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THE : CHINA MAIL,- THURSDAY, - JUNE 8, 1950. '

ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

There are

you'll find-

SLOAN

FLUSH VALVES

more Sloan Flush

Valves sold than all other.

makes combined.

Agents

ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LTD. DAVID HOUSE

YOMANT RENA

TEL: 28091.

STEEL

FOR ALL

INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES

EDGAR ALLEN & CO., LTD.

SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.

SOLE AGENTS

THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LTD.

14-16 Pedder St. Hong Kong.

Tel. 30311.

YOU CAN CUT

YOUR V-BELT INVENTORY Į

with

VEELINK

Just 4 reels replace up to

316 sizes of endless

V-BELTS

Agents--KIU FOONG TRADING CO.

Tal. 28402

ENGINEERING

All-metal coach design

In places where new transport services are being planned the latest design of all-metal passen- ger coach by Welsh Metal Indus- tries should be sure of serious consideration,

No timber is used in construc- tion. the material used being aluminium

aluminium alloy, sheet, and aluminium alloy ex- trusions, with all parts anodl- treated and aprotected against rust, insects, and humid atmosphere.

Anthor nuts, Rolld riveta, Tucker, or similar blind-rivetingi

Joose process, hank nuts,

Cage nuts, and similar devices are used to secure the panels, CX- terior and interior, in position.

It will be gathered that full consideration has been given to possible climatic conditions, and it may be added that insulating material is interposed between the inner and outer panelling of the roof,

Prefabricated

Another consideration which should commend the idea to overseas operators is that it has been worked out on what might be termed prefabricated lines. The body is made in six major assemblies and shipped as a pack unit for assembly at destination by unskilled labour.

PAGE Oil-loading platform

The famous Mulberry Pierhead'la to serve as an oil loading platform for the Royal Dutch- Shall Group at Muntok Bay, Banku Island (Indonesia) for tankers for Pladies and vessels sall- ing up the Moral River. Picture shows: anchoring the Mulberry Pierhond on Muntok Bay.

New time-indicating

traffic signals

Maintenance also is a simple Here are some interesting particulars of a novol matter as all parts are easily detachable and interchangenble system of time-indicating traffic control

with

replacements, sparcs or which may be obtained by sim- ply quoting a number.

signals.

This system, incorporating several new features,

As dispatched the body 1s has been adopted by a number of citles in

packed into a case 20ft. 9ln. long

by 5ft. 11n, wide by 8ft. Bin. deep and the weight is 32cwt.

Australia,

Its arrival at

Mulberry pierhead's new role

GENERAL ELECTRIC

U.S.A.

For all Industrial Requirements.

G.E. MOTORS

& CONTROLS

Agents:

ANDERSEN, MEYER & COMPANY, LTD.

DAVID HOUSE

TEL: 28091.

PROVEN IN THE SERVICE

For 58 years, Cutler-Hammer, Pioneer Electrical Manu- facturer, has furnished dependable control to all depart- ments of the United States Government.

Built to specifications.... backed by an outstanding re- cord of performance.

MOTOR CONTROL FOR EVERY SERVICE, VENTILAT- ING FANS, PUMPS, CARGO WINCHES, CAPSTANS, WIND. LASSES, LAUNDRY 'MACHINES, ETC.

Magnells Brakas,

Motor Operiors for

CUTLER HAMMER Pure Bogulstors,

HEMOTOR CONTROLI

Magnetic Clutches, Watertight Deer

Coctel,

Pushbultane

CUTLER HAMMER, Inc., 1354 St. Paul Ave., Milwaukee 1, Wis.

Distributors

YU TUNG TAI LTD.

Tel. 33145 York Bullding Hongkong

Valvon

Limit Switche

Balenolén, Abesolain,

1

The Lodge & Shipley Company, U.S.A.

(Lathes)

(Automotive Cable

Products)

A recent arrival in the Whitaker Cable Corporation, U.S.A...... Banka Strait, off the East

coast of Sumatra, in Indone- The Thompson Grinder Company, U.S.A. (Precision Grinding sia, was a thousand-ton pier-

|Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Austria ......

Machines) (Horizontál Boring

Machines)

(Ball Bearings.

Diesel Trucks, & Bleycles)

any period as head, once part of "Mul- Lucas Machine Division, U.S.A. The control system is made up the machine for

berry", the famous harbour Designed to fit the Austin 5- of mastot light and a series of predetermined.

For intricate intersections a built to help land troops and ton and 2-ton long-wheelbase slave lights with the same.com-

the coast of coach chassis, the body is adapt- bination of red, green, and amber modification of this system has supplies on

master light been evolved, the being replaced by a small steel Normandy during the Allied cabinet fitted with the necessary invasion; it had been towed The master light, which con- control switches, etc., for the a distance of approximately Schoeller-Bleckmann Steel Works, Austria (High Speed Steel) chassis; it can be supplied in 7ft., stitutes the main novelty of the manual operation and control of 9,000 miles--from the UK to Oesterreichisch-Alpine-Montan, Austria.. (fron & Steel,

system, has revolving hands tra- any number of slave lights.

Banka, where it is now used velling clockwise through red,

The systan has been approved as a floating dock. green, and amber sections of the

by the Victorian Police Traffle clock face.

able for either right or left-hand as in the traffic signals common in steering, and a removable section London's streets. allows for lengthening or short- ening of the body, to suit a

Jet, Gin., and Brt, widths.

Normally the seating is arranged for 20 passengers, bus provide alternative layouts will seats up to 40 on, the Bft. wide body.

Further ventilation is provid- ed by half a dozen ventilators in the roof with continuous extrator louvers the whole length of the

vehicle on both sides above the Exact time indicated LOCOMOTIVES FOR land, after she left Southampton

Branch, and provision has been; This major feat of transport The red section stretches from made for officials to operate the was performed by a

2,250 h.p. roughly the 12.15 position to lights so that, in case of emer Dutch tug. the Noord Holland, Metallwerk Flansee, Austria, o'clock, and the green from 0gency, a continuous flow of traffle whose staff of 11 officers, includ- o'clock to 11.45, the space be- can proceed in any desired direc-ing towing specialists, and crew Sartorius Werke, Germany tween 11.45 and,, 12.15 being amtion while such emergency exists. of nine, ensured that there were ber.

no mishaps en route.

Cassella Farbwerke, Germany The course taken by Noord Hol-Zeiss-Ikon A.G., Germany windows.

towing the 200 ft. x 80 ft. pler- The floor is of novel construc-

As the hands travel over the

SOUTH AFRICA tion, made of sections

head. was through the Mediter- ranean to Port Said, via the Sucz together to from a strong-plat-dials they indicate continuously form, each section being inde- the exact duration of time clap-

salled Some measure of the Unit-Canal to Aden; st then

Yeean to the pendently skinned and easily de- sing before the next change in

pur- signal colour will take place. ed Kingdom's contribution to across the Indian

Sundra Strait, bet in Sumatra tachable for maintenance

"This has been found a valu- the rehabilitation. and de- und Java and on poses..

able feature not only for on-velopment of the transport Strait, which lies between Suma- destination was Muntok Bay, a

brought

Müd steel. formed sections

the

Manka

Sale Agents

Railway Materials,

Blast Furnace Equipment)

(Powder

Metallurgy) (Analytical, Balances)

(Dyes)

(Cameras, Micro-

scopes, Lenses, Field glasses,

Etc.)

from the bearers and they

and they are suring the safety and easy flow systems of the Common-tra and the islet of Banka; her THE HONGKONG CHINA MERCANTILE CO., LTD.

cadmlum plated.

ling covers the metal floor,

on

bearer

fem

by

The chassis attachment is the bottom flange of the and I bolted to the chassis means of a bracket.

PIPELINE ACHIEVEMENT

of traffic but also for protecting wealth is afforded by the fact small port on Banks, facing children and the aged and in that since 1944 nearly 500 Sumuira across the Banka Sirait.

crossing from risking a just before the lights change. engines have been ordered by

Hero the pierhead was moored the South African Railways Time elements are provided Administration from British including 12 anchors and 4 moor- by 250 tons of mooring materials for adjusting the time sequence

Ing buoye,

of the lights to trafe require-manufacturers. ments at any intersection; - once) set this sequence remains con- stant and is naturally also trans- mitted to all slave lights by the master light.

L

Large dials

These have included mainline Hitherto, tankers of 9,000 and drawing passenger] 12,000 dwt, carrying crude oil engines for and goods trains, as well as en- from Lutong, in Sarawak,ocean! gines for mixed duties.

terminal for the output of British -Borneo ollfields, to the Shell re- While the bulk of the orders anery at Pladjoc could take only have been for, steam locomotives, part cargoes the percentage 38 - have been electric locome-varied according to the size of the These lights are conspicuous tives. More electric locomotives ship but average 60 per cent of distance, being 15ft. high are still on order, one 22,000,000 total capacity because the overall and fitted with dials 3ft, contract for 40 of these unlis Moesi River, on which Pladjoc in diameter. The dials are floodlit being for the most powerful type lies, is too shallow to permit the 'at night. The signals are of passenger and goods locomo passage of such vessels fully- mechanically operated by a tives yet built for South Africa, Jonde.d

motor, which la sufficient for the control'of any number of slave lights placed at any distance.

The new pipeline, from Mtwara, East Africa, to Mtua, near Nachingwea, opened recently which is to supply fuel for con- tractor's plant, agricultural ma- chinery, and transport for the at a ground-nut scheme, is made of steel, weighs 6,000 Bin, welded lons, 'and required 33,528 welded joints.

It was built for the Shell Com- p. electric pany of East Africa by Taylor Woodrow (East Africa), Ltd, and will be used for transporting gos, all, and motor spirit, the change- ever from one type of fuel to an- other being made by the insertion of a "plug" of water, nearly a mile long, as a separating medium.

Valuable shipping space was thus lost on this 700-mile trip:

These locomotives and other rolling stock, including about 5,000 goods wagons and passen- gér coaches, all ordered in Bri- This waste to almost entirely The service sequence and food-fain, and many of which have eliminated now that the pler- lighting circuits are controlled by already been delivered, are re-head is moored for use as a foad- electric, timing clocks, which au- quired to make up for heavy ing platform at Muntok Bay. # tomatically operate switches cut- arrears in replacements which small port on the lalet of Banka, facing the mouth of the Mocsi ting out the lights and stopping bullt up during the war.

'River" across the Banka Strait,

from Pladjoe.

U: SPALINGER & CO., LTD.

Eng. Dept.

JA, Wyndham St.

Models:

Remington

AIR CONDITIONING

THE PROFESSIONAL

THE DIRECTOR.

THE OVERTON.

·THE CLIMATE CONTROLLER

Sales & Service Tel: 32785

4 H.P. Window Type

1% H.P. Cabinet 1%% H.P. 2

14 H.P. Industrial

FOR EFFICIENCY & BETTER LIVING

USE

REMINGTON AIR CONDITIONERS

and only 70 miles

Ocean-going: tankers

aro able to make the trip from Sarawak to the plerhead fully loaded; and: iho transfer of part cargoes to a special shallow-draft, vessel,, the 8700 ton Saldía, now; assigned solely to shuttle service between Muntók Bay and Fladjoo, lightens the larger öll-carriers sufficiently to enable them to pass up the river to the refinery.

In this way, they can carry nearly twice as much, crude, olt from. Sarawak sa before.

Thup this cratwhile, invaluable and unique Instrument of war has become, an important link in a peacetimo transportation system.

FAST SHIPBUILDING

3,000-ton") motor-tanktør men Morathe:@Norwegian

Bud Belland, by Joseph Là

Laidlaw Bullding,

20, Des Voeux Road, Central, Hongkong

· Cables “Chlmecanco"

Telephone 20369

Marelli

fans

CEILING MODEL 55% and 36′′:

Effolent, silent and economical In use,

PEDESTAL MODEL 24′′

Oscillating and elroulator.

TABLE FANS 10′′, 12′′, 16′′

Oxollating and convenient.

EXHAUST FANS

For all Industrial, home and offici

purposes. Bilent and effolent.

NOTE

"Art › with"; speed, regulators

prices;

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