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A ABATTOIR and Refrigerating Plant for East London, S.A., 437 Aberdeen New Suction Hopper Dredger, 153 Accidents in Mines in U.S.A., 153 Acetylene Generating Plant, Very Large, 413 AERONAUTICS : Aeroplane, New Very High-speed, A. V. Roe, 213 Aeroplane Services, Several New, to Start, 413 Aircraft Apprentices, 149 Amphibian Flying Boats for Royal Australian Air Service, First Boat Launched, 213

 Busk Studentship in Aeronautics, 512

Cairo-Karachi Service, Details of Five Projected Machines for Use, 213 Cairo and Khartoum, Mail Service Possible by Aeroplane, 13 Croydon to Nuremburg and Back in 15| Hours, 469 Flight from Rome to Tokio and Back, Marchese de Pinedo, 441

 Flying Boat Widgeon, Official Test, 446
 French Flying, Government Prize Oiler, 213

Fuel Tank, Pescara Bullet-proof, for Aeroplanes, 325 Glider, Engineless German, Record Flight of Over Nine Hours in the Air, 637 Glider, the “ Sea Flea,” Manned by Two Men, Proposed Voyages, 525

 Helicopter Competition Fallen Through, 525
 Night Flight in America, Only Partially
    Lighted, Plans for Extension, 553
 R 36 Projected Flight Cancelled, 71
 Royal Air Force Flight from Cairo to the
    Cape, Details of Project, 213
 Superseded Aeroplane’s Life Record, 497
 Tenth Aeronautical Exhibition, 289

Wooden and Metal Propellers for Aircraft, Experiments to Determine Relative Merit of, 497 AFFORESTATION in Australia, 43 Alberta Oil Wells, High Average Production, Alcohol from Sugar, Doubtful as a Paying Project, 441 6 Alloy of Manganese and Phosphorus, American Investigation, 125 Aluminium Abundance and Increasing Consumption, 441 Aluminium Paint, Durability and Protective Power of, E. Andrews, 379 American Honour for English Writer, 224 Analysis of Gases and Orsat Apparatus, 125 Ancient Cottages Preservation, 440 Anglo-Italian Mutual Concessions in Abyssinia and the Soudan, 441 Antimony Mine in Brittany Approaching Exhaustion, 637 Antimony, Uses of, in War and Peace, 581 Apprentices in the Engineering Trades, Education of, 337 Apprenticeship System for Contractors and Building Trades in British Columbia, 183 Argentine Machinery and Merchandise Demands, 71 Artificial Silk by Cellulose-acetate Process, Factory Projected in Canada, 43 Artificial Silk, Cheaper Qualities of, Factory Projected in Germany, 43 Artificial Silk, Mill Projected for, at Kendal, 43 Asbestos Cement, Projected Factory for, in Australia, 13 Asbestos Find in British Columbia, 153 Assay Laboratory at Lydenburg, South Africa, ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: ASSOCIATION, BRITISH ACETYLENE AND WELDING : Luncheon and Presentation for Valuable Service, 651 Oxygen Used for Cutting Blow-pipes, Effect on the Apparatus of any Loss of Purity, C. R. Houseman, 500

 ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS :
    Annual Dinner, 268
 INSTITUTE, IRON AND STEEL :
    Annual General Meeting, 167, 537
    Annual Dinner, 167
    Bessemer Gold Medal Award, 409
 INSTITUTE OF METALS :

Annual Autumn Meeting at Liege, Programme, 440 Postal Ballot for Membership, 278

 INSTITUTE, ROYAL, OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS :

Lincoln Cathedral Restoration, Use of Jackhammers, Sir Francis Fox, 71

    Royal Gold Medal Award, 425
 INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT :

Examinations for Graduateship and Associate Membership, 366 President-elect a Railway Director and Manager, 608

 INSTITUTION OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS :
    Examinations for Associate Membership,
    Tube Mill Grinding, Dr. G. Martin, 153

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued):

 INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS :
   Association of London Students :
      Forty-fifth Annual Dinner, 393
   Awards for Papers, 624
 INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS :
   A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 60
   Design and Performance of Protective
      Relays, C. L. Lipman, 99
   Faraday Medal Award, 140

I. E.E. Model Form of General Conditions “A,” 258 Premiums for Papers, 596 Summer Meeting Postponed to Next Year, 568 Wireless Section : Radiogoniometer and Azimuth or Arrival of Wave Trains, Paper Read, 325

 INSTITUTION OF FUEL ECONOMY ENGINEERS ,

Communication to Secretary of Proposed New Fuel Institute, 621 Council Meetings, 111, 621 Formation and Objects, 43

INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS :

   Air Conditioning as an Aid to Industry,
      J. W. Cooling, 665
 INSTITUTION, JUNIOR, OF ENGINEERS :

Annual Dinner, 509 Coal-cutting Machinery, Lecture, S. Reilly, Meeting, Films Shown Illustrating Work at Sheffield Works of Vickers Ltd., 54 Paint Spraying, Lecture, F. E. Webb, 385

 INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS :

Automatic Mechanical Couplings for Railway Rolling Stock, A. M. Bell, 413

 INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY :
   Awards of Gold Medals and Premium, 312
 INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS :
   Annual Meetings, Dates, 152
   Annual Dinner, 152
   Award of Premiums, 265
   Summer Meeting in Belgium, 481

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) : INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY SIGNAL ENGINEERS : Comparative Survey of American and British Signalling, Joshua Parsons, 497 Four-aspect Colour Light Signals, W. J.

      Thorrowgood, 385

Long-burning Signal Lamps, H. E. Morgan and F. J. Hookham, 43 New President and Members Elected, 183 “ Proceedings,” Publication of Interesting Papers, 553

 INSTITUTION, ROYAL :
   Annual Meeting, 540
   Anonymous Donation, £500, 167
   Elections, 167, 281, 540, 624
   General Meetings, 167, 281, 540, 624

Lectures by Sir William Bragg on “ X-rays and Living Matter,” and Sir William Hardy on “ Films,” 86 Various Lectures Projected, Lecturers and Dates, 224

 INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS :
   Annual Dinner—and Criticism, 453

Engineer and Chemist, Combination Highly Necessary for this Country, Sir Alfred Mond’s View, 469 Impact of Wheels on Road Surface, Difference between Solid and Pneumatic Tires, Major R. A. B. Smith, 153

   Portland House Scholarship, 624
 INSTITUTION OF WELDING ENGINEERS :

Arc Welding of Seams in Steel Plates, J. T* Carr, 183

 SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY :

Annual General Meeting, The King as Patron, 153

 SOCIETY, THE FARADAY :

Explosive Reactions in Gaseous Media’ Discussion Organised by Society, 481 Temporary Appointfnent of Secretary and Editor, 665

 SOCIETY OF GLASS TECHNOLOGISTS :

Visit to Osram Glass Works, Papers on Glass Technology, Luncheon, 651

 SOCIETY, ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING :

Engine Drivers’ Eyesight, Effect of Passing from Tunnels to Lighted Stations, 637

 SOCIETY, LIVERPOOL ENGINEERING :

Development of Water Power Resources, A. E. Malpas, 13

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued') : SOCIETY, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, LONDON :

    Second Annual Dinner, 162
 SOCIETY, NEWCOMEN :
    Summer Meeting, 1926, 565
 SOCIETY, ROYAL AERONAUTICAL :
    President Elected, 469
 SOCIETY, ROYAL, OF ARTS :

Ancient Cottages, Preservation of, Meeting to Discuss Measures for, 440 Roads, Danger of Cambering, Lieut. - Colonel Sir A. H. Burgoyne, 43

 SOCIETY, ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL :

Symons Memorial Lecture, Advances in Atmospheric Physics, Professor Sydney Chapman, 363

 SOCIETIES, PHYSICAL AND OPTICAL :
    Exhibition, 13

AUTOMATIC Telephone Exchange at Manchester, 71 B “ BANK ” Telephone Exchange Closed, 617 Barbed Wire, German Substitute for, 71 Baroda’s New Harbour at Okha, 469 Bauxite or Clay, Extraction of Metal from, Professor N. Vittorf’s Invention, 217 Bauxite in Montenegro, Large Deposits Discovered, 43 Bauxite Production in the United States, 553 Bauxite Reduction to Aluminium Oxide by

 Aid of Iron Ore Instead of Coal, 581

Bedrock Depth for Sheet Piling, Method of Ascertaining, 183 Beet Sugar Factory for Three Welsh Counties, 153 Bell, 15 Tons, for America Ordered from Croydon, 125 Berlin Projected Prize Competition for Caterpillar Tractor, 13 Beryllium, Properties of, 183 Birmingham Sewage Disposal, Sludge Gas

 Power Plant Installed, 553

Blast-furnaces—see Iron Board of Trade Engineers’ Examinations to be Suspended in August, 125 Board of Trade Navigation Certificates, New Test of Competency, 269 Board of Trade Returns, Exports of Machinery

 Show Highest Figure since 1913, 125

Boilers, Precipitates Forming in, Investigation in America, 43 Breakwaters in the Bay of Corinto, Pacific Coast, Projected, 213 BRIDGES :

 See also Railways
 Bascule Bridges for Welland Canal, 43

Blue Nile Flow, Possibility of Regulation and Irrigation Water Supply Improvement, 609 Bridge Colouring to Harmonise with House, 43, 71 Bridges Over the Vaal and Orange Rivers, Construction of Seven New, Proposed, 385 Cantilever Bridge, to Connect Rhode Island with American Mainland, 385 Finnieston, New Bridge Across the Clyde at, under Consideration, 213 Murray River Bridges, Two, in Course of Erection, Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd., 71 Murray River, History of Old Bridge, 125 Murray River New Bridge, Second Longest in Australia, 71 Niagara Falls Cantilever Bridge, Unusual Rusting, 71 Old and New Bridges Crossing Newark Bay, N.J., Cost of, 293 Port Augusta, South Australia, Proposed Bridge, 13 Two-deck Continuous Girder Bridge Recommended to Connect North Brisbane with Kangaroo Point, 297 Umgeni River, Natal, Bridge Over, Completed, 385 Wear, Bridge Over, at Sunderland, Tender of Sir William Arrol and Co. Accepted, 478 Westminster Bridge as Sound as When Erected, 641 BRITISH Columbia’s Hydro-electric Schemes, 637 British Columbia, Record Low Rate of Mine Fatalities, 385 BRITISH ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION : Change of Methods of Classification of Insulating Materials, 255 BRITISH ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION : Improvement Reported in Overseas Trade Inquiries, 98 Overseas Inquiries, New Zealand’s Extensive Requirements, 269 BRITISH ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSOCIATION :

   Electric Cable Specification, 481

British Engineering Industry, Share of World Trade, 153 ,

 British Factories to be Opened to Traders during British Industries Fair in Birmingham, 183

British Malaya’s First Large Power Development Projected, 669 British Manufacturers’ Increasing Contracts, 183 Budapest, Municipality’s Extensive Programme of Improvements, 525

 Buenos Aires, Port Improvement Projected, 413 Bullet-proof Screen, Reported Wonderful New
    Invention, 355	•

c CABLE, New Underground, Between London and Glasgow, 71 Commercial Motor Users’ Association, 440 Concrete Culverts, Novel System of Forming, 469 Concrete Houses in the United Kingdom, 24,000 Erected in 1925, 71 Concrete Oil Reservoir, Very Large, in Canada, 673 Concrete Piles in Los Angeles Harbour, Cracking Effects, 609 Concrete Silos, Rapid Construction of, 263 Concrete Testing Data from Chicago, 13 Concrete Treated with Silicate of Soda, 447 Congress for Applied Mechanics, 552 Coopers Hill War Memorial Prize, 651 Co-partnership and Co-operation, 224 Copper, Blister, Record Monthly Output, 124 Copper Production in U.S.A., 71 Copper Property, the Flin Flon, in Manitoba, 43 Corrosion, Mechanism and Control of, in Steam Power Plant, Investigation, 213 Corrosion, Mechanism of, and Factors Effective in its Control in Steam Power Plant, 385 Cranes, Repair and Overhaul of, After Over Fifty Years’ Service, 413 Crude Oil Production in the United States, 385 Crude Oil and Supply of Motor Fuel, Effect on these of Artificial Methods of Recovery, 581 Culverts—see also Concrete Culverts, Flat-top Wooden, Successful in Replacement of Old Type of Waterbreaks, 581 Cyprus Asbestos Plant Output, 99 D DAIREN, the Second Port of China, 609 Dam, Cyclopean, for Irrigation, Across the Cauvery River, India, 581 Dam Leakage Stopped by Grouting with Asphalt, 609 Dam of Unusual Form in Arizona, 609 Demolition Projected of Fourteenth Century Bridge in Bath, 525 Development of Additional 22,000 Horse-power in New Brunswick and its Cost, 523 Diamond Mines Lit by Electric Flood Light, 553 Diatomite or Infusorial Earth, Deposit Discovery in Ontario, 99 Diesel Engine, 2900 H.P. Marine, Non-stop Thirty Days’ Trial Run, 385 Dock, Inland, at Warrnambool, Victoria, 183 Dock Works at Buenaventura, 645 Dover Harbour, Parliamentary Bill, 63 Dry Dock, New, at Victoria, B.C., 497 Durban, Extension of North Pier, 385 Durban’s Preference for British Material, 153 Dust Collectors, Birmingham, 153 ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued): Sutton Coldfield Increasing Demand for Electricity, 42 Towers for High-voltage Lines, “ Kay ’ Preferred to Lattice, 43 Transmission Line Begun by Canada Northern Power Company, A Big Development, 553 Transmission Line, Electric Power, Projected New, for Ontario, 553 Tumbler Switches, J. H. Tucker and Co., Ltd., 412 Turbo - alternating Plant Projected for Bucarest, 269 Turbo-alternator for Japan, Metropolitan - Vickers Company, 413 Turbo-alternators for South Brisbane Power House, Tenders for Two Invited, 497 Turbo-generator, Easily a Record, Exhibited in Osaka, 581 Turbo-generators, 80,000 H.P. Each, 406 Turbo-generators, 45,000-Kilowatt, Highest Steam Pressure Claim, 243

  Victoria Electricity Commission to Deal with Requirements for Further Energy, 581 West Bank Power Station, Installation of 10,000-Kilowatt Turbo-generator Set and Condensing Plant, 665

Worcester’s Prosperous Electricity Scheme, 43 ELECTROLYTIC Zinc Company’s Projected Researches in School of Chemistry, Melbourne, 637 Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 1927, 258 Engines, Heavy Oil, Working Costs of, 99 Engine, Standard Marine, Tests, 312 Engineering Structures Considered Beautiful, 441 Engineers’ Club, Birmingham, 453 Esquimalt Dry Dock, Ottawa, Ready for Ships, 553 Ether, Existence or Non-existence of, 553 Excavator, Dragline, New Type, 525 Exhaust of the Jackhammer as Assistance to Ventilation, H. S. Potter, 441 EXHIBITIONS : Aeronautic Exhibition, Tenth International, 289, 665 British Chemical Plant Exhibition, 297 British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich in 1927, 549 British Industries Fair, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Discussing Possibility of Local Section, 385 Canadian National Exhibition, Projected Additions, 43 Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lighting Appliances, 312 International Laundry and Allied Trades’ Exhibition, 525 International Oil Exhibition for London, 565 Norwegian Industries Fair at Oslo, 413 Philadelphia Exhibition, British Section at, 385

  Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition, 13 Radio-technical Instruments Section at Padua Sample Fair, 441

Riga, International Fair, 469 Riga Fair and International Competition of Machinery, 497 Salonika, Trade and Industrial International Fair, 441 Swedish Industries Fair, 481 EXPLOSION of Cast Iron Stop Valve Chest, 297 Explosion of Heating Tube in Baker’s Oven, Engineer’s Report, 609 Explosion of Oxygen Cylinder and Effect of Sea Water, 153 Explosion, Unusual, in connection with Highspeed Steam Engine, 441 Explosives, Authorised, Home Office List, 183 Explosives Inspectors, Appointments, 243 F FACTORIES, Soda Powder, Paper Works, and Artificial Silk, Projected in China, 637 Fairs—see Exhibitions Faraday House, Entrance Scholarships and Prizes Awards, 453 Firedamp in Mines, Possible Ignition by Electric Currents, Research Work in Progress, 469 Firms’ Recognition of Workmen’s Loyalty and Zeal at Time of Strike, 581 Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen and Conversion into Nitrate of Lime, Projected Plant for, 413 Floating Dock, 15,000-Ton, to be Constructed at Newcastle, New South Wales, 385 Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal due to Silting of Bed, 637 Floors, Steel and Concrete, Regulations Governing Construction, 553 Fly-wheel’s Disastrous Burst, 99 Fog Dispersement by Special Apparatus, 497 Ford Car’s Long Journey by Aeroplane and Rapid Repair for Roadwork, 13 Francois Cementation Process, to be Used for Mersey Tunnel and a New Coal Shaft, 276 French Citizenship, the Jean Bares Award, 553 Fuel Carbonised to Reduce Freight Charges, 497 Fuel Research—see Coal G GARNET and Quartz Sandpaper Compared, 243 Gas and Oil Product of Well in Alberta, 581 Gas Plant Tests in America, 213 Gasworks, Heavy Expenditure on, in Johannesburg, 441 General Strike Costs Loss of Ship Repair Contract, 609 Geodetic Survey of Canada, 348 Geodetic Surveys and Reports in Canada, Big Outlay on, 609 German and Belgian Wire Producers, Conferences, 213 German Patent Classifications, New Grouping, 174 Germany, Analysis of Accidents with Gas, Petroleum and Electricity, 153 Germany, Motor Car Production Statistics, 153

Gisborne Harbour, N.Z., Extended by Diver sion of River Turanganui, 125 Gliders—see Aeronautics Gold-bearing Ore Discovery near Yilgarn, West Australia, 497 Gold-bearing Quartz, Heavy Gold Percentage in Rhodesia, 637 Gold-mining Expectations in Canada, 13 Gold Seams Discoveries at Cicapra, State of

 Bolivar, 497

Gold Yield of One Month for New South Wales, 609 Grain Elevator, Reinforced Concrete, at Owen Sound, 413 Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Company Formed

 for Development of, 609

Grants for Research Abroad, 540 Graphite Mining in Canada Recovering from Depression, 441 Grass Tree, Victoria, Commercial Utilisation of, 305 Greenland, Establishment of Meteorological Stations, 524 Grenada’s Proposed Development of Water Supply and Water Power, 297 H HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Cold Storage Plant and Ice Factory, 497 Harbour Construction at Napier, N.Z., 355 Heat, Effects of, upon Rocks, 179 Heat Flow Meters for Furnace Walls, Study Conducted in U.S.A., 325 Helium in Australian Natural Gas, Analysis, 441 Hoist, Electric, to be the Largest in the World, 355 Hoist to Handle 20 Tons of Ore, 269 Hoists, Two Largest Ever Made in Canada, 355 Hume Concrete Pipes by Centrifugal Process, 413 Hydraulic Turbine Governing, Tendency to Elimination of, 297 Hydro-electric Enterprise in Tasmania, 125 Hydro-electric Plant in Korea, 77 Hydro-electric Power in Canada, Bill to Prohibit Exportation of, 269 Hydro-electric Power Development, Comparison of Cost, 71 Hydro-electric Power Development on Perak River, 183 Hydro-electric Power Development of Pykara Falls, Nilgiris District, 207 Hydro-electric Power Plant Extension, at Mulungushi, Rhodesian Broken Hill Company, 497 Hydro-electric Stations in Austria, 13 Hydro-electric Station at Buenos Aires, One of Largest in the World, 413 Hydro-electric Stations for Supplying Light to Tripoli and other Centres, 547 Hydrogen Production by Micro-organisms, Dr.

 A. C. Thaysen, 71

I ICEBERGS, Experiments for Disintegration of, Projected at Newfoundland, Dr. Howard F. Barnes, 213, 525 improvised Oil Burning, 621 Indian Boilers, Incomplete Inspection, 222 Industrial Chemistry, Sixth Congress to be held at Brussels, 469 Inland Waterway Projects on American Rivers, 99, 243 Inorganic Chemistry, Discovery by Professor B. S. Hopkins, 297 International Geological Congress, Madrid, 153 Irish Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, Proposed Formation of, 608 IRON AND STEEL : Accident to American Blast-furnace, 525 Australian Production of Railway Steel Specialities on American Lines, 609 Blast-furnace and Coke Oven Battery, New, Started by Wigan Coal and Iron Company, 125

 Blast-furnace Fuels Research, 297
 Blast-furnaces in France, Statistics, 43

Blast-furnaces Projected for Smelting Iron Ore near Fort William, Ontario, 609 Blasting in Heavy Sulphides, Risk from Dangerous Gases, 497 Canada, the World’s Largest Nickel Producer, 153 Cast Iron Recently Brought Out in U.S.A.

    of Much Increased Tensile Strength, 637
 Castings, Hydraulic Method of Cleaning, 71
 Chemical Composition of Steel, Analysis and
Melting or Pouring Practice both Called for, 553
 Collapse of Steel Pipe and Reshaping, 183

Consumption of Scrap in Steel Production, Method of Estimating, 469 Direct Electric Iron Production, M. Flodin, 609 Drill Steel Axial Hole, South African Government Mining Regulations, 269 First Steel Rolled in Australia for Sydney Harbour Bridge, 297

  Ingot Mould, Exceptionally Large, 43

Iron Ores, High Silica, Investigation into Means of Treating, 125 Iron and Steel Works, Projected, on Shore of Black Sea and Alexandretta, 497 Iron Trades Employers’ Insurance Association, Ltd., 593 Lifting Magnets for Recovery of Strip Steel from Pickling Tanks, 99 Low Ash in Blast-furnace Use, Valuable Tests, 469

  Manganese Ore Export from India, 665
  Manganese Output in Russia, 70
  Mysore Iron Ore Deposits, 603
  Nankin Price for Cast Iron, 183

National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers : Annual Meeting and Elections, 680 Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 213 Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 325 Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 441 Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 581

IRON AND STEEL {continued) : Nickel Industry Recovery from Deflation, 325 * Phosphorus Effect on Wrought Iron, Experi- ments, 581 Rails for American Railroads, New Steel for, Patented, 269 Rails Trust, Negotiations for Forming, 385 Rhenish Westphalian Steel Trust Started, 525 Rust Effect on Bridge over Niagara Falls, 71 Scrap Metal in Blast-furnaces, Advantages of Use, 71 Sheet and Galvanising Works, Projected by Llanelly Steel Company, 125 Steel, New, Light Type of Structural Material, 553

 Swedish Iron Ore Production, 71

Swedish Ores and Furnaces for Refining, 325 Union of South Africa, Production of Iron and Steel Manufactures, Statics, 325 Velocity of Ascending Gas Inside a Blastfurnace, 497 Wrought Iron Pipe, Good Condition After more than Ha'f a Century in Use, 469 IRRIGATION Project for Coimbatore under Consideration by Madras Government, 469 J JAMES Watt House in Scotland, Steps Taken for Preservation, 355 Joule’s Life and Work in Salford, Lecture by Professor W. H. Haldane Gee, 99 Jubilee of Service, 400 K KILINDINI, East Africa, Port Manager, 533 Kiukiang, Yangtze River, Pipes for Drinking

 Water Supply, 469

L LABORATORY Tests of Concrete Cylinders, 13 Lamp Production Reduced in Germany, 13 Lantern Slides for Lectures :

 Marshall, Sons and Co., Ltd., 60
 Petters, Ltd., 425

Lead Paint (Protection Against Poisoning) Bill, 355 Lead Pigment, Remarkable for Protection of Iron Against Rust, 641 Lead Poisoning, Proper Medication Treatment, Dr. W. F. Boos, 13 Leaks in Water Mains Discovered by the Teeth, 413 Lessons from the Fire in the Argonaut Mine, 553 Libraries and Information Bureaux Association, of, 340 Lifeboats, “ Emergency Fleet,” at Cowes, 609 Lighting Appliances, Exhibition at Newcastle- upon-Tyne, 312 Lighting of Rural Highway for Night Delivery of Farm Products into New York, 525 Lime Burning Kilns with Riveted Joints, Welded Joints Preferable, 637 Linseed, World’s Production of, 297 Lock, Entrance, for the North Sea Canal, to be by far the Largest in the World, 609 Locomotive, Electric Storage Battery Competition, 609, 637 Locomotives, Forty-one Electric, Ordered from Metropolitan-Vickers Company, 665 London to Aberdeen by Motor in 12| Hours, 469 Loom, Improved New Type, in America, 665 Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant in Natal, 665 Lubricating Oils, J. E. Hackford, 355 Lumber Shipments from British Columbia, 355 Luminous Fountains in Paris, Spectacular Performances on the Seine, 213 M MADRID, Great Schemes for Public Works, 665 Manchester Steam Users’ Association, Work of the Year, 385 Manganese—see Iron and Steel Maracaibo, Port of, Venezuela, Enlargement and Improvement Emba ked upon, 469 Matadi on the Congo, Progress of Work on the Port of, 609 Meadow Embankment and the Use of Dynamite, 469 Measuring Pressures, New Method, 54 Meat Preserved for Fifty Days by New Process, 213 Melting Points of Barium and other Oxides, 441 Mica Mined in Ontario, Projected Refinery, 43 Mine Gases, Sampling and Examination of, 297 Miner’s Long Record Underground, 665 Mines Research, “ Inflammability of Firedamp and Air,” M. G. Burgess and R. V. Wheeler, “Ignition of Firedamp,” H. F. Coward and R. V. Wheeler, 43 Mines Safety Measures, Joint Investigation by British and American Authorities, 13 Mines, Use of Breathing Apparatus in, F. J. Johnston, 525 Mining, World’s Record in, 43 Molybdenite and Molybdenum, Present Market Demand Inconsiderable, 553 Montreal’s Successful Season in 1925, 441 Morocco Roads, Extensive System, but not yet quite Complete, 297 Motor Band Losses, T. Spooner, 213 Motor Boat Race on the Thames, 469 Motor Cars, British, for Service Abroad, Requirements, 413 Motor Cars in China, 183 Motor Cycle World’s Speed Record, 441 Motor Roller, Diesel-engined, made at Melbourne, 13 Motor Traffic in Morocco, British Cars Almost Unknown, 325 Museum, National, of Engineering and Industry in America, Plans for, 71 Mysore Border, Project for Utilising Water Power of Pykara River, 609

N NANKING Price for Cast Iron, 183 Natural Gas Transmission Lines, Reduction of

 Leakage Rate, 413

Newcomen—see Associations, &c. New South Wales South Coast Towns, Four

 Schemes for Water Supply, 13

New South Wales Southern Tablelands, Extensive Development of Resources, 413 Newsprint Mill, Largest in Existence, at Quebec, 413 New Zealand Government Decision, Scenic Beauty or Water Power for Nitrate Production, 297 New Zealand Government Licence for Horsepower Generation, 153 Niagara Falls Water for Power Purposes, Increased Diversion Asked for, Committee for Investigation to be Formed, 581 Niagara Gorge, Permit for Investigation of Possible Power Project, 585 Nitrogen, Atmospheric, Plant for Fixation, New South Wales, 355 Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1926, Awards, 593 Notable Dinner, 309 o OIL-BEARING Shale, Rich Find in Tasmania, 609 Oil Boring on Prince Edward Island, 13 Oil Can, A Good, Joseph Kaye and Sons, Ltd., 540 Oil Engine, Largest Ever Installed in Ontario Gold Mine, 634 Oil Extraction from Tasmanian Shale, 297 Oil Production Methods, Study of, 269 Oil Refinery Projected for Khanagin, Persia, 152 Oil Shales in Tasmania, Retort Plant for Distilling, 665 Oil Wells Production in California, 413 O.M.S., New Organisation Formed, Government Scheme, 54 Ontario, Big Addition Projected to Plant at Port Colbourne, 413 Ontario’s Horse-power Installation for 1925, 153 Ontario Hydro-electric Commission’s Projected Development, 325 Ottawa River, Chute des Chats Falls to be

 Utilised for Power Development, 384

Ottawa River, Joint Survey and Division of Resources, 637 p PAINT Manufacturing Plant to be Established at Levis, Quebec, 525 Paint and Varnish Industries Research, 183 Paper Mill at Thunder Bay, Ontario, 665 Paris Subways, Competition for Design, 197 Pensions in the Metal Trade, 400 Persian Gulf, Advantage of New Channel, 609 Petroleum Production of Venezuela, 441 Petroleum Refineries Statistics in U.S.A., 325 Petroleum, Test Wells in Iraq, 585 Petters’ Offer of £100 Prize for Essay, 86 Photographs of Solar Eclipse and the Einstein

 Theory, Successes and Failures, 125

Piccadilly—see Road Traffic Pigment Grinding by Crushing, 297 Pigments Ranging in Shade from Orange to Purplish-red, Recipe for Cheaper Production, 637 Pipe Joints for Petrol, to Tighten, 609 Platinum Abundance in South Africa, 441 Platinum, First Output in South Africa, 297 Poland, New Port at Gdynia, 130 Police Signalling Scheme to Check Motor Bandits, 125 Polish Import Duty on Industrial Machinery Reduced, 413 Pollution of Navigable Waters by Oil, United States Government Calls Conference to Deal with, 469 Power Alcohol from Molasses, Projected Large Production in Austral'a, 441 Power Alcohol from Prickly Pear, Chemical Tests in Progress, 297 Power Development Plant Projected for Nipigon River, Ontario, 183 Power from Tides, Favourable Situation for Development, 183 Power from Tides in Passanaquoddy Bay, New

 Brunswick, Details of Project, 637

Presentations for Long Service, 537 Primary Power in Manufacturing and other Industries, Huge Increase in U.S.A., 183 Pulp and Paper Industry in Canada, Increased Productive Capacity, 665 Pulp from Waste Paper, Mill for Manufacture, in Manitoba, 413 Pyrites Production in the United States, 469 Q QUARTZ Lode Discovery Reported in Central Australia, 469 Quay and Roadmaking Construction at New- castle-on-Tyne, 13 Quebec Harbour’s Record Year, 609 Quebec Harbour Works, Additional Quay, 497 Quebec, Port of, Modern Cold Storage Warehouse, Fish-house and Power-house Prove Valuable Addition to Facilities, 581 Queensland’s Mineral Output for 1925, 665 RADIUM Bromide Extraction from Crude Ore, Australia, 125 Radium Industry’ Belgian and French Rivalry,

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

 Accidents :

Accidents in Last Year and in Previous Years, Comparison oUStatistics, 43 American Fatal Disaster Due to Passing Danger Signals, 665 Amiens Derailment, Imprisonment Sentence in Suspension, 71 Britain Overseas, Serious Accidents in 8.

     Africa and in New South Wales, 637

British Railway Accident Inquiries in 1925, Analysis of, 441 British Railways, Accidents on, Greater Number of Casualties Caused by other than Train Accidents, 269 Buffer Stop Collision, Serious, at Clevedon, Report and Remarks, 125, 665 Collision between Two Empty Passenger Trains at Blackburn Station, 461 Derailment and Heavy Death Roll on Costa Rica Railway, 325 East Africa, Government Guarantee in Aid of Railways, 525 Fatal Disaster in Munich East Station, 581 Fenny Stratford Level Crossing Disaster, Coroner’s Inquest Verdict, 325, 355, 413, 469 Flin Flon Copper Mine, Railway Line, Construction Authorised, 525 Florida East Coast Railway Collision, 183

   Fog Collision Inquiry and Verdict, 441
   French Express Train Derailment, 13

Great Western Railway Accidents, Statistics, 441 Isle of Man Railway Buffer Stop Collision and Fatality, 325 Level Crossing Disaster near Forest Hall Station, L. and N.E. Railway, 99, 125

   Motorists Running into Gates, 469
   Partenkirchen to Innsbruck Electric Train
     Accident and “ Dead Man’s Handle,” 441
   Previous Accidents Recalled, 269

Railway Servants’ Accident Inquiries, Analysis of Causes of, 297 Report on Collision at Llandudno Station, 385 Report on Collision at Victoria Station, Sheffield, 243 Road Motor Victims at Fenny Stratford, to be Included in Railway Returns, 581 Sand Boxes for Use in Accident Prevention, 665 Southern Pacific, Lines and Shops, Diminution of Accidents, 465 Strike, and Consequent Accid nts, 553 Traction Engines at Level Crossings, Railway Rule, 125 Advance Bookings to be Required for Longdistance Excursion Train Travelling, 213

 Allison, The Late Sir R. A., 164
 Alpine Tunnel, Another Projected, 637

American Record for Safety in Railway Travel, 355 American Visitors Carried in Long Non-stop Trains at Very High Speed, 469 Appointments and Staff Changes, 43, 99, 269, 325, 533, 553, 581, 609 Australia, South to Central, New Railway, 125 Baden State Railway Urges Electrification, 553 Bengal Legislative Council’s Suggestions for Structure of Bally Bridge, 441 Berlin Metropolitan Railway, New Power Station to Supply Electricity, Lignite as Fuel, 581 Betterments, British and American Account • keeping, Difference in Methods, 297, 385 Birds Damage Themselves and Electric Railways, 553 Blackfriars Metropolitan District Station, Improvement, 221 Canadian National Railways’ Report, 553

 Canadian-Pacific Railway Expansion, 441

Cascade Range Crossed by Great Northern Railway of America, Difficulties and Proposed Tunnel, 99 Centenary Famous Locomotive for Museum at York, 325 Central London Tube, New Power Supply, 243 Chain Letters and “ Safety First,” 355 Change-giving Device at St. James’s Park Station, 125 City and South London Railway, Question of Name, 413 Coal Stoppage Effect on Railway Finances in 1912 and 1921, 665 Coke and Coal, Comparison for Railway Use, J. G. H. Warren, 469 Colouring of Railway Buildings to Harmonise with Country, 43

 Control, Train or Traffic, 268
 Death of Mr. Victor Angerer, 609
 Death of Sir George Gibb, 13
 Death of Mr. J. P. Grassick, 44]
 Death of Herr Rudolf Oeser, 609
 Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway, Negotiations
    Followed by Sale to Government, 71
 East London Traffic Facilities Inquiry, 413
 East London Travelling Facilities, Inquiry
    Begun, 325, 413
 Egyptian State Railways, Invited Tenders, 13
 Electric Traction Extension on Railways, 409
 Electrically Operated Trains on Various
    Sections, Extension of Use, 268

Electricity Bill and Railway Generating Stations, Concessions to Various Undertakings, 637 Elephant and Castle to have Single Station with Escalators, 314 Entertainment Train for Lonely Railway

    Employees in Remote Districts, 637
 Escalators at Trafalgar Square Station, 504
 Films of Railway Activities, by Railwaymen,
 Finance of Railways, Need for Depreciation
   Fund, Metropolitan Railways’ Position,
 Financial Results of Working of Three
   Principal Lines in 1925, 269
 Fog and Signalmen, 553
 Fog and Use of Detonators, 553
 Four Electric Locomotives, Said to be the
   Most Powerful in the World, 581

“ Garratt ” Locomotives, Great Success in South Africa, 355 Genoa and Rome, 25 Additional Miles of Main Line Converted to Electric Traction, 497

ALWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) : German Railways’ Train Telephones, 225 Glasgow Experiments in Two-penny Tramway Fares, 71 Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Decline in Traffic, Cancelment of Scheme for New Wagons, 297 Great Southern Railway (Ireland), First Year’s Report, 355 Great Western Railway :

  Accidents to Railway Servants, 441
  Closing Branch Lines, Complaint, 125
  Safety First Reduction in Accidents, 125

Grouped Companies’ Increased Receipts, 525 Grouped Companies’ Percentage of Passenger and Freight Traffic, 125 Grouping, Savings Effected and Secret Figures, 99 Harbin Electric Tramways, Material from Germany, 637 Institutes and Institutions, Railway and Transport—see Associations International Union of Tramways, Barcelona Meeting, 665 Irish Railways’ Financial Plight, 609 Italian Railway Electrification Equipment by Brown, Boveri Company, 581 Japanese Entire Railway Rolling Stock Converted to Automatic Coupling in One Day, Joint Ownership of Railways and Stations in Great Britain, 297 Kenya and Uganda Railway, 227 Khyber Railway, Cost of, 13 Lamps, Side and Tail, and their Significance, 153 Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company and Railway Bridge Loads, 441 Locomotive Coal Price, Yorkshire Collieries Reduction in, 71 L.C.C. Tramcars, Swaying Trouble and Apparatus for Steadying, 355 London Electric Railways, Edgware Extension Satisfactory Traffic Figures, 468 London Electric Railways Seeks Connection with Southern Railway, 4J.3 London, Midland and Scottish Railway : Annual Meeting and the Year’s Financial Results, 268

  Coal-tipping Plant at Swansea, Projected
    Improvement by Railway Company, 525
  Conversion of Locomotives from Coal to
    Oil-burning, 581

First-class and Third-class S5eats, Revenue Returns from, 553 Fleetwood Facilities for Handling Passenger Traffic for Isle of Man and Belfast, 385

  Fuel Bills for 1924 and 1925, 297

“ Garratt ” Locomotives for Coal Trains, 269 London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and Electric Traction, 413 Motor Traffic and Railways, Question under Consideration, 297, 325 Settle and Carlisle Section of Midland Railway, Some Past History, 497 Short Time for Shopmen, Permanent Way not Locomotive Shopmen, 497 Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Outlay Last Year and Projected, 317 London and North-Eastern Railway :

  Congestion in the Southern Area, Causes of
    Delay in Improvement, 385

Frodingham, Scheme for Improvements at, 183 Harrogate-King’s Cross Pullman, Punctuality and Speed, 187 King’s Cross Platform and Siding Alterations, 637 King’s Cross to Scotland, Relief Train to Begin, 497 Oil Jetty at Salt End, Hull, Projected Additional, 213 Punctuality, Decline and Need of Improvement, 183

  Smoking in Waiting Rooms Permitted, 385
  Steel Rails Orders, 99

Tank Engines, New Type, for Suburban Trains, 71 Traffic Movement from Hull to the West Riding, Complaints and Census Results, 637 London Post Office Tube Railway Expenditure, 243 London. Traffic, Central Goods Clearing Station Scheme, 637 London Underground Idea Utilised in Berlin, 609 Manchester Extension of Tramway Track and Number of Cars, 553 Material and Stores, Loss Due to Interest, Depreciation, &c , 213 Melbourne and Sydney, N.S.W., Extension of Railway Electrification, 547 Mersey Railway Company’s Diminished Deficit, 213 Metropolitan Railway, Approaching E ectric Trac ion on Certain Sections, 213 Metropolitan Railway Bill, Tube from Willes- den Green to Edgware-road, 413 Metropolitan Railway, Changes at Edgware- road, 614 Metropolitan Railway New Junction between Euston Square and King’s Cross, 325 Mid-Nottinghamshire Joint Railway Bill Passed, 385 Mineral and Freight Traffic, Rise and Fall, 183 Ministry of Transport: Denbigh Station, Powers of the Ministry, 43 Hand Brakes on Both Sides of Wagons, New Rule, 497 Light Railway Order to Connect Romney and Hythe, 609 Passenger Tube Railway Under the Tyne, Conflict of Opinions, 71 Preliminary Railway Returns Published, 385, 469 Railway Companies Association and Road

    Damage by Motor Traffic^ 297, 325

Railway Statistics for October, 1925, 71 Railway Statistics for November, 1925, 243

  Railway Statistics for December, 1925, 355
  Railway Statistics for January, 1926, 525

Traffic Mileage and Receipts Statistics for Nine Months of 1925, 13 RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): Morden Tube Extension, Contracts for Stations and Further Work, 183, 621

 Motor Car Type “ Trains,” 469 ; (Letter), 531
 National Union of Railwaymen :

Delegate Meeting on Wages Board Award, 71 ; Result, 125 Depredations by Railway Servants Greatly Decreased, 99

    Greatly Increased Membership, 497
    Suspension of the Guaranteed Week, 609
 National Wages Board, 71

New South Wales Railway, Wagon Record for Loading and Mileage, 213

 New Year Honours, 43

New Zealand Government Railways’ Engine, New Type, Named in Memory of Servants Killed in the War, 153 New Zealand, Locomotive Workshops Projected at Wellington, 385 Northern Railway of France and Dunkirk Harbour, Connection with Tilbury, 213 Osaka, Japanese Considering Erection of Up- to-date Station, 525 Piccadilly and City Lines, Tube Link at King’s Cross, 243 Pingtichuan to Pangkiang, Proposed Railway, 297 Post Office Sorting Vans on Railways, Ownership of, 13

 Power-house Dispute Settlement, 213

Private Owners of Railway Rolling Stock, Minimum Tare, 71, 413 Race Meetings, Trains Most Profitable to Railways and Those who Trade with Them, 665 Radial Railway, High-speed, from Toronto to Hamilton, Proposed Construction, 385 Rails Used Annually on Railways, Returns, 99

 Railway Benevolent Institution, 497

Railway Companies’ Burdens and Rates Increase, 324 Railway Material Exports Statistics, 13, 153, 183, 243, 325, 441, 581, 665 Railwaymen on Strike and Assistance to Injured Travelers, 581

 Railway Rates Tribunal:

“ A ” Year, Expenditure of, 43, 71 Circuitous Route ” Investigation and ’ts Cost, 243 New Schedule of Charges and the “ Appointed Day,” 637 Private Owners of Rolling Stock and Minimum Tare, 71, 413 Standard Charges on the Four Grouped Systems, 497 Workmen’s Cheaper Tickets and Higher Wages, 525 Railway Shopmen and Court of Inquiry, Result, 213 Railway Superannuation Funds and Grouping, L. and N.E.R. Bill Rejected, 325

 Road Traffic Competition and Loss of Goods
    Revenue by Railways, 525
 Roads, Motors and Railways, 325
 Runaway Catch Points and their Use, 213
 Russian Railway Development, Possible
    Rolling Stock. Orders, 71

Safety of British Railways, Proof by Statistics, 268 Sentence Passed Nearly Two Years After Offence in America, 609 Shareholders and Discussion of Questions of Practical Economy, 525 Shunting of British Railway Wagons, Link Coupling Advantages, 525 Signal Engineers from French Railway Inspecting English Installations, 125

 Signalmen’s Duty in Case of Mishap, 213
 Signals, Four-aspect Colour Light, 385

Sleeping Car Suggestions, International Competition Arranged, 125

 Snow Delavs Post Office Mails on Railways,
         13
 South African Railways Relaying Track, 469

South Australian Success with Motor Rail Cars, 325

 South London Tube, The New, 621
 Southern Railway :
    Accusations of Delay and the Reply, 153
    Atlantic Coast Express, 24
    Bridges, Strengthened, to Carry “ King
      Arthur ” Class of Engine, 94

Brighton Section, Electric System to be Changed from Overhead to Third Rail, 268 Cannon-street Station’s Defects and Probable Closing for Alterations, 125, 183 Cannon-street Station Temporarily Closed, 553, 609

    Dover-Ostend Boat Train Acceleration, 243

Electrical Service, Temporary, and Future Permanence, 183 Electrical Services and Increased Number of Passengers, Proposed Extensions on Brighton Section, 469 Electrification Programme to be Carried Out, 553, 609 Ferro-concrete Engine Depot at Exmouth Junction, 213 Floating Dock, 60,000-Ton, Temporary Removal, 637

     Millbrook Station Improvements, 153

Proposed Improvements Consequent on Grouping, 469 Queen-street Station, Exeter, Additions, 360 Southampton, New Docks for Southern Railway, 153 Widening between Eastleigh and Shawford, 355 Steam Tramway Suspended on Account of Loss in Working, 609 Steel Sleepers for North Australian Railways, 325 Stockton and Darlington Centenary, Men’s Demonstration and Funds Division, 71 Stockton and Darlington Railway, Tablet to Memory of Pioneers, 413 Stores and Materials, Values of Certain Railways, 355 Switches of Railway Points, Oiling and Cleaning, 385

  Third-class Passengers and Privileges, 99
  Ticket-issuing Machine, New Type, 525

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS (continued) : United States Navy, Two 10,000-Ton Cruisers for, Suggested Machine Pressure, and Radical Departure from Normal Marine Practice, 385 War Office Motor Launches, 309 SHIPPING Conveyor Galleries, Quebec, Erection Approaching Completion, 553 Silver Compounds, New Type, Found in Australia, 413 Sir John Cass Technical Institute, 453 Slate for Structural Purposes, Coloured Surfacing Introduced, 243 Smoke Evil, Colossal Cost to the Country, Dr.

 John S. Owens, 243

Snow Clearing Equipment in Ontario, 183 Societies—see Associations South Africa, New Industry Started, 13 Soviet Union’s Lack of Calcium Carbide, Reopening of Works for Additional Supply, 497 Spanish Government Loan for Works at Port of La Luz, Canaries, 469 Spanish National Fuel Council, 125 Spelter and Sulphuric Acid Output from Seaton Carew Works, 13 Spontaneous Inflammation of Certain Oils and Oil Mixtures, Method of Prevention, 469 Steam Pipe Explosion, Possible Cause and Need of Care, 43 Steam Turbo-generator Failure After Long Service, 413 Steel—see Iron and Steel Stone, Weathering of, 577 Strainer, Choked, Removed from the Bottom of a Well, 413 Street Signs, Lighted Warning, in Chicago, 13 Suction Dredger with Steam Turbine-driven Pump, 13 Sugar Mill in Australia, Power Plant from

 Various English Manufacturers, 71

Sulphur Production in Java, 497 Sulphuric Acid Increased Output in France, 637 Swedish Ball Bearings, Annual Output, 213 T TAMPING Asphalt Road Surfacing, Novel Appliance for, 413 Tanganyika Territory, Analysis of Import Trade Origin, 269 Tantalum, Pure, in Large Blocks, Useful Production for Scientific Apparatus, 269 Tar Over Salt Solution Layer, German Invention, 99 Tasmania Local Shale for Oil Production, Plant for Testing Possibilities, 413 Tasmanian Discovery of New Alloy, 497 Tasmanian East Coast, Projected Development of Water Power Resources, 497 Tasmanian Report, Coal Seams, Silver-lead

 Lodes, Copper and Tin Lodes, 191

Taxi-cab Telephones, 553 Telephone Cable, New York-Chicago, Said to be Longest in the World, 99 Telephone Developments in and Round Shrewsbury, 99 Telephone Exchange, Strowger Automatic, at Ipswich, 421 Telephone Exchanges, Two New, for South London, 469 Telephone Figures for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 581 Telephone between London and Berlin and other German Towns, Arrangements, 321 Telephonic System, International, Linking-up of Hungary, 355 Tenders fot Steam-raising Plant, Marked Difference in Amount, 609 Teredos Boring Damage in Three Months, 243 Terminal Warehouse, Toronto, New, Begun, 553 Thames Silting Near Waterloo Bridge, 441 Thermometer for Measuring High Temperatures, 385 Tides in the Bay of Fundy, Utilisation of, for Hydro-electric Development, 609 Timber Royalties in British Columbia, Levy Proposed to Provide Funds for Afforestation, 99 Tin Discoveries in the North-Western Part of Tanganyika, 413 Tin and Greisen Discovery on Babel Island, Tasmania, 469, 497 Tin Mine, Dolcoath, New Shaft, 413 Tin Mining’s First Commercial Success in Canada, 609 Tin Ore Discovery in Cornwall, 71 Tin-plate Scrap, Cost of Handling, 469 Tin-plate Workers’ Official Tour, 183 Tires, Michelin, Reported Project for Manufacture in England, 13 Tool-box, Double-cutting, for Planing Machines, 509 Trade with China, Prospects, 469 Transport Difficulties Caused by Drought

 Affecting River in Colombia, 645

Trojan Service Manual, 456 Tubes, Special, Provisional Agreement between Germano-Czech Tube Combination and French Tube Rolling Works, 385 Tunnels, Three, Projected Under the Detroit River, 382 u UNDERGROUND Lake Discovery, Plans to

 Drain on to Land for Irrigation, 413

“ Uniflow and Extraction Steam Engines,” Dr.

 T. B. Morley, 243

Universal Ball Joint, B.E.N. Patents, Ltd., 277 University of British Columbia, Mechanical and

 Electrical Engineering Equipment, 269

University College Engineering Society, Annual

 Dinner, 277

Uxbridge Rural Drainage Loan, 637 V VALPARAISO Water Supply and Hydroelectric Plant, New Project Under Consideration, 297 Vancouver, Projected New Pier, 71 Venice as a Port, Projected Reconstruction, 355 Veteran Workers at Ironworks and Collieries, 512 Vickers Group Amateur Operatic Society, 537 Victoria, Vancouver Island, Dock Gates, 13 Village Deep Mine, Transvaal, now the Deepest in the World, 637 w ‘ WARD Leonard Control of Winding Engines,’

 E. Le Lew Lamb, 243

Warehouse, Projected, of Record Size, 13 Water Power Resources, Development of, A. E.

 Malpas, 13

WATER SUPPLY : Auckland, N.Z., Development of Water Supply, 125 Barton, Ontario, Extension of Water Supply Projected, 125 Clay Cross Seeks Loan to Increase Water Supply, 665 WATER SUPPLY {continued} : New South Wales, Lachlan River Water Conservation Scheme, 125

 Underground Water, 337

Yangchow, China, Proper Water Supply Projected, 637 WEATHERING of Stone, 577 Well and Bore-hole Successfully Sunk at Measham, 581 Welland Ship Canal, Amount Still Required for Completion, 469 Whitworth Society, Commemoration Dinner, 27 Wind Tunnel Experiments, 441 Winding Engine Accidents, Fewer with Electrical than Steam Engines, 355 Wire and Wire Products, Minimum Prices for, in France and Belgium, 609 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY : Asuncion, Projected Large Broadcasting Station at, 213 Basrah Port Trust, Satisfactory Working of Wireless Telephone Sets on Harbour Vessels, 665 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY & TELEPHONY {continued) : Broadcasting Wave Lengths, Proposed Redistribution, 213 Government Wireless between this Country and the Dominions, 243 Radio Telegrams for Ships, Extension of Service, 323 Spain’s Use of British Wireless Apparatus, 99 Venezuela, Two New Wireless Installations, at Caracas and Maracaibo, 497 Wave Length for “ Trans-Canada ” Longdistance Relay, 99 Windmill, Purchase of Ditchling’s 200-year- old Peg and Post Mill, 530 Wireless Apparatus Imports, British Prospects in no Danger, 325 Wireless Receiving Licences, Post Office Receipts, 325 WOOD Boring Pest Imported into Australia, Possible Extermination, 13 Wooden Stove Pipe, Fine Specimen, Built by Californian Power Company, 497 Work, Joy in, and Routine Tasks, C. M.

 Schwab, 125

Workmen’s Average of 63’20 Years of Service per Man, 581 X X-RAY Apparatus and Dark Room Mounted on Fast Motor Car, Great Value of, in Emergency, 125 z ZINC Chloride, Method of Preparation, P. Brallier, 497 Zinc Oxide Factory in Course of Erection on the River Don, Russia, 637 Zinc, Slab, Production at U.S.A. Zinc Reduction Plants in 1925, 525 Zinc Smelter for Saguenay, Quebec, 469

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