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Hong Kong, 27th Aug., 1956.

THE CHINA MA

SCIENCE

'PAMPHONIC LOUDHAILER RUNS ON BATTERIES

With increased requirements for safety at sea a British firm has recently produced a loudhailer for use in exposed positions and which is run from batteries and can thereby be used in an emergency if necessary.

of

The equipment la unusual in ment is mounted on the hinged that it is housed on vibration- lid vo that every component is proot mountings In R sheet unmediately visible should ser- metal cose with waterproof vicing be required. die-cast cover. All the equip- All the componenta are

and high stability

tropicalised where necessary. Arrangements ure made to feed ether one or two loudspeakers, which can be at some distance from the main equipment.

Trend Towards

Heavier

Construction

...

The equipment can be left in a stand-by condition, occasion. ing

on small draini

the balleries. The equipment then springs to lie when the mwitch on the microphone is pressed.

The audible renge of this There is a marked trend equipment is considerable.

The equipment can also be in the

towards heavier construc-used on land to assiet tion and more powerful docking of ships, the parking of drives to machines to cars, or marshalling of trains. It is also suitable for police cars, meet modern demanda.

political canvassing, advertising. This is noticeable in mill-feboats, yachts and other small ing machines and is par|craft.

in ticularly

the development of copying lathes and multi-tool lathes

marked

The agents in Hongkong are The China Engineers. Limited.

designed for high rates of Gas Turbine

metal removal by the full

use

of cemented carbide

tooling.

The size or motor Atlee -

Generator

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1956.

ENGINEERING

OXYGEN

EQUIPMENT

of light-weight A new Type oxygen equipment, believed to be the lightest in the world, helped a British glider to win Iwo-seater class World the Com-iding championship at the St u 4,600-kw Ye, France, recently.

pears large for machining the The Shell Petroleum diameter and length of work-pany have ordered

puree acconunosisted

These

extensively

maschines

arc

21220

Kas

al

from и gas turbine-generator

firm for base load used Manchester

on naturat automobile operation. I se

bar work

Serta, British North Bornico.

The plant will be similar

of axial- design to the range

designed by flow gas turbines the Manchester Arm for opera- bon of natural gas or distillate et fuels and suitable for use CIT base load, peak load, or stand- kaifs by duties where separate

301 tustry forgings.

Since lathes of this lype have high rates of output, it is usually necessary to instal bar centring much facing machines to service them.

lothes These also €24116216 power-operated work or quick-acting chucks drivers.

There are. however, other of the application of aspects high horse-powers. Many ma- chines—often relatively small

machines- and other have separate feed motors with, further motors for

miling

perhaps

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES pld traversing.

"CALAK"

Damages cargo ex

Durian

1312 total

power

Therefor avathable SP1 a relatively small be considerably Hone things thal or the nati

mavisine my

electrical

motor This vessel will

Again, the demands nnds by be surveyed by Merry Gourd &

Tuiler

Turbines and generators Are creating need for larger and more powerful machines which will retain fair measure of! flexibility.

What Ju l

29 and 21. 1938, Je a.m.

on AURÍ and consignees are requested to inve their tongeniallyes present during the marvey

BUTTERFIELD & SWINE, Axents

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To ADVERTISERS

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Hong Kong Birds

Herletots, G. A. C. 1953 Hong Kong Birds, P vil+233, 11 pis., 8 in colour, numerous blacie- -and-white drawings in text. Hong Kong: South China Morning Port, Ltd., HK$35.00.

a most welcome handbook for ornitholo gists resident or station. ed in Hong Kong. All the hitherto recorded species are Included; plumages are clearly and concisely described, and a short account is given Df field. characters, voice, habits, status, etc. The illustrations except for three plates of photographs, are all by Cdr. A. M. Hughes, and include four attrao. tive plates of the heade

Would

of 42 species and many useful drawings in the text, The writer of this review

hayu beneßted greatly from this book when station- ed in Hong Kong some years ago, Even now, on referring to it, some 40 unfarolilar species on which notes were made at the time have almost all proved easily Identifiable.D. W S

(Extract from "The Ibie" offfale Pruan of the Hellish Ornithologists Union,': British Museum).

M. POST HONG KONG KOWLOON

Conspicuous among this type of plant is the horizöntså boring

Chine.

1111

On 1100-lype machine. 11 which the column slide along a bed, has a 16 inch (25.4 cen- timetres) spindle driven by a with 100 horse-power motor, additional

inotors (some up to 30 horse-power) for effecting the varicus feeding and fast traversing movements required. William Asquith Lid, Hay. Yorkshire, England.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27 By Alt Thailand. Burma, India, Pakistan. Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 8 p.m.

By Surface Philippines, 1 p.m.. Macso, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 By Air Peking, Shanghai, Kunning, Han- kuwa.m.

Thailand, Cambodia, 19 a.m.

Indo-China, France, 11

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N. Borneo, Australia, New Zea-

Jand, Noon.

Philippine, à p.m.

Malaya, Indonesia, a pam. Guam, Finwall, U.S.A., 2 p.m. MOSTOSA, d_p.m.

Thailand, Burma, Bodia, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Great Britain, Europe, 6 p.m.

(US-A... CRDada, (8) p.m.

]. Philippines, "N." Borneo,.8 p.m.

·Japan, -6. Pat.

By Burface

·China, Peoples Republio, 7 gan.. Japan, Noon. Macao, 19.m. korea; 4 p.m.. Macro,

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FACTORY FIRE

Fire broke out at the Leda Industries (Rubber Works). Lið. of 83, Pak Tad Street, Kowloon, at 10.13 this morning.

Amall quantity of e cloth REMONTINI, was burnt al; The fire was oxlingulished by employees before the arrival of four fros

of trom 1,750 kw to 5,000 kw are required.

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Metropolitan Vickers

Elec- Trafford Park, trical Co. Lid. Monchester 17, England

Made by a Yoovil, Somerset, company who specialise in air- craft atmosphere control systems and high altitude breathing ap-

the paratus,

equipment has been kept specially com- pict and light in weight for uffe in light alrereft, small passenger

new

nuchines and gliders.

0

The vital part of the new flow selector equipment is consisting of a control unit and u content gougo, nkunted on a single panel measuring only

weighing 4 by 3 ins. and less than 1 lb. This unit allows

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

BEGINNING: THE NEW NEIGHBORS,

HUH--SOMEBODY'S

IN THE HOUSE NEXT

DOOR! BEEN VACANT

FOR TWO YEARS.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK, TIGE.

HOUSEFUL OF FURNITURE! IT WAS EMPTY YESTERDAY! WHEN DID THEY, MOVE IN?

AHEM-CAN ¡HELP YOU?

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Milestone

Radio Show In London

For the first time the transistor is seen in ro- ceivers available to the public at this year's Radio

Show in London (August 22 to September 24).

it in Incorporated in one of two all-transistor portables and in a larger number "hybrid" portables--these com- bine conventional

of

River & Harbour Models Help Civil Engineers

WORK OF BRITAIN'S HYDRAULICS RESEARCH STATION

By A. G. Thomson

THERE is no reliable method by which a civil engineer can calculate the effect of a proposed barrage or a scheme for flood protection on a river bed. In valves to coastal engineering works, such as the keep down the price while

construction of harbours and docks, securing economy In battery consumption,

further difficulties are presented by the A now type of instrument, fact that neither the characteristics of

tho battery-operated Bamo-

modicia. This combines a bat-

phone, is con in several waves nor the strength and distribution of tery-driven 7 in long playing the currents set up by particular wind record player and a transistor conditions can be mathematically de-

termined.

amplifier and is said to give 1,500 playing using only four U2 cells,

A car radio will be seen with a Arandstor converter as well es transistor output.

Printed circuits which mini- misc wiring and soldering (80 and reducing production costs) which save space, were seen in one radio receiver last year, but this year at least half-a-dozen

manufacturers

receiver

making use of them and this is established definitely now an the pilot to select Down

in receiver manu- 1,2,3,5 or 10 litres 1 minute technique the first four being those not facture. It is a British invention. mally required

10,000 f.

The third major event is

in table and 30,000 thorough change-over 17,000 ft 26,000 ft,

and in radiograms, ft, respectively. The 10 litres ardio sets, minute dow is necessary only to the design that provides the VHF wave-band as well as the In an emergency.

There are about Control

VHF models giving other usual bands.

in the Show. Now ranges can be supplied and By the end

the of this year, Hone, Light and Third the equipment can be used up BBC.

be

avouable w 40,000 ft.

programines will

fre- Interference-free based by the

units

The complete system

200

Yet a harbour of unsuitable each 120 feet long, 60 feet wido design may be unsafe for and

feet 6 inches deep shipping under certain conditions These are used for the investi- or very costly dredging opera- gation of problems involving tions may be necessary to keep the channel clear,

it

Waves and tider, which are

generated by

urod

010

ingenious basin

was two

barbour.

relative

mechanisms, In order to be sure of avoid- formerly occupied ing mistaken which, one the models of Lyttelton

which were been project had completed. in New Zealand,

to asper the could only be put right with und very great difficulty and at merits of different designs of

is extensions to considerable expense,

to the existing har- ow of desirable to carry out expert- bour from the point of view ments with very

accurately the protection afforded to ship- constructed models, which must ping anal the amount of dredging be fairly large.

required to 300ep the harbour After experiments on Before work is started on a the models, a suitable design for

in inajor project

colonial the proposed harbour extension territory.

was evalved, consulting engineers can obtain practical guillance from the Hydroulies Research Station, which is being

the Department built by Scientific

the

and Industrial Research ala cost excceding £500,000. Situated at Howbery

on this few eclector consisto of queney-modulation system, on an oxygen storage cylinder and VHF, to over 84 per cent of the a face mask. The cylinder is population of the United King- charged to 1,800 lb u sq. inchdom.

400 and its capacity can be

is So the Show marks the estab- new ero in radio lites or 760 litres. The total lishment of a weight is respectively 8.8 lb or high quality era in which radio will take its place side by 12.7 lb.

Yeovil, side with the gramophone in Normeloir Somerset, England,

"hi-8" development.

Led.

UH-I'M MR. CRAB FROM NEXT DOOR. I WAS

LAST

NIGHT,

WONDERING WHEN YOU MOVED IN HERE?

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

LAST NIGHT?

MOVE IN A HOUSEFUL OF FURNITURE WITHOUT MY, SEEING IT?

DO YOU ALWAYS SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.

MR.CRABY

FERDINAND

By Mik

TO TRAINS

a

NANCY

I'LL GO OVER AND TRY MY NEW WATER PISTOL ON

NANCY

JOHNNY HAZARD

By Ernie Bushmiller

THERE SHE IS

FANIZ BUSHMILED

·IMI'M STILLS [GOING :-TD, FLY: THAT RAGHI XM

GOND TOLİ

Robbins

number

open

Walford, basin.

at

of

Gold Coast Project

MODEL for studying the projected harbour at Tema, Park, on the bank of the River in the Gold Coast, is now being constructed in the camo wave Thames

near

This herbour

project Berkshire, this research

will be carried out in three rapidly taking shape, and a

The first stage will growing

model tages.

consist of a single finger berth investigations are in progress.

and the second of three finger Finally, kt is proposed The facilities

Howbery berths. Park include two wave basins, of the present

to reclaim some land on the site beach. There will also be a cance harbour for local fishermen The present design of harbour in ita yarious stages of develop. ment will be tested L. the model. Subsequently, the effects of shortening the breakt waters and of other modifica- tions will be examined,

EVEN

MAGICIANS

Cars Curlsberg

TRY

If we were

any fresher wed still be

on the vine!

Libby's

FROZEN STRAWBERRIES

TODAY

ROWNTREES

You can tarts the fruit!

San Miguel

As part of the same investi- gation, the breakwater of Tema Harbour is being studied in a wave tank to determine whether the design being tested will stand up to the waves likely to be encountered, Each of the rectangular blocks in the model breakwater is equivalent to a boulder weighing between five and ten tons. The experimente

Large

will indicate how noclos should be arranged and so that they will be isturbed by the largest waves. Varlous modification of the original design have been bested. One of them has given Butisiatsiory results, End will probably be adopted.

Room For Larger Models

to investigato associated with

order

problems

the flooding of a river, const erosion, or the silting of 'a har- bour. may be necessary to reproduce several miles of river or coastline, and the model may be much too big to be accďme › modated in a building of normal size. A building has therefore been planned in which work involving very large modela can be carried out, This will ultimately have a floor area of nearly four acres.

*

The first stage was com pleted early this year, and has an area of 300 feet by 200 feet. Five models are at present planned for it; One of them will be a reproduction of the to

Karnaferli Råver trojn the Patho

aboye its junction with

Haidh River some 20 miles upstream In order to develop the Pakistan port of Chiltothing. conditions in the river requiro to be improved. The model will be tureck to examine the problem involved and will be

hout 200 feet long.

· MELCİ

Flumer

`channals' oŽE Various type and sizes are also ...:: available for model studies. Domage we being caused to

a power station at Dokhells, Cypris,

by the action of waves forms undies certain carried out!

during conditions, in a wooden- . fume equipped with a wave-maker: enabled low well of mutable, chong construction to be recommended which completely excluded i

Bealdes helping find the me for

are being.

Research