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Aviation. Engineering and Building
THE FIRST ENGLISH AERONAUT.
HISTORIC MEDAL PRESENTED TO THE ASHMOLEAN
A descendant of James Sadler, the first English aeronaut or, as
he was described in his own day, arustaist, has presented to the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford a medal commemorating One of Sadler's most famous ascents,
The medal, presented by Mins Rendless, is of pewter, nearly two inches in diameter, and bears the date October 7, 1891. It com- nwmorates a balloon trip from Birmingham.
air.
A SIMPLIFIED AUTOGIRO
Amazing Performance Of New Model
CONTROLS DISPENSED WITH
dual control. It has an Armstrong A remarkable simplification of speed is about 100 miles an hour. the Autogiro has been effected by Ils lowest speeds laterested the
|spectators most, however.
TIN-PLATED HOMES FOR WORLD
Tremendous Drive To Popularise Metal
"MAY DOUBLE INDUSTRY'S
WORKERS
London.
A Grimpse of the homes of the future, tin-plated inside and out, with tin-plated baths and £tings. in provided by a scheme almost completed by British tia producers.
The scheme, which includes a tremendous world drive to make tin the metal, of a thousand uses. has Government backing.
Colonel S. Heckstall-Smith, who.
representative:~~~
Sadier made his first fight from ite inventor, Senor de la Cierva. There were shouts of laughter Oxford, his native eity, on October He has built a machine which will every time it landed laughter has just returned from a European 4. 1784, in a balloon raised by hot change motion in any direction-which was far from derisive, but tour, during which he appointed upwards, downwards, or sideways was a spontaneous tribute to this observers in each country to re- A contemporary manuscript stater: "Mr. Sadler, with firmness-merely by the tilting of the hori-queer machine's seeming contempt port, said to a "Sunday Express"
for the accepted rules of flying. It and intrepidity, ascended into the zontal rotora. His discovery does landed like thistledown, when the atmosphere, and the weather being away with the ailerons, elevators. [pilot so willed, and quite vertically.
No Tarnishing, calm, he rose from the earth in and rudder which the Autogiro, in stopping dead. It took off from the vertical position to the height of
ground within five or six yards been at work, researches and in- "In the short time the scheme bas about 3.600 feet In this elevated common with orthodox aeroplanes, from rest.
Senor de la Cierva vestigations have brought to light altuation be perceived no incon-has hitherto used. The new Auto- showed also that his machine can venience. but contemplated a most giro. Type, C.30, has none of these 'glide to earth with the engine shut the fact that homes as well as busi-
controls. Its only stabilizing aur-off like an ordinary aeroplane. [faces, apart from the rotor blades He played Home entertaining "Research workers have discover- themselves, are a fixed tail plane games with the contrivance. One ed a method to plate wood, such as ¡and a fixed vertical fin, also at the was a series of hops, like a leisure-panelled walls, ceilings and house- Itail.
ly grasshopper's, across the aero-hold offects by spraying them with.j drome. Then the Autogiro raced [powered tin.
charming distant view
CHILE'S FIRST TUBE.
Designed By British Engineer.
SLOW MOTION
It is understood that the
Air with
n human runner, the mat Ministry has decided to order a making all the speed he could, the large Autogiro, to
four Autofiro going as slowly as pos- carry
sible. The Ave
runner's pace passengers, of this new-
twice of the machine. put into production within the stretched between Gft. poles, and Two tapes 50 yards apart were
Santiago de Chile. The building of Santiago's first {"P underground railway, the Matucana jest type. A smaller version will Bulwart, has received official sanc-be
the
1
Tw line, which runs under largest "lung," the Quinta Normal Park, will be the five of it find on the west coast
of South America.
It was designed by Mr. George
Sheht a young British engineer.
HONG KONG
next few months.
WOB
incas houses of the future will be
tinplated inside and out.
"In the home of the future the porcelain or marble bath and fit- tings will give way to the heavily tin-plated briicles, because they do not tarnish or rust
New Markets Bid.
"The old-fashioned domestic
tin, which la
'Senor de la Clerva showed that the The abilities of the new machine
Autogiro could easily take off or were most effectively demonstrated
land between the tapes and hop lead water pipe is to be replaced by by Senor de la Cierva at the Lon- don Airport. Hanworth, recently, delivered from the Autogiro and 20 per cent. cheaper, over 30 per
Finally a parcel was piping containing over them, The machine he flew is a two- another collected. The first was sent. lighter, and is not liable to Siddeley Genet engine, and the top let down on a string by a passenger became corroded. seater open type of Autogiro, with in the cockpit and detached by a "Researches are going on to per- man runaing underneath; the feet bronze and make it weather- second was attached to the string
proof.
MARKET PRODUCE by the runner below and then haul
jed up.
100000 HEADACHES
RELIEVED IN ONE DAY
EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE in Britain. France and Belgium. Untold millions in India, Malaya and South Africa-here are but a few of the countries where ASPRO is successful with the millions on account of its pain' relieving qualities. To say that 'ASPRO relieves 100.000 depressing headaches every day throughout the world would
be more than a conservative estimate. The reason of ASPRO preference for headaches is because it banishes aches. and pain quickly-there are no danger. ous after-effects- ASPRO does pot harm the heart and it conforms to the standard of purity laid down by the British Pharmacopoeia., the guiding authority of the Medical Profession.
ASPRO
Does Not Harm the Heart
5 MINUTES
FOR RELIEF WITH ASPRO'
1
There is nothing indefinite about 'ASPRO." Its service is QUICK- safe, effective and definite. It gives **Its perfection will mean that you relief in 5 to 10 minules and then NO WINGS NECESSARY our manufacturers will stand goes on to dispel or dissolve the cause Autogiro derives its lift chance of capturing new markets of the pain, allowing Nature to effect own cure. Furthermore, you from the relative motion of the as well as retaining the old ones." es no harmful after-effects from Sept. 22, Sept. rotor blades and the air, the rotors
ASPRO, as it is speedily eliminator Approximately 250,000 people` are thus serving the same purposes as
from tho system a few hours after be- ing taken. It neither depes, deadens
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Sept 22. Sett
1973 1018!
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BUTCHER MEAT.
Hib 34 24
Beef Sirlain
Prime Cut
Corned
Roast
Breast
Steak
1938 1917
The
Cts. Cla. the fixed wings of an aeroplane.ployed in the tin industry, but
it is anticipated that his numberinor drugs. The blades are rotated not by will be more than doubled “wilhin 30 machinery but by the air forces
50 26 acting on them. There is relative the next three or four years,
19 128
Eggs, Hen (rooking) per doz. 38
Egg
Hen (fresh)
40 41
2
motion, and consequently support,
even when the machine as a whole
has no forward speed. The result METAL PRESERVING.
18 is that the Autogiro can fly exceed-
26 inkly slowly and land and take off A Protective Coating.
POULTRY.
Chicken
11
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30 28 apna, Small
42
19 23
Large
24
Dush
33 32
22
12
Dave
carli 34
239
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14
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44
per set 20
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Heart
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Hump, Salt
Fort
each
Kidneys Liver
Steal Sirloin Sausages.
Bullock's Brains
Tongue, fresh
It.
Trips
Calves' Head & Feet at $1.50 $1.00
Mutton Chip
Pig's Chillings
י
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Shoulder
45
Saddle
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Brains
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Heart
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Head
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Heart
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Veal
each
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Fawi. Haman
Canton
52 85 almost vertically.
The earlier models were furnish-
ed with the orthodox movable aur- faces 80
for control. Senor de la ateel can
ASPRO BRINGS SWEET SLEEP
TO THE SLEEPLESS There are many thousands of people
First Aid for Mothers First Aid for Mothers
Most children, are subject to Tooth! ache, Earache, Colds and sudden burata i of Temperature. 'ASPRO' can be safe-.) ly given to children so affected. It will soothe, the pain away and quick- ly reduce Temperature.
HOW TO GIVE
ASPRO
ASPRO IS Womans Best Friend
of
Post bly the greatest users 'ASPRO' are women, for whom 'ASPRO' has a special charm on ac- count of the varied periodical experl- ences with which all women are fami- Har. The surely know just what a wonderful woother and pain dispeller ASPRO' La Millions of women throughout the World now regularly Lake 'ASPRO,' the safe, aure and effai- Įtive medicine, to relieve their pain Two simple methods of giving 'ASPRO and accompanyiția physical depression, to the kiddies are: (*), with little who before had to resort to danger-... milk or (b) break the tablet up and ous drugs, narcotics or oplates. The administer in teaspoonful of lampaderstanding woman uses "ASPRO.' The dosage is: Children 3 to 6 years, tablet; 9 to 14 years, 1 tablet; 14
TO CHILDREN
to 10 years 1% tablets, ASPRO like any other medicine should not be
without
sitent medical advler, 3 years of ag
who now have sweet peaceful "sleep, who hitherto hardly knew the mean- The process by which iron oring of B. period of restfulness,
be rendered immune to ABPRO' has brought about the DODWELL & CO., LTD. the corrosive action of air, water, influence on the nerves, and breaking transformation by its sweet soothing 28 29 Cierva saw some time ago that
'neither allerons nor elevators were laulphurous and other gases for an.
jup of local feverish conditions. Two unlimited time has been consider tablets before retiring is the usual necessary, but he retained the ably improved; and it is said that dose.
the method
It 75
70 01 each 25 pair 230 2.50 cách độ
11.
64
Ciepse Pigeons, Canton
Hoihow Turkeys, Cock
#en
+
40
24
each: 85
Snipe
Pheasant Qual Partridge
1.20
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FRUITS.
b. 1.00
26
30
20
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Ib.
12
Almonda
Apples (Californis)
Bananas (bride's) Carambola Coconuta
Lemons,
China
Lemons, American sinh n Lichees, Dried
Oranges (Canton)
Organes
Pear
Peanuts
(Canton)
Persimmons, Large
Pamelo, Slam
Walnuts
Grapes
fb. 1,20
→
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Ib, 20
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VEGETABLES, ETC.
cach
Artichokes Beans, Sprout
"
Long
Pork Chop
Loin
Lex
Fat or Lard
Sheep's Head & Feet per set 20
Kidneys
Bucking Pigs, to
order
Suel, Beef
Buet, Beef
Mutton
Sautages
Barbel Breat
Water Fish
Canton Fr
Carp
Codfish Crabs
Cuttle Fish
Dace Eels, Conger
Yellow
Garoupa Gudgeon
FISH.
35 10
Beet Root Brinjals, Green
Red
Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghai Cauliflower (Large)
Carrots
(Small)
Celery, Chinese Chillies, Dried
Hed Greea Curry Stuff, Englisk Cucumbers Garlle Ginger, Young
Frogs
Herrings
Halibat
Lobster
ext
70 10
Ib.
cach
can
use
rudder. His Intest discovery. is
be made that even this is superfiuop8.
In the new type of Autogiro theof as easily in connection with rudder-bar is used to steer the tall structural steel for building or wheel, when on the ground-its ship construction as it can with
'such articles as bolts and nuts. only function-and the usual "stick" for operating ailerons and The metal to be treated is first elevators is replaced by a single thoroughly cleaned; emergy cloth 12 lover hanging from the pillar on being used with small and the sand. which the rotora turn. The lever blast with large articles. They tills the pillars, and with it the are then placed in a special wire 25 rotors. If it is pulled back the container, which is driven Inside nose of the Autogrly rises, an airtight muffle heated to a pre-
10
if
pushed
forward
the nose determined temperature by means To drops, if pushed right or left the of gas. „
machine turns the same way.
PILOT'S SIMPLER TASK
?
DISTRIBUTORS.
Three Packings: 5's, 10's, 278.
Houses-To-Let Campaign
Back To Private *Enterprise.
MINISTRY CIRCULAR ISSUED
The campaign for the return of private enterprise, backed by the After the parts are inserted the millions of the building societies, The task of the pilot while in the muffie is closed, and super-heated air is obviously made much simpler steam is delivered inside. This to the provision on a large scale of by these improvements,
Isteam bath prepares the surface of houses to let at working-class renta, machine is said to be considerably of the pieces for the subsequent was inaugurated recently by the more stable through the abolition action of acid gases. The sleam issue of a Ministry of Health cir of the auxiliary fixed wings carry-
|bath lists for thirty minutes, and ing the allerons, which were set be after that a certain chemical, which,“
cular to all housing authorities and low the fuselage in previous typos, is not specified, is placed in a county councils.
The
sexsion land orginally acquired for housing or other purs pose. which can be put at the disposal of private enterprise on reasonable terms.
'ASPRO'
IS A SAFE & EFFECTIVE: GARGLE
FOR
SORE THROATS). STONSILITIS
STREET LIGHTNING
Photo-Electric "Eye" Switches On Current.
Paris. Engineers have successfully ex- Invention perimented with an
(2) In considering roads on which they claim will revolutionize working elas estates, local the street-lighting systems of the authority can, without sacrificing world's capital cities.
This is a photo-electric "aya” space between frontages, reduce
to the minimum permissible by which, exposed to the daylight, witches on the the traffic needs the width to be automatically fully surfaced. In some in- jelectric current when the daylight atances it may be reasonable to reaches a given degree of weak- be satisfied with a lower stand-ness, and increases the strength of ard of road construction the current in direct ratio to the The circular points out that gathering darkness, so that full building societies have offered to brilliafice is achieved when night....
has completely fallen. With the
.
and copêtruction has been simpli-separate retort at the back of the This sets out the provisions of make their large resources Virst streaks of dawn the process is
12fied and weight reduced..
mulje,
The invention will save thou-
the Housing (Loca! Provisions) able to private builders and inves The main improvement, however, This container is also gas-beated,
Act,
1983,
which has received the tors for the provision of houses reversed, "butt [is that control is now equally offer land after being subjected to this
for. letting to the working classes, 8. tive over the whole of the wide heat, for some few.moments, gas in Royal assent.
And that the Minister, can share sands of pounds on the present 10 10 range of speeds, possible to the driven off from the powder and The circular states that
equally with the local authority wasteful system installed in all 1825 Autogiro. With
For the supply of houses for and the building" society the risk capital cities, whereby bloks of of increasing to 90 per cent, the treet lamps are wired t locks letting to the working classes, normal building society advance of which switch the lights on re-
the muffle at a moderate
15 10 dent on ordinary controla, a de-
aircraft depenthe
6
10
B
10
40
Old
20
Horseradish, Shal
18
Indian Corn
62
· Lotiate
32
Okrona
18
Oniona, Bombay
Green
Shinghal
16
Plaice
Puraley Polata, Sweet
Pomfret, White
Pomfret, Black
meday of Japanese:
American
Prawns
Pumpkin
Roach
Mackerel
Mullet Oysters
Pearchi
א
Salmon
Shrimps.
33
86 12
Snapper
Turbot
Radiali
Phubarb (Fresh) Bpinach
Prot
Water Crass Water Lily Egat" Mush Room
8
8crease in air speed reduces their This is claimed to give the parts E effectiveness, whereas control and under treatment a protective coat- fiving speed ars, Independent, of ing, which actually changes the each other in the new Autogiro. surface, and renders it proof against any. further oxidation. When the aricle is removed from the muffle. It is placed in an inq sulated container, so as to allow it to cool gradually,
RUSSIA POSSESSES VAST RESERVE OF AIRCRAFT
It seems to be certain that the cast when the pieces Russian Government possessCE"" a ivant reserve of aircraft said to total are rem
the muffle they are of a light grey colour, and are [13.000 machines:
All of these are not assembled, practic however, but stored in the form of medium, (components and sections,
Over 300 have been mov ward Vladivostock abylons) readiness for confict
eventuality at any
har
nod
it is anticipated that, with the 10 per cent. The circular adda gulated bourgeo present re-establishment of more Socletles belonging to the Nar An enormous amount of wiring. tional Association of Building and a large number of clocks are Bocieties have undertaken to required for this, and a large mar- make advances under the new gin of error is inevitabis, scheme for 30 years (wrich is at Another - advantage is that the least ten years longer than the group of weather watchers scattered usual period), at rates of Inter-about any great city. who have to sat which are 1 par cant below turn on the lights in the event of Lasir prevailing rates. For the fog or bad wasther, will be replaced present therefore, the rates will by the automatic photo-electric
per cent in London and
Gormal" conditions, economic forces, operating in a fren, field, will secure a large volume and "variety of production, at comps- #titiva renta," and, that a great number and diversity of persona and organisations will play their -part-privatec builder,
panies, public,,) uililty-spelés finan societies and private
countries and peri
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