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venture of real merit was being USE OF CONCRETE faunched. They proposed not only

EXPANSION IN MODERN STRUCTURES

CRACKS AND DECAY

to place the resources of the con- sular service and trade missions ali aver the world at the disposal of the organisation, but, with, the anction of the House of Commons, to become a guarantor of £25,000 Dr. Oscar Faber referred to the A new "Come to Britain" move- ment was launched with the good for the funds next year. (Cheers.) disastrous effects of expansion in wishes of the Duke of York and the The Government backed the move-modern concrete building through Anancial support of the Government because it was not only sound changes in atmospheric tempera- statesmanship from the point of ture in a paper which he read re The decision was made at a view of International relations, but cently at the headquarters of the meeting held at the Mansion House because they believed it to be good Royal Institute of British Archi-

Great Britain wanted to tects. under the auspices of the Depart-business.

Other coun- ment of Overseas Trade. The Earl attract more visitors.

Dry and seasoned concrete ex- of Derby presided, and there were tries drew enormous aims--far

pands with temperature rise,' present representatives of a wide more than we did-from them.

The Marquis of Reading, said it much as steel," he said. "A re- range of enterprises, from rail-

not realised In Britain inforced concrete viaduct at Sit- waya, steamship companies, and was touriat agoncles to hotels, theatres, how great, was the fluancial advant- tingbourne is 2,400 feet long, age derived from the influx of, This would represent in expansion and cinemas.

It was estimated of 84 inches under certain tem- foreign visitors. that visitors to France last year perature changes. Clearly this And would be most destructive if no made. The spent between £100,000,000. In Britain the figure provision were was less than half that, sum. viaduct was therefore divided into Money brought into the country had 100 feet sections, with expansion that the gaps were about three- its effect upon everything and joints between, and it was found to increased employ eighths of an inch less at 8 p.m., must lead

Whatever aum was sub after exposure to a hot sun, a ment. scribed to the scheme from Govern compared with 3 a.m. on a cold ment or other sources would repay night. itself over and over again..

Lord Derby read the following from the Duke of York:

"I was much interested to hear of the plans for setting up a na- tional organisation to attract more people from averseas to visit these shores.

I agree with you and with those who have arranged the meet- ing as to the desirability of some such organisation.

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"We, in the United Kingdom, have many attractions which cannot be rivalled anywhere else in the world. We have scenery which is unsur- passed for its delicate charm, while, for those people who are intercated in the romantle past, we have acattered about Great Britain many places each made venerable by Bome outstanding event in the world's history. Again, Britain is We have been the home of sport.

It is time too modest in the past. we told the world what these Islands can offer.

"I wish

every success

to this movement, which I hope and believe will result in a better International understanding, and also in an im- provement in our invisible export trade." (Cheera.)

John Bull At Home The ultimate object of the move- thent said Lord Derby, was the promotion of International under standing through personal under- and business. atanding, contact, People who visited these islands and saw John Bull at home would dis- cover that he was really a good- natured person of simple tastes, who never harboured malice, and only wished to be frienda with all discovered Having the world. this they would be slow to believe that John Bull was actuated by base motives such as were imputed to him sometimes by his enemies and sometimes through ignorance of his character.

Similarly, John Bull at home would learn that there might be an- other point of view than his own, and that the stranger was a fellow If at the saще much like himself. time the country was benefited by the expenditure of visitors—well, John Bull was a practical person,

business

business. and

(Laughter.)

was

£75,000,000

"We have got to advertise," he continued "but we are a trifle dis- posed to say to visitors, "You must It is not take us as you and us. enough to do that, and one of the things the association should devote itself to is the reduction of restric (Cheers.) Get tions of all kinds.

Make life rid of prohibitions.

Do not prevent the foreign- easy.

st spending his money staurants and theatres as soon as he arrives by detaining him while he tries to master all the regulations he must observe in order to make his stay safe." (Laughter and cheers.)

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End D.O.R.A. Lord Derby accepted the office of president, and in reply said he hoped the President of the Board of Trade would have recognised, on behalf of the Government, the loud cheers from all parts of the that came meeting at the ides of the death of D.OR.A. (Cheers.)

HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS

The force of this expansion is

At one stage in con enormous. struction a granite pebble became wedged into the jolht in the morn ing, and resisted the expansion, with the consequence that after midday a large piece of the bridge's deck was blown off with a loud report."

The account of an experiment in the building of the new Bank of England was related by the lec turer. "When concrete sets," he said, "the chemical action pro duces heat and rise of tempora

ture.

"In the Bank of England under- pinning there is a retaining wall eight fee think of ordinary con- crete. A thermometer buried in the heart of this indicated a rise of 50 degrees Fahrenheit in three days from 50 to 100 degrees,"

Dr. Faber explained that he did not intend to criticise the use of reinforced concrete. This mater- ial can be designed to meet all the conditions required.", he said. "But it is often designed without much regard to these conditions, especially in commercial competi tive designing. Then cracks re Messrs. D. G. Bruce, R. H.sult, and decay sometimes sets:

in." Beavan, J. Beck.

February 4, 1929.

Mr. G. Adair.

Messrs. E. J. Carmichael, C. A. Calkins, G. W. Coffey, T. J. Cokely, Mr. and Mrs. G. Chan, Mr. and Mrs. F. McD. Courtney, Miss G. Cope.

Mr. L A. Duffield. Mr. J. C. Flach. Mr. S. P. Gray.

Messrs. A. F. Henry, F. H. Hill.. Mrs. M. Clifford Jones, Mr. J. E. Joseph.

Mies H. Lillie.

Capt. I. R. Malligan, Mr. J. Marine, Miss Q.. McCabe.

Messrs. O. Nagel, E. J. Nathan, H: V. Novelly.

Mr. F. S. Odom, Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen. -

Messrs. H. C. Pullen, G. R Pilcher.

Mrs. B. Roure,

The world knew the United King- A dom as the home of sport. particular race at Epsom attracted more attention than any other similar event in the world, and most people thought that he took his name from the race, and not the race its name from him. (Laughter.)

Mears, W. Vander Steen, R. D. "Lorda is still the master of

Stewart, J. A. Scott, W. Schuchuer, "For cricket," Lord Derby added.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Sawyer, Mr. instance, I was put down as a memand Mrs. C. Shilton and Master ber when I was 22. To-day I am Don Sutton.

Messrs. E. Timmerman, W. B. Tyler, E. Thomas.

63 and hope to get into the M.C.C. Messrs. R. P. Whitham, T.. B.

in a fortnight's time."

The sum of $10,000 per annum had been guaranteed for a num ber of years by a small number of subscribers, but if adequate support. were not forthcoming, the organisation would dot come into being. He suggested £25. 000 a year as the reasonable minimum.

"Sound Statesmanship" Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, (Pre- sident of the Board of Trade) said the Government, considered that a

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