New Street Lighting Systems
· PARIS INVENTION
Paria.
Paris engineers have successful- ly experimented with an invention which they claim will revolutionise the street lighting systems of the world's capital cities.--
ENGINEERING WOMEN
RUN WORKS AT KENSINGTON
20 GIRL HANDS
London.
The only engineering works in the world run entirely by women is at Kensington. Every employee, from proprietor to office girl, is a woman and much of the work is This is a photo-electric 'eye' manufacturing the engineering in- which, exposed to the daylight, ventions of women. automatically switches or the
Gitis clamber along high shaft- electric current when the daylighting there, armed with grease guns, reaches a given degree of weak-while others pry deep into the ness, and increases the strength of delicate works of big machines. the curront in direct ratio to the gathering darkness, so that. full brilliance is achieved when night has completely fallen. With the first streaks of dawn the process is
reversed.
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The business was started by à woman and at no time in its his tory has any man had a hand in it. Ita founder, manager, organiser, and inventor of some of its products is Miss A. Ashberry.
Miss Ashberry now employs 20 "Our invention", an official said girla as engineers but at first ebaj "will save thousands of pounds on had so many robuffs from men the present wasteful system In- that the enterprise was almost kill- stalled in all capital cities, where-ed. Some of the girls in her plant by blocks of street lamps are wired left offices and shops to learn en- to clocks which switch the lights gineering. One was a speedway
at a regulated hour.
rider and another a road scout. enormous amount of wiring, and Not long ago Miss Ashberry was a large number of clocks are re-approached by the British Broad- quired for this, and a large margin casting Company to make a special of error is inevitable. Another gramophone pick-up. She was given advantage is that the group of thought a woman would be the best the work because the B.B.C. weather watchers scattered about to handle it as the details were a any great city who have to turn confidential secret. on the lights in the event of fog or bad weather will be replaced by the automatic photo-electrle 'cys"."-Reuter.
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TO SAVE U.S.
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2,000 PLANS SUBMITTED
"SOME ARE PRETTY WILD"
Washington, D.C. More than two thousand plans have poured in upon Miss Frances Perking, U.S. Secretary of Labour and first American Woman Cabinet Minister, from as many citizens anxious to help the nation since she took office.
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The factory makea delicate great air companies, turned parts aeroplane parts for many of the for ships, wireless acta, razor blades, motor-car clutches, hosiery machines, baconcutting machines, and a patent fly-trap invented by a woman-Reuter.
FLYING PROBLEM
SOLVED
OVERCOMING FOG BUGBEAR
Paris..
Yet another weapon ins been in. vented against that bugbear of the airman-fog-and it would seem as if the problem of landing "blind" has been solved.
Bereft of all technicalitica, the system which is now on trial at Villeneuve-lies-Vertus near Eper- nay, consists of concentric electric cables burled slightly below
the
Probably every person in official --life in Washington has had
avalanche of such plans over a per- iod of several depression years, but it remained for the statistical-surfaco of the aerodrome and minded Miss Perkins to assemble extending the whole of its area, all that arrived in a single book each circle being connected with case and classify its contents. the aerodrome's
transmitting
la
The kind of thinking that going on in America to-day is very Interesting," she said of this type of arriving mail-matter.
station. Two of the enbles serve his nerodrome while all the others to warn the pilot that he is above give him his varying heights as he
ninnoeuvres to land.
of
The system presupposes, I
course, knowledge of prearranged signals between pilot and the nerodrome wireless station... Keuter.
"Some are pretty wild, but find grains of truth-in-them."-
Her own view on public works was that $2,000,000,000 or $8,000,- 000.000 worth of projects could be put underway in four or five months in Federal, State and county pro jects, not "monumental" works, but of a nature to raise the American standard of living, by means of more roads, sewerage systems, bathrooms, low cost-houses, and telephone and light poles leading to farm dwellings.--Reuter.
AUSTRIA'S RICH MEN
CAPITALISTS FEW & FAR BETWEEN
Vienna. Austrin, according to the ofeinl Bureau of Statistics, has only, two persons with an annual. income of one million schillings (about £30,000) or over.
LATE
Only 300 taxpayers, out of n population of 6,500,000 have income larger than £4,000 a year. There are 9,000 who annually re- ceive an incomo of from £700 to £2,000.
The average yearly income of taxpayers is £90, and only one third of the population pay an
Income-tax-Reuter.
ENGLISH WOMEN WIN AT BRIDGE
· Ireland Beaten In First International
London.
England defanted Ireland by more than 3,000 points in the all- women's contract bridge inter national match held in London recently..
It was the first. International bridge contest in which Irish wo men have played.is
The score after two days play was England 20,870, and Ireland (28,810~—-Rouitar.
SEPOYS BELABOUR
INSULTERS
INCIDENT IN FRENCH TOWN
NEAR CALCUTTA
THE HONGKONG
LONDON POLICË REFORM
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1933.
IMPROVING THE RAILWAYS
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER❘ 'NEW DEVICES EACH
are:
TRAINING.
DIRECTORS OF CRIME WORK
MONTH
THE LATEST
London.
Month by month now and wonderful devices are brought into uso. to save time and work on the rallways.
Are
Five main reforma in the or- ganisation and administration of the Metropolitan Police-ForceTM which are to be the subject of immediate legislation, are set out clean themselves out automatical
To-day the bollera of engines The proposed changes, in brief, themselves control colour light in a White Paper just issued. ly and trains on the railway lines
signals. There HIGHER POSTS-A certain num- machines which faston tight the portable ber of young men to be recruit-bolts on sleepers, and electric ed by a system of competitive welding apparatus which selection for appointment, after build up now steel on rails worn at training, to posts of the Inspec. the points where they cross, with- out it being necessary to move The men to be selected from | them. ̧· those who have joined the Force as constables and from candi-ing on the now electric system, Ono man in a signal-box work- datos from secondary schools, public schools, and universities, can do, with ease, work which
needed something like ten under the old system.
tor grade.
All
candidates to appear before a Selection Board.
A Police College to be esta- blished for training of selected candidates from the Force and from outside.
Candidates on leaving College to be appointed on probation to new grade of Junior Station Inspector.
CRIME DETECTION—The mark- ed line of cleavage between the C.I.D. and uniform branches is to disappear. In each division there will be an additional Chief Inspector, "the local crime intelligence officer," with the special duty of organising and directing crime work. SHORT-TERM SERVICE. - A quarter of the Force, 6,000 con- stables, to be employed on short service engagement for 10
years. PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT. — A definite end to be put to the existing system which permits. the private employment of police "on gratuity" in their own time. POLICE FEDERATION.
lege-trained officers, chief, in- spectors, and Aub-divisional Inspectors to be excluded from Police Federation.
will
men
There is a machine in use which whirla great engine driving wheels round at a speed equivalent to 70 miles an hour, and so tests their balance before they are fitted into the ongines. There are appliances which, when trucks are being and screw home 48 bolts in a fow made, can make forty-eight holes, seconds.
A fireman in the locomotive sheds has only to press a button- and huge coal bunkers made of concrete mix, weigh up and supply tons of coal to the engines.
One of the latest "gadgets" to be tried out on the railways is a device to be Atted to express trains. By means of the photo- electric coll, this device will switch all the electric lights in the train on when a tunnel is entered, and will switch them off again when the train re-emerges into daylight.-Router.
RADIO BROADCAST
KING'S SPEECH FROM DAVENTRY
From Z. B. W., on wave length of 866 metres (84.5 k/c.),
4.30-7 p.m. Chinese recorded pro gramme.
7-10.30 p.m. Huropean programme. 7 pm. Closing Local Stock Quo tations, etc.
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7.3.7.13 p.m.
Anacreon: Overture (Cherubini)
Willem Mengelberg and Concarge- bouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
67420-0/1-D. The Student Prince (Donnelly-Rom-
7.19-7.30 p.m. Vocal Gems.
berg)-The Student Prince Com- pany
0000 Mercenary Mary (Conrad-Elli) Co- 9007
lambla Vocal Goms Chorus
7.50-8 p.m. From the Studio. A Pianoforto Recital by Miss Doreen Ma
Programme.
1. Magnolia.
Vienna Waltzes.
St. Louis Blues.
2. Trács,
It Might Have Been You
Smilo, and Sing Your Cares
Away.
Blue
Is the Sweetest Thing.
Bird.
Love's
Sweet Dream,
Brother, Can You Spare a
alme
Let's Pat Out the Lights. Say It Isn't So.
My Woman.
8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
tra
6-8.40 p.m. Orchestral. Semiramide Overture (Rossini)—B. B. C. Wireless Symphony Orches- 9070 Four Indian Love Lyrics (Woodforde
Finden)-Union Symphony Orches- tra.
507 The Jewels of the Madonna Inter-
mezzo (Wolfe-Ferrari).
The B.B.C. Wireless Symphony Orchestra, 0001, L'Appronti Sorcier (Dukas)-Orches
tra of the Paris Conservatory Marriage of Figaro: Overture (fo
07835-D/07336-D
zart)-Orchestra Di the Paris Conservatory
67330-D
8.40-9.45 p.m. Variety. Orchestral Sweethearts of Yesterday
B.B.C. Dance Orchestra DB1030. Humorous Let's Laugh Together,
MILKE
Col RIOT AT FASHION —Lough, and You'll Feel
The number of Federation meetings held in official time to be reduced In accordance with new rules.
ECONOMY OF MAN-POWER.
are alike necessary
to the woll-.
While all the proposed reforma being of the Force, the White Paper states, in particular the Government are convinced that
in organisation which it is now the combined effect of the changes proposed to introduce in providing
PARADE
WEDDING "STUNT" WHICH FAILED
1
Grand Charles Penrose and Com pany,
DB1021 Orchestral The Chinese Story Tell-
er.
Orchestral-A Wedding in Java-The
Bohemians
DB1018 Song I'm Playing with Fire DB1043 Organ Solo Resa Mia.
Organ SoloHer Name is Mary
Sidney Torch.
London, Ontario.
Song It Was so Beautiful DH1045 place as scheduled at a fashion re
Because a wedding 'did not take
Song- I Love a Parado-Harry Rich-
man. (Tenor),
DB081 view, women patrone created such
Orchestral Stephen Foster Medley.....
Lombardo and His Royal Cana disturbance that police had to be
50250-D rushed to the scene and were oblig. Octet-Scottish Fantasia. ed to arrest a man in order to
Octot-Praeludium-The J. H. Squire
Colesto Octet.
9090. Ted Lewis Presents 2 Miniature The dreas show was held at a
Donco Programa.
restore peace.
gram.
G0000-D
a younger and more highly train-local hotel, and one of the Kate Smith Presents a Memory Pro- active and energetic body of con- ing ceremony, ed staff of officers, and a more tractions advertised was a wedd-915-9.55-p. stables, will be to secure not only
a material improvement in the Women turned up in their general standard of efficiency, but hundreds and everything was go- also a substantial economy ofing splendidly when- man-power. It is imponsible to The bride and bridegroom arriv- say definitely that there will be ed and blushingly announced that an actual reduction in the present the marriage knot had been tied numbers, but the Improved gen alsewhere. eral efficiency which will be The patrons of the show were secured should at least suffice to furious. There were loud cries of avoid the necessity of increasing "Fraud!" Hoax?"-mingled with the Force in proportion to Chandernagore, June 5.
the more colourful ejaculations. Jeered at by a party of Bengalis, tion of the Metropolis."
continuous growth in the popula- Chaos broke loose. Amid screams a whole regiment of French Indian
of "Give us our money back!" A Sepoya turned out with cudgele that the effect of the achemes, hibits were in danger of destruc- The Government are satisfied general melce ensued and the ex- and belaboured the men who had when they come into full operation. been insulting them.,
Several of the Bengalia
tion, will not be to increase the seriously hurt and had to be taken cost of the Force.
to hospital.
were
The sepoys concerned are now confined to barracks in this town. which is a French possession near Calcutta-Reuter
STEAMER ON FIRE
Passengers Rescued Through Fort Holes
BLOWN OFF HIS MULE
LUCKY ESCAPE FOR A COLONEL
Alexandria, Lieut-Colonel Hassan Hilal of the Egyptian Army was riding over the desort on a mule.
Vienna, June 5. A fire, which broke out early Suddenly there was a deafening this morning on the Danube pas explosion and the officer shot sky- which was travelling from Vionna which dropped dead. senger steamer Franz Schubert, high from the back of his mount, to Linz, was extinguished only after
Landing on the sand, he mira a. couple of hours of extremely culously escaped with nothing arduous work on the part of the more than a severe shaking. Aro-brigade. During the opera- tions, a police commissary fell accidentally struck an old British It seems that the mulo's hoof overboard and 'was drowned. shell, a legacy of the war days, It was only after the greatest which was lying slightly burled in difficult that the passengers and the sand.. crow were rescued through the The impact caused it to explode.
port holes.-Trans-Occan Kuo Mini-Reuter.
The police arrived at the double; but peace was only assur ed when the women's clamour for action had resulted in the removal to a police station of the promoter of the show-on a nominal charge. -Reuter.
£2,500,000,000 IN DEFAULT
U.S.A. INVESTORS UNLUCKY
-p.m.
Ruy Blas Overture (Mendelssohn).
Overture (Rossini) The Tancredi
Reg. Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards.
613-R 9.50-10.30 p.m. Relay from Daventry of the Open- ing of the Economic Conference,
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9.57 p.m. II. M. the King's Speech. 10 p.m. Descriptive Commentary, 10.07 p.m. The Prime Minister's Speech...
10.30 p.m. (approx:) Close Down. 'All records in the above European programmes are kindly sugpiled by Messrs. Anderson Music Co.
WORLD CRISIS
(Continued from Pago '0.)
proving. There exists a
Every day the figures are "im day employing only 208 men, which plant to-
turns out 10,000 motor car chassen per day or, approximately 50 motor chassos per man each day.
This is by no means the end of the story. A razor blade has been in- vented which has been withheld from the market, because it will last fo time. Manufacturers of razor blades and the workmen must be shivering in their shoes,
In some industries to-day, one man' with the aid of machinery is doing the work which required 100 men so,
as the end of the War.
recent systems and machines
Now York. Nearly $2,500,000,000 dollars of are dispensing with men in account- foreign government, Stato, city irg houses and banks. Quite zo and corporate loans hold by Amer-cently, sixteen policemen wore dis-
in default with respect to either science has advanced to such a stage can investors, Institutions as well posed with in Piccadilly Circus by
automatic aiguals,, as Individuals, are estimated to be
Machines supervise, machines, and interest or staking fund payments, that it in possible, at a distance, by or both. This figure is exclusive wave of the hand to stop or start of so-called political debts--that machinery. All this is only an indica
is, $10,000,000,000 of obligations |tion of what is to come. What will plus interest arising from the war happen when the story and spectrum and owing to the United States. ia more thoroughly understood 7
On the basis of American in- DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
At the present time we have no vestments abroad, nggregating as | doubt arrived at a poculiar stage. WISDOM IS SELDOM GAINED WITH H.M.S. Hermes, Capt. W. D. Mac on January 1 well over soventeen Plot the figures of production and OUT BUFFERING, Sir Arthur Helps. Konnie, which has been attached to billion dollars, the amount in de- labour, and the results say that the the China Station since 1027 left for fault represents less than 15 por cars and general goods we produce, more houses," blankets, shoes, motor Li Yuk was admitted to the Kowloon England this morning shortly after cent of the total figure which the less fabour is required. Hospital on Baturday, with injuries 10.30 am. She is due to arrive at does not compare unfavourably caused in an attempt to light from Chatham on July 24 and will be with similar statistics relative to camatances unique in the history of We are faced with a net of cire transferred to Devonport about other types of securities in U.S.A. Man. In them there Is a wonderful Septemberimated
15 for large repair work On the basis of quotations at opportunity of benefity or of catas .M.B. Curacon also left for Home servative appraisals the deprecia alde! There is no excapel
cost of $110,580, the beginning of the year or don trophs.
Which 7 We have, to do waters this morning taking on board
(The fourth article, to-morrow, will number of offers from the China tion In the price of foreign securi Squadron and ratings from tho ties and investments was estimat- | deal "with the relationship between
ed at $8,000,000,000,-Reuter. Money and Physical Wealth.)
a bus at Samabülpo,
Struck down by a private car No. An 388 in Morrison Gap Road on Satur day, woman, Ng Ngau, was ad milled to the Government Civil Hospital with Injuries to her head
and hands.
Yangtse gunboa tar
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