1932-04-20 — Page 7

CHEMISTRY AND THE COMMUNITY.

(Continued from Page &)

activities.

Chemistry in War. *

HỒNG KONG

to speak. Many were killed and others' seriously injured and all sufferail abominably. Though in a as spectacular way, they, anrved their country well..

1932

BOARD COMPANY MEETING.

ELECTION.

K.R.A. NOMINATE

CANDIDATE.

A-saoond candidate for the vacant soap on the Sanitary Board has been nominated, and a contested election is imminent. This, we be

MESSRS, A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

SHAREHOLDERS" TRIBUTE": TO THE MANAGEMENT,

laboratory cleaner. Two years later, in 1921, they had a staff of aleven'; in 1982 of 20 including ten senior men; in 1923 of 30; in 1994 of 37; in 1923 of 45; in 1000 of 54; and in 1987, the last year for which Were time availablo 1. could say I have figuras, of 72. These figures something on the many ways in Under exact chemical control, not indicate fairly clearly that in the which chemistry seeks to serve the only were the Goal produs purer experience of a largo and success. community. The chemist caters for but much more uniform, a point of ful business organisation, su off all classes and in many different vory great importance when the cent laboratory is not an ornament.ways. He provides the medical mon

Presiding at the annual meeting: final product of one industry beal luxury, but a paying concern and with radium, colloida metals and

of Mears, A. S. Watson & Co., comes the 'raw, material of another. a nccessary adjunct to their business, other new drugs and annosthetics,lieve, is the Arst time election to a Ltd, held at the Hong Kong Hotel

Further, by improved processes,

the housewife with stainless steel, sat on this Board has been con- yesterday, Mr. H. Humphreys re- it was found possible to make use

cutlery, faduless curtains, and tested since 1912; and considerable viewed vory successful year's of raw materials, which bad previ

smokeless fuel. He provides the public interest should therefore be working. ously been looked upon as valuo I will refer briefly to another fapper with kiss-proof lipstick and less owing to the presence of some direction in which cheinistry aids artificial sunburn to say nothing of serious imprity, difficult to elimi-the community and that is in con-new perfumes, new eye-brow pencils nate. For years iron ores, con- nection with War. In war time the and other armament."

(Laugh- taining phosphorus, were regarded chemistry profession comes into its tor), Chemistry supplies the mo as useless to the steel industry, own and British chemists have every torist with better tyres, moro Then chemists found that by lining reason to be proud of the work ac efficient lubricants, the Bessemer, Converter with

complised during the late war. basic dolomite lining instead of, ~with an neid silien one, those cheap

One immediate effect was natural. phosphoric iron ores could be con an umpitendented demand for verted into "good: steel, and, fur explosives of many different types thermore, that the slag from the converter containing nearly all the

later for many different chemi cals and curious and unpleasant

evinced. "

Chairman's Speech... The now candidate is Mr. F. O. Mow Fung, who has. Keen nominat

Addressing the meeting tho od by the Rev. W. Walton Rogers,

Chairman said: I will Arst of all President of pho Kowloon Residents deal with the Accounts--Amongst" Association, and seconded by Mr. Assets you may notice that Stocks in. Trade" show an in- E Cock, M.EE., Paat "President anti-knock petrol and Duca Cellulobe enamel.of that Association. Mr. Moweronse of 8124,870 which was vir It gives the engiacer alloy steele and other structural materials with useful properties undreamt of a few years ago. It has given the textile manufacturer a range of colours

to the increased dollar value of

phosphorus, would find a market properties. At first, the demand that out-vie the rainbow, also artition and organisation of the war goods sold at the low rate of ex-

#s'a valuable fertiliser,

With the development of organic chemistry and increasing know leilge of the atomic structure of many organic substances rame at- temple to build up these molecules, leading to the successful synthesis

ficial silk and, soon we hope, artificial wool.

In the course

:.

of these very

boon gold, no longer appeara amongst the Assets. There was a2 profit on the sale of 831,000, as is

Fung's long residence in the tually, inevitable, in view of the Colony, dating from 1895, has very low rate of the dollar during the period under review. Sundry brought him in touch with all sec.

Debtors are up. 931,500, dao partly tions of the community; he was primarily responsible for the formato increased business, and partly

was met by the régular Government

tipo Police Reserve, and subse quently he received the thanks of

change prevailing. and private factories but it was

the Government for his services insion A Marine Lot: 381, having Connaught Road Property, Sea soon evident that new and greatly enlarged plants would be required. scrappy and disconnected remarks I connection with the formation of When war broke out, T.N.T. had have tried to give an idea of how the Chinese Special Constabulary which did auch good' work in the just been officially adopted as a chemists spend their time and ab

xisted for making it in any une direction, the chemist serves the tion of the existing Police Reserve service explosive but no facilities tempt to justify their existence. In emergency of 1025. On the forma of many substite previously quantity. The total capacity of community well. He is an optimist. in 1027 Mr. Mow Fung was appoints

Amongst the Liabilities you will tained only from animal and vegetable sources. „

the country at that time was not His motto is "Nothing is imposed Assistant Superintendent of notice bank overdraft is down more than ons per week. Some-sible," and every now and then the Police (R) in command of the 214610, though but for the fact thing had to be done and done does something which goes some Chinens Company. In addition, M..that we sold our Connaught Road The dassient example is that of quickly, so British chemists got tway at any rate, to justify the Mow Fung was a Director of the Property, the overdraft would hav indigo. Indigo, which is closely re-work. A site was chosen near Old- | motto.

been very much higher. He aims at increasing Kwong Wah Hospital, Kowloon, inted to the wond of the ancient bury and a plant designed for an efficiency by cutting out waste and during 1995 and 1926, and be balanced of anissued Capital, with We are calling up $300,000, the Britons, was, until fifty years ago, output of 250 tons per week. To saving time. One way of doing the served on the General Committee reference to which I would remark. obtained only from the indigo plant get together and assemble a com fattor is to cut out all unnecessary of the E.R.A. since 1997, boing Vice-bhat it does not take a Napoleon and the bulk of it was" produced in Eplicated, plant in the then dis-talking and that I propose to apply President in 1920 and 1930 and Pre of Finance to realise that with the

Indigo.

organised state of the country's into the present situation. 1 willsident in 1981. dustry, in any reasonable time, therefore, enable you to get on with seemed hopeless proposition but something worth while by bringing the attempt: was made. The first these remarks to a close and at once sod on the new site was cut in resuming my sent. ' (Applause.) February, 1915, and exactly three months later, the first ton of T.N.T. was ready,, packed for delivery. In

· Speaker Thanked.

In thanking the speaker, Pro fessor W. Erosn said he knew, just

was that Mr. Dovey's paper was a great pleasure to propose that Mr. remarkably good one. It gave him Dovoy receive hearty vote of thanks for an extremely interesting "and instinctive address (Applause.)

shown in Profit and Loss Account.

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Directors Fees.

India. To-day chemistry has trans. ferred that industry to Germany.

The election takes place on Thes-Hong Kong dollar round about 3/ After You Bayer, in a series of

day, "May 10, roting is open to all

it requires more Hong Kong dol- lars to run a business than if the masterly researches, had worked out

whose names appear on the Jury exchangs were 1/6 or more, “and by the structure of the indigo molecule,

List, or on the list of persona way of example; in this connection," fifteen years of patient work, were

exempt therefrom, and all votes I would point out that though 'dur. put in by the research chemist of

must be recorded at the office ofing the period, under review, Lon the Badische Aniline and Soda

the Registrar, Supreme Court, be-don drafts cost £8,040 less than the tween the hours of 10 m. and 1 Fabrica with the object of produe. | a very short time, the designed ing the substance synthethically. A capacity of 50 tons per week padnough about chemistry to apprep.m on the date of the election. previous year, yet the coat to us in Hong Kong dollura, was $183,887 method was found for producing it been reached and exceeded. Later Beiate the drift of the speaker's re-

The same applies on 3 from the substance Toluse, a sub- the works at Queen's Ferry, near marks and to understand the ap plication which had made to chemis

smaller scale to U.S.A drafts. stance occurring in coal tar and Chester, "were completed, with an

try. In one or two industries in The output of 100 tons per day. closely related to benzine.

which the speaker had at various amount of tuline, however, in coal

times been in tech, his impression Amazing Figures.

(Dentibusshna učar Coin200 $2,3 tar was so small that by such a process it would be impossible to It might be thought that in capture the indigo trade of the Government factories erected under world, so in spite of the success, the the stress of war, where, the steady- process was deliberately scrapped.ing effect of shareholders and More years of work, followed and dividends were not at work, the fually a process was defised, start factories would be run on ex ing from, naphthaline, a cheap and travagant lines. However, a care, plentiful by-product of the gas ful study of the second costs report making industry. What has been of the Department of Explosives the result? Germany has now prae. Supply will show that yields com- tically the indigo trade of the world pare favourably with those of any in her hands. It cost thirty years private factories. Some figures will

of

expenditure £1,000,000 sterling.

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of unremitting work and the show the scale on which explosives. something like were turned out during these four years-Eieric Acid, 08,000 tons; T.N.T., 238.000 tona; Ammonium Nitrate, 379,000 tons: Cordile, 130,000 tons.

To-day, the laboratory takes an increasing part in industrial work of all kinds. So wide has become the field of activity that specialisa- As an example of the indirect tion has taken place to an extra-service rendered by individuals, "the" following may be quoted. At the

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GIRL GUILLOTINED!

THRILLS AT THE KING'S TO-MORROW.

ordinary extent., One man now outbreak of the war there arose a gives his life to the chemistry of very large demand for all kinds paper, another to the chemistry of of optical instruments, telescopes, cocoa, a third to the chemistry of field glasses, range-finders, gun cement, a fourth to the chemistry of sights, etc., and the British optical petroleum and so on. There are manufacturers found themselves still those who think that a inbora-short of emery for lense grinding." tory is a rather useless, but some They only then awoke to the fact what ornamental additional to an that they had been dependent an industrial plant. To these it may an imported foreign product. be said that if any laboratory fails Three chemists in London set up to justify its existence, the sooner what they called an Emery Factory the staff are sacked and another in an old basement where they work- substituted the better. A properlyed with their electric furnaces and equipped and staffed laboratory can wooden tuba. Their hands were cut be the salvation of an industry. A to pieces by the course, emery and manufacturer is reported to have they worked with three layers of said, "If your business is going turkish towelling round their heads down or failing to progress, double to prevent the fine emery dust get- your laboratory staff." Whether ting into their lungs. Still, they this should be taken literally is managed to produce about 10 tons a:

Something unusual in the way of "possibly doubtful, but the principle week and practically supplied the vaudeville entertainment will be

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needs of the country during the seen at the King's Theatre to-mor There is an idea in many quar-war. The Government got out row when in addition to the fea- ters, that it is only in the so-called plans for an up-to-date emory fac

Chemical industries" that chemistory but it was not finished before try is any use, but it is to be remem- the Armistice was signed. bered that every substance is a chemical and in the handling of all substances chemical considerations

are involved. Thus iron and steel.

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Needless to say the whole set is

Your Directors' fees have ra mained at the same gure since 1001, when the business was · far. smaller than it is to-day. We therefore propuse to cozvane Ex- shareholders to pass resolutions to raden the fees of Directors to $1,500 each per annum,

I trust you will approve of the appropriations to Reserve Fund of $50,000 and Exchange Fluctuation" Account- $80,000, and also of the ap propriation of 85,000 to the Chi- nese Staff Superannuation Fund." In view of the uncertainty of silver we think that in a business like ours. the “ Exchange. Fluctuation " appropriation is very necessary. I have no further remark make and now beg to propose that

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In aconding the Chairman's re- port, Mr., Bailey complimented the Management on the excellent work done during the year. When put to the vote the motion was carried unanimously,

Other Business.

an illusion, but the thing is soThe re-election of Bir Shou-son cleverly done, that the audience gets Harston, A. H. White and A. B

Chow Kt, and Messrs. J. Scott ture Alm, "A Holy Terror," Mr, F. a tremendous thrill. The execu- Stewart to the Board of Directors A. Clare's Wonder Show from tioner in the act is Professor Mar was proposed by the Chairman, America will make its first appear tin who adds to the entertainment seconded by Mr. J. M. Wong and ance in Hong Kong.

with a rapid patter.

Mr. C. Bernard Brown, A.C.A, ard chemicals. Porcelain and glass into warfare put more work on the short season, only, and throughout and Princess Zenda do some tion of $1,250 each per annum, en The introduction of poison gas The Company is engaged for Mysto, the Maator of Mystifiers, and Mr. &. I. Butlin, AGA ONE re-elected, auditors at a remunera: obemicals. Cement, bricks, chemical profession. When gas was "paints, varnishes, ink and paper, first used against British troops in the week will perform at each regu- thought reading and appear to the proposition of Mr. P. C. Potts,

meat and vegetables, coal, petro-France, no immediate steps would tar pagformance of the King's Then-possess: supernatural powers while seconded by Mr. D. E. Clark, leam, rubber, button and silk are be taken to protect them as the tro all chemicals.

pamming Among those present were nature of the gas was unknown.

Miss Van Camp presents a troupe Mosers, J. Scott Harston, A. EL To show the value of the Inborn. However, a sample, wai ́ ́übtained The star turn, if one may use the of trained pigs which |can do prṇa- | White, and A. B. Stewart. (Dirpo tory to a so-called, non-chemical and rushed to London. It was expression in making, referance to Itically everything a human can do, ora), and JH. Tarrant (Seore firm, let us take the case of Messrs analysed suitable antidote deriso talented a company, is the guil- from opening and shutting gates ER Dirett, J. M. Wong, P. C. fary), and Maseru. W. S. Bailey, Lyons, Limited, the caterers of Loned a simple type of gas mask adopt

They first realised the adyan ed, and 80,000 of these were made Iptine act in which pretty Miss to having a two round boxing con-Potts, A. C. Greaves, Chan. A gig of poeatssing their own, and shipped to Franco the whole Marjorie Lou is decapitated by the test in a roped arena. The whole Tony D. Humphreys, D. F Jaboratory in 1910 and started, with thing in 27 hours. Of the meTA

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