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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933.

ON FIRM FOUNDATIONS

INTERESTING TEST IN ICE house

STREET

THE VIBRO PILING SYSTEM

Considerable interest has been shewn in a test carried out on a 17. inches diametrs Vibro Conerete Pile at the new Stock Exchange Building in Ice House St.

Tho pile tested was driven to rary 4 working" load of 50 tons and

after maturing for a little over a month it was decided to subject it! ten test load of twice that amount viz. 106 tons.

A special platform was cast on the pile head and the load applied in the form of bags of earth, obtain ed from the site, at the rate of 20 tona per day.

Lainediately after removing the load the pile was found to have partially recovered. As the con- struction of the superstructure is proceeding it will not be possible

"The sccompanying photograph shows the pile under taximum load.

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AFRICAN AIR ROUTETM

THE ARMY WANTS RECRUITS

Sir Eric Geddes' Tour Room For 30,000 This

FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

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SEVEN YEARS OF SECURITY

of recruiting for the Army at the time of the financial crisis in Owing to the partial closing down

August, 1031, there is still a defici- ency to be made up. Thirty thou- and it is hoped to get 9,500 in the sand recruits are wanted this year. first three months.

About ten years or so ago the Great Western Railway Company started the use of 20-ton iron and stoel wagons for coal on their system, and have equipped their London,, February 14-Sir Eric dooks with coal shipment appli- Geddes, the chairman of Imperial { iances to use such wagons. In view company make rebates aggregating Humphony, the managing director, of the substantial economies, the Airways, and Mr. G. E. Wandy id, per ton in respect of traffic for arrived home yesterday after their shipment carried wholly in 50-ton journey by air along the Empire air wagons. For financial and other reasons, many colliery compames route from Europe to South Afrien, to make further observations. have retained in service a large They had returned from Capetown number of smaller wagons. The company have now offered to take by Union Castle liner, in order to advantage of trade-facilities loans give Sir, Erio Geddes, whose health

Some of the attractions for young to build 5,000 twenty-ton wagons at has not been good, the benefit of men to enter the Army to day were a cost of about 1,000,000l., and to sea voyago, and reached Soy mentioned last week by Genaral Sir let these wagons on hire-purchase thampton in the early morning. The Archibald The Plant required for this is on especially favourable terms, air liner Heracles, one of the four berd, the retiring Adjutant-General Montgomery Massing- of the simplest description. The about 14 per cent. per annum, on engined Handley Page biplanes to the Forces and President of the essential fenture is a steel tube. 16" condition that an equal volume of which By between London and Army Sports Control Board. Our in diameter, with the lower rim obsolete wagins is scrapped. These Paris, was sent by Imperial Airways | offer, he said, is a solid one-seven wagons would require about 40,000 to Southampton to meet the chair years' security of employment, with tons of iron and steel and much of man and managing director of the free housing, clothes, food, doctor. this would be produced in South line, and they returned in her tu ing, a chance of seeing the world, Wales. It is expected that the col- Croydon. During this final stage of and a good wage, with every pros liery owners who are considering the long journey Sir Eric Geddes pect of promotion for those who the offer will accept the conditions.recounted his impressions and lis. seek it, and a further period of -Engineering.

cussed the future of the African five or more years reserve service. at a daily rate of pay of d. to £3 3d.

THE "VIBRO" PILING SYSTEM

VIBRO PILING TEST

VIDRO PILINGCOL

TEST

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Healthy exercise and keen petition are provided by all kinds of games and sports. In fact, the encouragement that they have been able to give to sports, through the Army, sports Control Board, has been responsible to a very great-es- tent for the present high state of discipline and good conduct in the Army.

Imperial Airways are now equip ccupy. Beneath the foot of the ping the whole route anew. The tube a cast iron conical shoe is northern section, from Egypt to work of the Army Vocational Train

He spoke, too, of the excellent. placed. A steam operated pile ham-Kenya, will be operated permining centres.

r drives the tule into the soilently by the large Hannibal class soldier after he leaves the colours The welfare of the until a firm base is met. A fairly of biplanes, transferred from the is constantly receiving attention. dry misture of concrete is now London-Paris service because of the Last year 2,200 mon. placed in the tube which is with rapid growth of traffic on the Northcourse at the training entres dur-

attended drawn (by upward blows of the African section. The southern sing the last six months of their hammer) at a time. During its tion, from Nairobi to Capetown, is service, and over 77 per cent...were upward travel, the tube is subjected the more difficult of navigation with placed in immediate employment. to blows from the steam hammer, its high mountain rangea, stornus, working automatically, at the rate and gales. To test these condi- lof so per minute. This forces the tions the Atlantic monoplanes have ronerere downwards and outwards, been specially built. With their consolidating it and kiying it firinly greater speed and a rearrangement to the surrounding soil. As will of the time-table, it is hoped in the be apparent there is no waste of very near future to reduce the time material with this method, the piles from London to Capetown to hiro being flush with the ground. If it days, as against 17 by sea. is deemed necessary to reinforce the piles, these rods with wire spacers Geddes said yesterday,

"If progress continues," Sir Eric OUR STOCK EXCHANGE attached are dropped down the tube hope and believe it will and must, before chuting the concrete. Con-we look to a seven-day schedule to bulbed or thickened for tamping theres are bound to be free from voids more frequent departures. The air erete piles made by "Vibro" pro the Cape, either larger aircraft or verterete firmly into the ground. and other defects. A richer mix mail is a tremendous boon to our Procedure is as follows: The pile-ture is used when the soil is soft follow citizens oversea. The load was allowed to remaining frame is placed in position than when it is dry and compact. ust time advantage is, of course, to

the tube lowered, so that it The solity and strength of "Vibro " rests 011.

the spot the pile is to piles is due to the tamping of the which have not got the highly the communitica in Central Affies,

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concrete whilst the tube is being ex developed sen service enjoyed by tracted. The lower rim of the tube, Capetown and Durban, I see no which is actuated by a steam han reason why in a few years from now every part of the Empire should not bo linked up by urzard the prophecy that in the most two or three yours regular har nail services will be in use across the Atlantic to link up Canada, and so on across the Pacific to other parts of the British Dominions."

SURE FOUNDATIONS FOR The pile safely withstood this strenuous test showing a total com- pression of some 5/16 inches. -

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, forces the aggregate down werds and outwards, consolidating it most thoroughly, kad binding it to the earthen side-walls. This can be clearly seen from the view of au exposed pile. The ribbed corruga tions produced by the ramming act as keys. With the "Vibro" system al element of risk and uncertainty is eliminated. The weight such, s pile will carry can be determined with scientific exactitude.

These piles are not less than 17 inches diameter, and suited to carry 30 tons working londs. The piles can be fitted with reinforcement when required; when the loads carried can be proportionately in creased as the ground strata is suffi- ciently firm.

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of the Army Sports Control Board Major B. C. Hartley, secretary

and vital factor in the life of the remarked that sport forms a real British soldier to-day, and that the improvement on the unofficial state The great-keynote of this development and

war is organisation. As far of things that existed before the sport-is concerned the soldier now could hardly be better provided for, the same caroful thought being given to the education of his body that is given to his mind. Sport and games, either outdoor or in door, so systematically employ his leisure time to-day that crime in the Army is almost non-existent.

EINSTEIN'S CURE FOR THE WORLD

WOULD WIPE SOME WORDS FROM DICTIONARY.

A Heavy Gale,

Leaving London on December 97,1 Sir Eric Geddes and his colleague joined the air route at Brindisi. The whole journey was uneventful, and not tiring. They crossed the}, Mediterranean by flying-boat, and flew from Cairo onwards in one of the air linera of the Hannibal èlass which are now operating regularly London, Feb. 14.-Professor (re- between Egypt and Kenya. Their lativity) Einstein, who is now in aircraft was on or ahead of schedule Pasadena, California, says the first on the whole journey, except for step towards a dispassionate under- the last 200 miles. There they standing of the world's trouble is) struck a beavy, gale while crossing to do away with "words that are the Hex River Mountains, and so laden with emotion." were about an hour late at Cape- New No. 2 Police Station for the town. "Never for one moment did Hong Kong Government.

Local Contracts.

In addition to the foundation for numerous private houses, blocks of ints, theatres, etc., the following works have been carried out on Vibro. Piles.

Kai Tack Aeroplane Hangar. Green Island Cement Co-Extens sion to Plant,

the aircraft or her equipment give us the slightest anxiety or trouble on the whole journey," Sir Erie, Geddes said. We flew at every level, up to 15,000ft, as circum stancos and the captain's judgment dictated."

Among such words which he would destroy are honour," "prestige," and "fatherland." He explains,

"The use of such words is adapt- ed for the driving out of all reason and the setting up of emotion in its place. They produce such vio- Lent disturbances in our feelings mission of idens is lost, in that the role they play in the trans-

the

Vibro Standard Piles for driving to a sound sub-stratum can be made to a depth of 70 ft. Vibro Expand ed Piles for use where the solid ground is at an inaccessible depth picture of the flight. at 0,000ft. from background"

His memory has retained a vivid raa be driven to a depth of 40 ft Athens to Crete, over about 200 The "Vibro" effect gives a corru- miles of sea; nothing but brilliant gated surface to the pile firmly blue sky above, and an unbroken termed it, Professor Einstein said Facing "naked reality," as he gripping the surrounding earth. carpet of foecy, snow-white olouds he did not believe war debts had "Vibro" Piles are scientifically beneath until, guided by the wire cause the depression, but that it driven, to a definite maximum less operator and his direction-find- was due to increased production resistance usually allowing a factoring apparatus at Crete, their air-from technical of safety of two, and are therefore craft swept down through the clouds organisation decreasing the need for invention arid Safe..

The inventor of Vibro Piling beside the wireless station at Mira

to land on the water, in heavy rain, human labour. System is Mr. A. Hiley, M.I. bello. Flying over Africa they saw Struct, E, A.M. Inst. CE of the great deal of game-lions, giraffes, obligations should be reduced to t British Steel Piling Co., Ltd. - sutelopes of various, kinda, wilde figure payable and acceptable by a

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He believes that international

was laughed at," Sir Eric Geddes of Africa round the Equator, such added, when I pointed out a herd as Malakal, Juba, M'boya, and of dry, mud caked elephants and M'pika-names unknown to most said that they were Paddy-birds-people-the arrival or departure of they looked so small," 20

the air mail has become the point round which the week's activities Enthusiastic Welcomes. revolve," Sir Eric Geddes said They paid their respects to eight when we got into the communities Even south of Johannesburg, different Governments on the jour more particularly of South Africa ney, and at many points made Dutch descent, such as at Pieters- special landings to meet the mayors burg, De Aar, Victoria West, and and authorities, responsible for the Beaufort West, we found enthusiasm fine airports, most of which are and a warm welcome awaiting us." municipal property along the route,

London-Paris Service.

What impressed Sir Erin Goddes

most was the interest and enthuIt was announced yesterday that siasm ovoked by the tour, At every the number of passengers travelling large-place at which they stoppet

thoushads of persons and at places between London and Paris. by the Imperial Airways services sin liko Nairobi ami Johtammesburg ters

of thousands turned out for the creased nearly fivefold during the arrival of the great aeroplane past two years. In January 1981, Most of them had never seen one of Passengers numbered 477. By Jus uary, 1932, the monthly figure had risen to 874, and now in January At places all through the centre) this year 2,099 passengers made the

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