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THE ENGINEER AS A HUMAN BEING

Shortage Of Newcomers

Of Right Type

That the chairman of a great

shipping organisation should

choose for a presidential address DOMESTIC AIR-

the title which introduces this ar- ticle might be considered not al- together in accord with the tradi- tional portraiture of shipowners. It is, however, in keeping with one of the most marked, though least ́publicised, charactéristles of the late Lord Inchcape that the Hon. Alexander Shaw, his son-in- lew, and successor, as Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, should have thus inaugurated his year of of fice as president of the Institute of Marine Engineers.

Some day. perhaps. there will arise a worthy chronicler to do for the marine engineer what Com- mander C N. Robinson, in his "British Tar," did for the naval seaman, by recording in detail the

CONDITIONING

NOT THEIR BEST FORM

Though Brentford Beat Stoke

ODD-GOAL WIN

This result gives no indication of Brentford's superiority. In tha game's finer points Stoke, were outplayed by craftsmen who made many openings but did not use them. In mid-field Brentford frequently did as they pleased, but vital finishing power was

INSTALLATION lacklus. The reason chiefly was

Among the blocks of flatz which are springing up all over the West End of London, ane, recently com- pleted, is of interest to the engineer as being the first example in this country in which each of the 30 mats forming the block has individual air-conditioning equip ment The building in question is Eaton House, Upper Grosvenor- atrect, London, W.1. and is under the control' of Messrs. Eaton House, Limited, of the same ad- dress. The air-conditioning equip÷ ment WIS supplied by Messrs.

that McCulloch did not receive the ball as he prefers.

Brentford's best scoring moves are swift passes to the Scottish leader's head. McCulloch has few equals when the ball is in the air. But the wingers misjudged their centres, and Holliday spent most of his time trying to get through by himself or in shooting from outside the penalty aren

The inside man's polley did not pay, and he should have realised much sooner that he was playing intä Stoke's hands. Scott WEL the cleverest forward.. His excep-

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created many opportunities, but uncharacteristic delay gave Stoke chance to recover.

Brentford have also to learn, the correct counter to off-side tactics. and this applies particularly to

Stoke Seize Chance Stoke lacked Brentford's skill, but had a full share of enthusiasm. when James made his only mix- take by passing weakly backwards to the

goalkeeper, Robson ready to dash down the middle and score. It was the reward of cpportunism and game spirit.

slow progress of his Odyssey through the past hundred years in search of the recognition which Each dat has a Freon condensing his services so well deserve. From unit situated outside it upon the the inception of marine engineer- open kitchen landings in the wells ing it was the custom for the

of the building, and a vertical air- marine' engineer to live, as it were, conditioner, comprising a slow-Reld. "over the shop:" probably, in the speed motor and fan, cooling and first place, for reasons of kon- dehumidifying coils, air alter and venience and even necessity, a humidifying spray for winter though social distinctions no doubt use. This part of the plant is carried weight as well. Customs situated in the kitchen itself, the continue long after the need for actual apparatus being screened by them has been improved out of a casing of the same nature as existence, and so it has been in

that housing the usual kitchen fit the arrangement or engineers' tings. The casing insulates the ap- quarters. Lord Inchcape may not paratus 83 regards "noise, the have been the first to accommo-sound of the motor being barely date his engineers on the boat perceptible on deliberate listening deck, but his "example certainly, close to it. popularised the practice, now be } coming increasingly general. The marine engineer, he is said to have declared after sundry inspec- tions under seagoing conditions, was obliged to work in an atmos- phere of hot oll fumes, but there was no reason why he should eat and sleep in it as well; and forth- with he decreed that the anach- ronism should persist no longer.

POLITICAL AND MILITARY. /

INFLUENCES

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The ducts to the several rooms are not at all obtrusive, and we understand can be entirely con- cealed in false ceilings in cases where the height of the building is not restricted The issuing alr situated at a high level and the is distributed throug diffuser grilles

return air la taken from the hall of each flat by 'similar grilles, fit- ted at a low level,

#leve

substitute for Steele, Apart from Robson was generally a poor

this one error, James dominated the middle, and made the centre- forward's efforts scem pliny in 'comparison. Such danger as there

Matthews, who must have sighed was to Brentford

came from

for someone to carry on the move- ments he worked so hard to make.

were not Soo helped him, but the others resourceful enough to beat a powerful defence. >

And Stoke forgot they bad Johnson, the England: winger, in Each plant handles approxi- their side. All the first half he mately 1,300 cub. ft. of air per was ignored, and later must have In the organisation of shipping minute, a quantity representing been too cold or to depressed to services, as well as the design of something like 12 complete changes make the best use of half-apolo- ships, commercial interests set the

of air per hour in the rooms. Thegetic chances given him. His pace, but cannot always control it, latter are not provided with radia- talent was wasted, especially

and where political

tors or connected with any central- milltary Influences are at work. heating apparatus, though, the The present position in the Pacific hot-water to the kitchens &c., is liner routes is an outstanding in- supplied from a common heating stance, on which Mr. Shaw has plant in the basement. The con- spoken plainly on several oc- tröl nf the temperature of the casions, and to which he referred į rooms is effected entirely by re- again in his address.

gulation of the air. This control It is reassuring to have his testi-is exercised from a neat pane! mony, based on inelde knowledge near the entrance of the nat, on of operating results, that the skill which are mounted a thermostat, and technical efficiency of British a humidistat and a change-over marieengineers have not been rotary switch The first two in- impaired by the restricted oppor-struments are provided with set tunities of a deeply-depressed in-ng gear and indicators for the dustry, but, from the "national required degree of temperature standpoint there is reason to feel and humidity.

anxiety. Already there is evidence The change-over switch causes of a shortage of new-comers of the plant to operate either for the right type, even for peace treating, as in winter, or for cool- time requirements: Skilled mening, as in summer, the change Be- cannot be improvised in an emer- gency, nor can they be satisfactor By trained in elderly ships with semi-obsolete machinery using the term to denote machinery of type that would not now be fitted in a new ship, rather than in the sense that Mary Bhaw used, it in referring to ships économically outclassed by more recent tonnage.

HEAVY ENGINEERING

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For Mathieson. It was an 'easy afternoon, but Wilkinson, in Stoke's goal. had to be constant- ly alert. He took the game's! honours. The Stoke backs tackled with determination and kicked strongly, but compared unfavour- ably with Bateman and Poyser, who, not content merely to clear, placed the ball with greater ad- vantage,

Brentford's scorers were Holliday In the first half and Tutin (own goal) in the second.

WELSH RUGGER TEAM

Match Against England

ing made rapidly, so that, say, a chilly evening after a warm day can be countered. Once the destret settings have been made the plant operates automatically. The sys- tém can be completely disconnect- d should the fat be left for any

London, Jan. 7. length of time. In normal run The Welsh team to meet England ning the actual erpense should not, in an international rugby match at we understand, exceed 23. 6d per Twickenham on January 16, has week throughout the year. It is been selected as follows:- scarcely necessary here to refer to Jenkins (London Welsh), Idwal the advantages of air-conditioning Rees (Swansea), Claude Davey

in eliminating the dust nuisance, (Swansea), Wooller (Cardiff), Cle- of those arising from damp or ment (Llanelly), Hadyn Tanner tuggy conditions of the atmos (Swansea), Davies ***(Swansea), here. Persons sensitive to traffic Bryn Evans (Llanelly), T. J. Rees noises are also protected, as it is (Newport), Emry Evans (Llanelly), unnecessary to keep windows Harold Thomas (Neath), D. L Thomas (Neath), Lang (Lianelly), A. M. Rees (Londop Welsh) and Long (Swansea)

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• Something might be done by devoting a part of any subsidy that may be granted, to the ex- prepa purpose of maintaining. supernumerary junior engineers in ships or modern, type, provided that a suttctent supply of new entrants is to be had. It is im probable that any large proportion open of those who have been forced to abandon seagoing as a Kvelihood could be attracted back to it, and although the heavy-engineering industry is now in better state to support an increased number of apprentices, these must complete their apprenticeship before they become available and, therefore, cannot be counted on for some years to come..

Granted a solution to these dif- ficulties, there remains yet an- other which has been present, in greater or less" degree, for at least "a quarter of a century, namely, that of making it worth the whole of an engineer to remain at kea after qualification. No doubt this state of affairs has always obtain ed to some extent, but it has be- come increasingly acute" with the progressive raising of the Board of

Trade examination standard and consequent change in the type of BROADCAST ARRANGEMENTS man who can be expected to pans

The B.3.0. announce that a run- the examination with credit. There ring commentary on the same will la something seriously at fault with be broadcast to overseas listeners an occupation in which men en-to the BBC programmes. Last year gage with the set intention of the game resulted in a draw; des leaving it at the earliest opportun pite a stern struggle, neither side ity, and in this respect shipowners, succeeded in scoring. The match as a clase, have the remedy largely was played at Swansea, and was in their own bands. Some of the watched by a huge crowd-said to larger companies, In both the liner be one of the greatest ever seen and cargo trades, have already in South Wales, met this objection, with satisfac- į Transmission. 1, January 17, 8. au tory results, but in many of the GMT smaller concerns the living coquli-. Tranmission 3. January 16, 2.20 tions are still too primitive, and

the human touch too obviously Transmission, 4. 'January 18, 6.25 lacking, to make any appeal to s

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