1935-10-03 — Page 11

BANK'S NEW HOME

(Continued from Pare 7).

The

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1935.

FAMOUS PIPERS

Lead Highland

Gathering

furniture being of steel.

ате finished in stoved desks enamel, stippled bronze in colour. and the steel chairs are of special

(Special Air Mail Service) design. Roneo expects from Eng- land made a careful study of the

London, Sept. 16. Bank's requirements, and all the The Argyllshire Highland Gamės furniture and equipment has been and Balls opened in traditional designed with the object of at-style at Oban "yesterday - with the fording the maximum of efficiency picturesque march of the clansmen. and convenience. The Current The Duke of Argyll. - Chieftain of Account Ledgers, for example, are the Gathering, was not present. stored in light-weight reproof sates underneath the reinforced conerete counters. and where partitions are required they are provided by movable steels grilles. or bronze and glass panels.

BANK'S TREASURIES The rest of the lower ground floor is occupied almost entirely by the Bank's Treasurich, bo which uccess is obtained by a ataircase from the Cash Department, as well as, by a passdoor from the Des Yoeux Road entrance. These Treasuries, like the Safe Deposit Vault, are of great strength, and the burglar-proof doors are fitted with the latest combination locks. Silver can be discharged into them from lorries accommodated in a special Safety Yard, where they are not exposed to public view. The Treasuries contain space for checking. cqunting, packing and unpacking coins and bullion, and The luncheon (DOM for the the steel shelving is so arranged members of the Staff is on the that dollars can be stacked in a Seventh floor. Above is a flat manner that permits of them be- for the Chler Munager and two ing easily counted. A patrol cor. Hats for senior members at the rider, connected with the Guards' Staff. There is also in the tower Duty Room, surrounds the Trea a Squash Court and changing room, and apartments for certain suries, and is so planned that all the doors will be under the Guards' | of the junior staff and for the Re- observation day and night. Onsident Engineer. An observation the closing of the Bank accesss to balcony surrounds the

OFFICE. FLOORS

eleventh Its offices can only be gained floor, giving an uninterrupted view through the Guards' room. Near, on all sides. the latter is a room for the receipt ; and despatch of chits, thus render- Ing it unnecessary for messengers to enter any other part of the building. The Treasuries, like the rest of the Bank, are air-condi- tioned, and compare favourably with those of any other Bank in the world.

BASEMENT

Below the lower ground floor is the basement-which extends across the entire width of the Des Voeux Road frentage; it is of con- siderable depth and most im- posing. Here are accommodated the elaborate air-conditioning ma- dhinery. bollers, the incinerators for the destruction of old notis, books and rubbish and the pumps

which are required for various

and purposes large workshop. The Ammonia

Refrigerating Plant is

and

enclosed

Thousands of spectators from all parts lined the route from the secretary's office in Station Road to the Argyllshire gathering ground Dalintart.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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words required.

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4. Just the material for a lassio

(4).

The

procession was led by 80 NOTE-Figures in parentheses indleste number of letters in the famous pipers playing the Camp- bells are Coming." and the stewards of the gathering, who were the Captain of Dunstaffnage. Colonel Lloyd of Minard, Colonel Bruce Campbell of Ardunine, Captain `G. Campbell, yr.. of Succoth and Graham Campbell, yr., of Shirvað, and Captain Malcolm, YI... of. Poltalloch.

Not the way to keep things dark. (8).".

Thrown overboard on the wire-

(6).

Jess

This famous painter makes Hui reap (7).

11. Original (8).

NOTED FAMILIES Then followed clan chieftains representative of the noted Scot- tish Highland families, compett. That "snake in the grass." tors, and spectators. Almost every clan tartan was sported.

12. Though a first-class fish, is un-

well (4).

The games yesterday" were de- voted to open piping and confined events. -

radio van an-

"The Bulletin" nounced the results by loud speaker at the games.

haps (7),

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per.

7. That mythical "upper „ton."

perhaps (8).

8. As a garment it's a more con

trivance (8).

9. The emperors of Delhi were so

called (5).

14. Suitable dance for queer,

learned bachelor (5).

13." The next clue will (8). 10. North-country money (8).

1. As a language, it's incomprego

hensible when repeated (5).

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17. Laud (5);

5. One of nine goddesses will en

tertain (5).

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This should sweep things befove It (8).

2. No Such a concern is not in

the act of moving (5).

Not being a professional, gives us & fum tea (7).

Th: intermediate floors between the Mezzanine and the seventh are designed as offlees for letting. these also

being air conditioned and can be reached by fast iffts frcan either the Queen's Road or Des Voeux Road entrances. The office floors are laid with a special linoleum of green marbled Anish Great interest was taken in the with brown linule coved skirtings. Industria: Section of the Gather. Lavatories throughout the building. Entries were forwarded from ing have led wails, ceramic floors, all parts of the West Highlands Counsel (6). marble divisions between the and Islands, and included home-. W.CS., which are fitted with Cush spun clan tartan plaids, webs of valves instead of the usual tanks cloth, knitted goods, vegetable The doors here as throughout the building,

elsewhere dyes, hom work, wrought from work, embroidery, walking-sticks steel, stove enamelled to

and "shintics. brown colour.

The buliding was designed by the Shanghai Gfice of Messrs. Palmer and Turner, Mr. G. L. Wilson, FRI.B.A., F.S.L. Architect

are of a rich

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within a metal and glass screen for the Shanghai premises. being

15 provided with special ventilation to the open air to pre-building alsa.

responsible for the design of this

vent leakage of ammonia into the The organisation and direction building. White tiles cover the

of the construction programme walls, and the floor is of red quarry was in the hands of Messrs. M. H tling. The basement will be kept Logan and L. W. Amps, MM. Inst. as clean as a new pin, for the

C. Chartered Civil Engineers, bollers are fed with oil-fuel. stored in underground tanks below land a staff of expert supervisors who have brought out from Eng- the private roadway to the West' of the building, and fed to the

special machinery for the furnaces automatically.

The Main Switch Room, on the Des Votux Road level, and imme diately behind the Transformer Room, is the last word in electrical engineering. The entire electrical installations of the building are

and

purpose.

THE ARCHITECTS

Palmer and Turner have be for many years the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank's Architects, having bulit their ad Head Office in Hong Kong in 1883, and since

in glass cases were exhibited. priceless specimens of some of the oldest clan tartans in existence,

nore than three.centuries old.

These were lent by the Captain Dunstaffnage and Colonel MacDougall of MacDougall,

Other interesting exhibits were remarkably fine examples of hand- stitched clan tartans. They were the work of Miss Dorothy MacRae-

of

Clstrap, daughter of Lieutenant- Colonel John MacRae-Gistrad Of Ellean Donan.

"LITTLE FIVE's”- PRESIDENT

controlled from this switch board then they have built their mag-should relish his appointment as which is 80 feet in length, and ficent Shanghal Office and now here too is the master clock which | have satisfactorily completed operates all the eléctile clocks on thei new Head Office in Hong the premises. An emergency Bys- | Kong.

tem of lighting comes into opera- Palmer and Turner need no in- tion automatically in the event of troduction to Shanghai They any breakdown in the main light-have left their mark of distinciozi ing systém.

on many important buildings, in- cluding the Customs House, Cathay

the

The air-conditioning plant oper-

Hotel and Sassoon House, ates throughout the bullding, in-

Metropole Hotel cluding the offices and residential

and Hamilton flats on the upper floors, maintain-

House. Broadway Mansitais and ibe receni ing an equal temperature every-

completed block of where, and what is even more im-

flats for the Cathay Land Com- portant, controlling the percentage pany, known as Grosvenor House, of humidity. It is supplemented and to this formidable list they

by an invisible panel-heating sys- tem, which maintains a comfort- able temperature in the cold sea- without eneumbering floors with radiators.

son,

W

the

are adding the new Bank of China (in association with that Bank's

Architect, Mr. H. S. Luke), The Bund frontage of which will tower high above the adjacent Cathay Hotel

They have been responsible.

(Special Air Mail Service)

London, Sept. 10. Doa Salvador De Madariaga President of the Committee of Five at Geneva.

He has a dry sense

of humour and a gift for satire.

He is probably the best man for this unenviable job, Apart from his long experience both of the League and of diplomacy, he is a wonderful linguist.

Moreover, as he showed in his

book, brilliant

"Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards," he has an unsurpassed knowledge of the virtues and foibles of the different races of Europe

BI-LINGUAL AUTHOR Don Madariaga's best foreign language is English.-

In addition to holding the King Alfonso Chair for Spanish at Ox ford from 1928 to 1831, he was a journalist and literary eritie in Landon during the war. He writes his books in English and then translates them into Spanish.

Apt to be quite proficient in the and (8).

9. Arousen (7).

From the war point of view lasten to alter the capital (6) they're financial (8).

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terial, if possible (5).

Odd, but 80 por, cent. the re- verse (5).

21. Sandy's parrot ? ?(5),

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. Brings profit to the miller, we

(presums (5).

Tinge deeply (5).

24. Not being certain of the an- swer, you may have to (5).

20. Apparently, these premises are occupied by the wrong sort of animal! (4).

97. Captivate (4),

6. Forearm bone . (4).

The following is the solution of yesterday's puzzle:-

Across.-1, Churn; 6. Valid: 9, Overdue 10, Red-in (pickle); 11, Legal; 12, Engaged; 14, Trust; 15,. Ewe; 16. Torry; 17, Aitch, 19, Are:" 21, Preen; 23, Orderly; 24, Bedim: 23, Lease; 26, Embargo; 27, May-

4. Healthy rearrangement of 10's; 28, Ninny.

end (4).

A crack sort of fellow, it seems

(4).

RESTORING A COLLEGE

Discoveries at. Cambridge

(Special Air Mail Service>

London, Sept. 16. Having completed the task of restoring and renovating the front ot, St. John's College, the authorl- ties have carried out some very necessary work in the First Court during the present long vacation.

It was found necessary last year

completely to demolish and re- build the two front gateway turrets facing St. John's-street. The cor- responding pair inside the court were not in such a bad condition. however, and only the bottom 15ft. needed to be restored.

On the other side of the court the whole of the parapet over the college offices and the dining hall has been rebuilt, and the brickwork

this side has also been re- pointed and replaced where found necessary. Handmade bricks of the 18th century were secured in. This witty Spaniard author. order that the renovations might disarmament

expert and ex-match the original work. Ambassador ia nne of the best after- dinner speakera in the world. with,

serious purpose behind his caus tie lavity.

ELEVEN LIFTS The Bank, offices and residential more than anyone else, for the quarters are equipped with eleven great change in Shanghai's sky- lifts of the latest typ, the metal line, for no less than fourteen im- cars and doors of which have been portant structures of their design specially designed to harmonise can be seen from the river. This with the rest of the building. The 1s no mean achievement and is lifts have a speed of 500 feet per the direct result of the courage minute, and their operation is al- which prompted them many years

uncanny, as

the opening ago in 1910 when they built the and closing of the gates, starting first high building in Shanghai, militant pacifist

most

and stopping are automatically the present Union Building. In controlled by the mere pressing of those days, with no previous ex- a button by the attendant.

His father and his grandfather were professional soldiers. Of a military age, he himself is

Ar-

perience to guide them, it was al- whole Empire provides few such most impossible to foresee

.to the opportunities result of building high structures chitects." on what is virtually a floating

However the result is seen to- day, and we have much to be thankful" for to these ploneera, to the courage of the promoters and to the Architects.

British

BOOKINGS

are as under:

has also been thoroughly washed The whole face of the building

down by hand, only softened water and hard brushes being used. This has resulted-in parts of the origin-. at diaper pattern in the old brick- Work being disclosed,

DEATH-WATCH BEETLE

Repairs to the roof on the east side of the court disclosed consi- derable damage by the death- watch beetle and a number of the original dak beams had to be re

Offices that have already algni-moved fied their intention of renting

Some fine old oak panelling wäż space in the new bank building disclosed by this operation, reveal

ing what, in all probability, was 1st floor: Messrs. Swan Culbert-part of the old Hospital of St. John, son and Fritz, Wallemand Co.

2nd Floor: Dr. Herbert To, Loke Yung Cheong.

The actual Bank premises in clude the lower and main ground floors, and the Mezzanines, with Staff Quarters on the Seventh and foundation. higher floors. The Board Room on the Mezzanine facing the harbour has walls faced with brown Japan- ese sandstone, the woodlike vein ing of which gives a pleasing ef fect. It has & Botticino marble Areplace, and the same material

used for the fluted panels be neath the marble window shelves,

3rd floor: Messrs. Dodwell and and the shafts of the octagonal

Co., L. Dunbar and Co., United columbs. The flooring is of Kin- "Mr. George L. Wilson sends his States Treasury. tile, the latest and most artistic design, with a" drawing by Mr. 4th floor! Messrs. Johnston; form of linoleum.

Walcot, of the great.new Hong Stokes and Master, National Ans- From the foregoing description Kong Bank a dramatic and suc-line and Chemical Co.. It will be realized that the Bank-cessful sky-scraper with well- Sth floor: American Club.

DRAMATIC SKY-SCRAPER

the journal of the Royal Institute The following is an extract from of British Architects:-

Turner.

On the suppression of this founda- tion early in the 18th century, the college was founded by Lady Mar- garet Beaufort, wite of Edmund Tudor;. Earl of Richmond, and mother of Henry VII,

Other work in contemplation is the rebuilding of the old archway, leading to the lane between Trinity. and St. John's Colleges, and the

ing portion of the building is the balanced wings and that most dif- 8th floor: Mesars, Palmer and removal of the small red Mansfield last word in design and equip-ficult thing, a good top storey. ment No wood has been used in This is a notable. building, of a. its construction-doors, trimmings, class that can seldom find its way desks and chairs, and all other into Burlington House for

7th Bour: Bank Mess.

8th floor: Bank Staff,

the

9th floor: Manager's Flat.

stone pillars on the exterior of the chapel that have-not-resisted wen--- ther ravages. The chapel was built 60 years ago. ·

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13. A-war-e: 17, Alhum; 13. Homer;

Tv, Adobe, 20, Crore: 21, Pylon; Needy,

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