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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1933.

Aviation, Engineering and Building

FORGED BOILERS FOR POWER STATION.

Drums To Be Made

In One Piece.

́BRITISH AIR. SERVICES.

Better Results Than Other Countries.

London.

Sir Eric Geddes, chairman of| The whole of the forged boiler Imperial Airways, left London on drums for the six Stirling boilers December 28, on a flying visit to to be installed in the new power stations on the London-Cape Town station at Fulham are to be manu-air route. He will visit Rome en factured by Messrs. English Steel route to discuss with the Italian) Corporation, Limited, at Vickers,authorities questions arising out of Works, Shemold. The largest. of these drums will be approximately the operations of the international! 40 ft. long by 5 ft. 3 in. outside air service.

be punched through the centre and cent., in the south. the piece reheated and hoflow forget

prean,

THE CHINA MAIL.

A Halt In Public Works

Plea For Building Revival

PROJECTS OF REAL NEED

THE ARSENAL'S NEW 50-Hours Flight On Heavy Oil

GRAND STAND.

Magnificent Erection

At Highbury.

British Engine Given

Tests.

BY AIR MINISTRY.

which weighs only 2.44b por horas-power, Further work la pro- coading at the Royal Aircraft The new weet stand at

Farnborough. Establishment at the stadlum of the Arsenal Football Club at Highbury, Lon-

The flight teste, now in prospect don, N.5, has been completed all respects for use in aeroplanes, the size of the radiator and the A heavy-oil engine, suitable in should show particularly whether

and was officially opened by has just passed a 50-hours Air

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on De-Miniatry type test, and is being weight of water can be reduced.. cember 10. It is capable of netted into a military aeroplane at Another engine, of different detail commodating some 22,000 specta-Farnborough for flight tests. This characteristics, is also being built. tora, 18,000 of whom stand under is the first British engine of this

The

cover on a lower tier and 4,000 sit kind in which weight, efficiency, The present engine is an adapta- in tip-up chairs on an upper tier. The Building Industry Confer-, tailed even though it would have

and general dimensions have been tion of the Rolls-Royce Condor en- The main roof is covered with such as to warrant its application gine, which in its original form. diameter, and the exceptionally! The Imperial Aleways African ence, which represents all engaged proved immediately remunerative.

Vitreflex, grey enamelled sheets to the aeroplane. Its power output develops 650 h.p. large ingot required, which weighs route has been operated with great in the industry-architects,, sur- "Disastrous Retrenchment." and measures 316 ft. by 61 ft. span, is 600 h.p. and its weight is only 176 tons, has recently been success-i

The conversion has been carried success, the traffic during the past veyors, employers, operatives, manu- "Since expenditure on building while the ridge ventilator, which is 1,504b.

out at Farnborough with the as- fully east at Vickers Works.

The importance of this achievesistance of the Rolls-Royce Com- The ingot will be annealed and three months increasing by ap-facturers, and clerical workers--and and public works in chiefly deveted equipped with Vitreflex louvre carefully cooled, taken to a part-proximately 5 per cent. The air of which Sir Raymond Unwin, presince the exaggerated curtailment measures 289 ft. by 9 ft.

to employment of man-power, and blades, fixed to steel verticals, ment lies in the fact that a safer, pany. The engine yields 430 h.p. simpler, and more economical type at normal charge and 500 h.p. at ing machine where the surplus mut is flying with a reliability of

the Royal institute of of such works is a most potent

It is claimed that the Vitreflex than the petrol engine will be made full charge when turning at 1,900 material will be cut off from the 99 per cent. In the northern section sident of material witto me a hole will then of the African route and 100 per British Architects, Is chairman, has cause of increasing unemployment sheeting possesses great durability available to aviation at a compara- revolutions a minute. Its mani its turn involves enor- and fastness of colour; the material tively small cost in engine weight. mum rate is 2,000 revolutions. prepared a further statement in (which in Sir Eric Geddes unid

that the support of its policy for the revival mous unproductive national ex- is manufactured in Llanelly by

The compression-ignition engine This gives a high piston rate, for penditure and increases the heavy Messrs. Vitreflex, Limited.

uses a fuel which gives off no in-the stroke is one of 7in. ed under a powerful hydraulic British tux-payers, in their assist- of the industry.

ance of civil aviation, were obtain-

overhead costs already imposed

flammable vapour until its tem-compression ratio is 12% to one, It desires, us a drst step. the upon productive industries · general-Į ~~~

perature is raised to at least 100 and the "maximum At one stage during the forging ing better results than these of any

cylinder pres- the mass of steel will be expander other country. British commercial immediate reconsideration by the ly), it is difficult to escape the con- dum of the Federation of British deg. C. It has no electrical instal-aure 800 to the square inch.. The to 103 in. in diameter. The drums flying was now approaching more Government of the building and clusion that the policy of retrench- Industries on "Public Expenditure" lation, no sparking plugs, and no engine consists of two banks of six which ment in expenditure on building and and to the resolution of the Con- carburettor. Its rate of fuel con-cylinders set in the form of a will be made in one piece, including nearly than the air transport of any constructional programmes the closed ends which are formed other nation to the xont of an have been cancelled, or postponed, constructional works has been car-servative Party Conference calling sumption is low, and with its sim-letter V. It is in... longer, and special independent state of free operation. since September of last year with ried to an extent which is economi- for a vigorous programme of indus-ple system of fuel injection it 3in higher than the Condor patrol 'the tubular forgings by, a

the object of abling local nu- cally unsound, and which may well trial and agricultural development. (should be less liable to failure due engine, but is the same width and process.Engineering.

thorities to proceed with all pro-prove to be financially and socially! It proceeds:

to interruption of the supply.

can easily be filted into aimilar jects "considered by them re-disastrous."

"The situation is fast arriving The price in engine weight de-aeroplanes. It is to be flown first monerative or to minister to real

when industrial enterprises are apt manded at the moment for these in the Hawker Horsley torpedo. In the earlier memorandumi it was to be avoided by those who would advantages, represents about 1b bomber." needs."

In the opinion of the Building at least 2,000,000 workers was sucl enterprises, but who

pointed out that the employment of normally provide the capital for per horse-power. The monthly memorandum of the

This is partly of Iron and Industry Conference "the zeal for directly determined by the degree of

now offset by a low rate of fuel con- to, the Kenya and Uganda Railways National Ferleration

The petrol engine for and Harbours. This does not mean Steel Manufacturers, Caxton House, economy has far outrun discretion." activity in the building group of transfer their money to Government sumption. that they have turned philanthrop- Tothill Street, London, S.W.1, con- The council appreciates the reason industries, which employ a larger securities at extremely low interest aeroplanes weighs roughly 216 per horse-power and consumes about ists, but that they are endeavouring tains the welcome news that there for discriminating between different number of male workers than any blast-furnaces in classes of expenditure, but says that other single group of industries,

of fuel Such a situation is paradoxical 551b.

per to secure a contract for 65,000 to were two more

power heur. The correspond- 90,000 tons of coal, which is to be operation at the end of September "not only has alleged "luxury" build- and that for every £1,000,000 worth because, in the ultimate analysia.

Even now, ing been eliminated; not only has a of constructional work postponed the value of and the return from sion-ignition engine are about 3

ing figures for the new compres delivered c.i.f. at Kilindini, over the than at the beginning. twelve months commencing February however, the furnaces in blast in complete halt been called in expendi- £375,000 had to be paid in unem-Government securities

are depen- and 4th. This means that on 8 this country total only 59. The pro-ture on building not directly re-ployment benefit and public assist dent upon revenue production, long flight the combined weight of telephone exchanges in Austraila, Tenders, invite the tenderers to duction of pig-iron in September munerative or works administering ance and £425,000 was withdrawn which again to dependent upor submit samples of not less than 25 amounted to 260,400 tons, compared to future needs; but there has also from the purchasing power which the survival of industries which engine and fuel would be less with the largest being the City North the heavy-oil engine than with the Exchange,. at Sydney, with 7;757′′ tons, free of all cost, to the chief with 259,400 tons in August, and been a drastic general curtailment would otherwise be available for through lack of trade cannot mechanical engineer, of coal which 248,200 tons in September, 1991. of building and public works, which, buying the products of other in employ new capital. It is evident Petrol engine. At present the ad- subscribers.

that this situation can be improved Vantage is not to be reaped in only by the Government's active fights of less than seven hours

duration. Development Programme. tona in needs, or, while adding greatly to

use of the confidence it enjoys, to was the country's permanent wealth, The statement summarizes the the end that conditions

Light-Weights. by holidays, and 400,500) would ultimately have been re-correspondence on "Spending and created which will engender similar The disparity in weight will September, 1981,-En-munerative and revenue-producing. Saving" which has appeared in The confidence in the future of Indus-probably not persist. Germany has

In many cases work has been cur- Times and refers to the memoran-trics generally,"

produced

WELSH COAL FOR EAST AFRICA..

Welsh collieries have mude a pre- sent of 250 tons of locomotive coal)

next,

PIG-IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION.

current or imminent real

has not been tested or used in bulk The September output of steel in-if carried out, would have minister- by the Kenya and Uganda Railways gota and castings totalled 430,300 ed to since January, 1928. Ten Welsh tons, against

when production competing August, colliery companies are for the business and have sent out affected

the required sample in bags.tona in Engineering.

gineering.

361,500

1.

dustries.

rates.

may be

horse-

TELEPHONES IN AUSTRALIA..

A statement issued recently by Director of the Australian Postal telephones are in operation in the Services shows that nearly 485,000

Commonwealth. There are 5,061

This is closely followed by Mel- bourne Central Exchange, which hás: 7,699 subscribers. Brisbano Central Exchange serves 6,551 sub- scribers, Adelaide' Main" Exchange 5,102 and Perth Central Exchange an engine of this type 6,946--Engineering,

The Biggest SALE of the Year!

ONE WEEK MON.TO FRI.

STARTING JAN. 9th.

ANE,

LA

CRAWFORD'S

STORE - WIDE STOCKTAKING EVENT.

ONE WEEK MON. TO FRI,

STARTING JAN. 9th.

HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES GOING AT PRICES FAR BELOW COST. COME EARLY & ENSURE YOURSELF OF THE BEST OFFERS.

FOR MEN

All Silk Ties Reduced to $2.00 & $3.00,

Socks that were $2.50 & $6.50.

NOW $2.00 & $3.00.

ALL FANCY DESIGNED SHIRTS

HALF PRICE.

And Many More Great Offers.

HOUSE FURNISHINGS

DEPT.

48" Sunfast Artificial Silk $3.50 per yd.

48" Sunfast Striped Artificial Silk Reduced from $6.50 to $3.50 per yd.

2,000 yds. of 31" Cretonne in Charming Designs. To Clear, $1.00 per yd.

Lots of Other Good Bargains.

GROCERY BARGAINS

English Pens, 3 tins for $2.00, Campbell's Soups,

8 tins $1.00. Ox Tongues, Fray Beutos, 2 lb. tins,

$3.50. Sausages, Frankfurter 3 tins for $2.00.

tins of Evaporated or

Sterlized Milk $1.00.

Dozens of Other Wonderful

Bargains ... You Can - Not

Afford to Miss,

BARGAINS

In Beautiful Jewellery & Silverware Watches, Rings, Cigarette Cases, Etc.

SPORTS

PORTS EQUIPMENT

FIVE Hickory CLUBS & BAG, Only $50.00. Tennis Racket Frames at $12.50.

And Hundreds of Other Similar Bargains.

HUNDREDS OF ODDMENTS Going at unbelievable Prices

on the Mezzanine Floor.

OUR

WORD

Is given that all Stock offered for sale during this week's great event, is All Genuine Stock from the House of

FOR LADIES

Smart Two Piece Costumes.. from $29.50 Afternoon Frocks

15.75

Evening Frocks

"

25.00

Hats

2.50

All Other Articles Going at Exceptionally Low Prices.

FOR THE KIDDIES

Dresses Rompers Coats Wool Sets

from $1.95

1.00

4.50

3.50

Hundreds of Other Bargains,

YouWARE

During

SPECIALS

SALE WEEK Only we offer

of the following:- NORGE REFRIGERATOR, Models at these Below Cost Prices: M.300 $425.00, ⠀⠀⠀ Sentinal M.

ANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

LA

Exchange Bldg.

Hong Kong.

M. 702

$450.00

$800.00

At Equally Reduced Prices

We Have Breakfast and· Dinner Sets.

Glass Table

e Sets and a host of

Other Articles.