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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

ENGINEER'S PAPER.

MR. A HEVEY ON "GAS AND ITS USE."

At the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hongkong last evening, a paper was read by Mfr. A levey on "Gas: Its Distribu- tion and Uses." There was a full attendance of members and friends, the subject matter of the paper being more than usually interesting, in that the lecturer fonnd time to refer to the difficul. ties of both the commercial and domestic users.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927.

THEFT OF GAS.

ALLEGATION AGAINST Colt-

PANY'S CLERK.

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the: Central Police Court yesterday, A. A. Remedios was charged, "on renaud, with stealing gas and, fulsifying accounts in this con nexion while employed as a clerk with the Qua Company. He was represented by Mr. Leo d'Alauda, Sur:

For the prosïcution, Mr. R. A. Wadesan said, accused had been' employed at the Gas Company Commencing with the early his- since 1915, and had access to rele- tory of gas, the speaker dwelt on vant account baoks, being solely the first recorded attempts to make responsible for the making up-and use of the by-product of coal. I checking of bills sent out to cus- "As far as I can trace," he said, tomers in respect of rent of "experiments were made as far meters and fittings and the as the year 1739, by the Revd. Dr. Jamount of gas used. Inchiq ova John Clayton. Dean of Killdare case, aesused had a gas light in- with what he called "the spirits stallation, together with a gas” of coal." Between the years 1739 cooker, bút at the end of October and 1792, many experiments were of this year, when the Gas Com- maile, chiefly as the subject of pany, decided to replace the meter philosophical curiosity and unat connected with this installation, it tended by any useful or practical was found that a ter-light muster results and thay remained experi-was being used where, in fact, a ments and nothing more.

Ave-light ineter was recorded in the books. Further, the

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meter

had been tampered with in such a way that it was incapable of re- gistering the amount of gas which passed through it. It was alleged that defendant stole gas, and that

Birthplace of Gas Lighting, The birthplace of gas lighting was Redruth, in Cornwall, and the sole merit of its invention and the practical application of coal gas for the purpose of artificial light-in his position with complete ne- ing, is due to William Murdoch, sees to certain account books deal- Gas lights were used at Redruth ing with rental of meters and don- in the year 1792 but the first men- sumption of gas of each customer, tion of them in Paris, as far as 1 he was able to make false entries enn trace, was in the year 1802," in respect of his own consumption.

After outlining the first attempts to develop gas lighting, Mr. Hever referred to modern times, when, in the year 1903, the inverted man. tle was introduced., in the year 1911 superheated cluster of mallponsiblo mantles, now widely known as the Lyttleton type were introduced, und placed on the market by Messrs. W. Sugg and Co, of London. The Conversion of street lamps to this system may be half to have com menced in 1942..

Mr. J. Blackburn, Manager of the Gas Company, said that defen- dant had been in the Com- Pany's employ since 1915, and latterly had occupied A res- position 24 meter- renter In thi position he had charge of certain important e books connected with the consump

ion of gas and rental of matere and fittings.

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Witnesa pepeeeded to give ex- 10 pert evidence on the state of the Referring to local developments, defendant's meter, staling that the speaker said that high pres-owing ta tampering, it was incap- sure gas would meet all require-able of registering the amount of ments, however varied, from filling as passing through it. He sud- a holder, throwing a greater presed that it ad remained in that sure than the one from which it condition for two years tilled, or the baustin, if districts

The case was adjourned. permanently, short of pressure due

to adequate mains,

Hongkong Apparatus.

He continued that there had re-

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a booster for supplyha gas into the holders of the Wanchai Gug Storage Station. The gua will b compressed at West Point Gus Works, 20 an initial pressure of 241⁄2 lbs. per square inch, and de- livered through an existing 8 inch main into the gasholders at Wan- chai, the pressure thrown by the holders in turn being governed down to the required district pres sures by means of station govern-

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In so far as the local consumer

FOR PAWNING.

Fines of $50 or one month's hard } @ labour each were imposed by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magis- Tracy yesterday afternoon on two Chinese medicine dealers, who were charged with pawning two gubite woollen blankets without the pers mission of authority of the owner, Mrs. Cook of No. 4, Bundo Build- ing.

The two blankets were stolen from the verandah of Mrs, Cook's house en November 28 and as the

is concerned, the question of heat-result of Police inquiries were re-

ers for baths, etc., is paramount covered from a pawnshop. The and on this point, the speaker had defendants were arrested and much to say that was of impor-identified by the accountant of the

the articles, shop us the persons who had pledged

tance.

Dealing with the subject of gas fired hot water apparatus, he said, The two defendnuts tried, to these are heated either with Jam- prove an alibi, stating that they inous or bunsen burners. While had gone 10 Un Long to sell some manufacturers endeavour to medicine on the day of the theft improve their apparatus by fitting and after visiting the various dis- bunsen burners, others again swear tricts in the New Territories, had by the luminous burner. The gone to Aberdeen and other villagos opinion of the general public and in Hongkong, returning to their even of gas engineers regarding residence in Yaumuti on December the advantages of either type are, the day of their arrest. likewise very much divided.

His Worship accepted the There was a time when the evidence of Identification and im- bunsen burner was thought to be posed fines as atated above. preferable for producing heat with gas, and that the luminous burner was entirely unsuitable for this purpose. The bunsen burner was Exchange Bldga. Tel. 06rs known to produce a hot soofless

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On the conclusion of the lecture. various questions were naked re- lative to points raised and satis- factorily answered by Mr. Hevey, who demonstrated with equipment - on the platform.

Mr. Ormiston subsequently pro- The luminous burner, therefore, bosed a vote of thanks to the was only used for illumination, speaker which was enthusiastleul- while for cooking, water heatingly capraed by the audience.

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