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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933.

ACHIEVEMENT

("Actions speak louder than Words”).

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1. On the first flight over EVEREST-the World's highest mountain-reaching an altitude of over 30,000 feet.

2. By the Italian Air Officer-Lt. Angello-when he broke the. World's air record at a speed of 423 m.p.h.

3. By the French on the World's record distance fight of over 5,600 miles.

4. By Sir Malcolm Campbell when he broke the World's land record at 272 m.p.h. for the fifth time.

5. By the French Aviator, Lemoine, when he broke the altitude record at 44,819 feet.

6. By the winner of the Blue Riband of Motorcycling, the Senior T. T. Race, for the eighteenth time in succession.

These achievements were made on exactly the same grades of Castrol as distributed at the same price as ordinary motor oils by Messrs. Robertson, Wilson & Co., Ltd. on behalf of Messrs. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd., the All-British Firm of Oil Manufacturers.

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ENGINEERING AND

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SOVIET RUSSIA

Reasons For Unsatisfactory Situation

In the course of a speech de- livered recently, Mr. Andrelev, People's Commissary for Transport, said that the working of the rail- ways in Soviet Russia was most unsatisfactory. The causes of the inefficiency were. In his opinion. the wholly inadequate quality of repair work, owing to economies at the expense of proper working and the spirit of irresponsibility which prevalled in the repair shops; the craze for new lines and new in- ventions, the result of which had been to leave existing material and lines in a state of total neglect, especially in regard to rails and superstructures; the unsatisfactory organisation of work, due to ex- cessive bureaucracy, fallure to make proper use of technical experts (most of whom were employed on administrative work although their numbers were already too limited): a wage system which did not suf- ficiently stimulate the zeal of rail- waymen; and the weakening of la - bour discipline.

BUILDING

THE FILM IN ENGINEERING

Interesting Experi-

ments

Examples of the application of the kinematograph flm to the in- vestigation of engineering pro-

Section G. of the British Associa- blems were given at, a meeting of

tion.

movements, so

BIGGER THAN EVER!

British Industries

"

Fair

London, Oct. 13 It" is announced that, although the British Industries Fair does not open until February 19, 1934, applications have already been re- ceived by the Department of Over- seas Trade, for more than 90 per exhibitors at Olympia and in the cent. of the space occupied by furniture section at the White City nt the last Fair. This is a sure indication that the Fair will be bigger than ever next year.

It is believed that the fillip to trade caused by the ever expanding

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cal knowledge, have often it is declared. shown themselves to be totally ignorant of practical ques- tions concerning railways. Being

An opening statement was made success of these Fairs will be felt thus unable to supervise and check by Mr. H. E. Wimperis, in which all over the Empire.. the work of their subordinates, they he said that kinematography might. Up to the end are not in a position to undertake be used in three different ways. prospective exhibitors had applied of August; 875 the proper management of he rail- The simplest way was for recording for a total of 341,118 square feet" way lines entrusted to them. In

the changing readings of instru- of space At the 1933 Fair, 1,435 fuure. it is announced, greater im- ments, and another use lay in the exhibitors, in similar groups oc- portance will be attached to the ability of the kinema camera to cupied 378,887 square feet. technical knowledge of railway record the position or altitude of managers than to their length of some moving body. The third Birmingham, space bookings are so In the Heavy Industries section at service in the Communist Party method was to make slow-motion far in advance of the last Fair that

Under a new disciplinary code pictures of rapid the following penalties may be im-

that they could be easily followed

sotne 55,000 square feet of indoor posed on railwaymen in Soviet by the eye. Mr. Wimperis then area are being added to meet the Russia: Admonition; reprimand: showed a series of short films pre-it is said that B.I.F. organisers argent demands of exhibitors, and severe reprimand: severe repri-pared by the Empire Marketing will shortly take over the Birming-... mand with notice of dismissal; ing Board to illustrate some of the ham building on a 00-year lease, so arrest up to 20 days without sus methods used in aeronautical reconfident are they of ever-increas-- pension from duty; arrest up to 20 search. day with suspension from duty: deprivation of functions and re- duction to a lower rank for one year; summary.dismissal; summary dismissal with loss of the right to work in the transport industry in general or in particular posts for the period of one year Failure to appear at work without good rea- sun and abandonment of work without permission entail summary dismissal of the worker and with- drawal of his food and ration cards. He may also be deprived of his right to housing accommo- dation, if provided by the railways.

Other high Soviet officials are quoted by "Industrial and Labour Information." as stating that the serious faults in the organisation of transport owe their existence and development to "the incapacity of the Communist managers of rall way systems and individual lines. These managers, who are generally appointed for political reasons and without any regard to their techni-"Engineering."

WATER SUPPLY AND HEALTH

A Recollection of 60 Years Ago

£26,000,000 RADIO

ORDERS

London's Successful

Show

The enormous appeal of radio to the public was clearly demonstrated at the annual Radio Exhibition, recently held at Olympia, London, when the attendance created a visited the show was 925,000, 01 record. The number of people who

nearly 63,000 more than last year, while it was officially announced that orders were booked to the value of twenty-six million pounds sterling."

Dr. Lyon Flayfair, a former Pre- sident of this Association, once said "that mam has no control over the laws of nature," but he added, "it he lives in obedience to these laws he will find that they are arranged with supreme beneficence for his well-being. An Intelligent sub mission to them produces health and longevity, whilst the slightest From the point of view of Over- infraction is mercilessly punished seen of particular interest, Prae- seas listeners there was much to be with disease and shortage of days."tically all the leading manufactur

Modem "industrial

ers conditions

of receiving sete are дод marketing shortwave make it difficult, if not impossible, specially built for use with the receivers for man to give implicit obedience British shortwave to the laws of nature, at the same station, which came into operation transmitting time they have induced him to at the end of last year. study how to grapple with hygienie Among the accessories and com problems which were, until recent panents to attract the attention of Ly, regarded as insoluble. Con-visitors from the Dominions and template the skill and energy of Colonies was the M.L. Anode' Con- the engineer in India and other verter, manufactured by Rotaz Countries-works of irrigation

17 hear of them.

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which have rendered famine and Ltd., a section of the Lucas-O,A,V.- plague so uncommon that we rare- Rotax organisation. This unique machine gives H. T. current from an L T battery and thus elimi- To appreciate what the introduc- nates the necessity for employing a tion of a good water supply to a dry battery, the disadventages of great town may mean, compare the which are, no doubt, already patent state of our largest Midland city to listeners who reside in tropical as it was 60 years ago with its or semi-tropical countries. Owing condition to-day. In 1870, two to the climatic conditions dry bat- Government officials were commis-feres are too often, alreedy partial- sioned by the Privy Council to ly discharged when, landed. They write a report on the sanitary con- are also an ever recurring expense, dition of Birmingham. They thanks to their short life, as well stated "Inter alla" "It is ae being unsatisfactory on account common to find huge and of the parastie noises. which they foetid middens uncovered un develop after only short service. drained, "unemptied, some of them The greatly increased demand for so deep and big as the foundations M. L. Anode converters, together of an ordinary cottage. Few of with improved methods of produc-. them are covered. The Inspector tion, has resulted in very appreci- of-Nuisances thinks they are better able reductions in price. It is left open: Many are under work- significant also that all the British shops where work is done amid manufacturers of battery operated stench all the year round and shorwave models have adopted and among swarms of files in the sum-recommend this particular con- mer." In 1870, the death rate of verter. Birmingham was 23 per 1,000. To- day it is only 10 peź 1,000. This report, was the precursor of great- public works of water supply and sewage purification works which have obtained a world-wide re cognition for efficiency."

"THE BRITISH COAL

REFINING PROCESS

We have been informed that If an epidemic due to polluted | Messrs. British Coal Refining Pro- water were to recur at Hanover cesses, Limited, are to erect their where cholera broke out, or at Lin- Arst industrial plant on the out- coln and Maidstone, where typhoid | skirts of Huddersfield. Supplies of fever, broke out about a generation coal have been secured, together' ago, the words of Lyon Playfair it is stated, with sufficient land for would not be forgotten, nor would future expansion. The.. B.C.R. the responsibility for the recurrence process, as It is called, in founded of those discases be readily" for- given the interested. Local - Au- thorities, In view of the fact that sinitary 'engineers have shown them how such epidemics can be averted.--Mr. J. D. Watson In *Engineering.?

on the Salerni system of low- temperature carbonisation, and we' understand that the present plant is the outcome of three years' con- tinual experiments and the results oblained on semi-Industrial retärts

"Engineering:"

action of the Handler-Fage slots guccess.

The film showed the

by models in the wind tunnel hav- ing woollen streamers attached to the B.I.F. is, in a measure, the The upward swing of interest in

them. Tests of oleo landing struts answer to the great efforts to revive with pneumatic tyres were also, trade which are being made by the.. shown, and the movements of a National Recovery. Administration model aeroplane in the, vertical in America, and in the case of the spinning tunnel at Farnborough B.I.F. the excellent results shown were illustrated in a particularly by the foregoing figures have been interesting and instructive manner. achieved without recourse The effect of fairing the part of volutionary methods. an aeroplane where the wing meets the fuselage was shown by the be- havious of tufts of wool, and finally. the taking off of a large three- engined flying boat was shown.

to re-

STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION

General satisfaction has been expressed at the improvement or British trade for September, over the same period in 1832

Exports totalled nearly £6,000,- 000 more than last year, and were comprised chiefly of manufactured goods. Imports were £3,500,000 more and almost all raw materials.

Improvement in steel was parti- cularly noticeable, the output being 409,000 tons more than in 1903, and the highest since 1930.

Sir Henry Fowler then said that some five years ago, following cer- tain committees, the Overseas Motor Transport Directory.Com- mittee was formed under the chair manship of Sir James Currie. Its object was to investigate the ques- tion of motor transport in the dominiors and colonies in undeve loped areas. Eventually the Com- miltee decided to build "experi- mental 15-ton units capable of traversing difficult country, the design being principally due to Mr. Herbert Niblett, C.B.E., D.S.O. He Mr. Walter Runciman, president then showed a film of one of these of the Board of Trade, in a speech units in action, consisting of an at Cornwall yesterday, said, "We eight-wheeled tractor and eight-wheeled trailers. all wheels tion in the world, and are gradual- two are in the. strongest financial posi- being fitted with large pneumatic ly returning to our old grade of tyres.-"Engineering.”

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Railway revenues, despite some seasonal decline in passengers, con- tinue to show improvement.

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