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ENGINEERING & BUILDING

EAST AND WEST

Trials of H.M.8. "Daring."

Road Construction in the

Argentine.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932.

June 13.

Since then additional e'vetric traits have been cun, and when the installation is finally empleted, the train service will be further augmented, -Angineering.

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gas Supply.

The area of gas supply of the The British Department of Over- Newcastle-upon-Tyne and

Gates. sena Trade 'states that it has been head Gas Company extends 20 The tarpeduboat destroyer, H.M.S. Daring, loft, the Southamp-

announced that the Ministry bf miles from north to south and a Public Works of the Province of similar distance from east to west ton shipyard of Messrs. John I. Thornycroft and Company, Ltd., Cordoba, Argentina, has prepared and covera most of Industrial Tyne Southampton, on September 5, and projects for the construction and side.

The sales of gas totalled proceeded to Plymouth for her permanent maintenance of an ex-5,045,000,000, cub. ft. in 1931, com tensive network of macadamired Aceptance trials.

She is one of and asphalt roads in the vicinitypared with 3,539,000,000 in 1921 and the Defender class of destroyers, of the City of Cordoba. For the 3,064,000,000 in 1011. The progress and has been ordered under the purpose of the scheme this Provines made by the company in recent

and years, 1930 unval estimates. Her length has been divided into seven zonra.

account of its The extent of the network amounts, is 315 ft., and her displacement in all, to 8,000 km. Work will be achievements and policy are con about 1,300 tons. The propelling commenced immediately on the im tained in the Year Book, 1932, machinery is designed to develop provement of 2,000 km. of the most issued from the chief office, 33, approximately 36,000 h.p., to give important highways. an estimated speed of 38 knots.sch-me, it is stated, is to be com- Grainger-street West, Newcastle Engineering.

pleted within five years.-Engineer- | upon-Tyne. This brochure, which is well written and illustrated, statea that a

new spiral-guided 'gasholder having a capacity of

Automatic Looms Wanted.

ing.

'Colour-light Signalling. ·

The entire

an

The increased demand for auto

A further stage of the automatic 3,000,000 cub. ft. has been erected matie. Tooms has resulted in the addition of a new, erecting a shop, electric, colour-light signalling, and recently brought into service to this works of the British North which is being introduced by the at Howdon Gas Works. The re rop Loom Co., Ltd, of Blackburn. London Midland and Scottish Rail construction of a portion of the The now shop is 100 metres long way. Company between Camden and retort plant at Elswick Gas Works and 50 motres wide, and it is ex- Watford, was brought into opera has also been completed, and the clusively occupied in the building tion in September. On this date reconstruction of a further portion has been put in hand. Other works Northrop automatic looms of all the new system of signalling was sizes and types, both light and extended from Willedden to Kil now under weigh include the crec, heavy, wide and narrow, and for barn, having the sections from tion of a 250,000-cub. ft. capacity Fulton, woollen and worsted, and Hatch End to Watford and from gasholder at Chester-le-Street, the artificial silk goods. The looms Kilharta to Camden to ve convertid installation of a waste-heat boileri are fitted with tappets, dobbies and to the automatic principal later in plant at Redheugh Works, and the ineguards, and individual electric the year. The section between Wil- relaying of about 3 miles of high motor drives are a conspicuous fra- lesion et Hatch End was convert-pressure main in the old Tyne- ed and brought into operation on mouth arco, It is stated that 1931 was a record year for main-laying for the Company, some 54,700 yards; of main having been placed in position-Engineering.

Orders from Latvia.

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The Latvian State Railways have invited British coal exporters to submit tendera for the supply of 25,000 tons of well-known types of

coal.· A, further order for the same quantity is expected, later,

In a letter to the Consul for! Latvia at Cardiff, the Latvian Consul-General in London writes: **The Latvian Government gives overy support to purchases of national requirements being made in Britain a that country is, Latvia's beat customer,"

Although South Wales will only supply a portion of this new coal order, it will benefit indirectly as tre mois to place abroad the smaller the more coal competing districts, the surplus left to compete with Welsh coal in other markets.

During the first six months of this year Latvia took 66,000 tons of British coal, ne compared with een than 2,000 tons in the corres ponding period of 1031.

Back to Coal Movement.

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USE OF REFUSE FUELS

Continued from Paga 2.)

Air Dried Peat.

Another difficult fuel also is air- dried post, containing say 25.33 par cent. moisture ander good conditions, with a heating value of 7000-1950. B. Th. U. per lb. while

of

vast variety of fucts is of courie represented by wood and general dust, shavings, bark, pieces vegetable material, including saw- wood, branches, and roots, as well as talks, scods, nutshells, and similar products. In this field al- so is bagasse or sugar cane rest- dues, which generally has a hent ing valas of 2000-2350 B, Th. U. per b. while it cannot be too often emphasised that most industrial establishments in the world are making little or no, effective use of general factory refuse, which under proper conditions is an excellent Conl fuel.

Welsh Members of Parliament: representing the "Back to Movement in South Wales are to mest in conference with Mr. Isane Foot, Secretary of Mines, in Sep tember.

The Government has not acceded to a request for a Royal Commis sion to investigate the practicability of the Navy returning to the of cont as fuel, but it is expected that the present "conversations " may lead to new moves in favour of wider utilisation of coal in Britain.

Shefeld Content,

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Not a single fault had developed This tribute to Shof- Buywhere' field workmanship has given great" satisfaction, in view of the severity of the test involved.

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Tho Government of Cyprus, through the Crown Agents for the Colonies in London, has negotiated a loan of £415,000, the proceeds of The engine of the Pues Moth which are to be devoted to the con-

harbour at aeroplane Hoart's Content," instruction of motor reads and the which Mr. J. A. Mollison made the reconstruction of a crossing of the Atlantio from East Famagusta, to West last month is fitted with a crankshaft made by the English Concrete Construction in Japan.

The trend of building design in Steel Corporation at their Vickers Works in Sheffield, while the valves Japan is indicated by the fact that are of K.E. 963 special steel manu- 95 per cent, of the important build- factured by Messrs. Kayser, Elli-ings erected in the past several Eon & Co., Ltd., of Carlisle Works months are of reinforced concrete. in the same city. In a statement Of the 41 outstanding buildings, to the Press Mr. Mollison reported the two execptions aro the Printers that after landing in America school (of wood) at the Imperial Palace and a college building (of "Every part was de good as new.

(Continue on next folumin.) ¡ brick).

THE CHILDREN'S

SHIP'S FLAGS

DISTRESS

CORNER

Edited by UNCLE Jack

A BLUE and white checkered flag

flown above a penuant with

red ball on a whitd field may be said to come within the category uf denimatic signals at sea, for they represent the two flag hoist · mean- g: I am in distress and require immediate assistance.

The flag uppermost is “ N," and the pennant under it "C" of the international code now in use, but in the new code, which comes into force at the end of 1933, "C" i changed to a restangulär flag divid ed, borizontally, blue, white, red, white, blue.

The distress signal may be made in various ways, such as the fir ing of a gun at minute intervals, the continuous sounding of the ves l's whistle, the radio 80S, and the distance flag and ball signal.

Flag signals of distress are not seen so frequently nowadays as they were in the days of sail and wooden ships, but, although steam laughs, nt lee-shores and strel at springing leaks, a thousand hazards will continue to beset veskels so long as they sail the sens, and from Lime to time some of them will be in distress,

PIDGIN ENGLISH

LITTLE BO PEEP

Little Bo Peep Hah loosee he sheep No sabes whaf side

findee,

Masken no cly Come back bye' an bye Cally he tailul back side he. -

OUR ENGLISH

Here is a peculiar word which

DO YOU KNOW!

⠀ GUILLOTINE

long before the French Revolution made it so notorious."

does not appear in the EnglishNOT many people know that the dictionary-Ghoughphtheighttenau- guillotine was used in Britain it spells potato!

Impossible 1-Well *Cih" is profiìounced "P"

us in "hicough "ugh" is pronounced "0"

!!

as in "dough"

"phil" is pronounced "T

an in

as inphthisis" eigh" is pronounced "A"

neighbour tte is pronounced "

a in **

Burette 11 1'1 i pronounced “0”

as in "beau"

BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

Why does the professor always look over the top of his glasses 1"

"I should think it in be. cause he doesn't want to weir titom out."

..to

Horringe (according Jones Minor) go about in shawls:

The Black Prince, was the son of Old: King Cole.

A deacon is a man of in- flammable material;i

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What is the oldest tree?- The elder, of course.

Awkward Situation.. "Tell your boss I have come to see him," said a tall, broad-shoul dered man, bursting open the door of the clerk's office. My name's Daniels,”

The Regent Morton was deenpi- tated by it in 1581, and the rebel Argyll was the last person to be executed in this way in 1085. It was also used in Italy and Ger- many during the Middle Ages.

Then, in 1789, in France, Dr. Guillotine came across some old printa illustrating the use of this dread machine. He later suggested it to the Revolutionary Tribunal as a rapid method of disposing of the unfortunate aristocrats.

It came into general use and was at first known as Louisette, or La Petite Louison, but soon i was niversally hailed with shudders na the guillotine.

DID YOU KNOW?

JAPANESE

women sleep on woo.. den pillows, in order not, to rumple thair hair.

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That the giraffe, is quite, quite dumb, not being able to utter so much as a squeak or á grünt of any kind

That the East African natives still buy their wives for so many head of cattle, and that a native woman has been known to have been sold for a white man's top-hat, a pair of braces, and an old pen- knife?

Misunderstood.

At last the disgraceful rumor had been traced to its source, and the cook was confronted by a pro- voked mistress.

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The office boy, a little fellow, gazed awe-stricken at the visitor..

You're Mr. Daniels he ex what I card from your own lips," was only repentin,'. mam, claimed "How very awkward tire cook asserted Oh Yeah?

"What do you mean, awkward 1'! Į mr Gracious shrieked the inis- Here is a Scotch anecdote that's

I've got orders to put you out."tress, "do you mean to say I told different. Among the train pRAFOT-

you my husband was in jail ?'* Courteous.- gers were an oderly Highlander

Not in so many words," ́com- and a young lad. The former was

Mrs Marmerly (to her little ceded the cook, but I drew my holding a watch in his hand and daughter, who has just returned own conclusions. You said you was studying it with intense intr-

from tea with friends): "I hope was going to give a coming-out farest, Suddenly he seemed satir you said No, thank you, more party, in the summer. fied and he'condutor to him.

often than Yes, thank you

What is it the latter asked. "I want to pay the rest of my grandson's fare, replied he High- lander: holins just become 12 years old."

AnhalYes I did. - I Inda'ba been cating more'n half an hour before they began saying, Don't you think you've estem enough And I said, No, thank you

EngHih As It In Spoken. Preacher (at a reunion meeting) I have only one regret-I miss so many of the old faces I used to shake hands with.

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