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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 933.

THE EXPRESS LIFT CO., LTD.

WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE BUSINESS OF

SMITH, MAJOR & STEVENS, LTD.

EXPRESS SMS

LIFTS

MODERN LIFTS FOR

MODERN BUILDINGS

SPEEDY RELIABLE SERVICE

FOR DETAILS APPLY TO

THE G.E.C., QUEEN'S BUILDING, Chater Road.

EVERYTHING

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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

UNTIED ENGINEERS MEETINGS

Directorate Of Singapore Firms

ADDITION TO BOARD

COPPER AS HARD

“GRID ***

AS IRON

ALLOY WITH GREAT- POSSIBILITIES"

STRONGER THAN STEEL

Exposition here,

TO

START

TRADING

from

NEW FIRE FLOAT FOR WHANGPOO 117 Foot Craft Delivered At Customs Jetty;

Costs Tis. 100,000 To Fit Out

stcar

Shanghai-Shanghai now has a equipment. She has two now are float with which to combat monitors extended to 33 feet above water fires on wharves or ships in the the water. These take the place harbour. She is the Poo Chi,of maste. The boat is painted rad IN MID-EAST ENGLAND ON which was delivered at the Cus and groy and is manned by a crow

JAN. 1: THE NEW TARIFF ·

toms Jetty and later taken to Tongot 11. She kon for a test, which was reported launch, the dimensions being 11-

resembles The construction of the Grid to have been satisfactory.

feet over all, 24 feet wide, with a having been completed in the Mid-

The Poo Chi was built in 1929 draught of nine feet and a speed New York, Dec. 7-A new allor East England aron, the Contras Last year she was converted into i take in river water and it is presa i and used for fumigation work of 12 knots. Two suction pumpa An extraordinary general meet resembling gold in appearance, but Electricity Board has notified su- fire Aghting craft by the New Ened to the deliveries, half of ing of United Engineers, Ltd., to as hard as Trus and stronger than, thorised undertakers that consider resolutions regarding the steal, has been creating much in-ary 1, 133, trading operater tioned at the Pootung Point River on the top deck. A total of 1000 gineering Works, and will be sta which are on the fore dock and hall board of directors, was hold attornat at the National Engineering in that area will commence under Police Hulk, to be operated by th feet of hose is part of the equip

the provision of the 1928 Act.

The announcement means that eall at the Jetty to pick up mem- paratus, smoke helmets, reviving Customs and to be held ready to ment, together with breathing ap the "Grid" is, for the first time, bere of the Settlement First Bri- apparatus, gas masks, etc., all about to begin normal operations gade in case of fire on the river on a published scale of charges- for such trading as it has so far ed by the Customs. The craft costs lieved to be the first of its kind in

This is the second fire float own from England. The craft is be

equipment having been Imported done has been on special ad hoc more than Tis. 100,000, and is fitted the Far East, and the best fire terras.. The Grid tariff for Mid-with the most up-to-date fire Aght fighting Boat cast of Suez.-Can- East England ie, the terms upon ing apparatus which it will sell electricity to the

and life-saving ton Sun. "authorised undertakers" in that principle of a fixed charge per area is based on the "two part" kilowatt of demand pluss rate for NDW HIGHWAY IN THE each unit of current consumed. The charge per kilowatt of the

the company's offices, River Valley Road Singapore, on Dec. 28; Mr. J. A. P. Strachan presiding.

In his opening speech the chair At the extraordinary generat mesting held on May 3, 1832, it was

man said:-

It is obtained by hardening enp per with small quantities

of

beryllium and though experiments ******in beryllium alleys have previously

been carried out, the present de velopment is believed to mark a great step forward

agreed to submit a resolution to the effect that the qualification of new alloy, it is claimed. directors be the holding of 500 or for making tools from which there renists abrasion and can be used dinary shares in the company. At is no spark. This makes it e the time of issue of the notice in pecially valuable for use in aire respect of the last annual general series and other places where fire meeting, notice was given that the risks are proat. Its alleged ability resolution would be proposed at to retain its shape im ruperheated meeting to be held to-day and I now have pleasure in proposing the Re-steam suggests a value for valve solution as follows: "That the Arti while its high conductivity, ten springs ΕΠΙ steam- "transmission, cles of Association of the Company ile strength, and failure to cor- be altered by the insertion therein rode are expected to lead to its immediately after Article 50 of the wide use in power transmission. An following Article namely:--

addition of more than 23 per cent. of beryllium makes the alloy too hard to work.

90A. The qualification of Director shall be the holding a least 500 ordinary shares in the! company, A Director may act be fore acquiring his qualification."

Capt. Snow seconded, and the resolution was carried.

This development is due to the energy and enterorise of the tech micians employed by the Anaconda Copper Company and its subei- diary the American Brass Com. pany. It is confidently regarded lets for the surplus copper of the as one of the most promising out-

world.

ancient races some method of tem It will be recalled that among pering copper was known which

is now lost."

Additional Director. Proceeding with the second meet, ing the chairman said omag

At the annual general meeting held on Sept. 19, 1917, it was re- solved that the board consist of one executive and three non-execu tive directors until otherwise de Visitors to the Exposition also termined in general meeting. A saw a demonstration of the elee the annual general inceting held trolytic process of depositing cop on October. 28, 1932, it was proper whereby a film is laid on a posed that the number of the non-revolving drum, from which it is executive directors be increased by stripped in an endless roll strong one additional member, and the and flexible, but so thin that its Board thereby consist of one execu weight is only one ounce sach tive hoi Tour non-executive direr-square foot. Backed by fabric, it tors This meeting is called for can be used for roofings and awn the purpose of considering this ings. proposal..

I now propose: "That the Board

"basic

demand "-normally the.

NORTH

Peiping, Jan. 4.-It is announced that trafic on the newly construct

The

CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S INTEN TION FLYING

VISIT TO HANGCHOW SCHOOL

peak load in 1832 of each autho- FROM PAOTAO TO NINGHSIA | rised undertaker is fixed at £3 108.

Hangchow, Jan. 5. Generat ad the tariff contains a sliding scale by which a declining rate is

Chiang Kai Shek; inspected the terday morning. He arrived here. Flying School at Chienchino yes charged for successive increments

In addition, the consumer pays ed Paotao-Ninghsin Highway willing, travelling by motor car on th of demand over the basic figure.

from Shanghai the previous even- 0.186 of a penny for every unit be inaugurated - to-morrow. consumed. These, terms are very road is roughly a continuation of

newly completed 'Shanghai-Hang- favourable relatively to the general the Peiping Suiyang Railway, students, General Chiang returned

chow Highway.

After addressing the aviation. run of existing contracts for the which terminates ot. Paotao. Tra to the Cheng Villa for Juncheon..

ik supply of electricity.

velling westwards to Wuyuan, at In the afternoon, he reviewed the aside by the Ministry of Industry Over 10,000 people welcomed Geft- the Great Rend of the Yellow Chekiang Poace River, which area has been set Corps

Preservation

for the creation of a model reclama ward to Ninghsia city (Taulan), Tuesday evening. A number of tion district, it turns southwest eral Chiang at the omnibus station capital of Ninghsis province.-Ku? Party and Government officials call- at Chingtaimen when he arrived on

Min,

ed on him yesterday, among whom was General La Ti Ping, Chairman of the Chekiang Provincial Govern ment-Kuo-Min;

Sixteen Selected Stations. tion of electricity in the area will Under the Grid scheme, produc be concentrated in 16 selected ata Ferrybridge, Rotherham, Kirk tions, the principal stations being stall, Thornhill, Blackburn Me dows (Sheffield), Hull, and Brad: Ford. Those at Kirkstall and Fer rybridge are among most efficient in Great Britain. They have reach-

per unit generated in excess of 23 and this has been a factor in the ed on overall thermal efficiency carry out work of standardisation per cent, the national average bespeed with which construction has ing about 10 per cent.

been completed:

connected by main transmission The sixteen stations are inter- lines operating at 132,000 volts. with extensions north-to link up. with the North-East England area, A Shareholder's View.

west to link up with North-West aist of one. executive and four non-gard to the question

Capt. Snow said that with re England, and south to link up with executive Directors.?

of & new South-East England. A secondary director he would like to draw the system at 33,000 volts has been de attention of the board to the facveloped to open up agricultura that several shareholders, himself districts in Southern Lincolnshire included, proposed a re-organisa- and Rutland,

of Directors shall henceforth con-

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tion of the directorate of the com- The mileage of main transmik pany. For the sake of the com- sion lines as completed amounts to pany's affairs he considered that 323 miles and of secondary lines ta they should have the heads of the 202 miles, giving a total of 825 electrical, civil engineering and miles in the scheme area."! inechanical engineering depärt- Owing to the fact that all the ments on the board, in order that undertaking in the area are a the board could have the benefit of ready generating electricity at the their advice. They wanted dired standard frequency of 60 cycles, tors who had an interest in the there has been no necessity to company and who had knowledge, (Oontinued, on text Column) - of the company's business." At tije | present time they were up agains! a difficult position, and with duc respect to the present directora de considered they were not profes sional men but commercial men.:

The chairman said it would be the endeavour of the board to ob- pany's affairs he considered that they possibly could with a view to assisting technically if possible.

Capt. Snow asked whether they would consider his proposal con cerning the heads of departments

The chairman replied the pro- posal would have the most careful. consideration of the board. T

Capt Boow said he would like to imprese upon them that the company could not expect bg, com- bete with films in the same line of business inlem they had a very fully equipped directorate. They wanted men who would 'assist the commercial members of the board. He had never heard of the directóra of the company taking an interest in the hutside aftencies. That had been left entirely to the managing director.

The chairman pointed out that Mr. Macgregor find twice visited Bangkok and that Mr Fell had accompanied im the chairman) en two occasions, to, Bangkek and Penangananda

In reply to a quation by lis Macgregor Capt Snow said he considered the herds of the depart ments ought to be on the board. Their advice ought to be sought.

Mr. Macgregor, But it is done regularly

Capt. Snow said that the heads

LIGHTING & POWER INSTALLATION of departments did not at an

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directors, and it stood to reason. that if a Strachan who bad been managing director for many years had ideanwhich, were oppos ed to them he was hot going to let those men express their views.

Mr. Macgregor said that if's head of department had any objas tion to the management he could make hisobiection direct to the board

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Aural Potentialities.

The Mid-East England ared com- prises most of the County of York- shire, the Counties of Lincoln and Rutland and sections of Derby and Nottingham. The area, affords a good example of intensive indus. trial development, which has a ready created a very large demand for power, and agricultural and rural potentialities which have still to be tapped..

MUCH TRAVELLED EXPRESS. ENGINES

FINE RECORDS OF LN.E.RS LOCOS

MILEAGE

Eight of the L.N.E.B. Pacific type (4-8-2) locomotives which haut the heaviest passenger-express trains between England and Scot- land, have each now travelled more than half-a-million miles as the following figures show: ENGINE NAME ME Royal Lancer" There has been considerable ex-Flying Fox" tension of, industrial electrification Victar Wild lue to the modernisation of plant "Great Northern in the principal industries, in the Bir Frederick Banbury district, and a conversion of fac-Flying Scotsman. tories generating their own elec-"Robert the Devil" tricity to the purchase of electri-Hemit" h city from the public supply sys

Lerns.

613,206

574,009

562,05"

539,358

520,792

519,203

$317,771 510,075

Altogether these eight locomo tives have travelled 4,356,618

For Constructural Work of Every

Description

Use Green Island Cement

TWO REFLEX TYPE ROTARY KILNS HAVING LENGTH OF 254 EEET THESE RIGINS MANUFACTURE GREEN ISSAND CEMENTS

ABE USED

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