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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1950.
ROYONG FREDD`OGAVICE, INC.-NUEVA YORK
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Fog: What Will The Answer Be?
By Francis St John
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
U.S. Trade Figures Mandate In Head For
Balance Eritrea
Washington, Nov. 9. Under Fire
United States foreign trade figures released .: Lako Success, Nov. 9. today showed a continuing trend toward a better export and import balance.
The Department of Commerce reported that imports climbed to $857,700,000 in September, com- pared with $819,100,000 in the previous month.
Exports also rose from $761,- 400,000 to $910,400,000 between August and September.
But the total was about equal to the same period year before.
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Fibres and manufactures ac- counted for the most increase in imports.
Machinery and vehicles were responsible for the export
boost.
To the fog-bound motorist | shaped beam of light, none of Meanwhile, the Commerce
be directed groping his way homeward which must
up-Department reported that Unit-. in a "pea-souper," it may by two
wards, has been largely solved ed States cotton cloth exports
firms. Each, however, in August were 45,633,000 square- seem incredible that there has obtained the desired results yards, an increase of 9,698,000 is no device-in this age of in different ways.
over July, but a decrease of 14,- inechanical and scientific
One lump has its bulb shiela| 235 below the August, 1949 completely surrounding the figure. miracles to allow road bulb, and is mounted on the re- The increases occurred in users to see through fog. flector in such a way as to exports to almost all important avoid distorting it. The other destinations, the Department combines the fundamentals of said. the spreader lens and bulb shield.
Yet, research on this subject of combating the menace of fog has achieved results so remark- able as to foster the belief that the answer may be nearer than most of us think.
The problemn has been tackled from three aspects-visibility in
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ARMY “SECRET"
One aspect of log research which receives по publicity
fog, dispersal of it, and preventhese days because it is still on ition of fog.
For the motorist, visibility in fog has largely centred round the design and usefulness of fog lamps. Regarding this aspect, one of the foremost designers of fog lamps told mé recently:
"A great deal of work has been done on this, subject, both practically and theoretically, and. the practical results agree closely with the theoretical de- ductions..
"Coming to the practical prob- lem of the designing of fog lamps, the single most im- portant requirement is that the light above the horizontal should be restricted to the smallest possible amount. The direct light from the bulb must be screened. The reflector and lens must be so made that they do not scatter light upwards.
PENCIL SPOT
"In the choice of beam dis-
tribution there is not complete agreement. The use of a pen- cil spot on the kerb has great attractions and enables onc to get along in all circumstances,
"It assumes, however, hot the obstructions to the off-side of the centre line of the car move out of the way, an assumption which, nine times out of ten at low speed, is justiflable.
"The other school calls for a wide spread of beam to pick up either the kerb or the road studs,"
the British. Government's "secret list," concerns experi- Army in 1946 with a new device ments carried out by the British for penetrating fogs.
Used successfully on certain tanks during the war, this de- vice is a lamp which emits rays into the fog, the results being shown on a small screen on the dashboard.
By this means the principle involved is that of infra-red the road some 40 feet ahead can photography a clear view of
be obtained. The lamp, worked off the car battery, uses: about the same amount of current as ordinary twin head-lamps.
An American version of this device is on sale in the United States but it is still too soon to know how successful it is. If ultimate experiments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain prove successful, there is hope that in this device alone the problem of visibility in fog may be considerably eased..
For the present, motoring au- thorities believe that the main- tenance of white lines, "cats- eyes" and studs on the road are of great assistance to all fog- bound motorists.
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Other suggestions include the voluntary formation of emer- gency fog flare services, every district, which would provide flares along main roads and at junctions, and also the The fundamental fact, proved formation of a "fog service" by intensive research and by branch of the police, to be call- much practical experience, Ised out in fog emergencies. that there is no light-either natural or artificial-which can
penetrate fog. Even sunlight is BACKGROunds:
useless. Similarly the use
of
coloured bulbs, coloured ru-
flectors and coloured lens has proved largely ineffective.
But it was soon discovered that fog does not always extend right down to the ground, that there is often a clear layer of varying depth immediately above the road surface.
LAMP PUZZLE
Our
fog lamp designers realised it was vital to avoid throwing any light into the fog between the driver's vision and the road..
They tackled the task of de- signing and mounting a fog lamp in such a way as to pro- vide a beam of light which would! project. entirely under
neath the bank of fog without the upper margin of the beam inginging on the lower edge of
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It gave
comparative figures for two months in 1,000 square yards which included:--
Russia made three charges against the British administra- tion of the former Italian colony
of Eritrea.
The Soviel delegate, Mr Ama- zasp Arutiunian, told the United Nations Special Committee that Britain was exploiting child In- bour in the territory now under British rule, that its future was "being settled on the basis of the sceret Bevin-Sforza agreement," and blamed Britain for Eritrea's economic decline.
Indonesia, 4,335 in August, 2,333 in July; Cuba, 4,889 in August, 3,309 in July; the Philippines, 4,759 in August, Only six percent of the colony's 2,662 in July; and Thailand school-age children went to 1,572 in August, 1,024 in July. school, he said, because of the United Press.
exploitation of child labour by the British authorities
London Tin
Price Down
London, Nov. 9.
Tin prices slumped at the
morning session today. Turn- over was 150 tons, including 85 tons for spot.
Prices closed today at the end of the official morning session as follows:- Spot tin, buyers Spot tin, sellers
1,150 1.165
Business done at Three-months tin, buyers Three-months tin, sellera Business done at Settlement
1,200-1,155
1,110 1,120 1,165-1,140 1,155
In New York prices in the metal market closed unchanged with the following exceptions: Tin, Grade A (09.80 percent or
higher) New York, per lb... 155 Molybdenum, (09 percent) per
-$5 -United Press.
Dr T. E. Donges, the South African delegate, urged a form of federal association between Eritrea and adjoining Ethiopia.
The Council, discussing. the colony's future, adjourned until tomorrow.--Reuter.
Grain Slump In Chicago
Chicago, Nov. 9. The major action in the grain markets again was in soybean futures dealings. Small com- mission house selling disclosed limited buying interest and prices declined more than seven cents from the high points. Wheat was affected by the drop in soybeans with prices down around three cents from the day's high. The corn and oate markets also declined, but not as sharply. There was some
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corn by shorts. Commission houses. bought a fair amount of December corn on the scale-down.
Cotton Export Quota buying
Increased By US
Washington, Nov. 9.
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Wheat closed to cents
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The Department of Agricul- ture today announced that it Prices had increased the cotton ex- follows: port quota by 1,350,000 bales. Wheat-price per bushel,
The quota for the period
Spot December ending next March 31 is now March (1951) 1,496,000 bales. The original May export quota was set at 2,000,- July
Corn 100 bales. It was raised to 2,-
Spot 146.000 bales on November 2.
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the Commodity Exchange Incor-$12.40.-United Press.
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