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ENGINEERING AND

THE IRON BOOM IN JAPAN

BUT ON SPECULATIVE

BASIS?

Tokyo-Following their decision to increase production of round bars, steel manufacturers are now, busy pushing on their schemes to increase the production of shapes, wheels and wires. A fow partics have already expanded their capa

city.

channels of

ed, however, that the present

FILM OF COTTON INDUSTRY

ADDRESS TO SHANGHAI ROTARY CLUB

SUCCESSFUL CHINESE

ENTERPRISE

of a century when a few ambitious

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HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER IN INDIA

IMMENSE POWER STATIONS

AND RESERVOIRS

theless, the results obtained pere so sofisfactory that five further 1,000 hh. inite were installed in the Sivasamudram station, in 1904, thus increasing its total capacity to 11,000 h.p. The addisional, water required for this purpose was ob tained by temporarily increasing the height of all irrigation andouts above the intake by about 4 ft:

Safeguarding Supply.

....

In 1900 and 1907 the branemision lines to Bangalore and Mysore were constructed, the resulting increase in demand being met by installing a twelfth unit with an output of 2,000 h.p. The total capacity of From time immemorial the waters the station thus became 13,000 h.p., of the Cauvery River in India have which corresponded to a maximum been diverted for irrigation purwater consumption of 600 eustes, poses by means of low weirs or To safeguard the supply during the anicuts, thus enabling about 180 sq. summer months, it was therefore miles of otherwise waste land to be necessary to constinct permanant fertilised. The river, which is sole storage works, a project which had 1450 miles long, rises in Coorg, and also been under consideration for after flowing across the Mysore some time in connection with the Platesu and the Madras Preidency, need for increased irrigation facili: discharges into the Bay of Bengal. ties.

For this purpose, a dam was It has a total catchment area of about 27,000 sq. miles, of which built across the river at Krish some 11,600 sq. miles lie in the maraja, about 65 miles shove State of Mysore, and along its op

demand embraces a fairly large. Chinese from Kuingtúng èmigrated stage of the works

percentage of speculative dealings. Believing that the market quota- tion is at a higher level than it anticipate set back sooner or actually deserves, many consumer

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HIGH POWER PUMPING SET

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FROM US

Nanking, February 5.-I view of the diffoulty of obtaining water for industrial and irrigation purposes in Kasi owing to the high altitude of the province, the Kansu Provin dial Government has recently pur chased from America i high-power pumping set. The machine is dire to arrive at Shanghai shortly.

It is learnt that the pumping wohinery is capable of supplying - the needs of the four largest fac tories in Lanchow besides furnish. ing an ample supply of water to the farmers over a wide radius for the. irrigation of their fields.-Kuo Min.

CATHEDRAL WITH 64 CHAPELS

The cele

WORKING PLANS THAT WRIGH 810WT. The Archbishop of Liverpool (Dr. Downey), presiding at a lecture by Hr. Joseph Devlin, M.P., on be half of the proposed. Liverpool Catholic Cathedral, stated that the foundation stone would be laid on Whit Monday, June 5. brations would extend over several days. Already four acres of the Sir Edwin Latyens, the architect, site had been cleared. had designed a magnificent altar to be erected on the site for the cere of towering height and majestic beauty, which would serve its par pase until replaced by the high altor of the cathedral.

Two cardinals and forty bishops would attend the ceremony

The cathedral, it is stated, will have 48 chapels.

At a well attended tiffin' meeting of the Rotary Club held at the Metropole Hotel, Shanghai last week, Mr. David Kwok gave an interesting classification talk on The Yawata Steel Works, for in the Wing On Textile Manufactar stance, is to produce angles and ing Company, Ulustrated with

from 12,000 tons to the reels of movies, Mr. E. F. 13,000 each in February and Harris, president of the club took March

against B3

7,000 to the chair. 3,000 tons last year. Wire

Mr. D. Kwok passed around a per reaches there are numerous Sivasamudram, at a point where a manufacturers including the Kobe leaflet giving an

outline of the rapids, the potentialities of which, catchment area of 4,100 sq. miles Steel Works the Asano Kokura wth of the company. It had for power generation first attracted could be intercepted. Initially, Works, the Nakayama Steel Works been printed few years ago, he exserious attention towards the end of this dam, which was not completed and the Adiuma Steel Works are plained and since that time, both last century. In particular, the until 1920, was 80 ft. high and im- to increase their production and spinning and weaving schinery Cauvery Falls at Sivasamudram pounded 11,000,000,000 cub, or black sheet makers as the Kawasaki have been added to as to forasse were made the subject of an inquiry sufficient to provide a minimum flow Dockyard, the Nippon Kogge and the production of cotton yarn and by H. H. the Maharajah of Myof 900 quaecs in the power canals the Adrung Steel Works Many cloth, and the capital has been in- sare's government the actual in In 1967, its height was increased to plate manufacturers are also co-creased to $12,000,000 by declaring vestigation being entrusted to 124 ft., so that the reservoir is now Brigadier General (then Major) capable of storing $4,827,000,000 cub. sidering an increase in production. a stock dividend.

The steel industry is thus enjoy.

The pallet traced the history of Joli de Lotbiniere, R. E. As a re-ft. The total length of the dam is ing a boom. It is generally believe the company back over a quarter gult of this officer's report, designs 8,000 ft. and the reservoir sub. mony. It was a solid work of art,

were prepared, and the initial merges more than 40.8 sq. miles of was begun in land, no that it is one of the largest in India. In 1915, two further 1,000 f 1900, "

Power for Gold Fields.

hp. generating sets were added, and at the same time than transmis The primary object of the worka sion pressure to Kolar was raised was the supply of power to the to ky two of the lines being Kolae guldfekte 92 miles distant, re-constructed and equipped with

In designing the plans the the scheme being based on

year later

1,00-h.p. Francis ton of paper, and the actual work- Sivasamudram, though as the river turbine, running at 500 .p.in and ing plans of the cathedral weigh minimum, fay at 100 cases at suspension-type insulators, Two architect has used more than one is monsoonal heary foods recur, each year. This flow was diverted coupled to 3,000-kw. generator sew through an anicut 2,300 ft, long was installed, this being the first

ed in India: and 8 ft. high into a cahal 17,060 ft high-head reaction set to be employ- 22 IMPORTANT PROVINCIAL long, which terminated in a forebay

Power Station of 50,000, H.P. at the top of a rocky bluff. A site for the power-station was hewn out of the rock at the foot of this blu The construction of the Krish at a spot about mile below the raja reservoir, by ensuring ample.

In accordance with the provisions. falls and was connected to the fore power all the year round anused s

ay by a 900-ft, pine-line.. A total rapid increase in demand and made of the 3-year Reconstruction Plan head of 400 ft. was obtained in this it necessary to decide how the water for the province, the Provinsint way, both the canal and the pipe- available should be allocated be- Reconstruction Bureau has real ince being of sufficient capacity to tween the industrial and agricul arized orders to various district.

tural communities. After con-governments concerned for the com deal with a flow of 276 cases.

The original plant in the station, sideration the Mysore. Government pletion by the end of the present consisted of six 1,000 h.p. impulse deterinined to allot sufficient for the year, of routes of the Provincial turbines, which generated three-former purpose to give a minimum highway system. These roads are phase current at a pressure of 2,173 continuous flow of 900 cusecs at Bcattered throughout the province, rolls, and a frequency of 25 cycles. Sivasamudram and, to enable this and their completion will enable These sets consumed about a quantity to be utilised efficiently,ommunication possible of all the cuseca at full lond, their efficiency to sanction a plan for the extension important districts. Several im being only 3 per cent. This gepera and reconstruction of the generat portant suburban roads for Canten for pressure was stepped up to ing plant. To begin with, the city are also included in the num $5,000 volts for transmission over eleven 1,000-h.p. turbines were re- on the map, and thence was distrib. uted at 2300 volts to the mining companies. As no storage reservoir was available, the power obtained from the river had to be supple mented in the dry season by a 5,000 h.p. steam plant at Kolar. Never

Ito Australia. Having made" good there in a few years, some of these one of the first department stores returned to Hong Kong and started there, called the Wing On later establishing the big store in Shang steel bars, the present decision ports. Realising the need for a

As regards the production of hai and sores at several other will be effective in checking specula tories in China they started the tion, or an abrupt rise in prices. Wing On Textile Mfg. Co., in 1032. As briefly mentioned, however, which has now grown into the huge many manufacturers have already plant in operation at Woosung now, been working at full capacity, so employing 13,000 people. In reply that it is other difficult to increase, to a question, the speaker said that production at this moment. Some the damage done last year during parties consider it more profitable the Sino-Japaness trouble has now to produce shapes or wires, than been all repaired.

bars.

According to the Sinwanao," the installation of automatic tele phones in Nantao has already been completed and will be completed is Chapci very soon. The operation of these newly installed telephones will begin from next month.

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The company consume annually in its four mills 500,000 piculs of cotton, approximately valued at $23,000,000. This cotton comes from various cotton collecting stations throughout the country and also from India, America and Egypt, a manifesturing, cost. $8,000,000, this guttons i converted into collon yarn, ranging in counts from 10s to 60s. A portion of this cotton yarn. is consumed to weare cloths of various constructions. In round figures the company annually produce 160,000 bales of cotton yarn, consuma 40,000 bales in their weave yards of cloth, and sell the rest of the yarn.

Mr. Kwok here exhibited two reels showing the complete process of manufacture from the raw cot ton to the finished article. The Alms were excellent and gave a good idea of the up-to-dateness of the plant at Woosurg.

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In addition to its established re putation for extremely reliable and coonomical running, it is also a wonderfully versatile unit suitable for a very wide range of motor craft, as evidenced by the following installations for which Thomycrofte have recently supplied. "Handy billy engines to various British boatbuilding yards, who have these craft under construction, PROR Six auxiliary yachts, a 20ft. ples eure launch, a fishing cruiser, a 10lt. Pilot's boarding vessel, mis sion ary launch for the Congo, and a Yorkshire fishing cobble, for which rather uunsual type of craft the Thornycroft Handybilly" has proved equally satisfactory

Although many owners have ne ported favourably on their Thomy- croft Handybilly" angines run ning, for many months on end with

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Reports from

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Francis reaction sets of British demand had increased so rapidly. manufacture, and as these sets work that sanction for the erection of two on auction, the gross head was in-9.00hp. units was obtained, and- creased from 108 ft. to 418 ft., or by these were placed, on load in 1059, about 3 per cent. Before, however, thus bringing the aggregate capa this extension was completed the city of the station up to 50,000 h.p..

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