PROGRESS IN BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
Col. M. H. Logan Addresses Rotarians
Lt. Col. M. H. Lozan, speaking on the "Progress of Modern Building Construction" at the Rotary Club yesterday gaye his audience a vivid pieture of speed in building to the erection of the past. The speaker's reference to the erection of the new building for the Hong Kong and Shanthal Bank was particular- ly interesting. He mentioned that he had every hope that the record in the speed of building will be broken in Hong Kons..
Mr. A. L. Shields presided at the meeting and there was a large attendance of members, and visitors,
NOISE MAY BE ELIMINATED
Col. Logar, said:
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1935.
CARTER THE GREAT
A Super Magician
ROTARY CLUB
Athletic Sports Next Month
Who
TEACHING OF HYGIENE
Discussion at Sanitary Board
13
The question of teaching hygiene Schools of the Colony was discuss- the English and Vernacular
ed at the fortnightly meeting of when Dr. L.Shu Fan, pursuant to the Sanitary Board held yesterday
notice, asked the following ques-
"With reference to the teaching
the English
It is not very often that Mong It was announced by Mr. A. L Kong audiences are treated to "exShields, who presided. at yester ceptionally good shows" so that day's meeting of the Hong Kong when we have the opportunity of Rotary Club that a letter had been attending one, such a chance received from the Hon. Secretary should not be allowed to slip, of the Children's Playgrounds As- Thanks to the consideration which scelation, reading as follows:- the management of the King's
"It has been decided to hold Theatre are forever giving their athletic sports for children patrons the public have had many play on the grounds under the ions such opportunities during the past direction of this Association, on week. "Carter the Great," as that Saturday 9th February, commen-of hygiene in master mind is known, is here with cing at 2.30 pm at the Southern vernacular Schools of the Colony, the most accomplished troupe of Playground, Wanchai,
will the Head of the Sanitary De- magicians that have visited us for Members of the Rotary Club partment kindly, furnish answers many a long day and the more one
are cordially invited to be pre- to the following questions? sees of them, the more one won-
sent" dera how such marvellous feats as are performed by them, are ever
Many a magician have come and gone, but the memory of Carter the Great" will linger even long after He has left these shores. He
tionable. Air-conditioning icon-accomplished. Methods and materials have sists in purifying and de-humidify- Last night at the King's Theatre, changed greatly during the pasting the air before introducing it the writer could only sit in silent 25 years, and scientific manage-into a building. To remove the admiration as he watched tick ment and research have made it excess moisture in the air it is after trick performed...or to use possible to erect a large building innecessary to wash it but washing the words of one of the audience, a traction of the time when it
with water of ordinary tempera-watch the impossible being ac Lormerly took to erect structures ture in the summer would not complished." uf lesser degrees and magnitude. have the desired effect-it becomes The demands of modern business, necessary therefore to provide high site value and the loss of
complete refrigerating plant revenue consequent upon delay which will reduce the temperature have tended to speed up con of the water to below the dewis indeed a super magician and it struction methods. In the Far point, or the point, as which the is with the utmost confidence that Kast, we cannot as yet compare air will deposit the moisture it con-
We recommend a visit to the King's with the speed of erection" at-tains. -
Theatre, to those who have, not yet taired in the United States,
seen. Carter. largely because we are so far from the sources of supply of some of the most important elements which are included in the make- up of a modern buliding, but in comparison with Great Britain we are not
actually behind, and if
anything we are ahead.
New Heating
A few form of heating is now
much in vogue in the newer build-
legs, not only in Great Britain but also in the United States. It
is an undoubted improvement.on the older system of heating by steel or hot water radiators, and is ing. from the method of installing known by the name of panel heat-
copper hot-water colls in the fabric of the building itself either in' the walls, floor or celling.
It is only of very recent date that the leading builders and architects of Great Britain have adopted a system known as the "Time and Progress Schedule" of American origin, whereas in China, certainly
Oxy-acetylene fame cutting ap- paratus for cutting metal, oxy- in Shanghal, it has been in use for at least ten years and the speed pipe-work, all have their applica- acer lene and electric welding in In erection of buildings which I
tions in modern building presume must be allowed to be
con- called "skyscrapers" varying from
struction, and it is more than pro- 14 to 20 storeys in height has not
bable that in the near future, the steel frame of buildings will be been surpassed anywhere outside welded together instead of, 13 at the continent of America, though present, being fastened by rivets, I have every hope and expecta-driven either tion that the record will yet be pressed
by "hand, broken in Hong Kong.
air-operated hammera. When this day arrives, I can well imagine that a general sigh of re- He will go up from those whose misfortune it has been to reside or work in the vicinity a steel-framed building under erection.
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A Fresh Impetus. The skeleton steel-framed build. ing. (though not new to the Far East, for steel-framed bulldings were being erected here in Hong Kong 25 years and more ago) hus received a fresh impetus from the evolution of a new high tensile stress steel. 60 per cent. stronger than mild steel, and nearly double in its resistance to, corrosion. is now possible by the use of such steel to effect large saving in weight on foundation, and also in freight charges-not inconsider- -able items.
It
The New Bank The frame-work of the
new Hong Kong Bank building is "con- structed of this new material, and it is the Brst instance where it has been used for the entire frame-work of a building in the British Empire' (Applause). The real structural strength of such a building consists in the steel fraïne work, the masonry or brickwork facing being all carried on the steel frame floor-by floor, and it would be quite possible to remove the masonry of the lower floors altogether without disturbing the structural stability of the build
ing.
or com-
Research into "mortars and con- cretes has resulted in many not- able economies, and even here in Hong Kong, We аге obtaining strength in concrete mixtures and mortars, which were undreamt of a few years ago. The subject is a highly technical cne and I can- not do more than mention, as a matter of interest, that the amount of cement incorporated in a con- crete is not the governing factor as regards the strength of the material ultimately obtained. The water cement ratio, or the amount of water used in the mixing of concrete is the all-important fact-
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Vote of Thanks
A vote of thanks on behalf of
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OVERHEARD ON THE PEAK TRAM
Voice
1st- "Hullo, Nora! I'm just off
to get my table.".. 2nd "Are you getting a new din-
ing room table?" 1st-"No stupid. I am going to book my table for the S.P. C.A's dinner dance, in the Roof Garden. And I have got a party of twenty to fend for." 2nd-(Sadly) "Oh I did want to have a party for that, but John says we can't possibly afford it, however good the cause. This depression, you know!" 1st-Don't sound so sad Nora my child And don't run away With the idea that I'm buy- ing all the tickets for my party. Why I haven't had a chance. Everybody seem- ed to buy them up the minute they were printed. 2nd "Oh you are having a sort of "Dutchman's Treat" What a lovely idea." 1st-"Yes, that's it. The only way to have a party these days."
LUNCHEON FIXTURES
On account of Chinese New Year, there will be no meeting on Tuesday. February 5.
The following week, the meeting be changed to Thursday, February 14, for the Mantis Con- ference Delegates who are passing through,
On February 19. there will again be no meeting on account of the
Races.
ROYAL NAVY
Command Of First Cruiser Squadron
(Special Air Mall Service)
London, Jan. 12. The Admiralty announce that the appointment has been approv ed of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake, C.B., D.S.O.. to be Rear-Admiral Commanding First Cruiser Squad- ron, in succession to Rear-Admiral John K. Im Thurn, CB, C.M.G C.B.E., to date July, 1935.
This change follows the normal routine, as Rear-Admiral in Thurn will complete two years in com- mand of the squadron in June next. It normally includes the four cruisers of the London class, but one of them, the Sussex, has been lent to the Australian Navy, and 16. Australia is on her way, to England (with the Duke of Gloucester); and will join the squadron as an exchange cruiser in the spring.
Rear-Admiral Blake has been Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Sup- plies and Transport since Septem- ber, 1932. No successor to him at the Admiralty has yet been an- nounced. He entered the Navy from Winchester in 1897, and was a commander throughout the late War. At the Jutland battle he was 2nd-Well, I never thought of it. gunnery and principal control of- But there is still time. Tu cer in the Fleet flagship Iron have a whale of a party Duke, and was awarded the D.S.O. for his services. From January, 1917," he was executive oficer of the Queen Elizabeth, flagship of Admiral Beatty, and was promoted' to captain in the first list after the Armistice. He was Commodore and Rear Admiral Commanding the New Zealand Station in 1929-32
yet."
EXHIBITION IN
BELGIUM Railway Centenary
Brussels,
Warrant Officers Pay Special rates of full" pay were granted some time ago to married members of the Rotary Club was versal and International Exhibi- the RN. and R.M, whose promo
The primary object of the “Uni-
and widower warrant officers of proposed of Mr. 8. G. Igglesden, tion" to be held here from April tion to warrant rank would other- who said that, he hoped everyone to November next, is to celebrate wise involve them in pecuniary present had enjoyed the interest- the centenary of the first Belgian loss. These special rates are based ing speech as much as he him- railway (from Brussels to Malines upon the emoluments of the rat- sel had done. He asked Col. in 1835) and transport and travel Logan whether air-conditioning en-will, therefore, claim special atten abled anyone with in a building sö
tion. abled anyone within a building so, will be
in sunshine on a bright day,
Ing held immediately before pro- motion to warrant rank, and are
Air conditioning has been made
In every sense the exhibition of subsequent changes in the pay therefore not "variable on account the subject of much research, and
Boys! one with State it is now possible to alleviate "much Col. Logan in a brier reply ex- and the site chosen for it, at, Council it is stated that the Ad- cpening by the King and Queen of ratings. In a new Order In of the discomfort experienced dur-plained that to obtairi perfect air- Uusaghem, just outside the city. miralty are of opinion that such ing the heat of the summer conditioning all outside air had to appropriately adjoins the Royal warrant officers should, like the months. Ax conditioning must be excluded. A sample of granite Park of Leken, the summer resi ratings from which they were not be confounded with air- which had been dug out from a
dence of the Belgian royal promoted, derive benefit from any cooling. It is possible to cool air depth of 130 feet below road level
family. without extracting the moisture, in Des Voeux Road Central was on
The grounds cúfer an
improved scales of pay which may area of but the relief experienced ta ques-view.
over 250 acres and the roads and.
from time to time be granted to avenues of the exhibition will total
the men concerned on account of more than five miles in length.
an improvement in the state of the A series of great palaces will be national finances, and provision built d'round a square larger than is made accordingly. No oficer is the Grand Palace. There will be a to receive a special rate of pay in huge Central Hall, a Festival,excess of that which would have Hall, an administration building been granted to him had there been and a Palace of Ancient Art and no reduction in the pay of men on of course, of various paritions of October 1, 1931, on grounds of A Klondyke Whist Drive is be the Belgian industries and twenty ing held in the Ballor's and Seld-or so foreign countries participat, the maximum rate of full pay, an national economy: or in excess of Lord Blanesburgh has presented fers Home to-day, Wednesday he sports stadium, accommo the normal scale from time to to the Bar Council a considerable evening commencing at 8.30 p.m.
ing. collection of photographic portraits The charge for admission is 50 dating 75,000 spectatora, is already time applicable to his rank
LAW LORD'S GOOD EXAMPLE
(Special "Air Mall Servico)
London, Jan, 12.
SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS' HOME
Klondyke Whist Drive
of eminent past and present cents including refreshments. To Judges, from Lord Chancellors anyone who plays Whist this wil
downwards.
be a very novel and amusing even- ing and it is therefore hoped there will be a good attendance."
They are the able work of Mr. Walter Thomas, who before he turned entirely to art was clerk to the late Bir Edward Tindal Atkin-- son; KO. He recently had an eRoyal Courts of Justice, where they hibition of Judges portraits in
would be fisible to the publi Band-street
The rooms of the Bar Council,
Kity is
It would be a happy inspiration where Lord Blancebur
if some benefactor presented snow housed, is it clósé prere similar gallery for display in the a secluded part of thecln's Inn --
NAPOLEON'S LETTERS
(Special Air Mail Service)
Lordon, Jan. 12 It is understood that the French Government's purchase of Napo leon's letters to Maria-Louise has cost the nation practically noth- ing.
The actual burchase price wad 215,000, and MP Ernest Masen- who hegotiated, this purchase, has
and
(a) Whether or not the subject of Hygiene la included in the syllabus of all the English and Vernacular Schools? (b) What are the names of the English and Chinese text- books in general use. (e) (1) Are all of such
text-
books in use recommend- ed or approved by the Director of Education? () It the answer is in the
negative, state reason.
(d) In what grade of the Eng- lish and Vernacular Schools Is the subject of hygiene first taught and how long is the course?
(e) (1) Does the Director of Education consider the text-books in use sdc- quate and satisfactory? (11) not, state how and when will the situation be remedied." ..
The replies
The President of the Board, Mr. W. J. Carrie, replied as follows:---
I am indebted to the Director of Education, for the replies to these questions
(a) (1) Hygiene is included in
the syllabus of all Eng- lish Schools in Hong Kong and is taught in the Teachers' Classes at the Technical Institute, (U) It is also included
the syllabus of al Vernacular Schools hav- ing Standard IV and up-
wards.
(b) The textbooks used are as
follows:..
(D) For English
Schools:
"Hygiena for Schools" by Dr. E. M. Minett,
(i) For Vernacular Schools:
1. The "Fook Hing" Hy
די
giene (published by
the Commercial Press).
2, The Hong Kong Hy-
glene (published Hong Kong).
n
3. The "San Foh Ching"
Hygiene.
4. The "Siu Hok" Hy- giene (Primary School Hygiene),
b. The "Mung Hok" Hy- glene (Elementary Hy- glene Lessons).
(c) The answer to question:(e)
is in the affirmative. (d) (1) In English Schools, the
teaching commences in Class and continues for four years. (U) In Vernacniar Schools, Hygiene 14 taught as a separate subject from Standard IV upwards but in the lower stan- dards Health talks are Included
"General teaching.
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Intelligence"
(e) (1) There are few school text books which are not capable of improvement and the Director secs ag reason to think that school text books on Hygiene are an except tion to this rule, (11) Any shortcomings will: be remedied with the production of improved text books: the Director cannot foretell when books may be expected. Application approved
plication for the registration of The Beard approved of the ap- New Kowloon Dairy Farm Lot No, 20, Diamond Hill, as a dairy.
Attendance...
were: Mar, w Carrie (President), Hon Mr. R. M. Henderson (vich
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