THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936.
Manufacturing An Ideal Climate In Hongkong:
It Can Be Done,
MAKING YOUR OWN SPRING WEATHER
HUMIDITY PLANTS FOR H
HOME AND OFFICE
·
By Professor C. A. Middleton Smith, M. Sc. "Why do we always blame the weather? enquired Mr. Basil Murray in the Hongkong Telegraph recently. The obvious answer is because we don't like it. "This Month," he wrote, "it is the cold spell that is the chief object of attack. In two or three months it will be the humidity"
He stated that if you had a half recorded inside and outside rooms on an hour's conversation with the ex- the Peak and in Das Voeux Rond perts at the Kowloon Observatory during April- 1935. Both rooms were
MEAN DAILY
INSIDE
- OUTSIDE
HUMIDITY
Says Local
Scientist
·DAY OF MONTH
Fig. 1. Air Conditioning on the Prak
RECORDS OF HUNIDITY
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
The top curve shows the relative humidity of the outside air an the
RADIO BROADCAST
Pianoforte Recital By Nura Kanis
MUSICAL RELAYS
1
From 2. D. W. on a wavelength of 365 metres (845 kilocycles):
4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.
p.m. "Loonero Overture" (Beethoven).
7.13. p.m. Excerpts from "The Mikado" (Gilbert and Sullivan).
7.30 p.m. A Relay from Daven-
iry.
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The B. B. C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall,
7.50 p.m. From the Studio. "Book Reviews" by A.D.
8 p.m. Time, Weather, Stock Quo
tations and Announcements.
8.05 p.m. Three Songs by Len Bermen (with Step Dancing),
We Agree perfectly; 2. On top of a Bus 3. Leave the pretty girls aine.
1.
"you will thank heaven that you live | provided with a manufactured and an peak during the month of April 1935, The lower eurve shows the reintire 8.15 p.m. From the Studio.
where you do".
deal climate. In both CARER iz The writer may have many reasons machine kept the air inside the room humidity inside an air-conditioned room on the Peak during April, 1935. to be pleased with the conditions of ni a temperaturo of about 70°F with ilfe in Hongkong to-day, but he will ja relative humidity of about 65. On
summer
find it difficult to convince the majorithe Peak the air outside was proba- the air has a higher humidity figure health, energy and enterprise is ty of British residents, during the bly at about 80 F with an average) than is recorded in Malays.
worthy of careful consideration. The "thank heth, that they should relative humidity of about 95; but
for the warm moist Des Voeux Rond the relative humidi- | are
At an air temperature of 80°F we two electric supply companies in the confortable if the relative Colony will greatly benefit from the atmosphere for on many oessions of the outside air, on the average honality figure la 20, but to at increased demand for power when that kind of weather makes us lose for the month, was much less than tain the figure of 20 in a room when air-conditioning in offices and homes vitality by day and sleep at night. on the Peak. On the Peak every the outside air at 80°F, is saturated. is as common in practice as is the Neither the eloquence of locni cubic foot of air inside the room had we must extract from the air 80 peruso of household refrigerators, Observatory officers, nor the "every about 5 grains of water vapour (in-cent, of the water vapour suspon Surely they will use their advertising day. ira
better and better visible) in it, while the air outside sion in the air. every way.
That is expensive; resources to convince the public and letter" system of Ceue will per- (at 80 F and 25 selative humidity) but we feel some relief if we extract the benefit to health and human eft. sude the average Fenk resident to would have about
10.6 grains of considerably less moisture.
ciency of this latest gift of science "thank heaven" for the weather that water-vapour in every cubic foot.
to Fesitlents in this Colony. In gives an unpleasant and saturated This water vapour became visible an atmosphere when his home is en-font relative humidity of 100, when the air contained 11 grains of
MECHANICAL COLD
There are various methods of re-
by
A Saxophone Recital by L. Palapo accompanied by Professor F. GOR zalez.
Programme.
1.
Melodie, Tochaikovsky: 3. Berceuse, Valse Caprice, Thomson; 2. Godaril.'
8.30 p.m.
A Jazz Piano Recital by Patricia Rossborough.
Sweetmeal
1. The Town Talks-Selection; 2. Rose-Marie-Selection; 3. Broadway Melody of 1930-Selection; 4. Please Teacher Selection: Joe the Candy Kullan
3.40 The Charles
Serenade
Thoru
ny Care We must be grateful 1. Still as the Night. (Bohm); 2.
the for
shown enterprise
3. (Ravini): famous British banking eur-
(Adams) 4 Vienna City of tra demonstrating
the dreamis (rigo),
veloped in fog, and the air tempera water per cubic foot, int 80F). Fog moving excessive water vapour from the ture renches 80°F or more.
Nor will workers in offices, and at 85′′ contains 13 grains of water- residents on lower levels, vense tapour per cubic fool.
complain about heat and humility during the hot and moist wenther when it depresses them during ret- talu days in the summer,
LET'S STOP GROUSING
There is, however, the Banten tence in Mr. Murray's contribution with which we can all agree. 31 reads "Let's stop grousing about the weather". It is obviously much moro sensible to work to cure dia.. comfort than to grouse about it. Naturo produces such warm and excessively humid weather in Hong kong that many residents find it affects their working eficiency anti makes them feel uncomfortable. Ex- perimenta, under articlal weather conditions created in a inborntory. have convinced me that healthy man in the atmosphere of one of Hongkong's worst days was able, to do only about 60 per cent of the physical work that he did in an artificial atmosphere similar to That of one of our best days in winter.
history of civilisation is one long story of man's triumph over his environment.
Th
utilisation of the of Nature for the benefit of forces of mankind has, in comparatively rent times, transferred the toll and drud- of human labour on to the iron pery backs of machinery. The creation
of an ideni atmosphere within build- ings in the tropics is one of the? latest gifts of science to humanity.
ALL TYPES OF WEATHER
Anyone in Hongkong with enter- prise, and willing to spend a reasonable NUM of money, can create the particular
Hort
wrather he fancies in his office or home.
It is not, of course, possible to con- trol the weather in the streets, or on the golf courses of the Colony. But in Hongkong the weather nowadaya is controlled inside certain buildings, You have but to step inside the new H.K. and S.
building, during the summer months, in order to appreciate the difference in the weather provided putside
feet
extracted
JANUARY OR JULY7
SATURATION
the air. to absorb the moisture do not reduce the temperature but are useful increase human efficiency in the tro certain industries. The most antis. pies. For anything that makes us factory method in Hongkong of im more active in thought must neceler On the other hand, the curves show proving the atmosphere is by the ate the development of the Colony, that there never was a completely mechanical production of cold. Air No new building should be designól saturated atmosphere (fog) in Desis blown by a fan on to cold surface for Hongkong without a careful in Voeux Road during April 1935.
and some of the moisture in the nir vestigation concerning manufactured A portable machine, not unlike a condenses, and so is easily removed, wenther. ramophone, has been producet to Any well designed air-conditioned "Enough to boil 1 lb, weight of top give a manufactured climate in a system for a building cleans and puri- water into steum (water vapour). room.
es the cooled air supplied, as is done In a bed
size for the Bank building, and owing to mommatuUINQUENNOIE 20'x20'× 18
feet) smoke from ships in the harbour and
"TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
Thase that employ chemicals pares of this latest effort to the D'Arlequin
MEAN DAILY
INSIDE
mg OUTSIDE,
HUMIDITY
mom of average (7.200 cubic
DAY OF MONTH
Fig. 2. A room in Des Voeuz Road in April, 1835.
The top curve shows the relative humidity of the outside air in Dest Voeux Road during the month of April, 1935. The lower curve shows the relative humidity inside an air-conditioned Toon In Des Voeux Road during |
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worda
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To-morrow's Picture Features
A varied selection of Bus- trations will appear in to-mor- row's issue of the Telegraph Pictorial Supplement.
St. Joseph's College sports will be pictured, and there will also be photographs of the St. Stephen's Girls' College and Belilios Public School net-ball teams.
A flashlight photograph of the ·Volunteer, dinner - and prize distribution will appear, whilst groups will be given of the visit of the Mui-Tsai Com- mission to the Po Leung Kuk, members of the Hongkong Group of the Nazi Party, and a photo taken at the wedding anniversary party given by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sherry.
There will be the usual en- tertainment and fenture pages, results of last week's Children's Competition, anki details of a new contest for the kiddies.
my
Les Millions
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1.m. Daventry News Bulletin and Announcements.
9.20 p.m. "With the Classica" (arr. Sidney Crook).
9.30 p.m. Two Numbers by Sir Harry Lauder (Comedian).
1. It's A Roon ThToon (Lauder}; 2. Always take care of your pennies (Lauder).
9.40 p.m. From the Studio, A Pianoforte Recital by Nunt Kunis.
Programme.
1. Polichinelle Rachmaninoff; 2. Valse Rachmaninoff: 3. Prelude in G Minor Rachmaninoff; 4. Elegy Rachmaninoff.
10 p.m. Big Ben from Daven- try. New Dance Music.
11 p.m. Close Down.
CONSUL'S SERVICE
APPRECIATED
DELEGATION VISITS SR. LABORINHO
In appreciation of the good serviens rendered by Senor Alvero Brilhante Labarinho, Consul-General for Portu- gal in Hongkong, representatives of 1 Portuguese community paid him surprise call yesterday which mark. Jed the completion of the Consul's first
year in the Colony.
All the Portuguese organisations were represented by the delegation, which complimented Senor Laborinho on his good work and toasted his health in the wine of Portugal.
The gesture, which was quite in- formal, was much appreciated by the Consul, who thanked the delegation for |their visit and congratulations.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
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THIS SUMMER
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Break of Journey Permitted"
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.Fred Astaire.
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I'm putting all my eggs in one basket,;
.Fred Astaire.
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I'm building up an awful let-down.
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Phone 21322.
Ice House Street.
IF YOU HAVE GENIVE, INDUSTRY WILL Chan Muk, unemployed cloth dealer. IMPROVE IT; IF YOU HAVE NONE, charged at the Criminal Sessions this by heaven.
ven, dimensions, the differenee in the Chinese cooking methods, air in the INDUSTRY WILL SUPPLY ITS PLACE. morning with importing 620 spurious and that which is created inside by quantity of water vapour with or city is not pure. There are twice as Bir. Joshua Reynolds,
ten-cent pieces and with posscasion of same, was sentenced to two and a man and applied, science. The elecdinary atmosphere 85 und 100 if, many heat units in a cubic foot of tric motors installed for driving and
air that is saturated than in nir at Receiving injuries through a fat half years' imprisonment on. the first to provide a manufactured atmosphere the same temperature that is fairly from the verandah of 53 Wellington charge and one year, concurrently, the machinery used
70°F And 65 H. is 3 lbs, manufactured climate in the Bank weight of water-vapour.
he day." It will therefore be realised Street, first floor, Cheung Yut-yee was on the arcond count. other In building total about 800 h.p.
to the Government Civil that, when there is saturation with admitted you must extract more
Wong
23, broker, was fined During April, 1935. AL suli than 4 gallon of water from the air temperature above 85°F, it requires Hospital.
considerable amount machine, consuming one unit of electo obtain an heal atmosphere power to create un kleal atmosphere. of electric
$30 by Mr. Burgess at the Central triclly costing & cents, was used to room.
But you must to remove more But "half a loaf is better than no cents from
For stealing a parse containing 79 Police Court this morning on a charge cooling machine at work in heat than that in order to maintain bread" and any appreciable heat and Hollywood Road, Chan Wab, 31, was mati ferry Man Kin, drive
Kwok Kan, coolie, in of attempting to travel on the Yau- yesterday, my small office which is only 1 pleasant conditions. It is calculated feet by 18 feet floor aren and 18 that every human being in
moisture abstraction from a hot and sentenced to three weeks hard labour Ferry Inspector A. Black stated that roon humid atmosphere is a relief. high-any
3,000 cubic feet gives out heat and moisture equal to
by Mr. Burgess the Central Police defendant had apparently been doing volume of air. In 6 hours that 500 British thermal units an hour. Hitherto we have tried to increase Court this morning. Sub-Inspector this for a long time. He had not
had a machine
one-and-a-half Heat from the outside air and sun- our comfort by using fans. When the Subey prosecuted.
season ticket since September, gallons of water from the atmosphere light leaks into any room, even if air is saturated fans are useless
1936. Sub-Inap. Saboy, prosecuteil. in the room.
termetically sealed. So that, even only waste power, for they cause no. The Churtered Bank has received when the humidity and temperature evaporation from the body In the following from its London Office:. On charges of possession of of the room is reduced, heat must be saturated atmosphere; the nearerShell Transport & Trading Co. | pills and 67 counterfeit Hongkong ten- The difference in my re-action to maintain ideal conditions.
continually pumped out of it to the air is to saturation point, the less Ltd, declared dividend at the rate of cent pieces at 10, Hillier Street,
useful is the fan.
3. Cd, per share free of income tax second floor, Fung Wo, 11, waiter, was conditions before the machine Sig Willam Feel remarked that he
payable 7th July. Bearer coupon to remanded for one was at work, and after it had exfound the weather in Hongkong dur-
week by Mr.
the property of Station Officer A. 1. tracted that quantity of water from ing the summer months more trying
presented No. 63"
Burgess at the Central Police Court
Cash. A portion of the watch was this morning. Mr. C. A.-S. Russ
recovered. On May 2, defendant It was feel than that expirienced at any time of the air was remarkable. ing the difference between the local his long residence in Malaya. It was in public in Hongkong on this sub- Magistracy this morning, Li Ching, not guilty. R: 0. Grimmitt and Det.- During the sitting of the Central appeared for the defence and pleaded
stole a watch (recovered) and $17, the property of Mr. Brooks. On May 6 climatic conditions of a hot and kamid not a remark caused by prejudice, Ject of "Cold in the Tropics". He day in the summor and the stimulat for there is a reason which explains urged the adoption of househoki e pectorate. He was promptly brought
33, ricksh coolic, was seen to ex- Sergt. D. Monn prosecuted.
defendant entered the Fire Station Offleo adjacent to the telephone room. ing dry days of January.
wisy he felt more discomfort herefrigerators in place of the ice-box, be before Mr. Burgess and was detained
The office door was opened and the It was the difference between a than in Malaya. Body comfort, in fore they were in use in Hongkong. Ho in the dock fill the Court rone. Ile Deportation Ordinance, Liu Fuk, 20,
defendant stated to the police that the dopressed and a cheerful outlook on any air that has a temperature above WGA then told that people in
found a key with which he opened 71 F, depends upon the amount of Hongkong would never pay the price.was unable to pay a fine. of the machine, moisture in the air. Water vapour
No one who
A series of thefts at the Central the safe and stole $108 Government installed subsequently in a home, is invisible until there is fog, 1.0, now uses an ice box. That in the before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Cen- sentence of four months' hard labour
defendant Fire Station were, admitted by a money. On May 17,the Three unemployed men deurged months hard labour cach while. together with wiring etc., was slightly until the air is saturated. Saturated answer to the critica of machine
young man, Li Ki, when he appeared was seen in tho Single Men's Quarters. under £100. It was used by one of air at 91 F contains just about twice made weather. With only, an acadeiral Magistracy this morning, with each was imposed on
Wong Sau, ged
un remand before Mr. Burgess at the lie was chased but get away. En- my friends in a bedroom. The cost as much water vapour per cuble foot mie interest and "as a citizen of no returning from banishment,
to twelve months' hard before Mr. Burgess at the dog
were 40, and Tong Kan-lin, 74,
Contral Police Court this morning. quiries were made and defendant was for power was about $10 a month. of air as does saturated air në 71*F. mean elty," the writer is anxious sentenced
Three months hard labour was phan-arrested. The fortunate;
of the We are confortable in saturated air that the life of residenta owner
d. Hong-labour anch. Tong Lo-chaui, 20 years, Police Court this morning. Ho Po,
"The Inspector General of Police," machine it was loaned to me for at 71. but unless the relative kone should be made as pleasant and was banished in February this year 84, unemployed, was similarly charged
Chlef Detective Inspector Murphy said C. D. I. Murphy, "has instructed experiments states that he has humidity figura falls rapidly as the them these hard times people head banished in. February this year for ease is for committal. Sub-Inap A.
na is possible. for five years; Ng Kwai,
and
for one week as his said complainant was Station Officer me to ask your Worship to take a found it the best investment ho had air temperature increnses, we be-
R. H.-J. Brooks, son of the Super-very serious view of the case." made in Hongkong,
Como very uncomfortable, and tata to spend money. But expendi- ten years and Shum Kau, 28, was T. Sabey prosecuted. Remanded from intendent of the Fire Brigade. The The curves: (Figs. 1 and 2) repre-"grouse about the weather". There ture on apparatus that will increase banished in September fast your for last week Chuen Kwan was sentenced duced show the relative humidities are summer days In Hongkong when · (Continued at foot of next column,) ten years. They were arrested in to one year's imprisonment for re
the West Peint district.
turning from banishment.
the
life.
The total cost
+
NOT TOO COSTLY,
be
Many years ago the writer lectured
can afford a machine
For committing breaches of the
Lunemployed, and Ip Fat, 21, un- employed, were sentenced to twelve
FIRE STATION THEFTS
YOUNG, MAN SENT
TO GAOL
defendant was employed as a coolle Mr. Murphy added that it was easy but he absconded in January. On to enter the Central Fire Station pre- April 21 the defendant stole a watch, inisen,