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His Excellency the Governor pre- sided at the mostings of the Ex geutive and Legislative Councils.

LAST WEEK'S ACTIVITIES. FRIDAY, October 2

SUNDAY, October 19.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Reel attended the "Hospital Sunday" service at St. John a Cathedral.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Feel attended the distribu tion of the prizes of the annual golf competition at the Sheku Club Lady, Peal gave away the prizes.

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At an Investitura, held at Gov ernment House, Hia, Exer loney the Governor invested the following gentlemen with the insignia of Major H. B. L. Dowbiggin re coived the insignia of Officer of the

their orders

Roar Admiral Hill, Miss S. Wals tor and Miss I. Walter arrived at Government House.

His Excellency the Governor ve ceived Mr. O'Gorman Anderson on his appointment as Deputy Com-i missioner in charge of the Chinese Maritime Customs at Hong Kong

NEW BUILDING REGULATIONS.

REINFORCED CONCRETE

STRUCTURES.

The following regulations have been made by the Governor-in Council:

TIMBER BRIDGES.

ECONOMY IN HIGHWAY COSTS

Although timber bridges are not used for railway, work in England to anything like the extent they re abroad, in view of the pressing need for economy, there secina every reason why some of the

1. The Reinforced Concrete Ro. sandler bridges contemplated should

A guiations made by the London be built of creosoted wood.

ions of section 23 of the London of practical experience advocates County Council, under the provi-railway engineer with many years County Council (General Powers)

The following dined at Govern ment House: F. E. Major Gonernihall be deemed to buit force in 10 get the full life of the structure.

Act, 1900, on the 0th of July, 1915, this course, and says: In order Sandilanda Coramodore and Mrs. every part of the Colony to which bund strong enough for future "Walker, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Part III of the Public Health and "Southorn, Hon. Mr., Mr. and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, for the time being and from time to time Miss Hallifax, Hou, Mr. and Mrs. applies, subject to the applicabil Creasy, Hon. Mr Mrs and Mise ity of such negulations, and with Mackie, Captain Royne, Captain | ou the mid Ordinance and the cir

such modificatione as the provisione Godfroy, Captain and Mrs. Bodcumstances may require or reader dam-Whetham, Captain Bousfold, necessary, and with any modifien- Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, Commander Building Authority in any party tion specially allowed by the Curtis, Pay. Comdr. Pasmore, Lt.cular cuan

Military Division of the Most Ex, the Hon. R. D. Coleridge, Capta ted of a building to be constructed fully conversant with the necessity.

Cameran and Mr. Baskervsle Glegg.

cellent Order of the British Em pire Sergeant Majors. R. JE Everest, HK.V.D.C., and Sergeant. Major A. E. Tayor, H.AM.C., that of Member of the Militarymont House." Division of the same order.

At the same ceremony the Hon. Dr. W. B. A. Mooge and Mr. T. K. Chak received the Badges of a Serving Brother and an Associate Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

TUESDAY, October 20.

His Excellency the Governor hold a meeting at Government House to discuss with representa- lives of the St. John Ambulance Brigade the question of the estab- ligiment of nebild welfare centre

in the Now Territories. Lady Peel was present at the meeting WEDNESDAY, October 21,

His Excellency the Governor at- tended the final of the K.O.V.L.I. Cup as the Hong Kong Polo Club

On behalf of His Excellency the Governor, Captain T. A. H, Colt man, A.D.C., Inid wreaths at the Cenotaph and at the Royal Naval Memorial, Wanchai, on the occa- sion of Trafalgar Day

Rear-Admiral Hill left Govern

Saturday, Octobor" 24.

Mr. J. W. Stephenson, retiring Commissioner of Chinese Custcras, bad an interview with His Ex- cellency the Governor.

His Excellency the Governor and Lady Poul with a small party left Hong Kong on board the "Kau Sing" for a short tour of the bas teru waters of the Colony,

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loads. It is interesting to note that is order to cut down costs many of the large Trans-atlantic radway companies are replacing a great number of obsolete bridges. steel but with creosoted timber, hot with reinforced concrete or and highway engineers are follow- ing their example wherever pos

treated timber they are using. Bible,

They realise that in employing 2. Every plan heronfter submit permanent material, and they, are who or partly of reinforced of taking into account all its struc concrofe shall be accompanied by tural characteristics and pot simply proper and complete calculations its resistance to bending, Mr. W relevant to such reinforced con D. Keeney has told us recently that crete, to the satisfaction of the in the past many engineers have Building Authority, and by a cer disregarded some of the important. timber beam design, tiarate, signed by an authorised details

the form in the particularly bearing and horizontal architect, in

sheaT. Schedule to these "regulations. S

3. Effective supervision shall be exercised in and throughout the

"While the loads" encountered in construction" of every building ro ferred to in regulation of those enough to enuse crushing failures, highway trafie are seldom heavy regulations; and upon the compler they do frequently overstress beants tion of such construction, and in in horizontal shear and bridge the case of a new building before stringers should always be designed the grant.of the prescribed permit to rest shearing stresses, devolop to occupy the building, a certificateed by the maximum loads consider." that much supervision has been ex ed in highway specifications. ercised signed by an authorised ar the majority of cases in ordinary chitect, shall be furnished by him trestle design the resistance of to the Building Authority.

stringers to horizontal shear rather than their resistance to bending, will be found to be the factor governing their selection,TAMI

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Failures which have occurred, the architect is required to certify while usually attributed to bending, that the plans and calculations have undoubtedly resulted from have been, prepared under his pot overstress in horizontal shear, sonal supervision, and that they which, though not readily visible, conform in all respects to the Re has divided the beam in two and inforced Concrete Regulations made thus substituted for the effective by the London County Council on

section, modulus of the deep beam. the 0th day of July, 1015, in as

the greatly less effective moduli of far as the same aro-applicable to the two beams. While this is a this Colony. He has also certify fact generally known to most o that he has been engaged to attend gineers, there are many, les fami to the construction including effechar with wooden highway bridge itive supervision in and throughout design, who may not have studied

the point.

such construction.

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