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NEW FRENCH STEAM
INVENTION.
PLAN TO TAP ENERGY OF TROPICAL SEAS.
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Paris, June 15. Starting from the principle that water will "boil" in a rarefied at mosphero at a low temperature, two French scientists, MM. Claude and Boucherot, have built at Ougres, near Liege, a ateam engine which will work without stoking and without à furnace. With its help they hope to tap the latent energy of the tropical seas. by utilising the difference. between the heated water of the surface and the cold water beneath.
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928.
ASHRIDGE PARK SAVED.
THE
BEST
GIFT AS CONSERVATIVE TRAINING.COLLEGE.
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CHEAP-
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The Conservative Central Oce. Issued recently the following:
of historic England to know that "It will give satisfaction to lovera beautiful Ashridge, the famous Hertfordshire seat of the Dukes of Bridgewater, has been saved for public use owing to the generosity of a friend of the late Mr. Bonar Law.
"It is understood that this magnificent mansion, equipped and partially endowed, has been offer- ed to, and accepted by, the Conser- vative Party for the purpose of an educational centre and training college so as to form a lasting memorial to the late Mr. Bonar
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The heated surface water, on being introduced into a partial vacuum, "boils," and is condensed again by the cold water pumped Law." from the depths. The difference between the water in the boller The donor of this valuable gift and the water in the condensor to the party desires to remain was 10 degrees Centigrade when anoymous. Its usefulness is the the experiment was conducted on
greater coming, as it does, at a June 1, and only one-quarter ofment when a great extension of the energy produced was absorb the franchise is on the point of ed in pumping and expelling the being passed.
water.
PER- MAN-
ENT
HAIR WAVING IN THE COLONY
Mrs. BETEN
2 Fratte Building Tal, K. 943.
"FRIEND OF SIR T LIPTON."
OLD EMPLOYEE'S PENSION CUT DOWN.
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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
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A settlement of a claim by Mr. Michael Sterrie, of Hale End-road,
1 Material used in brewing. Walthamstow, L. for £5 a week for
Obstruction of a stream. the remainder of his life from
8 To Joze. Messrs. Lipton, Ltd., was announced 12 Hodge-podge." in the King's Bench Division re-13 Bird similar to an ostrich. cently.
14 Egg-shaped figure. 15 To adore.
The Conservative Party has al In the tropics the difference in ready an educational institute which
Mr. Storrie, who was described temperature is frequently as much has necomplished much good work as 30 degrees. Not only will this the Philip Stott College at Over-as an old servant and friend of Sir engine provide power in tropical stone Park, near Northampton Thomas Lipton, and was stated to districts, but the water expelled and the gift of Ashridge Park will have served the firm for 42 years, from the condensor will still be most, for some time to come, the is now 66 years old. considerably colder than the at-evergrowing demand for the in- mosphere, and on being passed instruction and training of political pipes round the buildings, or even workers. in the streets, will reduce the tem- perature and make living bearable in districts formerly considered almost uninhabitable.
A Liquid Air Bomb.
The Gardens.
He started as a bacon curer with Messrs. Lipton, and afterwards rose to be head of the firm's bacon de partment.
10 Tanner's vessel. 17 Fluid rock.
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10 Edges et a roof.
11 To sow
10 Feast.
20 To frighten.
23. To knock.
25 Inlet.
27 Examined.
18 Black bird of the cuckoo family, 23 Transparent substance. 19 Gets up, 21 Lair of a beast.
Itoparation.
24 Coat-of-arms, 26 Farowell.
27 Favourite Japanese fish,
28 To feel one's way. 31 Chidos. vehemently, 35 Portion of the mouth. 36 Slack.
He was pensioned off last Juno Ashridge House, so near to Lon-at £5 a week, but in March the don, will be particularly suitable payments were stopped, and he re- for students from the Metropolis ceived a letter atalling that in con- 38 Bver. M. Claude during the war in-and the Home Counties, though the nexion with the reorganisation of 30 Eager. vented a liquid air bomb that was advantage it offers will be by no the company it was necessary that 41 Work of genius. discarded as too dangerous to means confined to these districts, the pension should be reconsidered. 42 Opposite of awonther. handle. He got one of his bombs Some 80 acres of land surround- He now aued the company for a 4B Wise, dropped, however, from an aero-ing the house are included in the declaration that they were bound 44 To observe. plane within the German lines, gift, These comprise the magnifi- to pay him 26 a wook for life. The 46 Stone. where it exploded and wrought cont gardens, which have been open firm contended that it was merely 40 Murdered. terrific damage; had it been to visitors in summer-tima during an honourable undertaking, and 47 To Beatler hay.
48 Social Insects. dropped a quarter of an hour the past few years. It is under that they were not bound by law. earlier it would have blow up the stand that this privilege will be
continued. German Emperor.
It is believed that the Claude- Heucherat power-producing plant will effect a change in the world greater than that made by the steam engine itself. It might change the centre of gravity of the world's production.
SWEDEN'S NATIONAL
COLOURS.
INTERESTING HISTÖNICAL
RESEARCH,
Mr. Charles Percy Tomlin, man- aging director of the company, said The present house dates from the that the question of pensions to em- early part of the Nineteenth Cen-ployees had to be reconsidered when tury soon after, that is, the death the company was reorganised.. of that Duke of Bridgewater who has been called "the father of in- land navigation.”
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JURY VIEW A FLAT.
£1,2000 A YEAR RENT. A £1,200 h ylär flat in the West End of London, described by one sidena "de luxe" and alleged by the other side to be jerry built, was the subject of an action which came before the Lord Chief Justice and 3 special jury in the King's Bench
Division.
The temnit, Mr. Henry Bell, a director of 13yds Bank, of 82, Portland-place, W., sued his land- ord, Mr. Charles Edward Lee, of the same address, for damages for alleged misrepresentation.
The national colours of the Sweden dag, blue and gold, date back at least 700 years, and the national coat of arms of Sweden, three crowns and a lion erossing three beams, later three streams, is to be seen on a royal seal from 1275, according to the researches by a Swedish high official, in an interesting report on ansient Royal
Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., for seals, just published. Thus, Mr. Bell, said that his client took Sweden with regard to the age of the dat in 1925 on a 23 years' luase. its national symbols stands in the was one of a block which had re- foremost rank of existing Euro-ently been constructed by Mr. Lee, pean sovereign states,
and the Tease contained some Earl Birger of the powerful strbugent repairing covenants, Folkunga dynasty, who 700 Years Sir Patrick invited the jure to ago founded the city of Stockholm, go down and see the condition in is the first regent known to have ❘ which the dat now was, “You will used the lion croesing the beams | find," he said, "that in every rooin for his seal, and his son, Magnus there are cracks, and that all the Barn-Lock, in 1275 added to it the doors are shrunk?" three crowns. The national cont To a series, of complaints Mr. of arms in its present shape dates Lee replied by referring Mr. Bell back to the yepe 1448. The yellow to the repairing conveniant in the and blue of the golden lion lease if he wanted any repairs car-
ried out. against a blue field became re-
During an extended luncheon in- cognized as the national colours of Sweden, and the present Swedish terral the jury visited the flat, go- Bag, a golden cross on a blue field, in there in several taxis provided became the official one during the by Mr. Bell
Mr. Justice McCardie-I suppose it was necessary to cut down ex- penses to put the affairs of the company on a satisfactory footing? Yes. There had been a very large amount of over-payment and excess staff.
Mr. Justico MeCardie--Did you think Sir Thomas Lipton had gono
for in promising pension? Yes, in this particular case.
After the luncheon interval it was announced that Mr. Storrie was to receive a pension of 12 a week for life, and that there would be no costs on eltzer side.
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1-The idea of letter golf is to On the hearing being resumed, change one word, to another and reign of Gustavus Vasa (1523-Mr. Elliott, managing director of do it in par, a given number of 1660), called "the founder of Messrs. Trollope and Co., building strokes. Thus to change COW to modern Sweden."
contractors, sul that the windows EN, in three strokes, COW, In this connexion it is interest-fitted badly, had cheap fittings on HOW, HEW, HEN ing to note that Sweden as them, and must be very noisy in
. 2-You can change only one lonal independent state is the a high wind. The doors did not fit, letter at a time. oldest in Europe and enjoys the and had shrunk to such an extent
3-You must have a complete unique distinction of having been that a decorator could not improve word, of common usage, for each mentioned by Tacitus, the Latin them.
jump. Slang words and abbrevia. writer, about 92 A.D., who des-
tions don't count. cribes the "Suionum civilates" as a most powerful seafaring nation, ruled by a king.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
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Sir Patrick-Would you describe these ns de luxo fats?—I say cm- phatically that they are not.
The hearing was adjourned.
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32 Claw of a bird of prey,
33 To choose.
34 Hunts.
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40 Moisture found on plants,
42 Constellation.
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