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MASON'S

DELICIOUS

O.K

SAUCE.

Thare, Supreme Court

Hongkong Daily Press.

No. 22,401

號壹零百肆仟弍萬式 日在給月肄年午庚

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

TIME

-TABLE.

Os sad after APRIL 7, 1933, until Farther Notice (all previous

Time Table cancelled).

MP TRAINS

STATIONS A. No,

$0.10 50.4 No, No.14 0,19

....2.x

No.13 0.11 No.28 No.31 F.M. P. P.X, F.K. 2.X

Kowloon.Dep. 8.35 8.00 8.21 905 10.00 19.10 1.18

Tsumsti. Dop. 8.44

Shatin... Dep 8.56

Taipo... Dep 7,10

Trino

7.15

Market.Dep. Fanling.. Dep. 7.25

ahui...Dep. 7,30

Sheung

Shum-

undays & Budidaya only",

D 15: 10.08l 13,141,24

1-9.28) 10,00) 14,30) 1,39 948 10.99 19,43 1.51

9.49 10.87) 12,47) 10,00 10.47 12.57

9.01 10.06 10.52. 1.08 3.10

Sundays & ifolidays excupted

3.204,80 5,40) 7.85 4.38 5.49 7.43 4.50 6.00 7.55 5.04 6.13 8.08,

5.09 6.17 8.13 5,18 6.97 8.25.

5.23 8.82 8.96

ohen. Arr. 798 3.60 0.07|1011 10.58 103,916 317490 5.39 3.388.22

•Canton...Arr.

11.58)

5,48

DOWN TRAINS

7,18

F.MP.M.

STATIONS

No.15 17,19 No No.1 No.1 No.1

..P.M. A,38. 4.36.1.2. A.K. L.M.

Nalio.

3.05

Capton ...Dep. Shamchun...Dep. Sheunghui Dep. "Fanling ...Dep. Taipe Market. Dep. Taipo

...Dep. Shantin

...Dep. Yaumati Dep. Kowloon Art.

Na

2.X

豆

3.25

1.07

7.13 738 10.34 11:21, 11.49 3.33 4.89 3.47 6.49

7.20 8.04 10.41 7.91 3.30 10.47 7.3.19.2110,57 7.40 5.25 11.01 1,53 9.39 11.14 9,069.51 11.26 8.12 8.57 11,32 (12.01

-

11.56 2.46 4.46 5.84

12.00 7.44 4.50 5.58 12.11 2.54 5.00 6.09 1.188.00 5.04 6.13. 19,503,13 5.17 0.26. 12,423.27 6.29 / $.88 19,183,335,35 6,44 7,22

*FOX FIRST CLASS Passengers ONLY. WILL STOP AT ANY STATION ON REQUEST. Further information may be obtained at the RAILWAY OFFICES, KOWLOON, from Mesara. Tros. Coor & Sox, LTD., Howa Kose; from Tax AMERICAN EXPRIM COMPANY, BONG KONG, or from THE CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE, 6, Queen's Rand, Eoxe Kora.

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The following interesting description of the" National Government Central Mint in Shanghai is taken from the Chineas Eemonic Bulletin, the organ of the National Government Bureau of Industrial and Commercial Information.

The Central Mint is situated at Melting Room, the air compressors An electric trolley hoist running an eyebeam, conveys the cad of Gordon Rond on the are herein located, supplying sad overhead on Chapel side of the Soochow Creek, circulating air to the various gas the copper colländers full of an- across which a wooden bridge was furnaces at about 2 pounds pres- nealed blanks to automatic washing

machines. specially" constructed to facilitate aure. easy access to the Hint.. The Mint grounds cover 98 mate, surrounded

are two entrances

fountain.

Beanforced Vaults"

communication in case someone is accidently locked in after the time locks are set, telephones are in stalled in each vault

Ocining Presse5.

With the blanks in an annealed

condition and before having them coined, the edges are raised in six

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The ingots are weighed in the hy, a twelve foot brick wall. There Ingot Weighing Room and then to the Mint kept in a huge reenforced vault grounds: a main entrance facing: There are three of these vaults upsetting machines. The purpose GRAND HOTEL DES WAGONE, south, and a rear entrance, facing altogether, one being attached to of raising the edges of the coins is west. The grounds are well laid the Make-up Room for the storage to protect the too rapid wearing out with spacious lawns and cement of bullion, another being the Ingot of the impression struck. The coin

a third for faisheding presses are sixteen"in number, concrete roadways, lined with grow- Vault, add

In the centre of the coins.. Each vault has six feet of nine being of the larger size for ing trees. driveway approach is a beautiful reenforced concrete flooring with the coining of dollars, and seven eighteen inch reenforced concrete being for the smaller denomina-

Steel shelves

Each coining press tions of coins. The minting plant is connected walls and ceilings. directly with the rear of the Ad-carry the silver stored therefu, elec has attached an automatic" coin ministration Building. The bullion tric radiators are provided to disfeeding device, and each one is comes in and passes through a con- pel moisture and electric fans to designed to strike a blow of 150 tous tinuous chain of processes without provide good air circulation. The pressure, producing a coin of such the slightest bit of wasted motion doors to these vaults each weigh high relief that it is difficult to or time, emerging from the other thirteen tons, are of solid steel and counterfeit it. Located in the cen- side of the building as finished are fitted with time and double

tre of the Coining Room are four coins. Trucks convey the bullion combination locks. For outside in reviewing machines. Here the bars to the Make-up Room, where

finished coins pass slowly on an the correct proportiona are mixed

endless conveyor belt under to make the silver alloy. The

strong lamp and under the eye of a reviewer. These machines are so Melting Room with its two long rows of gas fired furnaces is where

arranged that the coins are auto the melting is done. The moulds

atically flopped over, thus subject- ing both sides of the coins for are attached to ball bearing turn- tables which Fun on tracks and

inspection.

As a final checkup, the coins are which can be shifted from furnace to furnace for pouring. If neces- the ingots into strips. Microneter now weighed in the Automatic sary, the rough edges of the ingots adjusters attached to the tool steel Weighing Room. Here there are are cut in shearing machines, and rolls on each mill, enable the strips twelve machines that are su senri- for fling, four copper lined vise to be rolled exactly to the requiredrive and accurate that they are cap tables are provided. The silver thicknesses of the various denon-able of detecting the weight of a At the end of pencil mark made on a coin. These fangs fall through a hole into a inations of coins. copper lined drawer. Before filing, the Rolling Room are six automa-machines are absolutely automatic. the moulded ingots are placed on tic strip feed punching presses, in their operation, are enclosed in racks in special cooling tubs, first where the coin blanks are punched glass cases to protect from possible in plain water, then in a 2 per cent, out of the strips, at the rate of error through human hands, and the illegal solution of sulphuric acid to bring 120 per minate. These punching unerringly separate hack the silver lustre. Before send-presses also perform the dual role weight oins from the standard. ing the ingots to be weighed in the of cutting machines, for a cutting Mr. Hewitt, the Technical Mint Ingot Weighing Room and stored device is attached whereby, the Expert, besides having to his credit in the Ingot Fault, each inget is punched strips are automatically the design of much other minting personally designed. identified with a stamped number. cut into convenient lengtha for re-machinery,

these natomatic weighing machines. Adjoining the Melting Rooin is

Before being boxed and shipped the Crucible Store Room for eru. The next process takes place, in ebles and other melting equipment: the Cleaning and Annealing Room. to the banks, the coins are counted Next to this is the Sweep Reducer Here the coin blanks are annealed in the Coin Counting Room. Room. Here the discarded cru- in three Rotary Annealing Fur Here again, a labour and time saving device is at hand: enabling

The Rolling Room where the next process of minting is carried out. Here there are two 1 x 14 Breakdown Mills and eight:103 x o smaller mills for rolling.down

melting.

cibles are crushed to pieces in a naces, following which theyve or six hundred epins to be jaw crusher, ground to an impal washed pable powder in a ball mill, then dried in a centrifugal steam drier in order to recover the silver con- tent absorbed in the pores of the for automatically, controlling the <rucibles. Here again is illustrated temperature through the "control of another point in which Central the gas supply. The annealed coins Mint economy is featured, allowing are. dumped into copper, collanders nothing that can yield the slightest and burnished with a weak solution narticle of silver to escape detee of sulphuric acid contained in lead tion. As this room is next to the lined tubs beneath the furnaces.

in, automatic washing machines and then dried in centri counted, in two or three seconds, by fuaal driers. The rotary appealing the mere shake of a counting board.

thermostat This Mint. the Central Mint of fornaces Pach have a

China, has well earned its riame of being the most up to date and best equipped mint in the world. and, with its possible output of 400,000 coins per ten hour working day, it ranks second to none "in capacity.

Diary of Coming Events.

To-day. (May 9.)

Christian Fellowship Meeting. Helena May Institute, 10 a.m.

Official Welcome and Presents- tion of address to H.E. Sir William Peel, K.B.E., at Theatre Royal.

Jumble Sale at Union Church, Kennedy Road, 2.20 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "Condemned World Theatre: "Big City" (Chinese Slm, Feng Yang Tiger" at 230 p.m. and 7.16 p.m.)

Star Theatre: "Love." Majestic Theatre: "The Sunset Legion"...

Kowloon Cricket Club. Extra ordinary General Meeting, 0 p.m.

Auction of Household Furniture

Dinner

Dance: Repulse Bay

St. Paul's Institution: opens new Tea Dance Peninsula Hotel, 5 chapel at Causeway Bay, 3.30 p.m. p.m.

Queen's Theatre: "Condemned." World Theatre i

Hotel, 8 p.m. "Big City (Chinese film," Feng Yang Tiger"

2.30 p.m. and 7.15 p.m.). Star Theatre: "Love."

Majcstic Theatre The Sunset Legion,"

European Mails:-Outward:. Europe vid Biberia (Khiva) 10 a.m. Europe vid Marseilles (Kashgar), 10.30 8.m., Europe via Siberia (Taiyo Maru), 5 p.m.

Tennis: "A" Div.: H.K.C.O.. C.R.C., S.C.AA.. I.RC., M.B.K. K.0.0. "B" Div.: C.R.C. v. Nippon, H.K.C.C. C.S.C.C., U.S.R.C. v. University, English see Paris." | Y.M.C.A. v. LRC, EC.C.

C.C.C." "O" Div.: C.S.C.C. v. Day," H.K.C.C., German Club Filipino Star. Club, Kowloon C.C. . C.R.C., Re-Chanc creio 1.R.C., University v. K.I.T.C

Lawn Bowls:-Div. I. Taikoo

Sunday, (May 11.) Queer's Theatre: "They had to

His Lucky World Theatre:

Theatre: 'Taking

Monday. (May 12)

by Lammert Bros, 230 p.m." R.C. v. Police R.C., Craigengover Queen's Theatre: "They had to.

Tea Dance: Peninsula Hotel, 5 CC. r. Kowloon C.C., Kowloon see Paris"

AGS Kowloon Docks R.C., World Theatre: His Lucky Cibi de; Recreio Civil Service Day

Dinner Dance: Peninsula Hotel,

European Maila - Inwarda Europe vid Suez (Khiva): -

Saturday. (May 10.) Eid-ul-Uzha (Moslem Festival).

Chik Ciril fervice CC. Star" " Theatre;

Taikoo R.C., Royal H.E.Y.C. Can

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Club de Recreio, Kowloon C.C. "Reception to E. Sir William Kowloon B.G.C., H.K. Electric Peel to be given by Kowloon Re RC Craigengower C.C.

"Associacao Portuguesa de Socor-

sidents at Club de Recreio, 0.30 p.m.

European Mails:-Oatwaid: ros: Mutuos" At Home, Club Europe vi Siberia (Pres. Fierce),

...18 p.m. Lusitano, 4 p.m.

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