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24th May.
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Angers
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THE
HONGKONG
CHEMISTRY & THE COMMUNITY
(Continued from Pape 10.)
TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932.
One immediate effect was natur ally an unprecedented demand for explosives of many different types, and later for many different chomi- cals and curlous and unpleasant properties. At first, the demand was met by the regular Government inted to benzine. The amount of and private factories but it was toluene, however, in conl-tar, waB BOOn evident that new and greatly so small, that by such a process, it enlarged plants would be required. would be impossible to capture the When war broke out, T.N.T. had indigo trade of the world, so, in just been officially adopted as a spite of the success, the process was service explosive but no facilities deliberately scrapped.
More years of work followed, and finally a process was devised, start Ing from naphthaline, a cheap and plentiful by-product of the gas mak ing Industry. What has boon the result? Germany has now practi cally the indigo trade of the world In her hands. It cost thirty years of unremitting work and the ex- penditure of
like something £1,000,000 sterling.
SAFETY FIRST
N.Z. WANTS LAW TO DEAL WITH RIOTS.
Wollington, Apr. 19. Emergency powers such as wore govern- assumed by the British
with low- ment in 1920 to deal tessness are being sought by the New Zealand Government under the terms of the Public Safety existed for making it in any quan- Conservation Bill, introduced into tity. The total capacity of the the House of Representatives to- country at that time was not more day. It aims at empowering the than 20 tons per week. Something authorities to deal with outbreake had to be done and done quickly, so of violence such as the riots in
Auckland last week. British chemists got to work. alte was chosen near Oldbury and a plant designed for an output of 250 tons per week.
A
The Bill follows the lines of the
British Emergency Powers Bill→
Router.
gasmask adopted, and 80,000 of these were made and shipped to France-the whole thing in 27 houral Of the men ongaged in the manufacture The first
of poison and
Many wore killed and othora tear gas there is no time to speak. seriously injured, and all suffered abominably. Though, in a leas spectacular way, they served their country well,
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Making T.N.T. To get together and assemble a complicated plant in the then die- Chemists Specialising. organised state of the country's in- To-day, the laboratory is taking dustry, in any reasonable time, an increasing part in industrial seemed a hopeless proposition but work of all kinds. So wide has be the attempt was made. come the field of activity that god on the new site was cut in specialisation has taken place to an February, 1915, and exactly three One man months later the first ton of T.N.T. extraordinary extent. now given his life to the chemistry was ready and packed for delivery; of paper, another to the chemistry In a very short time, the designed of cocoa, a third to the chemistry capacity of 250 tons per week had
All Classes Catered for. of cement, a fourth to the chemistry been reached and exceeded. Later, the works at Queen's Forry, near
Were time available I could say of petroleum, and so on.
aomething on the many ways in There are still those who think Chester, wore completed, with an
which chemistry seeks to serve The chemist It might be thought that in Gov- the community. that a laboratory is a rather use-output of 100 tons per day. loss but somewhat ornamental addi- tion to an industrial plant. To erament factories erected under the caters for all classes and in many these it may be said that if any stress of war, where the steadying different ways. He providea the laboratory faila to justify its exis-effect of shareholders and dividends medical men with radium, colloidal
drugs now tence, the sooner the staff are sack were not at work, the factories metals ed and another rubstituted the would be run on extravagant lines. anaesthetics, the housewife with
cutlery, fadeless P & O. BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND better. A properly equipped and However, a careful study of the stainless steel, staffed laboratory can be the salva-second costs report of the Depart-curtains, and smokelesa fuel. He
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES, tion of an industry. A manufacment of Explosives Supply will provides the flapper with kiss- Lurer 19 reported to have said, "If show that yields and costs com- proof lipstick and artificial sun- your bustness is going down or fail-pared favourably with those of any burn, to say nothing of new
Some figures fumes, new eye-brow pencils and progress, double your Private factories. laboratory staff. Whether this will show the scale on which ex- other "armament."(Laughter). should be taken literally is possibly plosives were turned out during Chemistry supplies the motorist doubtful, but the principle is right. those four years: Pieric Acid, with better tyres, more efficient There is an idea in many quar-68,000 tons: T.N.T., 238,000 tons: lubricants, anti-knock potrol and ters that it is only in the so-called Ammonium Nitrate, 378,000 tons; Duco Cellulose enamel. It gives the engineer niloy steels and other "Chemical Industries" that chemis- Cordite, 139,000 tons.
structural materials with useful a few try is of any use, but it is to be re- membered that every substance is
properties undreamt of
It has given the textile a chemical, and in the handling of
years ago. that out-vie the rainbow, all substances chemical consider the following may be quoted. At manufacturer a range of colours artificial silk and, soon, we hope, artificial wool.
ing to
Value of Laboratory.
Emery for Lenses,
As an example of the indirect service rendered by individuals the outbreak of the war
there
and
Chemists' Metto.
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and
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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
30th Apr.
tions are involved. Thus, iron and steel are chemicals. Porcelain and glass
chemicals. Cement, arose a very large demand for all
17,000 23 Apr. noon. Bombay, M'ler& L'den are
5,300
1st May. 1 Straits, Colombo & B'bay bricks, points, varnishes, ink and kinds of optical instruments, tele-
In the
of these veryRANPURA
17,000 7th May. Bombay, M'les & L'don paper, meat and vegetables, coal.copes, field glasses, range-finders, petroleum, rubber, cotton and silk gun sights, etc., and the British
manufacturers optical
6,800 | 14th May. | B'bay, M'les, L'don, Havre, found scrappy and disconnected remarks
H'burg. Rotterdam Antwerp & Hull themselves are all chemicala.
short of emery for I have tried to give an idea of how
15,000 21st May. | Bombay, M'los & Lidos lense grinding. They only then chemists spend their, time and at-
17,000 4th June, Bombay, M'les & L'don To show the value of the labora-awoke to the fact that they had tempt to justify their existence. CHITRAL an imported In one direction, the chemist RANCHI
6,500 11th June. | B'bay, M'los, L'don, Havre, tory to a Bo-called non-chemical been. dependent on
H'bur Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull serves the community well. He is 11*BANGALORE
Hie
10, motto optimist. firm, let us take the case of Messrs, foreign product.
Three chemists in London set up n
116,000 | 18th June Bombay, Milos & I'don Lyons Limited, the caterera of Lon- don. They first realised the ad-what they called an Emery Fact-"Nothing is impossible," and every NALDERA vantages of possessing their own ory in an old basement where they now and then he does something Cargo only. Calla Casa Blanes. (Calls Djibouti.
electric fur which goes some way, at any rate, laboratory in 1919 and started with worked with their
tubs. Their to justify the motto. He aims at a staff of four, one chief chemiet, a naces and wooden senior and junior assistant, and one hands were cut to pieces by the increasing efficiency by cutting out
years coarse
emery and they worked waste and saving time. One way laboratory eleaner. Two later, in 1921, they had a staff of with three layers of turkish towel- of doing the latter is to cut out ail eleven; in 1922 of 20, including ten ing round their heads to prevent unnecessary talking and that I senfor men; in 1923 of 30, in 1924 the fine emery dust gotting into propose to apply to the present TAKADA of 37; in 1925 of 45, in 1926 of 64; their lungs. Still, they managed situation. I will, therefore, enable BIRDHANA and in 1927, the last year for which to produce about 40 tons a week you to get on with something worth TILAWA I have figures, of 72. These figures and practically supplied the needs while by bringing these remarks to indicate fairly clearly that in the of the country during the war. a close and at once resuming my experience of a large and success-The Government got out plans for seat.-(Applause). ful business organisation, an ef-an up-to-date emery factory but ficient laboratory is not an orna-it was not finished
The speaker was heartily thank- by mental luxury but a paying con- Armistice was signed.
ed--on behalf of the Club Polson Gas, cern, and a necessary adjunct to
Rotarian W. Brown, who said that their business activities.
The introduction of poison gas he knew just enough into warfare put more work on chemistry to appreciate the drift:
to I will refer briefly to another the chemical profession. When of Rotarian Dovey's remarks and to
Its application direction in which chemistry aids gas was first used against British understand
immediate chemistry with which he had come in- the community, and that is in con- troops in France no
be taken to protect into contact in one or two nexion with war. In wartime the steps could
in touch. chemistry profession comes into them as the nature of the gas was dustries with which he had, at
However, n sample various times, been its own and British chemists have unknown. every reason to be proud of the was obtained and rushed to Lon- Retarian Brown added his im- was that the speaker's work accomplished during the late don. It was analysed, a suitable pression
lantidote devised, a simple type of paper was very good.-(Applause).
war.
War Work.
before the
Speaker Thanked.
about
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CHITRAL SIRDHANA
SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
| 15,000 | 21 Apr. 10 a.m. | 8'hai, Kobe & Yoko
| 8,000 22 Apr. a m. I Amoy, Moji. Kobe & Yoko
53,00 25th Apr. 'S'hai, Moji & Kobo
6,500 30th Apr. 8'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoka 17,000 5th May. S'hai, Kobe & Yako
10,000 5th May. . Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe
& Oinka
KIDDERPORE BANGALORE
RANCHI TILAWA
TANDA
| 7,000 | 6th May.
|
S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osaka'
& Yoko
TALMA NALDERA
| 10,000 | 19th May.
Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yoke ·
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| 16,000 | 19th May. | B'hal, Moji, Kobe & Yoko
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