had already made rolls for the largest paper-making machine in Europe, 260 in. wide. The rolls for the Sittingbourne mill are 310 in. wide, to produce a 300 in. wide sheet of paper, and the capacity of the machine will be 1.000 tons of finished paper a week. The bottom roll, which is 86 in in diameter and solid. weighs 43 tons. The second roll, 24 in. in diameter, has a 3 in hole for steam-heating bored through its centre from end to end, and weighs 18 tans. Above these on top of each other are six 20-in. rolls, bored like the second and each weighing 12 tons. The rolls were all cast in deep pits, and were finished with such precision that a light passed along behind two rolls lying on the top of each other could not be seen between them,
in an ever-widening market. Christmas cards, of, which there will be an imposing selection ten months, ahead of time, have be- come modernised like many other old institutions. Gone are the robin and the gummy snowflakes. In their place are beautifully printed reproductions of the works of contemporary artists. And the space for the greetings will be printed in any spoken language.
As for the Christmas toys, they grow more..
mechanical ··
every year and keep pace, at a minia - ture mileage and speed. with the machines of the aces of land and air. There are model railway · trains whose engines have tre- mendous hauling power for the r aize, Blue Bird cars that whizz across as wide a salt, bed as mo- ther will stand for, and Cometa that fly as easily across a fleid. as Scott and Black covered the distance to Australia. Th-girls- have, skipping ropes with ball bearing handles,
"I wonder what their grand- mothers would have said?
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-the Fukien Provincial Govern-
ment proposes to establish
factory sugar
and The dr refinery at. Lungchi. ector of administration of Fu- klen has been instructed to secure an area of from 50,000 to 100,000 mow the districts of Man an-Chang-pu and Lungchi (Southern Fukien) for cultivation of care.
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UPPER YANGTSZE NAVIGATION
Blasting operations for the re- moval of dangerous rocks in the Upper Yangtsze, which are imped- ing navigation, have been asked for by Gen. Chang Kal shek. In view of the enormous labour
and expense involved, the Govern- ment has decided to send engin- eers to make a thorough inves tigation.
NEW SOVIET NAVAL BASE - Construction of a new Soviet naval base at Posslet Bay, in an inlet auth of Vladivostok and neer the Korean border. is under way. Large quantities of mate- rials for the building of the new base
at are being assembled Vindivostok.
'CANTON-SWATOW RAIL LINK
Kwangtung military authorities are taking steps for the constru tion or a railway joleing Canton. and Swatow: The cat's estimat- ed at about $15,500,000. There was a suggestion to apply for a portion of the British Bixer in-" demnity Funds, but this plan was ruled out owing to the fact that the Ministry of Railways would" have no control over the proposed. re, which is purely a provincial project. At present people travel between Canton and Bwatow by boarding coasting steamers al Hongkong.
HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT FOR KIANGST The Chinese National Economic Council is reported to have sanc- tioned 'a $1,500,000 loan contract for the construction of a hydro- electric plant in Kiangsi Province. MOTOR CAR FACTORY
FOR CHINA The Nanking Ministry of Indu: tries has submitted & detailed plan to the Goverment for the establishment works...
o a motor-cur
for the railway.
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Direct railway communication between Cantor and, Hankow, a project started over 25 years ago. is expected in a year's time: The section from Pingshek, in north- ern Kwantung. to I-Chang. in. southern Bugan, probably will be completed in May.
I-Chang is linked to Chuchow an excellent highway, and, when the Pingshek, to I-Chang section section is completed, the journey from Canton to Hankow by rail and road will take only about three days. When the entire section between Plugshek and Chuchow is completed, the trip by express will require only 30 hours. The Hire will run through severe of the most prospercus provinces in the country. and is expected to lead to a considerable Improvement in trade, It will link Canton not only with the Yangtsze ports, but also with Felping and even. Europe via Siberia.
FOULING AND CORROSION
It is a remarkable fact that a ̈ visit to the brackish, waters of the Yangtze is almost as good as 3 docking for removing growthe from ships' bottoms. This point was made by Com- mander J. L Bedale. R.N., in dealing. before the Society of Chemical Industry, with "Some Problems of Chemical Engineering which arise in HM. Navy" All the dry docks of the world were alled for the greater part of the year, he said, not with ships re- quiring repairs, but simply for the removal of barnacles. It had been estimated that 29,000,000 tons of iron and steel were dis- ∙sipated annually in the form of rust, and a similar estimate were made of the losses due to fouling the result would be equally astonishing. The problem of reducing this loss had engaged attention for centuries. In the past wooden ships were sheathed with copper which was good in that the greenish-bize deposit callзcted by the copper peeled off and took with it all vegetable ard animal organisms that bad at tached themselves to it.
Copper proved fatal however, when the fron ship came, owing to its gal- vanic effect on the plates. The next' advance was the introduc- tion in 1840 of anti-fouling paint -efficacious to some extent, but still leaving the problem unsol ved. In general the ideal sub- stance, would be a compound which would gradual's peel off, in the same way as copper, but factor often overlooked, though tended to give mis eading re- aults, was the action of brackish water--the fresh water having a tendency to disagree with certain forms of marina, growth, whilst the salt water was equally un- palatable to fresh water forms of fouling.
LARGE "HOSPITAL FOR SHANGHAT Construction of a US. $500,000 hospital and nurses bome near Shanghai has been authorised by the National Council of Episcopal Churches of America. The plans call for combination of the facilia ties of St. Luke's Hospitals, but do not mean, discontinuance of service of either. The building plans include an eight-storey hospital and five storey Nurses Training School. The new hoa- pital will contain approximately 270 beds
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