TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1933.
Aviation, Building and Engineering
THE PYROMETER
Measuring The Heat
Of Furnaces.
m motor eur en-! The stel gives must possess enormous hard- ness and tensile strength, resulting¦ În cars of urzhuous service, and
this it 34 to the Ma
forme of heat treatment employed.
kate manufuelure
An interesting method of meas- tring temperature in the furnaces, at the Morris Engines Factory, for example, is the use of pyrometers Pyrometers are metal tubus can- Lasting rare metal wires which, when heated, general
THE CHINA MAIL.:
Flying Comfort-Then NEW SHANGHAI
And Now
Development Of Catering In The Air
LUXURIOUS REPASTS SERVED
On the Paris Airway, 1919. Tiny two-passenger
which any form of aerial catering was out of the question.
HOTEL NEARS
COMPLETION
400-Foot Frontage For "New Asia.”
TLS. 1,000,000 STRUCTURE AMONG FINEST IN CITY
*
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During the past five or six years, Shanghai investors in buildings and real estate have exhibited tendency toward becoming more and more hotel and apartment This trend has tion by Imporial Airways of their house conscious. air-craft in-engined air-liners. In these, for been chiefy due, it le admitted by the first time, it became possible most builders, to the fact that there for a steward-flying regularly in has long been a definite need for refresh modern hotels and apartment build- On the Paris Airway, 1933.
the machine-to serve
the ings and these new structures, as 38-passenger air-liners in which menta from a small buffet at
fast as they were built, found no minate elec-stewards serve five or six course rear of the saloon. tric currents when a turn operate meals while in flight.
And now, to-day, we have reach. lack of tenants.
When the hostillities broke out deluate indicature and recorders. Just recently air transport has led the era of the d-engined liner of
The supervison can read the tem- been celebrating the completion of the air, with its two saloons scat-in Shanghai early last year, plans perature of any ot has ternaces by 19 years of dying, from 1919 toing a total of 38 passengers, and had been formulated by many large turning a pointer to a number cor- 1933, and in no respect, during with its smart white-jacketed etion of bigger and better apart- } responding to the turuare, and these years of development. das wards who, when you are a milé or prossing a button, whereupon the progress been more striking than so loft, come politely to your indaator instantly ready the tem-in the catering services which pro-table with the question:--
for vide meals and refreshments
"Will you take lunch, sir?" perature
gring
At the Man time permanent passengers flying to and from the In our British air. liners dying re and is traced out by a rewarding continent. or along the Empire between London and the continent more than 500 people a week now instrument, while pilots the ther-routes to India or Africa. mal history" of ail mark
Before starting a trip to Paris, in enjoy, while up in the air, five or Atracale the hardening shee jone of the small poineer machines (six-enurse meals which are equal 1919, one provided oneself as an every way to those provided in rule with sandwiches; and these any West-end restaurant. Jone ale while up in the air if one
Seasonable Menus. Nanking Plans A New felt inclined. As often not, how.
JA
Investment concerna for construc-
ment houses and hotels. The war delayed these plans considerably but during the past few months, a apartment large number of new houses have been placed under con- their way toward completion. struction and are now working
New Asin Hotel Outstanding among these pro- |jects has been the construction of the New Asin Hotel at the corner of North Szecbuen and Tiendong In summer cold meals are serv Roads, Just north of the Post Office. jever, having regard to the cramped ed, but in winter hot dishes are This building with its street front-
space in which one Bat, with on available, and these prove extrome- engine wring only a few feet ly popular. All the food served age of more than 400 feet, is now Nacing. faway, tho.... sandwiches
remained is prepared and cooked in the kit-nearing completion and according to present plans will be finished chens of the Imperial Airways casome time in November. with me for yoRE, UNDRETN
Railway.
plar to the developonent of raral Soon after this there came big 'tering department at the various Builders of the new structure are
betejete north of the Yangtze, the per 'planes.
main air-ports and is placed in the Republic Land and Investment with more space n Kaew Proste sal buưvertiment
each air-liner just before starting. Company. 21 Yu Yuen Road, a firm is their eanfox, which enabled pas to datang the copstruhog af i vengers to take up luncheon
and Everything is thus entirely fresh three and one half years old but between Tangodow attet jra baskets with them, and
thus being served in the machines from with one of the largest building Jenjoy picnic meals while flying be ingeniously-equipped 157ween London and the Continent.
whieh every inch of space is made Projects now underway in the eity
ulready to ita credit. Then a landmark is comfort on
use of: and no tinned food of any kand is used. The airway came with the intronge
radi
H
1
Prestimposed bote akan be
$800 200.
HONG KONG
MARKET PRODUCE
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
t
1.
10
Ct
buffets
in
The new hotel, which, according to its builders, will be one of the So firmly established, already, is finest in the city, was erected and aerial catering in the favour of will be fitted out with the idea of passengers, that the latest figures catering to both Chinese and
(w that 95 per cent of aerial foreign trade. It is part seven voyagers, flying in the machines of stories in height, part eight stories Imperial Airways, now take either and while its exterior, now that a Oct., Oct. menle or light refreshments while
1933 1918 in the air.
Cu. Cle
BUTCHER MEAT.
POULTRY.
Beef Sirloin
16.
34
Prime Cat
30
Chicken Capone, Smalt
Ib.
30
Lut
T+
Corned
Large
62
25
1 Park
Thre
Ronst
Breast
Soup
Stenk Steak Surloon Sausage
Bollock's Bruina
Tungur, fresh
+
Speed In Service.
A comprehensive list of wines is it should be noted, now available for passengers while in the air, in-¡
¡part of the scaffolding bas boen removed, presents an impressive sight. the interior will be none the less attractive.
300 Rooms
The new hostelry will have 300 cluding an airway cocktail which is rooms, complete with bath, itted
3N 22 known as "The Slver Wing Spe-in modern style. all furnishings to
cint."
Eggs, Hen teooking) per doz. XN Hees. fton (fresh)
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be supplied by Sun Kee Company, Speed in service, in addition to one of the pioneer furniture makers the provision of dishes perfectly in this city. There will be both prepared and cooked, is one of the foreign and Chinese dining rooms keynotes of airway catering. In
as well as a large, beautifully de- less than an hour a couple of ex-corated lounge. All public pert flying stewards can serve six will be air-conditioned while ver courses, with wines, to between 30 tical transport will be attained by
rooms
36 20 and 40 people. Here, for example. four high speed lifts manufactur-
is the menu of a dinner which was jed by Otis. served to 38 passengers in 56 min-
wark 35 22
18
50
40 26
Fow. Ha
per mid 20
b 52
Inton
GR
-
corned
berse
Head
40
Heart
15.
1.80 23
Hump, Salt
Feel
Kidneys
each
*>"
ib. 20
Pigeon-. Cantoti Honhow Turkeys. Cock
Hen Snipe Pienaa
each 40 80
Jb. KO
91
72 01 **}} 25
1.80
1
Quasi
net $1.50 $1.00
Partridge
ib.
40
40
FRUITS.
Ib. 1.00
31
24
1
18
each
b. 12
" Tripe
اگر
“ሰ
Shoulder
Saddle
199
Brains
per sel
16.
18
14
18
each
15
15
16.
Бо
30
36
*
Tail
Tail
Liver
Caltes Head & Feet
Mutton Chip
Leg
Pig's Chillings
Feet
FTY
Head
Heart
Kidneys
Pork Chop
Liver
Loin
Leg
Fat or Lard
Sheep's Head & Feet per set 90
Kidneys Liver
Sucking Pigs, to
order Suet, Beef Buet, Beef
Mutton
IL
Heart
each 15
1b, 20
34
Veal
Suuxager
No,
FISH.
Barbel
Ib.
55
30
Bream...
Canton Froa
Water Fish
Carp
Crabs
Codfeb
Cuttle Fish
Dace
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Almonda
Apples (California) (bride's)
Banabar
Carambula
Coconuts
Lomuns,
China
អ
One of the outstanding features pair 280 2.20 utes while flying, not long ago, be of the new structure will have
tween Le Touquet and London in winter garden lounge on the roof, one of the big "Heracles"-type latted in an up-to-date manner. air-liners:-
Other Structures.
Bach 40
1.20
Lemon, American each 12
Lichers, Dried
lb. 1.20
Oranges (Canton)
Organee
Prara (Canton)
Pennois
Persimmons, Large Pumelo, Stam
Walnuts Grapes
Iced tomato jules, cantaloupe me- While the New Asia Hotel is ra lon, egg mayonnaise, cold
roast pidly nearing completion, the struc- 26 chicken and hum. green salad-ture is only one of a group of
potato salad. compete of cherries buildings now being planned by
12 and cream, fresh fruit, cheese and the Republic and Investment Com-
|biacuits, coffee.
pany, to be situated in the same
Another typical dinner menu, as Jaren. Prominent among this new
26 served in the air between London group is an apartment house to be
and Paris, is also appended:~-
built at the corner of Taungming
Hors d'oeuvres varies, roast duck and North Szechuen Road, seven
10 and apple saure, green salad. po- stories in height.
14 each
Ib, 20
12 tato salad, orange soußle,
12 and biscuits, coffee.
Passenger's Impression.
VEGETABLES, ETC.
Artichokes
Beans, Sprout
+
Long
cach
l.
Eris, Conger
Froga
Yellow
Garoupa
Gudgeon Herrings
Beet Root
Brinjais, Green
Red
Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghul
Cauliflower
M
Carrois
(Large)
(Medium)
(Small)
Celery, Chinese Chillies, Dried
flod Green
Curry Stuff, English Cucumbers Garlic Ginger, Young
Old Herseradish, S'hal Indian Corn
Lettuce
Okroes
Onions, Bombay
each
Halibut
Lobster
Mackeral.
Bullet Oystera Pearch Pike
Plaice Pomfret, White Pomfret, Black
Prawns
Roach
Saimion
Shark
Skat
Shrimps
Snapper Turbot Turtles, small fromă
water
Sole,
Potato, Sweet
Green
#
Shinghal
Poraloy
"
36
Japanese American
65
Pumpkin.
80 36
38
12 Vegetable
20, 38 Radiah
Phubarb (Fresh) Spinach
Tomatoes- Turnips, Pants
(Long)
Marrow
Water Cress
Water Lily Root Must Room
S.öö.ö.äkõ-| | | 55.-88-1
18
18
10
10.
ouch
ib, 10
8
0
5
cheese
The Republic Land Investment Company are not only the builders of the New Asia Hotel but are the A complete service of aerial ca-architects and engineers as well. tering is now available not only on This concern is listed as perhaps Continental air routes, but also on one of the most complete of Its the Empire air-lines. And here, kind in China, having its own archi- Just by way of example, is a pas-jtectural department as well as en- senger's impressions of one of the gineering department, handling all meals he enjoyed, recently, while type of constructional engineering on a flight from India. The air work.
1 liner had just loft Gwadar, on the Mr, Ching Yus-ches is general Persian Gulf. The stewards ap-manager of the concern, Mr. K. T. peared to lay the cloths for lunch. James Tugh is assistant general "And" writes that passenger-manager, and Mr. K. Y. Ching is 10 "What a lunch! Lobster mayon-secretary, The architectural and also, chicken and ham, salad, pears engineering, department is in the 25 10 and cream, cheese and biscuits: charge of Mr. S. A. Sayer, well while to drink there were,, among known local architects and con-
2 other things, whisky-and-soda or structional engineer. At the pre 5 good British beer. A. luxurious sent time, the company, has about aerial repast, that Could any TIs. 2,000,000 worth of contruction traveller want more?"
under way. The New Asia Hotel Our "aerial stowards are man of is being built at a cost of about a new calling, and some of those Tla, 1.000.000.-
in British airliners now have more
[than 6,000 hours of flying to their
credit. In talking of their daily MECHANICAL TRACK-LAYING 1.20 60work, in which they have become.
so expert, they praise particularly
Coscow.
the steadingas of the big 4-engined. The 1905" plant, of the People's passenger-planes, and explain how, Commissariat for Ways and | if winds are high and conditions Communication - has commenced "bumpy""" dear the ground." "pilota the ^^ manufacture of newly- climb "after ascending till they invented mechanical railway track- |reath steady_upper curranta, - in layer). This machina automaticall
which the big muchiren dy with a dumpit the sleeperb, days the rails, smoothness, which, in a revelation ånd, moving sloeg the new tracks: in aerial comfort to the passengers (strawa the permanent way with seated in their antosna,
ballast
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313,
25332
MY
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN
COMMENCING TO-DAY
THE "LOVE
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL 25313,
25332
PARADE" OF 1933
THE THIRD THEATRE IN THE WORLD TO SHOW
A
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MIRTH
AND
MELODY
LILIAN
HARVEY'S
FIRST
HOLLYWOOD
PRODUCTION.
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WITH
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FOR HIS
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AND
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2.Bets of 1st & 2nd Prizes of "MARVELLOUS. Beauty Aids for the 2 European & 2 Chinese Giris whose lips resemble nearest to those of Lillan Harvey.
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