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DIVERS IN HARBOUR

Special photograph taker Immediately after the launches, with diving equipment aboard, had dropped anchor before commencing

diving operations

SOVIET ARMY

STRENGTH

French Press. Estimates

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GERMAN AFRICA LINES

Windhuk Launched

Hamburg. Aug. 27.

Windhuk

HONG KỌNG - DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936.

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

MACHINERY AND THE NATION

Serious Gaps In Manufacture

Should Be Filled

CONTROL NECESSARY -

To speak about machinery and the aution requires liule or an excuse, because if you imagine for one mo. ment that this country of ours had all its existing poten» tial sources of food and raw materials to support human life on a considerable scale and at a high standard and you then deprived the nation of all its machinery, in a very short space of time the nation would revert to a semi-barbaric existence and the country would only sup port three or four millions of people. That is the signi ficance of machinery in modern life stated Mr. D.ˇA. Bremner. O. B. E., in a recent address to the British Engineers' Association, e

WILL

The 16.000-ton liner Paris. Aug. 27. built for the South Africa service The military correspondent of of the German Africa Lines, was the "Petit Journal" gives a

launched here on Thursday. The prehensive review of the military new ship, was christened by the Now machinery. being such supply the machinery required in strength of the Soviet Union, and Governor of Bavaria, General Rit-

1 ກ essential factor in the

time. Therefore we comes to the conclusion, that the

can for ter von Epp. in the presence of support of anything like a good our immediate purpose direct our Soviet Union's military strength far exceeds that of any other whom, was the former Governor of is netessarily a

many distinguished guests, among standard of living in the nation. attention to the manufacture of very important machinery in peace time. In order European country, thus incident-

German South West Africa. Dr. factor, not only in peace but in ally correcting the figures publish- Seitz.

that there may be no legitimate war. The peace manufacture of misapprehensions or criticisms of ed in some Paris papers about the | The Windhuk, which is the machinery is stimulated, directed my remarks, I wish to say that i German Army after the prolonga-

second of a tion of the service period.

pair of large new and controlled by purely economic do not for one moment auggest Iners for this service-the

commercial Pre- and

considerations, any such wild idea as that we or According to Lt. Col. Magne.

toria was launched in the Soviet Union at present has

July-But the manufacture or the avail- any other nation should aim at 100 view of the rapidly growing trade ability of machinery, in wartime per cent, self-sufficiency in the 1,3 milon men under colour and

between Germany and 10 million well trained men in re-

South is a very different matter. There invention, design and manufacture service next serve. She possesses 4.500 military Africa, will enter

are certain kinds of machinery for at machinery. It is not only im- airplanes and the same number of

March, while the sistership Pre-which you dare not be dependent possible but it is very doubtful if torta will proceed on her maiden on any foreign power. In these It would be desirable. We are not tanks, and among the planes are some immense machines capableyage to Cape Town on Decem- cases, therefore, the purely econo- always at war. for one thing. The mic and commercial considerations | decisive consideration it that we of carrying whole. companies of ber 19

In his christening speech. Gen-do not prevail. You must have find distributed over the various Magne states. the era! Ritter von Epp referred to that machinery regardless, within civilised countries of the world a Soviet Union has the appropriate the friendly relations existing be it is profitable to manufacture it

any reasonable mit. of whether vast amount of inventive genius, equipment relative to its strength, tween Germany, and the South since the technical eficiency has African

not. expressed

The argument is some times used that we are in any been greatly developed through gratification

growing the Five Years Plan. In addition trade between the two countries event so dependent upon imported Russia is in possession of all row had necessitated the building, of

foodstuffs and imported heat energy in the form of liquid fuels. materials required for a modern the two ships.

that it is really no use worrying war. such as oil, wheat, cotton.

passenger about machinery or making any IL would be chlidish

to deny

effort to be less dependent on Russia's military powers. notwith-

imported supplies. standing many an unknown face

counse tor, the article concludes.--- TransCan Yewn Service.

soldiers.

In short.

AUSTRO-GERMAN

AGREEMENT

27.

the

Vienna, Aug. Unanimous Joy prevails in Austrian press at the signing of the Austro-German Travel Finance and Economic Agreement. The "Reichs- post" declares that the first resulta are very promising for the future. The paper adds that the agreement will prove a blessing for both states, "If the spirit in which the agree

ment negotiations were conducted, continues to govern the lations between the two German states.

1

Union.

and

that the

has

The Windhux accommodation for 500 and a speed ur 18 knots, which will permit her to accomplish the journey from the Channel to Cape Town in 15 days.- Transocean News Service.

GENERAL PUTNA ARRESTED

To Be Tried For

Espionage

or

That 1s

a capacity for design and resources for the development of perfectly wonderful machinery. 100 per cent, self-sufficiency is not a thing desirable or a thing to aim at

SERIOUS GAPS

the manufacture on a large scale of machinery which you can ex- port at an average of 100 per ton as compared with 180 per ton for the lmported machinery, you are not ready, and are not equipped and neither have you the manual skill to cope with the demands of modern warfare. That leads us to personnel and there you have the questions of education, training and appren- ticeship. Here the present diff- culty is that, when a man has been expensively educated and trained and has expended great mental labour in acquiring know- ledge of his profession, he cannot be sure of a reasonable prospect and security of enjoying an income commensurate "with his attain-

ments.

HIGH-CLASS MACHINERY

Surely, the obvious and, in fact, the only way of providing greatly Increased skilled employment in the engineering professions and trades is to manufacture ourselves the largest possible amount of the kinds of high-class machinery we now import, and by so doing to add materially to the national security in time of emergency,

The next thing is the organisa- tion of the machinery manufac- taring trade, which needs some- thing worthy of the name of or ganisation. There should be a

the future trend of manufacture, concerted polley, taking account of

conducted on sensible lines worthy of the class of brains engaged In this great technical industry of engineering.

a

What would be the use of half dozen firms simultaneously Having made that reservation, I starting to make a new machine now say that there are very great the market for which could be ai and very serious gaps in our ma- satisfied by one of them? All of despair. Surely it is chinery manufacture which, to the would the duty of all to reduce the al- best of

be disgusted and would my knowledge, and judg- lose their money. Unless there is ready very large unfavourable ment, can and should be filled.

SONIC control, consultation

and chances of war to the lowest posst- I have here a few sgures to which agreement regarding development. ble minimum. Let us make efforts I crave your attention: they pro- worse difficulties than the present in any direction we can. We "do vide the structure on which my, will follow. It is true that you not want to encourage the attitude arguments are based. Our Imports, cannot have only one organisation of dependence on foreign supplies and exports of machinery in 1935. for engineering in this country. more than the facts of the situa- had

a value of 13,144,000 and There must be separate organisa- tion absolutely dictate to us. 38.495,000 respectively. The value tions, each to deal with its owni of the imports therefore amounted affairs, in the various departments to no less than 34 per cent, of the of the industry, but they should be value of the exports. In other federated so that the industry words. for every £ received for could speak with greater authority exports we spent about 6a, 10d. on and the collective wisdom of the imports.

Industry be represented. At pre- sent. engineering has not got the organisation of which it is worthy, and which it should have.

IN WAR TIME

In my opinion, if we do many of the things which it is quite possible for us to do in the way of the facture.

developing our machinery manu-

we shall

automatically Remember the very serious na- and incidentally have done a great tional emergency consideration deal towards fitting ourselves to that even if you are equipped for

London, Aug. 27. The arrest

of in Moscow Soviet Russian Military Attache in London. General Putna, caused considerable sensation here, par- reticularly in view of the circumi- stances under which It took place. Two days before the General had been urgently summoned to Moscow under the pretext that his presence there át a military con- ference was required. The paper Evening Newa" had published a

The "Wiener Neuste Nachrich- ten" asks the Austrian people to re- ceive with open arms the tourista from the Reich after years of en- forced separation, who are coming

to be again with their old Austrian

friends and relatives.-- Transocean News Service.

TOURIST CONCESSION

Berin Aug. 37.

M

report that two members of the O..P.U. had searched all private correspondence and documents of the Soviet Russian Embassy, and that Russian agents had tried to The foreign exchange restriccions | gain information of the London

Ger- which had existed between

Russian emigres, whether General many, and Austria, have been Putna had received visitors from greatly modified. German tourists the Continent It la stated that are allowed to take out of Germany the General will probably be tried to Austria a maximum of 250 marks on the grounds or military espion- for each month of stay in Austria. age- It had originally been intended to permi; 500 marks, but as the tra- velling to Austria is so great, the sums would have mounted too high so it was reduced to 250 marks.- Transocean News Service.

Transoraan News Service,

RUNAWAY BALLOON

NEW POWER STATION

IN HOLLAND

Description Of Plant

The electric power supply in the Province of Gelder land, which occupies a large area in the centre of Hol. land, south of the Zuider Zee, is provided by the Gelder- land Electric Power Company, the Provinciale Gelders. che Electriciteits Maatschappij. This company has re- cently built a new power station at Nijmegen, which is situated in the south of the area, on the River Waal.. and not far from the German frontier.

and

bollers

constructed by Messrs. Gebr. Stork and Company, of Hengelo, Holland, the drums. which are of the fusion-welded type having been made by Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox at Renfrew. Each boller has a normal output: of 85 tons of steam per hour, a maximum continuous capacity 'of 112 tons, and an orerload capa- city of 120 tons, The boilers operate at a steam pressure and temperature of 395 atm (585 lb. per sq. in) and 450 deg. F.). As already mentioned, the pressure aud temperature at the turbines are 428 lb. and 824 deg. F. It was considered

good practice, with modern materials, not to exceed a, temperature of 842 deg. F. at the boller stop valve, and this

A power station containing two | As already mentioned, the site al-figure fixed the temperature at 500-kW sets was erected by the lows of the ultimate construction the turbine inlet at 824 deg. F. "AB Municipality of Nijmegen in 1903, of a station, of twice this latter of water in the steam at exhaust it was desired that the percentage, transferred to the capacity. A barbour or lay-by has should not exceed 10 per cent., the Warsaw, Aug. 27. power company in 1921, since been bullt on the south side of steam pressure at inlet, having re- BRITAIN MAY HAVE A which is to take part in the Gor- tended to

The Polish balloon Kattawice. which time It has been ex- the site, making open connection gard to the temperature previously

& total capacity of with the Mass-Waal Canal. and NICKEL COIN

don Bennett Race which takes place 50,000 KW, on Sunday, made a somewhat pre- in the consumption of electricity the station by water, the vessels fall of pressure between the boiler With gradual increase coal supplies will be brought to decided on, was fixed at 428 lb. per square inch. The relatively large mature start Thursday, when it in Gelderland, this extended sta- unloading direct from the harbour was being filled with gas, when sible output, and in 1933 the com- Dew away by itself. The balloon tion approached its maximum pos- to the coal store. Condensation stop valve and the turbine inlet at the net attaching it to the gondola,

full load followed from the de- water is drawn from and dia termination to keep the main pipes pany decided to build a new station charged to the canal. The station of the superheated steam range broke, and a strong wind carried in the same town, planned for an

The question of introducing a nickel coin valued at threepence into the new Edward VIII coln age is being considered, Evening News" learns, by the Bank of England and the Royal

· Mint, ·

The

The change, if it takes place, will bring Great Britain into line with most other countries. and would mean a big reduction in the

aumber of coppers in circulation.

appeared in the southwest direc tion-- Transocean News Service.

tton

contains four 25,000-kW turbo-al-

as small as possible. No high-

coming darkness the runaway dia- The first section of this new staat 30 atm, (428 lb. per sq. in.) and 250 mm. (10 in.) in diameter. the balloon away, and in the on- ultimate capacity of 400,000 KW. ternator sets, supplied with steam pressure steam pipe is larger than

was officially opened by a deg. C. (824 dez. F.), and generat- Member of the Dutch Cabinet, re- ing three phase current at 10,000 cently.

yolta. Each alternator is direct- The station, which is situated coupled to a 10/50 kV step-up transformer. The 60-KV sides of alongside the River Waal, at the

Tao sun-tsch, chauffeur, Chiang the transformers are connected by The-poh, chauffeur, and Foo Tae-

The present three penny-piece ny-in-the slot machines. but there junction of the Mans-Waal Canal cable to an outdoor switching and youna. öffice clerk, were each dried eliminating with the river, has been equipped distribution station lying parallell $15 in the First District Court

is unpopular (except in Scot-14 no suggestion of land!). The now nickel would be peninles

about the same size as a alxpen- No new coins of any denomina- Dy plece.

tion will be issued unti next The principal opponents of the year, and the Inscription will re- change are the proprietors of pen-'main in Latin.

with plant of an initial capacity

FUSION-WELDED

yesterday on the charge of em- ploying threats and committing #olent against EIEh police con- The station is at present equlp-stable Bir Singh on Nanking Road ped with four Babcock and Wilcox on Monday morning.

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