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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA

The Kwangsi-Fukien Railway

Nanking, Aug 24. Concrete measures for the con struction of the Klangsi-Fukch Rallway have been agreed upon between General Chiang Kai-stek And President Wang Ching wel.

The projected line will be ap- proximately 100 miles in length. extending. from the Shangj no station of the Cheklang-Klangst Railway southwards to Foochow. provincial capital of Fukten via Yenping, northern Fukien.

A sum of $250,000 monthly from railway surplus ls to be appro- prated by the Ministry of Rail- ways

to the Cheklang-Klangsi Railway Administration is the Sinklang fund for the issuance Df $30.000.000 bonds for the con- struction of the projected line,

A loan of $18,000,000 is to b dbtained from a Shanghal financial group with the $30 million bonds" as security. $10,000,000 of the '$18 million loan are to be employed in the construction of stations and road-bed while $8,000,000*will be used for the purchase of steel rails and rolling-stock.

Surveying of the line is to be completed before the end of De- camber so that construction work may be commenced early next yeal -- Kuo Min.

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NEW VEHICULAR FERRY ·

Nanking. Aug 26. To provide thruugn trainc be- tween Pukow and the Capital, the Inter-Provincial Highways Com- mittee (far Kiangsu, Cheklang. Anhwel and the municipalities of Nanking and Shanghal under the National Economic Councti, has decided to instal a ferry ser- vice at Hsiakwan for the convey- ance of motor-cars across the Yang sze River.

Th: project calls ror the con- struction of special pentoons and Jetties on both banks of the River and the bullding of a powerful steam ferry designed specifically for the purpose. The expenses Are estimated at about $200,000- about $80,000 for the Wharves and over $100,000 for the ferry-and w' be equally borne by the Nan- k'ng Municipal and the Commit- tre,-

Kun Min

SAFER TRAVEL

Nanking. Aug 28.

A "Safety first" campaign will, be launched by the Highway Bur- eau of the National Economic Council for the promotion of safer travelling in the provinces of Kiangsu, Chek.ang, Anhwel and the municipalities of Nanking and Shanghal.

The campaign will be started on October 10, National Indepen- dence Day. and the programm: will include public lectures and motion plctures depicting methods to avoid trafic accidents on the highways, especially the hazards incidental to reckless motor driv- Ing-

Kuo Min.

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CHINA'S TELEPHONES

SURVEYS COMPLETED

Nanking, Aug 4. Alter carrying out an inspec- tion of the railways in the country during the past two months. Brig. -General F. D. Hammond, Bri- tish Railway expert engaged by the National Government, return- ed here yesterday; he was ac- companied by Mr. Cheng Pao chao, Assistant Managing-Direc- tor of the Peiping-Liaoning Rail- way, who has been his constant companion during his tour.

Brig. Generni Hammond called on Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice-President of the Executive Yuan, and re- ported on his investigations. He also conferred with Messrs. Tseng Chungming and Lu Pi-chon, Vice- Ministers of Railways.

It is learnt that Brig.-General Hammond's three-months' trip to China wil be concluded by the end of August. He will return to Eng- land nxt month after compiling a general report embodying his observations and Recommendat- tions.-

Kun Min.

TO BE LINKED UP.

Nanking. Aug 18. The Nanking Shanghai and Nanking-Wuhu Railways will be linked up outside the Kwanghua Gate, in the south-eastern part of the Capt.al, where a through transportation station will be ericted. The line linking up the two railways will be 21 kilometers In length, passi; entirely on the

outskirts of the Capital.

The Klangnan Railway Com- will be responsible for the con-

•s ruction of 5 kilometres of the "ne from the Naning-Wuhu sta- Lien up to through transportation, sta on outside the Kwanghua Gate via Yuhwa Road. The Nan- king-Shanghal Railway uuthorit- les will bul'd the 16-kilometer section from the through trans- portation station at the Kwang- hua gate northwards to the Jao- hua Gate. Kug Min.

WORK NEARLY OVER

Hangchow, Aug 26, Engineering work on the Yu- shan-Nanchang section of the tracks between Yushan and Kwel ki-a distance of 325 or 108 miles is expected to be completed In the beginning of September. 'Special efforts are being made to complete the tracks between Kewiki and Nanchang by October with a view to inaugurating the line on National Independence Day (Oct. 10). The city of Keyikl is situated 110 miles east of Nanchang, provincial capital of Kiangsi- Kuo Min.

BETTER ROADBEDS

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Chengchow, Auz 5.

To ensure safety in traffic, a sum of $50,000 will be needed for the reinforcement and protection Nanking, Aug

of the roadberds of the Lung-Hai All city telephones, whether operated by the State or private Railway's Tungkwan-Sian exten- sion, in eastern Shens!, which was corporations, should be linked up' with the long-distance telephone

recently nundated by the over- flow of the neighboring rivers, ac- system of the Ministry, states, an crder of the Ministry of Comcording to estimates of the Lung-

ha Railway Administration.- Kuo Min:

munications to the various Tele- graph and Telephone Bureaux in the country,'

Steps should be taken immedi̟- ately, the order urges, lo conclude agreements

the private- with corporations for the inatitu- - tion of the service. - Kue Min.

ONE "SPOUT" LINERS

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1935.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

THE SHIPYARDS SHIP REPAIRING THE VALUE OF

Scottish Launches

London, Aug. 21.

A notable, addition to British constal shipping will be made when the newest motor coastal liner, the Ocean Coast, is launched to-morrow at the yard of Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith, by Mrs. Rat- ledge, wife of Mr. J. W. Ratledge, a director of Coast Lines, Ltd, says. a correspondent.

The

Ocean Coast, which is

a vessel of 1600 tons and will have a speed of rather more than 12. knats, is the fourth of this new type of ship, which has set a fresh standard of efficiency and economy in British coastal shipping. The British Coast, the Arst of the 'series, was designed and structed by Henry Robb, Ltd.

early two years ago, and this

can-

firm has built three, out of the four ships in this class ordered by Coast Lines, Ltd,

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STEADY PROGRESS

Each successive ship has em- badled Improvements over previous vessels, and the Ocean Coast will have the distinction of being the most luxuriously appointed ship in the coastal trade, her passenger accommodation being comparable to that of many ocean-going lin-

crs.

Fuel oil for a month's normal working for her Diesel engines avoids the cost of frequent bunk- ering and her powerful electric cargo handling gear 'enables the ship to be rapidly loaded or dis-" charged.

Messrs, Henry Robb, Ltd., have also under construction a special trawler for the Admiralty and a large river vessel for South Ame rica, and are believed to have other important" "contracts pend- ing.

CLYDE LAUNCHES

A cargo, passenger, "and cattle steamer for. Manchester Liners, Ltd.. will be launched to-day by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Com- pang, Ltd., Scotstoun, while to- morrow Messrs. Denny, Dumbar- ton, will launch the motor vessel Bingera for the Australasian Unit- ed Steam Navigation Company.

On Thursday the motor coaster Gale, for New Zealand owners, will be launched by Messrs. Scott and Sons. Bowling.

The Harmala, a cargo steamer of about 9500 tons deadweight, for Messrs. J. and C. Harrison. Ltd.. London, will be launched on Mon- day by Messrs. Lithgows, Ltd. Port-Glasgow. This is the last of a series of about 12 cargo steamers bu'lt in recent years by Messrs Lithgows for these London owners. A the moment there is very little work on hand in the Port-Glasgow shipyards.

NORTH-EAST, "COAST ORDERS

Two more orders, both for ves- gels of good, size, received by North-East Coast ship builders Bat week brought, the number of new contracts, booked within the past fortnight to 12, One of them went to the Wear and the other to Tyneside.

Clyde And English

Firms

"One or two" fairly good repair contracts are on hand, but on the whole there is much room

for improvement in the industry ·

on the Clyde.

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During the past week Barclay Curle and Co. had nine vessels

three for sundry repairs,

of which were in drydock. The City of Birmingham

in Messrs Barclay Curle's No. 1 Elderslie graving dock for over- Messrs D. and W. Henderson and Co. drydocked the Castalia for damage repairs and carried out voyage repairs on the An- tenor, the Ulysses, and the "Cyclops.

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Messrs Harland and Wolf have completed repairs on Taranaki, engine repairs on the Lassell, and sundry deck and en- gine

the Rothesay repairs on Castle... Work is proceeding on the Ceramic, the Zealandic, the Karamea, and the King Mal- colm.

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company had the Idomeneus and the Automedon for general hull repairs, and the Ulysses for painting. The Gree nock Dockyard Company had the Dulwich in the Garvel dock for sundry, repair.

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Work in North-East repairing yards is unchanged with little addition of work. Like ship- building, the repairing side of the industry has shown improve- ment on the Wear, however...

Messrs 3. P. Austin and Sons

the experiencing

buslest have period of the year. and suficient work in hand to main- tain this state of affairs for some weeks yet. They are. repairing the colliers Corton and Westcove belonging to Cory Colliers. Ltd., while the Pitwines is to have work executedon her. Messrs Austin at present have Between 600 and 700 men employ at their Wear and Seaham establishments.

RAILWAY ORDERS FOR BRITAIN

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London, Aug. 21 The Vulcan Foundry, Newton- le-Willows, to-day secured orders for eight large steam locomotives and tenders for a Chinese rail- way, 21 large bollers "for the Madras-Mahratta Rallway, India, and 7 large bollers for the Egyp- tian State Railways.

An official

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stated, that orders will ensure continuity of

order employment. The

from China" follows one for a dozen large

engines for the Chinese railways, which is now well in hand at these works.

SILVER

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It is indicative of the increas-- ing recognition of the value of sil- ver a small quantity as a con- stituent in industrial alloys that is now being used in cases in which; formerly, its use was considered prohibitive a count of cost. Recent

has search

shown, for in stange, that the addition of verv small amounts of silver has a very marked und beneficial effect or the mechanical properties of cop- per is now being manufactured on a commercial scale. The latest use of silver is as 'a constituent of certain classes of bearing metal. New cadmium-silver-copper bear ! ing alloys have recently been de- veloped by Messrs. The Federal Magul Corporation of America. - and are being adopted by several motor-car manufactures in the United States. No detalls of the compositions are yet avaliable, but the amounts of stiver and copper added to the cadmium are sald to be small, so that essential- ly they are cadmium-base bearing metals in which the requisite pro- perties are obtained by suitab): additions of silver and copper. Both these metals have a harden- ing effect on cadmium and also confer other

useful properties

from the bearing-métal point of · view. Of late, increasing atden- tion has been given to the cad- mium-base bearing alloys, as a study of the physical properties of certain tin-base, and cadmium- base alloys at temperatures up to '300 deg. O., by Swartz and Phil- lips, showed that cadmium-base alloys had better qualities as bearings, these being especially pronounced at the higher operat-

Ing temperatures owing, to the higher range of the solidus. More- over, these alloys are stated to be harder and less brittle than those containing tih: The la- boratory texts made by these in- confirmed by vestigators were tests on a practical scale on a six-cylinder motor-car engine.

STANDARD METAL

The standard Federal Mogul metal, C.S. 50, melts at about 330 deg. C. (620 deg. F.) when parti. cles of the solid solution of sil- ver in cadmium separate from the mel. On further 'cooling more of this sold is formed until at about 314 deg. C. (598 deg. F.) the cad- mium-copper eutectic forms in the grain boundaries and the alloy becomes wholly solid. This eutec- tle, It is stated, Increases the stif- fening and strengthening char- acteristics of the alloy and allows the use of small amounts of sil- ver without sacrificing the prin- ciple of a hard constituent" in a softer matrix. The claims for the alloy clude, a higher factor of safety at elevated temperatures. and higher physical properties than for tin-base alloya at all operating temperatures. There are no unusual manufacturing difficulties; either do hard crank- shafts, have to be used as 18 Son's yard on August 1. for Coast

claimed by Messrs. Federal Mogul: Lines, Ltd., of Liverpool, while in

to be necessary for copper-base October the same firm are to

materials. Furthermore, the meit- launch the Thylwood for Messrs. ing point is higher than that of France, Fenwick and Co., New Babbitt mecal and the mechanical- castle. The former will be of 850 properties are stated to be super- deadweight tons fitted with twin-

lor. In reparing the alloys, tem- screw Diesel engines, built by the perature control is very necessary, North-Eastern Marine Engineering

as cadmium melts at the relative- Company. Ltd. Sunderland." Orly low temperature of 321 deg. C., dered in February last, the Ang-

first tan, Coast is the executed by Messrs. Austin for Coast Lines, Ltd The Thylwood was ordered in May.

order

The contract booked by Messrs. Short Brothers. Sunderland.. was for a general cargo ship of 7800 tons for Messrs. 8. G. Embircas, Ltd., of Athens and London This, It is interesting to note, is the first shipbuilding order placed by for eign owners at Bunderland for six years, while it will also be the first ship built by Short Brothers since October, 1933, when they launched the Arcwear, the first of Bir Joseph Isherwood's "areform" efficiency The latest addition to Tyne ships.

shipbuilding has been booked by Two or thine years ago the Wear Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., from the Bullard had the unfortunate name of be-... ing the Hardest-hit shipbuilding King Line for a passenger and area but orders received recently cargo vessel of 8800 tons for the point to a definite improvement

Bouth African service, London, Aug. 21. The North-Eastern Marine En Messrs. Swan Hunter received an on the Orion's single gineering Company Ltd., Sunder order from the same firm in De funnel brings me an anecdote from land, who have been kept busy cember last for a vessel of similar Passenger who, on the maiden with engine orders for some time, size, which will be named Umtata, voyage of another. Orient lines in have received a contract for en- and will be launched on August 20 tersation, writes a corresponde egining two callers ordered from from the walker Neptune yard. Chungking. Aug 14,

the Burntisland Bhipbuilding The second ship, it is under- Lady Passenger: I am sorry. Company, Ltd. by Messrs. Cory stood, will be laid down at Walker Work for ne construction of the

captain, but I don't like your new Colliers, Ltd. projected Szechuan-Shepsi Intership very much.

also, and will prevent the yard be provincial highway will be com-

In addition to the steamer to be ing empty, as would otherwise Captain. I en Horry too,

put into the water on Wednesday have been the case after the menced very shortly.

Madam. "May I ask why i

by Messrs. T. L Thompson for Umtata had taken the water. Lady Passenger: Well, you see, Hall Brothers, Newcastle. always feel so much safer in other vessels are to go off on two ship with two spoutsid

Wearside shortly."

SZECHUAN-SHANSI HIGHWAY

It is learnt that consignments of materials from Shanghel and from the Szechuan-Kwelchow In- ter-provincial Highway Bureau have already been transported to Mienyang (Miechow) northern Szechuan- Kuo in.

My note

There was an occasion before the war when the question of one "spout" versus two or three, put the Anchor Line officials in Glar gow in a quandary.

firm's

ADMIRALTY ORDER PENDING

An 'mportant contract is to placed shortly by the COASTER FROM THE WEAR

for the recondit One the

Coast--will cruiser HMS Buffolk Angie.n Messrs. 8. P Austin and just returned from Chi

leave

bolls ́at 766′ dèg. C., and is very Volatile. As the resuit of im- proved methods of production. cadmium is now available for in- dustrial purposes in a high state or purity and has already found number of useful applications. Further development with these cadmium-base bearing alloys con- taining silver will be followed with intenst by all motor-car manufacturers.

The work, it is understood, will cost about £100,000.

The Suffolks was built in the naval dockyard at Portsmouth and completed in 1928, but her engines were supplied by Messrs. Parsons Newcastle

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BRITISH RAILWAY

ACHIEVEMENT

Remarkable Results

To-day the British rallway ex- pert is further than ever from endorsing the view that the day of the steam locomotive is over. Remarkable results have been achieved in some recent experi- ments.

Particularly riotable is the succession of records estab- ished last month by the seven- year-old steam locomotive, "Pap- yrus," This great engine, appro- priately named after a winner of the Derby, belongs to the London and North-Eastern Railway, and had no less than 393,853 miles of running to her credit before she set out on her record-smash- ing adventure. Hurtling up and down

the East Coast route between London and Newcastle, 268.2 miles each way, she attain ed the average speed for the round trip of 68,77 miles Der" hour-a world record for the distance, which, moreover, in- cluded eight or nine very severe slowings for curves. The "Flying Scotsman" the fastest LNER.. train hitherto, is scheduled hrs.. 6 mins. for the journey one way, but the "Papyrus" actually. cut this down to 3 hrs. 56 mina,, and again lowered this by an- other 5 mins. on the the return trip. At one stage on the return journey the world's record peak speed of 108 miles per hour was attained.

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No less remarkable the mean 100.8 miles per hour over the 12 miles between

was

Corby and Tallington, this being by" far

the greatest distance covered at such a speed in the history of steam trains. Equally. astonishing WIS the 76,4 miles per hour average over the same gradient in the opposite direc- tion. By comparison it is worth noting that Britain's fastest re- gular train, the Tamous G.W.R "Cheltenham Flyer" does the Swindon-Paddington journey, 77 miles, at an

71:3 average of mp.h.. also that an experimental run by the LN.ER between London and Leeds last December 'averaged 73.4 m.ph, and`attain-

ed a maxİETUI of 100 m.p.h.... Other facts which must be men- tigned are that the "Papyrus" was not specially prepared in. any way for her record-break- ing achievement," and that · be- hind her tender she trundled- both ways six coaches, compris- ing 204 first-class seats and full restaurant, the whole weighing: 213 tons. In the face of such" performances it is little to be wondered at that British rail- waymeni, although impressed by recent rail-traction, innovations

are

inclined to proceed with care. What might have been achieved with special prepara- tion, such as stream-lining, rol- ler bearings for engines and modern front-end design, is left- tn the imagination.

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