1939-04-20 — Page 2

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April 20, 1939r.

Test Tube "Accident" Leads to Amazing Discovery

Chemist Makes Frocks

Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied

by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, pald an informal visit to Broadcasting House recently.

The Royal party was received by Mr. R. C. Norman, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and Mr.-F. W. Oglivie, Director-General.

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TRIUMPH OF 30 YEARS' QUEST

WOMEN will soon be wearing clothes made of real gold at a cost within the reach of quite moderate incomes. Professor Charles. Stanley Gibson, 55-year-old chief of the chemistry department at Guy's Hospital, London, is the first man in the world to apply gold successfully to all kinds of fabrics.

His amazing discovery, which will revolutionise the textile trade, was made by chance.

For 30 years Professor Gibson, a native of Manchester, has been engaged in research work with gold compounds, latterly with the object of perfecting a cure for rheumatoid arthritis.

One morning he entered his laboratory at Guy's Hospital and picked up a test tube in which the ingredients for an experiment had been left overnight.

To, his surprise the test-fabo was covered with gold. Methodi- cally he searched among his notes unill he found details of the experiment. Ho repeated it.. and again the test-lube became covered with gold.

Further experiments, based on the original lucky discovery, were car rled out with glasses, mirrors, and all kinds of chino ware.

HIS GOLD CLOTH They were covered with a coating of gold of infinitesimal thinness.

Next the Professor turned his attention to the problem of ap- plying gold to cloth and to-day Je is able to announce a trium- phani conclusion to his experi- ments,

Accompanied by Mr. Ogilvie, Sir Cecll Graves, Deputy Director- General, and Mr. H. Bishop (Assistant Controller, Engineering), their Majesties and the Princesses inspected studios where programmes were

A "WELL-NIGH overwhelming de- in rehearsal and the Control Room (above), afterwards taking tea in the mand" for legal assistance in divorce Director-General's office. Here they listened by loudspeaker to a repro-cases, following upon the passing of duction of the converantion that had been recorded a few minutes before the Martrimonial Causes Act, is while they were inspecting a studio. Miss Margery Fry and Dr. J. J. mentioned in the annual report on Mallon, Governors: Mrs. F. W. Ogilvie: Mr. B. E. Nicolls, Controller (Pro-Poor Persons Procedure, issued by the

Law Society... grammes); Sle Stephen Talents, Controller (Public Relations); and Mr. Lochhead, Controller (Administration) were presented to their Majesties and took ten with the Royal party.

After tea the King and Queen sat with the two Princesses for holt an hour in the balcony of a studio watching the Children's Hour broadcast. The Royal party's-tour also included-visits to the Concert Hall, in which-in London there were 0.373 appll-yourself what can be done. the BBC Empire Orchestra was rehearsing, to the studios from which the oversen and Home news bulletins are broadcast, to the Effects Studio. where typical effects were demonstrated, and to the Green Room. In addition, their Majesties saw the rehearsal of a dance-music programme, and watched a producer at work at a dramatic-control panel. By Courtesy B.B.C.

Soil From Christmas Island For Cocos

Since the Act came into force on January 1 last year, some local com- mittees had found that their work had become five times heavier, and

cations for certificates, compared with 2,947 in 1937. Provincial applications probably numbered more than 10,- 000.

"The report, which has been adopted by the Law Society, states:

DESERVING CASES

Showing a plece of dazzling sill, he said: "You

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BRITISH AIR - LINER RESUMES FLIGHT

MOMBASA. The Imperial Airways flying-boat. Cambria, which was forced down off the coast of Portuguese East Afrien; arrived in Mozambique recently.

The Cambria sent out an SOS after alighting on the sea 20 miles from "Mozambique. She was refuel-j gold) led by a tug which answered her for SOS, and then went on to Lumbo, where she arrived. Nobody was hurt, "This, I claim, is the first time and the maila on board are safe, that cloth has been Armly allied to gold..

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"The discovery is bound to have important commercial possibilities. The cost of gold fabrics and clotha will depend on the amount of gold prohibitive.

It is stated here that the forced landing was due to engine trouble.

A.R.P. Work at Hisumu-Intensive A.R.P. work is being carried out at Kisumu, where Indlan members of the population are

"All the additional opportunities put into them, but it need not be spare time digging trenches, eir

for approaching the High Court have been made use of eagerly by those for whose service the Poor Persons Pro- cedure was established, but the right far beyond all others which has been invoked is at which has accrued through desertion."

Commenting on the severity of the

"In any case, the gold will re- reala even when the clothi strands ́ are` worn out, and, thus can be used again."

CRYSTALS SECRET pressure in London, the report states

In demonstrating he selected that of the 6,373 applications 2,874 bottle marked with a long chemical 1937.

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THERE is such a complete lack of earth on Cocos Island, the coral atoll in the Indian Ocean which is, part of the Straits Settlements, that soil had to be transferred

were granted, compared with 1,221 in formula (including gold), shook a few crystals from it into a dusk, from Christmas Island so that a garden could be made.There is no doubt that the new Act cohel from another bottle, and added Minister of Labour, recently addressed

local committee reported: With a pipette, he sucked some al- at Cocos.

has brought relief to a great number the alcohol drop by drop to the cry-a conference of representatives

stals. This story was told recently at a presentation made of deserving cases."

interests, who are meeting shipping The Liverpool Committee record a

After he had shaken the flask until here to consider the rise in costs duc by Mr. Edward Wilshaw, chairman of Cable and Wireless, case in which a certiflente was the crystals had dissolved, the soluto labour troubles on the waterfront. F1340. Ltd., at the company's headquarters in London, to Mr.granted to a soldier on leave from tion began to film on the surface of He said that 3,000 working days

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were lost last year owing to disputes, F1360. nedited so that he might rejoin his "That film of gold," he said, "is and that no Government could stand regiment, the decree was made abso-one in 10 mllons port of an inch the rising costs of disorganisation F1351. lute, and shortly afterwards he re- thick."-

The men refused to be disciplined. married the woman he had just the ride touch, is now wondering added, the waterfront would become F1357.

Professor Gibson, the mun with As things were going, Mr. Webb divorced.

Bourne- what other articles he can turn to the laughing stock of New Zealand,

Lord Nufield Camier Home Vis- F1350. count Nuffield, who has been on a F1358. world tour, left Wellington recently for England in the liner Rangitiki, F1300. 16,598 ions. On the eve of his de- parture he met Mr. Frederick Folly. F1960. a former schoolmate, and they ex- changed reminiscences.

W. B. Jackson, assistant manager of the Phosphate Com- pany at Christmas Island...

Mr. Jackson has facilitated ship-pare and Cocos, the Cable and Wire

inents of soll from Christmas Island less stuff on the island subscrbed for to Cocos Island, on which is situated a presentation to Mr. and Mrs, Jack-

Mr. II. S. Hayman, of an important cable station on the son which was branded to them by mouth Committee, suggests that gold. main line overseas telegraph route the chaiernan of Cable and Wireless, some form of State subsidy will be to Australia, midway between Cey-¦ Ltd., in the presence of other direc-operative for legal services as for

tors and officials of the company in medical services

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The soil received from Christmas London, Island hat enabled the Cable and Wireless staff at Coces to lay out ve gardens, thus providing sumelent vegetables and salad for staff fresh stationed at this isolated outpost of Empire and offering a welcome al ternative to tinned foods,

In appreciation of this action and the frequent hospitality extended to the staf travelling between Singa-

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