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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1929.

WORLD'S LARGEST BUILDING.

A REMARKABLE STRUCTURE.

The biggest building in the world | arches of structural steely each arch the Airship factory and dock being curved, and hinged at the being constructed in Akron, Ohio, lower ends, or shoes, and at the U.S.A.. by the Goodyear Zeppelin centre. These arches are support Corporation. covering eight and ed un concrete footings which rest one half acres of level door space upon concrete piles driven to the under a single roof, contains many rock, about thirty feet below the "novel engineering problems,

Perhaps the greatest problem of a was to determine the shape of the structure, so that it would offer the least practicable resistanco to and disturbance of air currents. a problem was solved by shape in the building like an egg cut in two the long way.

This required that the doors at each end of the structure he of unusual shape, instead of the usual straight type of doors. These are

of the orange-peel type, each door resembling in shape that of the skin of one-quarter of 1.0 07acke,

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ground surface.

THE BIBLE SOCIETY,

H.K. AUXILIARY ANNUAL

MEETING.

INTERESTING ADDRESS BY DR. J. H MONTGOMERY,

The annual meeting of the Hong Kong Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society was beld These arches support numerous cat-walks for the convenience of yesterday in the Helena May In- the workmen, and trolley beams for stitute. The business-the adoption handling, materials, for this is of the report and balance sheet- manufacturing building to be used was quickly disposed of and the for constructing airships as well as [aroosting place for the com. speakers were introduced by the pleted ships. Stairs and elevators | President, the Right Reverend, the will provide access to the various Bishop of Victoria (Bishop C. C stages and platforms used by the workmen,

Duppuy).

Of all the engineering problems

Dr. Moutgomery, the President involved in this structure, however, said, had come to speak on The probably the most unique is that Biale in the World." He was weil-

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of supporting and operating the Such a huge structure of steel dours, or portals at the ends. It known to most of those present the building is entirely of steel, is evident that these doors must and had worked in China for 23 both frame and roofing) changes itse of huge size, in order to pro years, mostly in Amoy, and was now that it seemed to him to mark the a steady sale of Bibles and a rapid- the then Bishop of London, said sold. The last 25 years had seen shape constantly as the tempera vide for ingress and egress of the

in charge of the Matilda Hospital" dawn of a new era. ture of the air riges und falls. As airship, with ample clearances, and

ly increasing sale of scripture por the air becomes warmer, the length must be operated safely and with Dr. Montgomery had accepted the

tions which were being bought increases and also the height. As reasonable speed. When open, position of Hon. Treasurer to the

largely by non-Christians the air cools, the reverse occurs.

these doors must provide a clear opening 190 legt high and 240 feet Society and he hoped that he wide at the bottom, the opening would remain in office as long as being in the shape of a parabolic his predecessor, Dr. Sanders, had arch.

done. (Applause.)

one

..

The Society arst turned thair at- tention to Wales, then to the indus trial districts of England, to Seot- fand and to Ireland, and in every place the Bibles and testaments which were distributed were hailed with joy by the people, By the end of the first seven years the work of the Society had touched Greenland, India, the South Seas, China, Africa, the Americas and Australia. The peculiar quality of

It was too soon, the speaker

Expansion and Contraction. Providing for these changes is of the engineer's principal problems, and in this building it is As each leal, or segment, weighs aved by placing the entire struc- nearly 600 tons, this weight is car ture on rollers and allowing it to ried mostly upon heavy four-wheel- expand and contract freely.

ed trucks at the bottom of the An explanation as to the pur-doors, these trucks running, upon pose of the building is necessary circular tracks having a radius of to him about the British and For the Bible was, said the speaker, and Foreign Bible Society had the

to get a mental picture of just what the huge structure will look like.

The Goodyear concern has taken

a contract to build two 6,500,000 euble foot helium airships for the Government to be used in naval service. They will be the biggest rships in the world, nearly three times the size of the present Navy ship, the Los Angeles, and nearly twice as big as the German ship, Graf Zeppelin.

As the airships will be assembled in Akron, where the many facilities and man-power of the Goodyear Company's huge tyre plant are available. the Courpany acquired some 60 acres of ground at the municipal airport-less than a mile from its main plant-for the air ahip shed and operations area.

about 200 it.

The Bible in the World,

areas by saying that one

Dr. Montgomery began his "ad. things which had always appealed.

of the

said, to estimate the results of the Revolution on the work of Chris- tianity in China China had awak ened and there could be no going Before hack to the old order. peace and prosperity could come, there were great problems of recon- struction, public health, etc., "to be faced. He believed that the British eign Bible Society was its world that it was transplantable to every means of helping China through Door Hinges Weighing Three Tons, wide organisation. He spoke of a clime, there could be no menopoly these dificult times by giving them the word of God-for God guides The doors are held at the top by meeting which was held by the of the best things.

the destinies of people and of specially designed hinges or swivels Religious Tract Society in London

Some Figures.

nations. Dr. Montgomery ended by attached to the main structure. in 1802, to which the Rev. Thos.

Some interesting figures were making an appeal for more helpera Each hinge is built up of forgings Charles had come to plead with giver. The year 1997 saw & record for the Society, and his address. and castings, and weighs about the Society to send Bibles tons.

Wales. One of the members, the added to those already published.

to of 14 new versions of the Bibles was received with much applause. Rer. Joseph Hughes was so moved during 1929 one new version was by his appeal that he said "Sarely published for every 3 days of the a society might be formed for the

rear. The whole Bible can now be purpose, but if for Wales, why not obtained in 60 different tongues for the United Kingdom, why not and at least one complete book of for the world?" Those words were the scriptures in 317 others. . the beginning of the, British and Foreign Bible Society. In 1804 a meeting to organise the Society The work of the Society in China was held in London, of which the was begun in 1919 since then Rev. John Owen, the Chaplain to seventy-five million copies had been

The doors will be opened and closed by a mechanism composed of four specially designed gears, operated by "four 125-barsepower meters.

The operating gears en gage rack which is rigidly at tached to the deer frame.

In the building and extending far out into the Geld will be, on each side, docking rails upon which small trucks used to take the ship in and out, will operate. These trucks will be pulled by cables, either by mechanical or man-power. All the piles have been drives, and the pouring of concrete footer is now under way. Students of en

Room for 14 Football Games. The greatest part of a mile of this ground will compose the site proper for the factory and dock. In actual dimensione, the buildinggineering from the United State will be 1,175 feet long, 325 feet wide, and 205 feet high, a building big enough to obscure the rations Capitol at Washington, except for a bit of the spire; to thrust the Woolworth Building and the Wash. ington Monument in together lengthwise and lose them, or to stage 14 football games at once and have room to spare.

and Europe. are expected to follow with interest the next construction step and probably the most difficult, that of erecting the huge steel girders.

The factory and dock is expected to be at least 50 per cent. com pleted by midsummer, when pre liminary tests will be completed before work of assembling the first The building is supported by huge [of the huge ships is started.

COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS.

The following table of comparison will show how greatly the proposed ships will overshadow the existing American and German craft:-

Nominal gas volume, Cu. Ft. ...

Length overall, Ft.

Maximum Diameter, Fr.

Height overal), F

Gross Lift Ibs.

Useful Eilt Ibs.

Number of Engines

Total Horsepower

Maximum Speed. Knots

Los Angeles, Graf Zeppelin. ZRS-4.

2,470,000 3.700,000

036.3

-776

6,500,000

783

00.7 104.4

100

* 132.9.

113

110.5

153,000

407,000

60,000

I'$2,000

5

9.000

3 2,750.

9

63.5

80 M.P.K

4,460, 72.8

L65,000

The Bible in China.

The Bible in the Homs. Mr. Davies, of the New Zealand

fission, who has done 21 years of work in South China, gave a short address on the Bible in the home in which the stressed the fact that many of the great men the men who have done great things for the world of all nations have come from homes in which the Bible was read and studied daily,

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TRAPPED.

MERCHANT'S WIFE COM- MENDED.

Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Central Magistracy, a Chinese who attempted to obtain 830 by false pretenece," was sentenced to three months' hard labour.

3,300

5,360

9,160

hawker, a Chinese who was arrest ed in Queen's Road West at 4.1 a.m. on Monday morning, failed to produce bis friends.

It was alleged that he was at tempting to break the lock of 46, Queen's Road West, and was er- rested after a short chase. The defendant told the Magistrate that he was wrongly arrested, and that he was out on businesswhen ar rested.

and witnesses to verify his story. He was given an opportunity to but no verification. was forthcoming. and he was sentenced to four morthe hard labour.

It was shown that he had a pré- vious conviction for a similar offence.

OUTTING A SAPLING..

In the course of the case it was stated that the defendant called on the wife of a Chinese merchant, who was at the time in Canton on business. He declared that the merchant was in difficulties, having broken the acti-opium law of the A fine of 86 was imposed by Mr. Kwangtung Government and that E. W. Hamilton yesterday on A 830 was required to pay a fine. Chinese youth who was charged

The woman had been prepared with cutting down a sapling on a for this visit by a letter which was billside. His Worship observed mysteriously dropped into the that if the defendant appeared house through a crevice in the door before him again, he would be some days before the defendant's whipped. To a relative who came visit. Not believing the letter, she forward to say he was the boy's seat a relative Canton, where it guardian, his Worship observed was ascertained that nothing of the that he ought to have given the kind suggested had happened to boy a better education and to have her husband The police were in kept him under better control. formed and when the defendant

I called he was taken into custody. After sentencing the man stated, his Worship warmly com. mended the lady concerned, adding that many other women would have fallen for such a trick,

BANISHEES PUNISHED.

Sentence of nine months' hard labour and twenty strokes of the birch was

passed by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, at Kowloon Magie. tracy yesterday on & Chinese who returned to the Colony after he Thad been banished in 1825 for ten. Remanded from the previous day 'years. Another Banishes who' was in order that he might call certain caught in Yaumati was sentenced witnesses to say that he was a to nine months and fifteen strokes.

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