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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1933.

Aviation. Engineering & Building

STEAM-POWER PLANE

TESTED

Lower Maintenance Costs,

MILITARY ADVANTAGES

Cleveland, Ohio.

Two experiments ATO being watched here by enthusiasts who believe that steam is about to take) wings in aeroplane flight.

Two Engines Under Way.

of 1,500 revolutions per minute.

SPEEDING AFRICAN

AIR MAILS

ACCELERATION SCHEME INSTITUTED

.In

LONDON - CAPE IN 10 DAYS

Halt Eliminated,

THE CHINA MAIL.

£500,000 MANSION AS FLATS,

Sunderland House Scheme.

The mansion has stood

empty

PADDLE WHEEL FOR AEROPLANE.

American Machine Near Perfection.

STANDING STILL IN AIR.

New York. An American paddle-wheel aero:

is

of success,

Sunderland House, in Carzon-i street, Mayfair, which cost about £500,000 to build, and was the wed. ding gift of the late Mr. W. K. Van- derbilt in 1895 to his daughter, Con-f suelo, on her marriage to the Duke plane, models of which have been of Marlborough, is shortly to be for several years, has come so far junder secret tests in wind tunnels Įreopened. London ,a final change,

toward promissing to revolutionize Not xince Langley's first planes

on the southern for many years, but Mr. Arundel aviation that the National Advisory A time-saving of one whole day stages of the were powered by steam has this in each direction, on the England Africa. is made to 4-engined 120 cured a lease, with the option of studying it.

aerial journey over Clarke,of Bruton-street, has now se-Committee for Aeronautics motive power received so much South Africa air-mail, is effected by miles-an-hour monoplanes of the purchase, for a scheme under which attention. The demand

for accelerations which have just been "Atalanta"-class, the latest type of the upper floors will be turned in-may be able to stand still in the air A bellef that this new plane cheaper fuel and lower mainten instituted, and which constitute the air-liner to be put into commission to flats, while the reception-rooms and theoretical considerations in- ance costs to make aviation attrac-first stage of a speed-up on this by Imperial Airways. tive to the man of ordinary means route which will, in due course, en-

will be used for public dinners, art dicating possibilities is the motive power back of theable the total air-transit time of) On the weekly service northboundtions, and other social functions. the director of Research of the jexhibitions, balls, wedding recep has been announced by Dr. Lewis, projects.

the service to be reduced by several from Cape Town to London, as from It is expected that the necessary Committee. days

May 3, the air-mail after leaving alterations will be completed in At Akron, H. C. Johnston, weld- As from the departure from April Khartoum has ceased to make a time for the London season. ing shop proprietar, has completed 26 the weekly flight to Cape Town night halt at Wadi Halfa, and flies

The plane has no propellor. In-l stead it has four paddle wheels, a steam aeroplane engine capable is now accomplished in 10 days, through in a day to Assuan, from built of

This great mansion, which is two on each. side, and they revolve instead of in 11 days as was the which point, on the following morn- French Renaissance style, contains like the

Portland stone, in the always in a In Cleveland plans are advanc-case by the previous schedule.

forward direction, ing, the fight continues right 32 bedrooms, a kitchen described steamer when moving ahead. They ing for construction of a steam

time-table when through in the day to Alexandria as the most luxuriously appointed also "feather," that is, cut the air paddles of a side-wheel the new aeroplane at the Great Lakes Air flying southbound-that is to say instead of to Cairo, thus eliminating in Europe, and a fine suite of re-at an angle. The secret of their craft corporation shops. Capt. H. from London to Cape Town-the the train section between Cairo and ception rooms. C. Richardson, who was a pilot on 1,181 miles stage from Cairo to Alexandria. This is accomplished The ballroom is 99ft long and the United States Navy's Orst Khartoum is now

lifting and accomplished in by transferring passengers

driving power lies trans-Atlantic flight back in 1919. one day instead of in two, cutting mails direct from aeroplane to painted ceiling, and

and 27ft high, with marble pilasters, a

partly in this feathering'. is technical adviser.

Dr. Lewis said that theoretical- out the night stop at Wadi Halfa. flying-boat at Cairo, the latter air-gallery.

a musicians' Captain Richardson is turning This means that the air-mail is cx-craft operating from the river Nile have danced there.

As many as 350 couples

ly this plane is capable of 'zero his attention to a turbine engine,pedited by one whole day to Khar-land flying on to Alexandria.

speed forward', that is of

prac- while Johnston, the Akron inven-toum and to all places south of that

It is understood that about

tically standing still in the air. ior, has constructed a reciprocat point, completing the through jour-the service northbound, is that ing from a single room, with bath the operator wishes, it should be Still another accelerated stage, on dozen flats will be provided, rang. But in addition he added, when ing uniflow engine with two cylin-ney from London to Cape Town in above the Mediterranean, the 960 and kitchenette, to a ders opposed

10 days, arrivals being on Saturday miles

sit-roomed able to fly forward at nearly between Alexandria

the Single Unit Advantage Cited. instead of on Sunday, as hitherto. Brindisi now being flown in

and suite. Rents will be from about speeds of present day planes. Designs at the great lakes shops; The 8,000 miles air journey right instead of in two days, obvlating

a day £225 to £600 a year.

The plane was invented by Mr. appear directed toward building of through from London to Cape Town the night stop at Athens. The net House

During the war Sunderland H. H. Platt of Philadelphia. a large craft. The advantage in is now accomplished in giant result of these savings is that the Government for the Inter-Allied years ago. According to the aero- | the greater case of manoeuvring a 4-engined aircraft of various types.jair-mail from Cape Town accom-Council of Finance. Later it was nautical engineers who listened to taken over by the Patents on it were issued several large plane powered by a single From London the flight begins in 38-plishes its journey through to Lon-occupied by the Ministry of Block-its description, large steam plan is stressed. passenger craft of the "Heracles"-don in 10 days instead of in 11. ade, and then became a temporary the Rohrbach paddle-wheel plane

Johnston, however, has built a type.

it is similar to Across the Mediterranean, arrivals at the London air-port now headquarters of the League of Na-lin Germany, but independently de- small 62 horsepower engine weigh the journey is in big. 4-engined taking place on Saturday instead of tions. A few years ago its suitabi-veloped. ing only 168 pounds and proposes "Scipio"-type flying-boats. At Cairo on Sunday. to install it in a tiny plane once a change is effected to 4-engined) It is the policy of Imperial Air-seriously considered by M. Sokol-the "great advances" in aviation in

lity for the Soviet Embassy was driven by a 60 horsepower motor. "Hanibal"-type land-planes; while] (Continued at foot of next Column) nikoff.

Dr. Lewis predicted that one of Using these alloys to obviate the

1933 would be in former disadvantage in weight.

In November last it was offered wing type of plane. Johnston has built an engine pro-

at auction, by Messrs. John ducing one horsepower from less; than three pounds of weight.

Runs At Low Speeds. Connected with a propeller with out intermediary gears, the engine will pull its light plane through the air while turning at the compara- tively low speed of 1,150 revolu», tions per minute, Johnston claims. A chemical solution may be sub- stituted for water in the boiler.

This solution also contains the Jubricant for the cylinders. Alto- gether there are only 11 moving parts in the entire plant.

Only eight quarts of water, or chemical solution, are required in the, closed circuit in which the liquid is converted to vapour and back again. This quantity is de-j clared sufficient for oven * 250 horsepower engine.

Consumption of fuel-ordinaryi furnace oil-is estimated at 386 pounds per horsepower hour. Only about two minutes is quired to generate a 1,600-pound head of steam. more than sufficient for fight

re-

The steam weroplane may be of interest to military men. The present-day radio finder which readily picks up the aeroplane motor at a distance is unable locate the steam engine because it has no ignition

RUSSIAN MAMMOTH

OF THE SKIES

to

was

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rotating

D. He named three of these, two of

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE Wood and Co., of Berkeley-square, them of the autogyro kind and the

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

June 2, June

1933 1918

Ctu.

Cta.

BUTCHER MEAT.

Beef Sirloin

Prime Cut Corned

scoast

Breast

Soup

Steak

Steak Sirlein

Sausages

Bullock's Brains

Tongue, fresh

རྩྭ་

Head Heart

corned

Hump. Salt Fert Kidneys Tail Liver

Tripe

lb.

per vet

each

"

fa.

each 12

"

15.

1.80

Calves' Head & Feet set $1.50 $1.00 Mutton Chip

Leg Shoulder Saddle

Pig's Chitlings

"

Ib.

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"

Ib.

Fry Head Heart Kidneys Liver

per set h

each 16

Pork Chop

Chop Loin

Leg

29

.Fat or Lard

Sheep's Head & Feet per set

Heart Kidacyn Liver

Sucking Pigs, to

order

Aeroplane To Carry 75 Suet, Beef

Passengers.

24 SLEEPING BERTHS.

Suet. Beef

Mutton Yea!

Sausages

No. 1

FISH.

Moscow. Buvbel

Bream

Water Fish

Carp

An aeroplane which will carry Canton Fresh 75 passengers, claimed to be the

largest of its kind in the world, isl now under construction at the Cen- Codfish trai Hydrodynamic Institute here.

'Crabs Cuttle Fish It is the "ANT-20′′, an all-metal Dace machine. In its wings will be four Eels, Conger cabins with 24 sleeping berths, Passengers on long flights In this-

Yellow

・前

Fresh Wate

Frogs

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aeroplane will have every comfort. Garoups In addition to a wireless trans- Gudgeon mitter and receiving seta, the Halibut

Herrings machine will have a telephone for Labsters Internal communication between Mackerel the passengers, a pneumatic mail, Mullet and a kitchen and bar..

Oysters Forch

The speed of the ANT-20 will Piks be 120 miles per hour,

It will Plaice make flights both in summer and Pomfret, White winter, since its construction pro- Pomfret, Black

Prawna vides it with both landing wheela Ronch and skis,

Salmon Shark

The gigantic machine has been Skate. designed by Mr. A. N. Tupclevy who Shrimps was recently awarded the Order of Baapper Lenip, the highest award in the Boles

Turbat

USSR for "work of outstanding Turtles mail fresh merit."Reuter.

each 15

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June 2, June posal by private treaty.

1933 1912 Cts. Cts.

*

WATERLOO BRIDGE MYSTERIES

28 Uncharted Wooden Piles

Puzzle Engineers.

POULTRY..

Chicken Capons, Small Large Duck

lb.

64 30

58

28

* 54

48

22

Dover

each 35

22

18

++

38

25

Ib. $G

Eggs, Ren (cooking) per doz. 36

Eggs, Ben (fresh)

Fowls, Hainan

Geese

Canton

BRITAIN'S MINING

OUTLOOK.

Better Times Coming For Base Metals.

At the annual dinner of the In-

Although the full details of the stitution of Mining and Metallurgy.

scheme for the reconstruction of beld

at Grosvenor House, Park-

85 Waterloo Bridge in London are not lane, Dr. S. W. Smith, the president,

yet available the position was fully was in the chair,

60 explained to a representative of the

Pigeons, Canton

each

Hollow

Turkeys, Cock

Hen

61

Snipe

Pheasant

Quail

H

eack Dair each 25 1.20

2.50

Partridges

Almonds

Apples (California)

Bananas

(bride's)

Carambola Coconuts Lemons, Chins

Those concerned with the mining: press in London by Sir Frederick of base metals, he said, were look- Palmer, of Messrs. Rendel, Palmerling forward to better times, and

and Tritton, the firm of engineers, those concerned with at least one of who were appointed to supervise the the precious metals, gold, were hop work of reconditioning the bridge. [ing that their present almost un- "When Waterloo Bridge was ori-looked-for well-being would con- ginally built," he said, "each pier tinue.

upon rows of Mr. G. W. Gray, president-elect, wooden piles, which had been driven referring to the' recent trial of the

26 Into the bed of the river: 180 piles Metropolitan-Vickers engineers in were supposed to support each pier, Russia, said only an engineer could there being approximately six rows appreciate the impossible nature of 25 af thirty piles.

the charges:

FRUITS.

was constructed

Ib. 1.00

35

21

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1b. 12 each 12

10

Ib. 1.20

25

26

30

24

14

each.

Ib.

+

Lemons,

American Lichees, Dried ... Oranges (Canton). Oranges

Pears (Canton)

Peanuts

Persimmons, Large

Pumelo, Stam

Walnuts Grapes

VEGETABLES, ETC. Artichokes Beans, Sprout

Long

Beet Root Brinjal, Green ..

Red

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai)

Caulidower (Large)

野

Carrots

(Medium)

(Small)

Celerity, Chinese

Chillles, Dried

Red

#

Green

Carry Stuff, English

Cucumbers

Garlic Ginger, Young Horseradish, S'hai. Indian Corn

Lettuce

Okroer.

014

Onions, Bombay

# Green

Shanghal

Pursley

Potato, Sweet

Japanese American

50·36

50 88

"

Pumpkin

Radish

Rhubarb (Fresh)

Spinach

Tomatoes.

Tarnips,

Vegetable

Punti

(Long)

Water Crass.

Arrow

Water Lily Root

Mush Room

each 12

ib.

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"In the ordinary way these piten are driven in by a pile driver, until] the distance they fall at each blow] from the 'monkey' is reduced to a

10 fixed number of inches or fractions of an inch, according to the load) which is to be imposed upon them.”

RAILWAY SERVICE IN MANCHUKUO.

To South.

Under one pier alone, 150 addi-Transportation Of Goods tional piles have been so driven making a total of 338 piles alto- gether, and most of the other piersj have been dealt with in similar A stride forward in the trans- fashion.

portation of special Manchurian An old bill has been found for products to the south has been the cost of the piles, and it is known achieved with the establishment of approximately how many extra onesia direct service, beginning from were used, In spite of this, all the May 1, between the four state rail- Ssupingkai-Taonan, piers have settled more or less and ways, the Jare still going down.

Taonan-Angangchi, Teitsihar-Ko- The regular 150 piles under each shan and Taonan-Solun · Ilies, and pier have been charted, but no one the South Manchuria lines, and has the least idea of precisely where the South Manchuria Railway. the others are, there is no way! It la planned to extend this to of finding them other than other national railways. Beginning

by 2 descending into the mud and sear this summer, the Hulan-Hailun and

ching for them,

the Hallun-Koshan lines will also be The piles will have to be removed connected to the direct service sys- 8: probably by swing them through item, thereby facilitating the tran- 45 as low as possible and then taking Portation, to the south," of agricul- them out in pieces. The piles are tural products from the district en- capped with intersecting layers of closed by the Taltalhar-Koshan and, wooden beams, and on top of all the Hulan-Hailunr railways, which this a six-inch wooden platform has is known as, the granary of north 40 been constructed.

on which the Manchuria. masonry of the piers has been built up. It is probable that, by now much of the wood has rotted away. I

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