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James Watt's Challenge

To Modern World

SIR GODFREY COLLINS ON NEED

FOR NEW IDEAS

"Industry is alive to this fact, but is there not scope for further development amongst all classes?

STRUCTURE ENCOMPASSING THE WORLD scientist

"Does the

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CITY NOTES

SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS

4.

The City's Tribute

London, Jan. 22.

The tragic news of the death of

London, Jan. 20.

King George V. was received with Sir Godfrey Collins, the Secret

profound sorrow throughout the City yesterday." To make its sense ary of State for Scotland, in un

of loss and as a tribute to his veiling a plaque of James Watt at

niemory all the principal markets Greenock on Saturday, said that

were closed, and only absolutely Watt's life was an inspiration and

necessary business was carried on. a challenge, and reminded us of

The City had the same deep at- the necessity, to-day, for indus-chemist form an integral part of tachment to the late King as was the day-to-day life and activity felt by men" and "women of all trialists and all classes ailke to seek out and apply new ideas and of business-whether employed classes in all parts of the country. methods, with a view, to extract directly or whether such services and the hush that fell upon all ing from life the maximum bene- | are utilised co-operatively or those places where business was fit for themselves and their fel-through the invaluable organisa-done was an instinctive tribute to tion of the Department of Bclenti- a monarch who had been held in fic and Industrial Research, a great veneration. To-day the varl- Department which exists for the ous markets and exchanges will be benefit of industry?

reopened, but they will not im- "James Watt

his work mediately recover the activity or touched the life of the eighteenth the tone which prevalled before the and nineteenth centuries at many King's Illness. For instance, a points. But the transformation in number of new issues have been the social and economic structure postponed or deferred for a few of the world at the beginning of days, and certain trades cannot fall which he stood, and for which he to be affected by the death of the was partly responsible, has brought | Sovereign, but every effort will be about an order of things in which made to revive activity in order to we all touch life at many polats.

lowa.

The plaque is placed in the vestibule of the Watt Memorial Engineering and Navigation School, on the site of the inventor's birth- place, and is one of the permanent memorials which will mark Gree- nock's bicentenary celebrationis,

Sir James Lithgow, who presid- ed, read the following telegram which had been received by Pro- vost Bell from the Mayor of Dart- mouth

Inhabitants of Dartmouth, birthplace of Thomas Newcomen," send greetings to the, citizens of Greenock on the bicentenary of the birth of your Illustrious townsman and successor of cur townsman, Thomas Newcomen.

of

and

Our

prevent the check to recovery be- "It has brought about an order coming too serious. The effort will of things in which the life and be the more earnest because it is wellbeing of each is closely bound felt that this would be the wish and up with that

fellows the desire of the late King. Early throughout the world. TU recent in the day the Committee of the years the desire for personal and Stock Exchange met and telegrams Archibald Campbell, the chairman, to her Majesty the Queen and to King Edward VIII Similar mes- sages were sent by other City in- stitutions,

To-day we are personally and na- tionally integral parts of a struc- ture which encompasses the world, although many artificial expedients block the channels of industry and commerce,

CLAIMS OF HUMANITY *

"Let this

organisation new

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POLICIES ON THE LATE

"KING'S LIFE

the

Provost Bell, Sir James added, had replied, expressing apprecia-national isolation, was still possible, of condolence were sent by Sir tion of the good wishes from the Inhabitants of the birthplace of Watt's famous predecessor. A communication had also been re- ceived from the Newcomen Society of New York with regard to the Watt bicentenary celebrations in Ehiladelphia, U.S.A., and they pro- posed to reply:-"On the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial plaque of James Watt at the site of his birthplace the citizens of Greenock send you their cordial greetings and good. wishes for a successful celebrations of his 200th birthday." (Applause.)

"HEALTHY DISSATISFACTION"

Sir Godfrey Collins said that in honouring the 200th anniversary of James Watt's birth they were doing honour to the memory of a great Scotsman and a brilliant embodiment of the engineering genius of Greenock and the west country.

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As naturally happens on

a Sovereign, a certali which science and the march of death of Press have created yield to number of claims will now be pre- mankind the benefits of which it sented to British life assurances is capable. We cannot live to-day effected by members of the public even in the spirit of the nineteenthen the life of the late King George century. We cannot live interna-V Assurances of this kind aro tionally and think nationally. Nor effected for a variety of reasons. can we live nationally and think In the past many leases of pro- individually. »

perty have been granted for the

"Like all the truly great in etime of named members of the every sphere and walk of life Royal Family, especially in the James Watt realised that his in- West of England: The practice terests and the claims of in-was-for the system has become far less common in recent years—. manity were indivisible, and that in labourg to serve the for leases to be made dependent one he was at the same time or the life of a young, or compara- tively young, member of the Royal rendering the fighest service to House and policies in this connec

the other.

tion which were effected many "He embodied the value of years ago on the life of the late ragred Individuallam and the King now mature. Then a num- best of socialist idealism in his ber of firms whose businesses might person.

"Let us strive to follow in his footsteps. Let us bend our energies to the task of a better understand

A century after his death Watt was recognised as a member of that little band of the immortals. -whose work had helped to change the course of history. If they compared the world of 1736, with its limitations in resources and communications, with the speed and the almost boundless producing of our interdependence, to the tivity and mechanisation of mo- dern life they realised, something of what they owed to James Watt. Was not the Queen Mary the logical result of his genius and the genius of those who followed him? His life was an inspira- tion and a challenge,

suffer temporary disorganization as the result of the death of a leading member of the Royal Family have been accustomed to effect assurances for long terins achievement of that general co- and have thus spread over these operation demanded by the world periods the cost of any loss when which science and invention have it did occur. Finally, there are built, and so do honour to one who often desired by persons organiz in the words of his epitaph. ing entertainments, the "nancial Increased the power of man and proceeds of which would probably rose to an eminent place among of a member of a Royal Family be adversely affected by the death "He reminds us," continued Birth most illustrious followers of

during that period. Godfrey, "that healthy dissatisfac-science and the real benefactors tion with the world as we find it of the world." (Applause.)

LIABILITIES & RESTRICTED is an essential element in material LORD RUTHERFORD'S TRIBUTE Managers of assurance offices re- and spiritual progress. As he re-

cognize that in these and similar Mr. H.W. Dickinson, representing cases the wish for assurance is. volutionised the structure of the steam engine with which his age the Newcomen Society, in an ap-reasonable and, as far as they can had been content, so should we preciation of Watt, said that Gree- prudently do so, they try to meet consider with a critical and keen neck had honoured itself in the it A difficulty is that they can Interest those commonplace won-past, and would do so in the future ders, among which we live, to see by continuing to honour the name whether by the application of new and fame of James Watt. In con- thought and new experiment we clusion, Mr. Dickinson said he had cannot so transform them as to brought with him a copy of his carry the world a further big step latest work on the life of fames forward on the path of progress. D

Wait, and he asked the chairman to hand it over to the Greenock SCRAPPING OLD METHODS

Library. "Watt reminds us, industrialists

Lord Rutherford said that he and all classes alike, of the neces-honoured Watt primarily as sity to seek out new ideas and great plonere of scientific inven- at particular ages, nubject to such, methods, to be prepared to apply tion. Incidentally, he and Boul-special considerations as seems to them, and to be willing to scrap ton, and the others associated with them right to take into account, the old. This desire exists and. Is him, did a great deal to promote Having regard to the need to being carried into practical effect. the application of power to in- exercise much care in the conduct

"Could more, however, not be ac-dustry, which had had such enor complished it our people as a mous effect on this country and whole in commerce and Industry, the world,

have no precise Information re- garding the state of health of the fe which is to be assured, such a guides them when private in- dividuals propose their own lives for assurance. So, capecially when assurarices for long terms on the. lives of members of the Ruyal Family are desired by members of the public, actuaries need to rely on the normal rates for assurance.

of their operations, the assurances of the kind which are granted by Individual onces are much re- national and local government; Bir Godfrey Collins afterwards stricted, and although an estimate and in social and cultural affairs-unvelled the plaque, expressing the of the total amount now payable were prepared to make a constant hope that it would always be an could only be guesswork the sum endeavour to adapt themselves to inspiration to Greenock citizens. might well run into six figures. ever-changing conditions so as to Sir James Lithgow asked the Rev. Assurances were being proposed extract from life the maximum John Chambers to accept the cu- yesterday on the Ufe of King Ed- benefit for themselves and their tody of the plaque on behalf of ward VIII, in respect of whom, as fellows? Watt was a man of the Renfrewshire Education Com- Prince of Wales, policies have been salence and invention, and a part-mittee.

fr existence for some time.

ner in an enterprising arm which The Rev. John Chambers. sald successfully manufactured and that the pisque, would be, in the marketed the products of his dis-words of Sir Godfrey Collins, an coveries,

inspiration and challenge to those Angus principal of the Watt "In this era of intense Inter-who entered that building. They school, from the Watt family by national, competition the indus- would be called upon, to work Mre Bell in the absence of Fro- trialist who is ready and eager along the Unes on which Watt yost Bell from the burgh of Gree to make full use of the resources himself worked, and they could mock, and by Mr. Dickinson, from of science and Invention and only succeed If they brought to the Newcomen Society: The in- new methods is the one who suce the task the same qualities an were scription on the Watt wreath read ceeds and crentes regular and to be found in James Watt increasing employment to the Industrial classes,”

offiJames Wreaths were afterwards placed Watt, from his great-great-great below the plaque by Mr. WG grandchildren at Doldowiod

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