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ACCIDENTS Due to Poisoning by Gases, 131

Accountants, Institute of Costs and Works, Examinations, 519

Aerodrome, Shrewsbury, Sale of, 248

Aeronautical Research Committee, Two Technical Reports, 455

Afghanistan, Present of Telegraph Material from British Government in India, 595

Air Compressors, Bursting of Cooling Coils, 75

Air Council Approval of Grissell Prize Offer, 455

Air Ministry, Fuel Tanks Competition, 621

Air Ministry Gives Up Certain Service Stations. 217

Air Moisture at, and 100ft. Above, Ground Level, 483

Alaska, Mineral Output Report, 265

Alkali in Western Australia, Suggested Exploitation of Large Deposits, 193

Alloy, New Light, Silicon and Aluminium, 679

Alloy, Self-lubricating, for High-speed Bearings, 265

Alloys of Nickel and Chromium, 319

Alloys Research Committee Report, 240

Aluminium Production from Bauxite on the West Coast of India, 241

American Association for Advancement of Science, Meeting in Toronto, 119

American Copper and Brass, Research Association, 240

American Ports, Foreign Trade Zones in, 338

Anatolia Forests, A Neglected Industry, 67

Apprentices, Engineering, in South Africa, Supply Exceeding the Demand, 649

Apprenticeship Training in Bengal, 567 "‘Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarships, 230, 472, 576

Architects, Training of—see Institute, Royal, of British Architects

Armstrong-Whitworth Ships, 206

Asbestos Discovery on Canadian Railway Main Line, 293

Asbestos Factory in Quebec, 93

Asbestos Mines of Russia, Soviet Concession to American Corporation, 511

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES :

Association of Consulting Engineers (Incorporated):

Annual Dinner, 607

Election of Chairman, 108

Institute of Chemistry :

Training and Examination of Chemistry Students, 544

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Autumn Meeting in Paris, List of Papers, 168

Institute of Marine Engineers :

Remarkable Boiler Failure, 13

Institute, Royal, of British Architects :

Airship Mooring Mast, Grissell Prize Offered for Best Design, 455

“ Archibald Dawnay ” Scholarship, 576 Membership of the Institute, Training for, 572

Institute of Transport :

Annual Dinner, 407

South African Railways’ Coal Traffic Wagons, Mr. Kelway-Bamber, 595

Urban Electric Railway Services, J. P. Thomas, 595

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

Awards for Papers, 567

Dinner, 454

Informal Meetings to Introduce and Discuss New Accessories, 241

Institution of Civil Engineers :

Internal Combustion Engines with Large Cylinders, Sir J. McKechnie, 293

Institution of Civil Engineers (Ireland) : Water Power Resources of Ireland, Need of Proper Storage, Sir J. P. Griffith, 705

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Conversazione, 54

Election of Lord Southborough as Honorary Member, 539

Examination for Associate Membership, 105

Meetings, Future Arrangements, 155

Model General Conditions for Contracts, 575

Notice of Dinner, 551

Offer to Benevolent Fund, 39

Students’ Section :

Lecture : Single-phase and Direct-current Railways, Comparison of Equipment Cost, Sir Philip Dawson, 621

Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland :

Double Bottoms of Ships, Importance of Ventilation, J. L. Adam, 679

Institution of Gas Engineers :

Annual General Meeting, 372

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) :

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Loughborough Section Established. 394

Institution of Mechanical Engineers :

Alloys "Research Committee Report, 240

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

Mechanical Transport, A. R. Galbraith. 39

Institution of Naval Architects :

Scholarships and Prize Awards, 248, 361. 408

Scholarships for Competition in 1922, 616

Institution, North-East Coast, of Engineers and Shipbuilders :

Mile-posts, Hartley, Reconditioning and Re-measurement, 427

Officers for Session, 1921-22, 79

Institution, Permanent Way :

President for 1922, 500

Institution of Petroleum Technologists :

Elimination of Oilfield Waste, A. Beeby Thompson, 566

Oil Resources of the World. A. Beeby Thompson, 539

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Automatic Train Control, Problems of’ W. J. Thorrowgood, 119

First Summer Meeting, 67 “Three-position Signalling,” A. E. Tattersail, 539

Northern Section :

Establishment and Opening Meeting, 547

Recent Developments in the Token System for Single Lines of Railway, W. S. Roberts, 547

Institution, Royal :

Christmas Course of Juvenile Lectures, 511 Meetings and Elections, 54, 633 Programme of Lectures for Before-Easter Session, 691

Institution of Rubber Industry :

First Meeting of New Society. 427

Institution of Surveyors :

Annual Meeting in 1922, 595

Legacy for Prize, 595

Society of Chemical Industry :

Chemical Engineering Group Invites Institution of Gas Engineers to a Lecture, 539 Claude Synthetic Ammonia Process and Plant, J^H. West, 539

Society of Engineers :

Annual Meeting, Award of Gold Medal and other Premiums, 688

Crystal Palace Engineering Society :

Geen Premium Award, 688

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Annual Meeting, Awards for Papers, Elections, 54

Work of the Industrial Fatigue Research Board, D. R. Wilson, 567

Society of Technical Engineers :

General Policy, 241

Societies, Physical and Optical :

Annual Exhibition, 705

AUDIBILITY of Sound and the Oppau Explosion, 347

Australian Electrolytic Zinc Company’s Contract with British Board of Trade, 319

Australian Working Week, Reduction Claim Refused, 621

Automobile Standardisation, 54

Aviation, Civil, Great Progress of, Night Flying, Lighthouses, and Wireless, 705

Aviation, Commercial, French Offer of Prize for Suitable Motor, 427

Awards to Inventors, Claim by Magnetic Compass Makers for Outlay on Radium, 193

B BALL and Roller Bearings, Demand for Tests at National Physical Laboratory, 217

Ball and Roller Bearings, Standardisation Advised, 155

Bamboos and Tropical Grasses for Paper Pulp, 539

Barrage, Sukkur, Scheme, on the Indus, 595

Bascule Bridge Wrecked by Carelessness, 705

Batchelor’s Cost of Living in Various Towns in

China, 319

Belgian Congo Copper Mine, Analysis of

Uranium Ore from, 265

Belgian Regulation with Regard to Building Specifications, 293

Bengal, Apprenticeship Training in Mechanical Engineering, 567

Benzol Recovery from Gas by Use of Wood Charcoal, 539

" Black Nickel ” for Small Brass Articles, 119

Blackpool Suitable for Electric Vehicles, 621

Blast-furnaces—see Iron

Boiler Explosions and Necessary Precautions for Prevention of, 427

Boiler Plant, Economical Working of, 13. 158

Boilers Under Pressure and Protection of Employees in America, 293

Bombay, Reclamation Scheme at Back Bay, 483

Bombay and Sewage Disposal, 265

Bombay Water Power, Investigation with View to Development of. 67

Bordeaux Purchase of Basseno Docks with

American War Equipment, 347

Bosch Magneto New Company, 373

Breaking Up Frozen Ground, Pavement, &c..

New Machine for, 13

Brest Harbour Deep-water Quay, 399

Brickworks for Dutch East Indies, Large Output Expected, 265

Bridge to Connect Canada and the United States, 88

Bridge to Cost 25,000,000 Dollars Projected for San Francisco, 93

Bridge, New Kidderpore Road, to be One of Finest in India, 67, 93

Bridges, Ancient Stone or Modern Steel, Question of Durability, 679

Brighton to London Road Widening Scheme. 621

Briquetting Plant, German, for Victorian Coal Mines, 293

British Catalogues for Riga, 108

British Columbia Works for Wood Alcohol.

Charcoal and Acetate of Lime, 347

British Commercial Gas Association, Conference, 334

British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association, Annual Dinner, 454

British Empire Exhibition—see Exhibitions

British Engineering Standards Association :

Annual Meeting. Various Suggestions for Consideration, 145

Creosote for Timber. Standard Specification for, 362, 399

Motor Car Parts, Seven Sub-committees to Deal with, 13, 54

Railway Rolling Stock Construction, Revision of Specifications for Material, 28

Standardising Fire Hose Couplings and Ball and Roller Bearings, 155

Tramway Axles. Standard Specification for.

372

British Engineering Students in France, 674

British Engineering Trade Success in China, Americans on Tour of Inquiry into the Reasons, 93

British Industries Fair—see Exhibitions

British Machine Tool Export Trade Recovery. 39

British Manufacturing Undertakings in Australia and Tasmania, 373

Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Additions to Plant, 25

Brush Electrical Engineering Company.

Limited, Results of Recent Fire, 145

Building Trades Association Reduces Wages and Charges to Public, 705

Bulgarian Agriculture, Economic Commission to Study Important Questions. 347

c CANADA Orders Marking of Imported Goods to Indicate Country of Origin, 705

Canada’s Need of Applications of Principles of Chemistry, Metallurgy, &c., S. J. Cook, 483

Canada’s Oilfields, Favourable Points of, 93

Canadian Machinery Company to Open Manufactory in Australia, 595

(..’anal Improvement in France, 427

Canal, Main Danube, Scheme, Discussion in the

Bavarian Diet, 93

Carbide Storage with Explosives, Dangers of

Acetylene, 649

Carbon Monoxide in Gas, 241

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Precautions and

First Aid, 567

Cars in Holland, 217

Catalogues for China and British Trade. 377

Catalogues for Honduras, 240

Catalogues for the Malay States, 254

Catalogues fo.’ Riga, 108

Celluloid Manufacture and Storage. Home

Office Regulations, 319

Celtic Tomb Discovered in Gravel Pit, Doubtful

Conclusions, 145

Cement Factory at Owen Sound, Ontario, 483

Cement Plant at Darra, Queensland, Extensive

Addition, 13

Centering of a Reinforced Concrete Arch

Washed Away, 13

Channel Tunnel, French Plans Complete, 539

Chauny Sewerage and Waterworks, Competition Awards, 519

Chemical Engineers, Formation of Institution. 483

Chemistry Students, Training and Examination of, 544

Chilian Government Bill for Harbour Improvement and Railway Extension, 621

China and British Manufacturers, 377

China, Investigation of Geology in Vicinity of Railways, 67

China as a Market for Motor Cars, 13

China’s Cotton Spinning Industry, Great Enlargement of, 511

China’s Great Increase in Metal Imports, 705

Chinese Capitalists from Abroad, Schemes for

Exporting Native Products and Importing

Foreign Machinery, 455

Chinese Foreign Trade, British Share Larger than that of Others, 119

Chinese Mining Licences, 169

Chinese New Mining Regulations, 265

Chinese New Port and Power Station Projected near Tientsin, 39

Cleveland Technical Institute Bulletin, 621

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES :

Borings for Coalfields Flushed by Petroleum Instead of Water, 567

British Coal Mining, Success Due to High Ideals, Dr. J. S. Haldane, 567

British Columbia, Development of Coal

Deposit at Fraser Lake, 13

Coal Exports from the United States, Statistics of, 539

Coal Tub Filling, Forks or Shovels. Leicestershire Miners’ No j ice, 595

Coke by New Process from Unmixed Sarre Coal, 679

Coke Shortage and Oil Substituted for Cupola Furnaces in Austria, 193

Explosion at Hampstead Colliery, Birmingham, 511

Indian Coal Mines, Total Production of. in 1919-1920 and 1920-1921, 455

Indian Coal, Reduced Output of, 455

Liquefaction of Coal Reported, 119

Mexico, Important Coal Deposits, 511

Natal Coal Supply Far from Unlimited, 455

Natal, Suggested New Port Equipped for

Coal Handling, 407

Norwegian Railways’ Coal Orders for Newcastle, 705

Output of Coal, Comparative Figures, 319

Output of Coal, Week's Comparison, 217

Pocohontas Coal Mines, No Strike and Better

Earnings since Break-up of Trade Union, 169

Portugal, Coalfield Discovery on the East

Railway, 145

Pretoria, Near, Coal Discovery, 39

Sarre Coal for Coke Making by New Heating

Method, Monsieur Baille-Barrelle, 145, 679

Spanish Navy and British Coal, 629

Spontaneous Combustion of Coal in Mines,

Final Report of Committee, 217

Strike, Coal Mined during Period of, 119

Transvaal and Natal Coalfields, Serious Waste in Working, 7

Turkestan Coal Deposits, Extensive, 319

COIL Springs, Large, Tests by Magnetic Induction Methods, 217

Cold Storage in France, Purchase of Wagons in England and America, 217

Colloidal Clay, Valuable Discovery for Various Industries, 93

Coloured Crayons Preferred to Water Colours, 13

Colourless Gems, Experiments in Tinting by Radium, 145

Commercial Research Fellowships, 551

Concrete Eight-storey Building in Melbourne as Eleccricity Commission Headquarters, 169 Concrete Mixture, Crusher Screenings and

Limestone, 241

Concrete Pavement, Cleaning .Joints and Cracks before Filling with Tar, Method Advised, 511

Concrete Piles, Reinforced with Wired Bamboo. 119

Concrete Pipe, Hume Centrifugally Cast, 427

Concrete, Reinforced, Building, Collapse, 347

Concrete Roads for Southwark, 422

Concrete Work with Record Rapidity in New

York City, 705

Condenser Feed Water and Injury by Leakage, 293

Condenser Leakage Cured by Rubber Rings, 145

Continental Short Sea Route vid Zeebrugge, 47

Contracts, Public, Placed Abroad, 407

Copenhagen and Island of Amager, Improvement of Communications, 657

Copper Discovery in the Island of Yell, Shetland, 113

Copper, Metallurgy of. and Importance of Byproducts, E. P. Mathewson, 483

Copper Mine, Messina, South Africa, Govern ment Aid to Working, 67

Copper Sulphides, Valuable Hill Discovered in Manitoba. 119

Costing Systems and Wasteful Expenditure, 11J

Cotton Transportation from Liverpool and Manchester, Arthur Watson, 13

Cracks in Aluminium Alloy Castings, R. J.

Anderson, 483

Crawfish Damage to Canal Bank, 649

Creosote for Timber, Standard Specification for 362, 399

Crystal Palace, Co-partnership Exhibition and Congress, 39

Crystal Palace School of Engineering :

Address to St udents, Colonel Morgan. 134

Geen Premium Award, 688

Papers Read During the Session. 674

Wilson Premium Award, 674

Customs Duty on Machinery for State Works Remitted bv Federal Government, 193

DAM, Masonry, Record foi* Size, Built in 1700 b.c., 427

Damming a Stream by Use of Canvas Hose, 13

Danish Electro-chemical Industry, Resumption of Work, 399

Dew Reservoirs, S. B. Russell, 688

Diesel Engine Insurance Against Breakdown. 576

Diesel Engine Repair, 28

Diesel Oil and Boiler Fuel Oil, Comparison in Price and Quality, 487

Dorman, Long and Co., Limited, Annual Meeting, High Railway Rates and Effect on Iron and Steel Trade, 678

Drop Forgers, Improved Drawings Recommended for, 511

Drop Forging Dies, Heat Treatment of, 539

Durban Harbour Improvement Scheme. 236

E EARTH Dam, Highest Ever Made, Under Construction in America, 679

East Africa, late German, Gold and Coal Possibilities but Poor Health Conditions, 265

Ebbw Vale Works Magazine, 649

Egyptian Government Contracts, 277

Einstein’s Theory on a Cinematograph Film, 319

ELECTRICAL MATTERS :

Auckland, New Zealand, New Electric Power Board, 483

Ayr Corporation Electrical Scheme, Water from Loch Doon, 241

Battery Traction Demand, Hopeful Future for Electric Vehicles, 193

Birmingham Power Station at Nechells, Good Progress. 621

Blackburn Electric Locomotive on Railway Siding, Valuable Service of, 649

Bradford’s Electricity Undertaking and Hiring Out of Motors, &c., 539

60-Kilowatt Brass Melting Furnace at University of Wisconsin, 193

British Electrical Industry, Improved Prospect, 621

Cheapened Electricity and Swedish Steelmaking Material, 345

China, Demand for Current Exceeds Supply,

China as a Market for Electrical Machinery, 118,119

Conduits Cleared by Blank Cartridge, 265

Cooking and Lighting in Dublin, Electrical, 595

Coventry Corporation Electricity Accounts. 13

Current Transmission at Pressure of Over a Million Volts, 319

Czechoslovakia, Electrical Industries of, 319

Disabled Ex-Service Men Construct Large Transformer, 119

Edison Vehicles for Refuse Collection, Valuable Utilisation of Waste, 13

Electrical Energy, Pros and Cons in its Use, A. Beeby Thompson, 511

Electric Vehicles’ Great Push in New York City, 705

Electricity Commissioners’ Report. 455

Electrolytic Lighting Arresters, W. A. Coates, 328

Emergency Lamp for Use in Darkness Caused by Accident, 211

Furnaces, Re-starting of, for Steel Trade. Cheapened Current, 345

General Electric Company’s House-warming at the Kingsway Offices? 93

Generating Plant, Plan for Heating Dams, Valves and Gates to Ward off Ice Formation, 644, 705

Generating Stations in Province of Liege, Reorganisation, 217

Glasgow- Electricity Accounts, 241

Glaucus River, Greece, Possible Power Supply for Patras, 13

Heating Dams, Machinery, &c., of Generating Plants to Prevent Freezing, 644. 705

High-tension Transformers and Converting Plant, Dr. W. Reichel, 319

High-tension Transmission Systems, International Conference in Paris, 511, 567

Japan, Large Electrical Engineering Works Begun at Nagoya, 13

Japanese Extensive Use of Electric Light, 399

Kunda River Power Scheme Postponed, 93

Kyoto, Japan, New Large Power Station, 346

Lantern Slides for Lectures on Electrical Machinery, 127

Leeds Tramway Powder Station, Coal and Oil Fuel Cost Comparison, 241

Liverpool’s Enormous Electrical Development, 373

Local Supply of Electric Power for Poor Small Village, 265

Locomotive, Storage Battery, in the Isle of Man, 427

Low-tension Paper Insulated Cables, Higher Temperature Limits Wanted, P. Torchio. 39

Mercury Arc Rectifiers for the Electrification of the Midi Railway, 293

Mining Switchgear, Explosion-proof, 408— see also Miscellaneous Index, Electrical Matters

Model General Conditions for Contracts, 575

Nickel and Chromium Alloys in Electrical Heating and Cooking, 319

Oil Circuit Breakers, Tests of Rupturing Capacity, 217

Overhead Distribution, B. Welbourne, 193

Paris International Conference of Electrical Engineers, 511. 567

Poulsen Arc as Applied to Wireless Telegraphy, C. W. Boyle, 595

Power Factor Correction on Small Loads, 39

Power Plant Machinery Transport in California, 399

Power Station Projected for Isleworth and Ealing, 217

Rafting by Electrical Power, 119

Rectifier, Mercury Arc, High Efficiency of, 455

Rosario, Santa F€, Large Number of Separate Lighting Installations in, 455

Shanghai).Municipal Electrical Report, 241

ELECTRICAL MATTERS (continued):

Single-phase Locomotives tor Swiss Railways, 355

South-East Lancashire Electricity District 119

Southern California, Surveys with View to Power Development, 117

Steam-driven Generating Plant for Calgary, Canada, 260

Storage Battery, Superior Out put and Fewer Defects than Standard Type, 39

Surplus and Waste Heat in Power Stations. Blast-furnace Gas for Steam Raising, 217

I oy and Model Operation, Invention for Safe and Constant Supply of Current, 145

'Transformer Oil Sludges, Tvpes of, C. -I. Rodman, 511

Transmission of Power from Norway to Denmark, 169

Turbine Reduction Gears versus Electric Propulsion for Ships, Eskil Berg, 373

Unemployment in Electrical Industry, Joint Councils to Take Measures for Restoration, 511

United States Government Scheme for Generating and Transmitting Electric Current, 644

Vienna Electrical Supply, Water Power Development, 241

Walsall’s Scheme for Electrical Extension, Government Grant Needed, 539

Welding, Successful Electric, of Large Boiler, by Kjellberg Process, 427

Winnipeg River, Electric Power Development Projected, 373, 399

Wiring Cost Reduction Suggested to Revive Trade and Lessen Unemployment, 649

Yaroslav, Concession for Electricity Works, 567 ’ „

ENGINEERS-IN-CHARGE, Association of, Annual Dinner, 408

Engineering Standards—see British

Engineering Students, Manchester, Two Years’ Free Course in City Engineer’s Department,

English Capital to Finance Oil Shale Fields.

Development in Picton County, 705

Exhaust Steam and Gases, Waste of. at Sheffield, 39

EXHIBITIONS :

Agricultural Machinery, International Exhibition at Paris, 649

British Empire Exhibition and Commercial Research Fellowships, 551

British Industries Fair, 1922, 158, 206

Cardiff, National Exhibition Next Year, 319

Dinner at Olympia, Shipping Engineering and

Machinery Exhibition, 342

Foundry Exhibition at Birmingham, 308

Foundry Machinery Exhibition at Li6ge, 319

Lyons Autumn Fair Failure. Lessons for the Future, 483

Malayan-Borneo Industries Exhibition in Singapore, 649

Marseilles, Colonial Exhibition, 67

Motors and Tractors Burning Palm Oil, Exhibition and Trials of, 131

Physical Society and Optical Society, Annual Exhibition, 705

Scottish Trade Exhibition in Amsterdam, 679

Strasburg, Exhibition of Hygiene, 1923, 522

Tokyo, International Peace Exhibition, 483

Trieste, Samples Fair Postponement, 241

Utrecht Fair, Analysis of Exhibitors, 193

Wireless Exhibition in Birmingham, 539

EXPLOSION of Brewer’s Copper, Report on Causes, 119

Explosion-proof Mining Switchgear, 408

Explosion of Tube in Water-tube Boiler, 169

Explosion of Vulcanising Pan, 73

F FACTORIES, Workshops and Employees, Statistics, 217

Fairs—see Exhibitions

Federal Power Commission of the United States.

Issue of Licences,* 560

Federated Malay States Development, Townplanning, &c., 28

Federation of British Industries :

Boilers with Stationary Grates, Cleaning of Fires, 649

Fuel Economy Monographs, Boiler Plant, Economical Working of, 13, 158

Finsbury Technical College, Old Students’ Association, 308, 408

Fire-damp, Tests of Instrument for Detection, 169

Fire Hose Couplings and Standardisation, 155

Fire Prevention During the War, 54

Fire Resistance of Wooden Stave Piping, 399

Fires on Board Ship, Board of Trade Circular, 373

Fires, Comparison of Gas and Coal, J. W. Lusky, 399

Fires in Timber-lined Tunnels, 567

Flax-pulling Machines, Public Trials in France 93

Flexible Shafting, Fraser and Glass, 694

Foochow. China, Irrigation Work Projected, 627

Foreign Exchanges and their Influence on Industry, 108

Franco-British Trade Index Prepared by British Chamber of Commerce in Paris, 539

French Colonial Development in Africa, 13

French Foreign Trade, Fluctuations in Money Values, 145

French Import and Export Statistics, 13.- 679

Fresh-water Supply by Barge, 373

Fuel Saving Appliances Exhibition at Cardiff. 427

Furnaces, Electric—see Electrical Matters

Fusain. Lecture on. F. S. Sinnatt. 455

GAS Association, British Commercial, Conference, 334

Gas, Blast-furnace, Utilisation of, for Steam Raising, 217

Gas from Blast-furnaces and Producer Cleaned by Dry Process, 455

Gas versus Coke for Domestic Use, 705

Gas and Electrical Industries, Linking-up of Works and Stations, J. Mogford, 705

Gas Main Utilised After Being Buried for Twenty-six Years, 193

Georgian Soviet Government and Foreign-owned Goods, 39

German Agricultural Machinery, liaised Prices, 382

German Machinery for Japan, 595

German Protest Against Bridge Destruction.

567

German Shipping in Flourishing Condition, 373

German Successes in Argentine Markets, 679

German Telegraph Lines’ Poor Condition, Part

Replacement by Wireless, 217

German Trade Papers in Spanish for Vigo, Contrasted with English Methods, 595

Germany’s Expected Revival of Trade in

Prismatic Field Glasses, 168

Germany’s Lost Markets, Efforts to Regain, 193

Glass Factory at Rio de Janeiro, 119

Gold Bars Recovery from the Wrecked Lau-rentic, 169

Gold Test, New, in the United States, 539

Golf Clubs, Stainless Steel, Reduction in Cost, 293

Grinding Heads for Small Internal Grinding. 319

Gunpowder Factory Explosion in Wales, Official Report, 373

Gypsum for Plastering, Plastic Form of, 93

H HEALTH and Industrial H ygiene, Lectures, 399

Hoist for Transvaal Mine, One of the Largest in the World, 67

House Building for London County Council, Reduction in Cost, 595

Houses, Chimneyless, Electric Equipped, 427

Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, Proposed New,

Question of Opening Span, 67, 93

Hydraulic Stowing, Professor G. Knox. 539

Hydro-electric Plant, Large, in Bathurst, Canada, 265

Hvdro-electric Power from the Colorado River, 62

Hydro-electric Power from Iguazu Falls, 373

Hydro-electric Power Stations in Granada, New Company for Erection and Working, 93

I IGUAZU Falls, Possible Immense Amount of Hydro-electric Power, 373

Imperial College of Science and Technology :

Old Students’ Dinner, 607

India, Hydro-electric Surveys in Bengal and Travancore, 649

Indian Government Grant to Irrawaddy Petroleum Syndicate, 265

Indian Industries and Labour, 131

Indian Institute of Engineers, Rapid Growth of Membership, 679

Indian Jute and Silk, 182

Indian Timbers and Paper Materials, 54

Industrial League and Council Becomes a

Limited Liability Company, 511

Industrial League Week-ends for Employers and Trade Union Officials, 373

Industry Welfare Society :

Lecture Conference at Balliol College. Oxford, 308

Institutions—see Associations

Insurance of Diesel Engines Against Breakdown, 576

Irish Textile Mills and Factories Improvement, 399

IRON AND STEEL :

Alloys of Nickel and Chromium for Electric Cooking and Heating. 319

American Iron Company’s Reductions in Price of Pipe, 319

Argentine, First Blast-furnace Installed, 483

Autoclave, Cast Steel, Explosion and Cause, 649

Belfast, Steel Foundry Started, 679

Bihar and Orissa Iron Ore Deposits. New Company to Work, 511

Blast-furnace Completion, Newcastle Iron and Steel Company, Natal, 145

Blast-furnace Erection in Nelson Province, New Zealand, 649

Blast-furnace Record at Ford Works, 13

Blast - furnace Works, Kling - Weidlein Cleaner, 119

Blast-furnaces near Hankow, 327

British, American and German Irons, Variation in Toughness, 614

British and Belgian Methods of Rolling. Excessive Use of Scrap, 595

Broken Hill, Australia, Additional Iron and Steel Plant, 67

Broken Hill Iron and Steel Works. Australia, Third Blast-furnace Started, 483

Burnt Steel, H. A. Whiteley, 567

Canton-Hankow Railway Bridge, Steel Plates Cheaper at Home than from America, 169, 241

Chromite, Steel Alloy, Jxjw Cost of Manufacture, A. H. Coplan, 319

Combined Iron and Steel, Dr. Percy Long-muir, 483

Corrosion of Cast Iron Water Pipes, Nelson Smith, 621

Cutting Cast Iron by Special Blow-pipe, 173

Dowlais Steel Works Sets to Work, 679

Electric Steel Foundry for Newfoundland. 13

Explosion of Cast Iron Steam Chest on ExGerman Vessel, 293

Ferro-chrome, Extensive Supply from Norway, 427

French Steel Industry, Signs of Revival, 567

Germany, Steel Prices in, 331

Hardened Steel Ring Gauge Tests at the National Physical Laboratory, 241

Heat Treatment of Small Engine Parts, Oxidation Remedy, E. R. Taylor, 705

IRON AND STEEL {continued):

High Railway Rates and Iron and Steel Trade, Sir Hugh Bell, 678

Iron Mine Opened in Johore, 39

Iron Ore Deposits on Island in Gulf of Finland, 679

Iron Ore Deposits of Russia and Siberia, 67

Iron Ore, Expected Large Output of, in Tasmania, 265

Iron Ore Output in Soviet Russia Before the War and After, 399

Iron Oxide Reduction, Investigation, 621

Iron Standpipe, Unusual Failure, 487

Japanese Process for Conversion of Magnetic Sand into Pig Iron and Steel, 293

Newcastle Iron and Steel Company, South Africa, Smelting to be Started Shortly, 39, 145

Nickel Ore, Rich Deposit Discovery in the Barberton District of Pretoria, 483

Nickel Ores from China Assayed in London.

Non-magnetic Iron of High Specific Resistance, Ferranti, Limited, 595

Phosphorus Content of Iron Ore, R. M. Winslow, 373

Pig Iron Output in Canada, 373

Pig Iron. Production Statistics, 427, 679

Rolling, Forging and Tilting Trades Society, 705

Rustless Iron Adaptations, Gramophone Fittings, Motor Trade Use, &c., 649

Spanish Iron Ore, Proposed Export Tax, 293

Steel Billets and Railway Trucks in the United States, 145

Steel Casting Developments in Australia, 169

Steel Castings, Hollow Cylindrical, Tests at Washington, 293

Steel Manufacture by Direct Process, A. E. Bourcound, 621

Steel Mills, 60-Cycle Preferred to 25-Cycle Current for, B. G. Lamme, 347

Steel Scrap from England for American Steel Makers, 595

Steel Trade, Hopeful Outlook and Its Causes, 345

Swedish Iron Export Trade, Great Depression, 265

Swedish Iron Ore Statistics, 595

Swedish Orefields, Very Rich in Iron, 39

Tata Iron and Steel Company’s Metallurgical School at Jamshedpur, 679

Tungsten Ores Exploitation in Kiangsi, China, 679

ITALIAN Customs Tariff, 280

Italian Public Tenders and Foreign Firms Suggestion to British Manufacturers, 293

J JACK Hammers, Dry and Wet, 621

Japanese Government New Wireless Stations, 241

Journal of Indian Industries and Labour, 709

Jugo-Slavia, Imports and Impecuniosity, 319

KARACHI Harbour Reclamation Work Postponed, 483

Kimberley District of South Africa, Report of Inspector of Machinery, 455

King’s College Engineering Society. Twentyfourth Annual Dinner, 633

L LAMPS, Electric -see Electrical Matters

Lantern Slides for Lectures, Offer by Ed. Bennis and Co., Limited, 472

Lantern Slides for Lectures, Offer by Boving and Co., Limited, 582

Lantern Slides Offer by Marshall, Sons and Co., 168

Lantern Slides for Lectures, Offer by Tangyes, Limited, 280

Lead Mines, Derelict, in Derbyshire, Renewed

Operation of, Expected, 483

Lead Paints and the Workers, Fresh Investigation of Dangers, 293

Leafield and Northolt Wireless Stations, Post

Office Opinions, 217

Lifeboat, Motor, New Type for Launching without Slipway, 145

Lighting, Artificial, in Mines, W. H. Jones, 483

Lightning Arresters, Electrolytic, W. A. Coates, 328

Loads, Transitory, or Steady, on Wooden

Floors, Effects Compared, 119

Locomotives, American and European Compared, 119

London “ Toll ” Exchange, 108, 427, 455

Low-temperature Carbonisation of Fuel. Phillip Gee, 589

M MACAO Harbour and Neighbouring Channels, Silting Up, 373

Made in Germany. French Purchase from England, 241

Magnesium, Various Uses of, 427

Manchester Gas Price to be Reduced. 567

Manchuria, Magnesite and Talc Deposits,

Valuable Discovery, 67

Marconi’s Approval of New Method Developed

by Ono of the Company’s Engineers, 193

Metal Corrosion, J. Newton Friend, 621

Metal Trades’ Pension Society Annual Dance, 633

Metal Transmutation Claims by Dr. C. B. Davis, 67

Metal-working Machines. Driving Power Required for, R. M. Robertson, 679

Metals or Alloys at High Temperatures, Prevention of Surface Oxidation, 679

Metals in the British Empire, Map of Chief

Sources of, 469

Metals, The Working of, Dr. F. Johnson, 455

Metallurgical Plant Extension at South African Gold Mines, 145

Methanometer for Detection of Fire-damp, Tests of, 169

Micrometer. Metre-inch, Veran de St. Gervais, 411

Miners’ Phthisis, Mechanical Causes of, 93

Miners’ Safety Lamps, Wire Gauzes for, Experiments, 595

Mines’ Fires Extinction, The Emergency Fan, 67

Mining Efficiency and Loss of Time in South Africa, F. C. W. Ingle, 265

Monel Metal, Hot-rolled, Proportional Limit Variation, 67

Motor Car Manufacture in China, 621

Motor Car Parts, Sub-committees to Deal with, Appointed by British Engineering Standards Association, 13, 54

Motor Car, Single-seated Electric, for Use in Factories, 511

Motor Cars and Polished Surfaces, Disadvantages of, 93

Motor Cars and Trucks for Canada, American Goods Preferred on Ground of Price and Standardisation, 399

Motor Fuel, New, Monsieur Mailhe, 399

Motor Lifeboat for Wexford, 217

Motor Lifeboats, Increasing Construction of, by

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 217

Motor Service, Goods and Passenger, Between Hangchow and Yuhang, China, 679

Motor Spirit from Vegetable Oils, Monsieur Mailhe, 217

Motor Vehicle Radiators, Device for Prevention of Freezing, M. F. Cesbron, 13

Motor Vehicles, Electric and Petrol, Comparison.

A. R. Galbraith, 39

Motorists, Pilots’ Service for, for the Metropolitan Area, 93

Municipal Electrical “ Old Stagers,” Reunion, 694

N NASSAU, Opening for Shipbuilding and Repairing Yard, 22

Natural Gas, Huge Supply Discovered and Oil

Hoped for near Vaux, 506

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Scholarships, 47

Naval Continuous Wave Wireless Station Pro

jected near Vancouver, 319

Newcomen Society, Constitution and Rules.

373

New York Church Front Cut Away and Moved

30ft., 567

New Zealand, Hydro-electric Developments in,

567

New Zealand War Memorial, 426

Nitrates from the Atmosphere, Mr. Henry Ford’s Offer, 119

Norway Free Ports Question, 455

o OIL Boring at Vancouver, 145

Oil Borings in the United Kingdom in Progress and Suspended, 319

Oil Deposits in the Andes, 93

Oil Extraction by Cheap Process from Australian Shale, 679

Oilfield of Northern Canada, Mineral Wealth in Addition to Oil, 169

Oilfield Operations, Pumping Power Required,

W. G. Taylor. 13

Oil Fuel for Bunkering Ships, P.pe Laid at Bombay, 595

Oil Gas Burner, Demonstration of. Mr. Cleary. 522

Oil Mill Explosion, Unusual Type of, 567

Oil Near the Benguella Railway, Africa, 399

Oil Pipe Line 190 Miles Long Across Tehuantepec Isthmus, 169

Oil Prospects in Mozambique, 621

Oil Resources of the World, A. Beeby Thompson, 539

Oil Sands Exploitation by Anglo-Swiss Company in Canton of Geneva, 39

Oil Shale Discovery, Valuable, in South Africa. 169

Oil Shales, Experimental Plant in New Brunswick, 119

Oil Wells Output Capable of Extension by Proper Operation, A. F. Dabel, 705

Olympia, Dinner at, 342

Oppau Explosion Investigation, Unsuspected

Danger Revealed, 373

Oppau Explosion and its Lesson, M. Georges

Claude, 373

Optophone, Modification of, J. W. Giltay, 700

Output Increase to Avoid Dismissals by Spanish

Company, 193

Oxy-acetylene Torch, Improved Form for Use Under Water, 93

Oxygen Factory in Ceylon. The First, Blowpipe Welding by Natives. 705

P PAINT Spraying or Paint Brushing, Results of Comparative Tests, 119

Papermaking and Use of Tropical Grasses, 539

Paris Improvements on Wholesale Scale, 679

Peat Bricks for Building Purposes, Expected Reduction in Building Costs, 293

Peat Cheaper than Coal for Use with Gas Producers in Ireland, 193

Peat in Locomotive Boilers Used for Power Generation in Ireland by Marconi Company. 193

Pekin Museum for China’s Minerals, 39

Pekin Tramways and French Agreement. 347

Petroleum Shale Search in Australia, Commonwealth’s Offered Reward, 347

Philippines, Trade in, Information Inquiries, 293

Picture-hanging Wire. Suitable and Unsuit able, 93

Pile Renewal by Special Rig, 119

Pneumatic Scratch Brush, 442

Poland’s Export of Alcohol, 67

Port Lincoln, South Australia, New Pier Construction, 293

Powdered Fuel and Lost Heat, Professor F.

Bacon, 93

Power Plant for Pretoria, 67

Presentation to Colonel Saxton White. 131

Pretoria, Power Plant for, 67

Prussian Chambers of Commerce Trade Report, 169

Pulpwood Chips, Moisture Content, 67

Pumping Plant, Joint Installation for Two Transvaal Mines. 39

RAI MO-CONTROLLED Motor Car. Captain R. E. Vaughan, 217

Radium Development in Czecho-Slovakia, 265

Radium, Recommendations for Safe Handling of. 39

Rafting by Electrical Power in New Brunswick. 119

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Aberdeen to Penzance, Through Coaches for Twenty-two Hours’ Journey, 347 373 ; Criticism. 705

Accidents :

Abermule Accident Claims for Compensation, 483

Abermule Accident and Telescoping, Colonel Pringle’s Report, 13

Accident Reports, Issue for January to June, 1921, 265

Accident Returns, Comparison between Figures for 1913 and for 1920. 649

Batignolles Tunnel Disaster, Release of Arrested Signalman, 427

Beaumont Hamel Disastrous Derailment, 13

Board of Trade Accident Inquiries Department. Additional Sub-inspector Appointed, 217

Buxton Locomotive Boiler Explosion, 539, 711

Collision at Dawlish* 347, 648

Collision at Newcastle, North-Eastern Railway, Report, 567

Collision, Serious, at Selby, North-Eastern Railway, 169, 192. 319, 373

Excursion Train Fatal Accideiit to Passenger, 241

Fatal Collision on the East London Railway, 67, 93, 427

Fatal Collision at New-street Station, Birmingham, 595, 649, 679

Fatal Fire Accidents in Sleeping Cars, 483

French Railway Accidents Statistics, 140, 427

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Derailment, Mistake by Experienced Man, 319

London and North-Western Goods Engine. Bursting of Boiler and Loss of Life. 539. 711

Manchester, Slight Collision at Victoria Station, 125

North British Railway Accident Due to Wind, 621

Platelayers Run Down, Six Men Killed, 373

Shunting Accident Report, 67

Tramway Accident, Fatal, at Tynemouth. 399

Acworth Committee and the Indian Government, 567

Amalgamation and the Railways Bill, 145 — see also Grouping

Appointments and Staff Changes, 39, 373, 406, 621, 649, 705

Argentine Narrow-gauge lanes Construction Projected, 539

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, 466

Australian Gauge Question, Report of Commission, 427

Australian North-South Transcontinental Railway, 241

Australian Railway Rails and Fish-plates.

Orders to Standard Specifications, 265

Australian Railways, Supreme Control of, Expert to be Appointed, 217

Australian State Railways’ Annual Reports, Uniform System, 705

Australian Transcontinental Railway and the Mails, 714

Automatic Railway Control, W. J. Thorrow-good, 119

Automatically Controlled Machinery, 679

Baker-street Station, Metropolitan Railway, 634 Cars Handled per Hour at Rush Periods, 427

Baronetcy for Railway Official, 649

Barrow Docks, Proposed Enlargement of, as Relief Work, 511

Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway, Restoration Postponed, 193

Belfast Tramways Reconstruction, Employment for Local ex-Service Men, 217

Bengal-Nagpur Railway Survey for Coalfield Railway near Cuttack, 265

Board of Trade General Panel, Selection of Representatives of Trading Interests, 539

Board of Trade—see also Ministry of Transport

British Railways and the Great War, E. H.

Pratt, 13, 127

Browne, Mr. Balfour, The Late, 373

Bulgaria, New Railway Opened by the King. 628

Burma Railways’ Collision. Large Number of Fatalities, 193

Burntisland Harbour Transfer, 265

Cabs at Railway Stations. Question of Id.

Charge, 217

Canadian Government and Grand Trunk Award, 621

Canadian Pacific Line Extended and Branch Added, 399

Canal Ownership and Administration Not Yet Settled, 67

Canton-Hankow Railway Bridges, Steel Plates for, 169, 241

Cardiff Docks and Harbours, Charges for Tonnage, Use of Cranes, &c., Reduced from 150 per cent. Above Pre-war Level to 125 per cent., 483

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued :

Census of Railway Servants, 236

Central Europe Railways and Allocation of Rolling Stock, Sir F. Dent’s Work, 687

Ceylon Government Railways Report, 455 ; Settlement of Differences with South Indian Railway, Condition of Railway and of its Finances, 455

Chalk Farm Widening, 145

Chester Corporation Tramway Accounts, 241

Chilian Government Award of Contract for Electrification, 427

Chilian Government Loan for Railway Electrification, 241

Chilian Loan to be Spent in the United Kingdom, 119

Chuchow-Hengchow Section of Canton-Hankow Railway, 241

City and South London Railway, Agitation for Extension, 705

Clearing House Returns, Resumed Activities, 217

Coal Dispute and Loss to Railways, 217

Coal and other Goods Traffic Statistics. 292, 427

Competition Between Railways, Restored Express Services, 265

Conference at Olympia, Road Transport by Railways, Question, 455

Congestion on Metropolitan District Trains Going East, Midland Railway Concerned, 347

Control, Cessation, and Jubilee of the Earlier Railway Control Acts, 131

Control of Railways Expiry and the Railways Bill, 39

Cotton, Transportation of, and Railway Haulage at Liverpool and Manchester, Arthur Watson, 13

Creosoted Timber Bridge and Question of Fire Risks, 455

Czecho-Slovakia, Skoda Works Hundredth Railway Engine in Three Years, 319

Death of Mr. J. A. Bowes, 399

Death of Lieut.-Colonel P. G. von Donop, R.E., 511

Death of Mr. F. Huth Jackson, 624

Death of Monsieur Albert Sarpiaux, 427

Death of Monsieur’ Louis Weissenbruck, 217

Death of Mr. Wilson-Fox, 567

December Train Alterations, Better Connections, 621

Demerara Railway Sale to British Honduras Government, 13

Detonator, New Form of, on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 595

Dispute Settlement by Accident, 511

District and Midland Railways, Rolling Stock Dispute and Settlement, 347, 511

District Railway Installs Train Starting by Electric Bell, 39

Dwina, Railway Bridge Over, to be Reopened, 595

Ealing, Shepherd's Bush and Liverpoolstreet Expedited Service, 649

Economy in Passenger Train Mileage, 319

Eight-hour Day to Cease on South African Railways, 595 .

Eight-hour Day, Complaints of Exceeding, by Some Railwaymen, 13

Eight-hour Day on the French Railways, 198

Electric Railways in Norway, New Construction, 427

Electrification of Paulista Railway of Brazil, 217

Euston Exhibition of Architectural Drawings by Engineer’s Staff, 705

Euston Station War Memorial Unveiled by Lord Haig, 459

Excursion Fares and Reduction in Charabancs’ Trips. 347, 399

Fares, London Electric Railway’s Obligation, 93

Fares Reduction, but Charges Much Above Pre-war Level, 217

Fares Reduction in Prospect, 67, 101

Finsbury Park and Hammersmith Journey Time Shortened, 399

Fires Due to Abnormal Heat, Wooden Railway Station Burnt, 119

Fish Waste and Railway Charges, 347

Football Special Trains and Fares, 241

French Railways’ Traffic. Finance Statistics.. 399

French State Railways’ Steamer for Joint Cross-Channel Service, 145, 193

Future of British Rail wavs, Sir George Paish, 679

Gas Lighting and Coal Fires to be Removed from French Trains, 455

Goods and Mineral Rates, Reduction, 37.3, 679

Goods Traffic Statistics, 145, 265, 319, 427, 621

Government Special for Holyhead. Slow Time Journey, 649

Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, Disastrous Financial Position, 293

Great Eastern Railway Now Sea Route to the Continent, 47

Great Western Railway Magazine, 58

Great Western Railway and South Wales Traders, 101

Gretna Explosives Factoiy and Property, Railway Lines and Sidings, 399

Grouping of Eastern, North-Eastern and East Scottish Companies, Issue of Booklet, 347

Grouping of Railways, but Competition Remains, 39

Grouping of Railways, Meetings of Shareholders of the London and North-Western and of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways, 525, 567

Grouping System, Figures Compared, 145

Groups of Railways, Number of Directors, 119

Halwill-Torrington Light Railway, Government Grant Refused, 241

Harwich-Zeebrugge Route to Continent, 265

Hawaii Railways, Particulars of, 145

Highland Railway Adapts Disused Gas Cylinders as Containers for Engine Oil Fuel, 13

Holyhead Harbour Deepening for Quicker Irish Mails Transit, 567

Holyhead Piers and Quays Taken Over from Ministry of Transport by London and North-Western Railway, 34

India to Adopt Automatic Continuous Vacuum Brake, 39

Indian Loan for Purchase of Railway Material in United Kingdom, 13

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Indian Railways’ Report, Financial Recommendations, 13, 319, 679

Indian Railway Surveys for New Railways, 595, 705

Inland Waterways Development, 595

Institutions, Locomotive and Railway—see Associations

International Railway Congress to be held in Rome in 1922, i69

Ireland, Excursions for Christmas, 679

Irish and British Railways’ Claims Against the Government, 39

Irish Disturbances and Railway Fatalities, 39

Irish Railway Conciliation Board Meetinc. 212

Irish Railways’ Claims and Future Conditions as to Pay, &c., 169, 193, 217

Irish Railways’ Eight-hours Day Question. Arbitration, 265

Iron Ore, &c., for Blast-furnaces and Steel Works, Temporary Reduction in Carriage Rates, 427

Japan, Projected Railway Submarine Tunne between Main Island and Kyushu, 13

Japanese Scheme for Iron Railway Bridge in Tokyo. 193

Kings Lynn Docks and Railway, 217

Labour Party and the Ministry of Transport, 483

Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railways, Amalgamation, 525, 567, 649, 679

Letter Posting by Railway for Extra. Fee, 169

Letterkenny to Burtonport Extension, Present Control to Continue, 67

Liverpool and Manchester New Road for Motor Traffic, 705

Liverpool Overhead Railway New System of Signalling, 241

Locomotive Capacity, Data of Various Companies in the United Kingdom, 319

Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Statistics, 427

Locomotive Replaced by Motor Omnibus on French Branch Line, 649

Locomotive, Turbo-condenser, Tested, 455

Locomotive and Wagon Export from the United States, Great Decrease in, 519

Locomotives, Baldwin’s Narrow-gauge, Disposal Board Quotation, 193

London, Brighton and South Coast Train Service Acceleration, 649

London Electric Railways’ Common Fund, 705

London and North-Western Railway, Chalk Farm Widening. 145

London and North-Western Electric Rails Laid, 371

London and North-Western and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways’ Through Train, 567

London and North-Western Railway to Take Over Piers, &c., at Holyhead from Ministry of Transport, 34

London and North-Western Steamer Slieve Donard Launched, 398

London and North-Western Workshops, Short Time and Long Holidays, 621

London and South-Western Railway’s Offer for German Floating Dock, 705

London and South-Western Service between Southampton and Cherbourg. 67

Los Andes, Santiago and Valparaiso. Projected Railway, 595

Lunch Charges on Various Railways, Reduction of, 539

Lunch on the Great Western Railway, 427'

“ Luxurious ” Travelling. Midland and Great Northern Joint Line, 292

Maintenance and Renewal versus Dividends, 455

Manchester Railway Stations and Grouping 539

Melbourne to Start Electric Railless Tram ways, 704

Metropolitan Railway Company’s Bill, Clause Regarding Directors, 595

Metropolitan Railway Engineer’s Improvements. 39

Metropolitaine’s First Deficit, 169

Midland Railway Company’s War Memorial, 705

Midland Railway Discontinues Zone Tickets, 595

Midland Railway Goods Stations Reopened, 241

Midland Railway and Train Control, Voluminous Record, 119

Midland RailwayWorkshops, Short Time an I Long Holidays, 621, 679

.Midland Railwaymen’s Worthy War Memo rial to their Fellow-workmen, 119, 511

Milk Conveyance, Consultation as to Suitable Vehicle, 595

Ministry of Transport. Future Arrangement 13, 539

Motor Car Rail Conveyance Through the Severn Tunnel, 705

Motor Cars Sent by Severn Tunnel, 265

N.U.R. and the Eight Hours’ Day, 595

National Union of Railwaymen, Jubilee Date, 193

Newfoundland Railway Troubles, 319

New Railway Schemes and Unemployment, 483

New South Wales Government Railways, Progress of Automatic Signalling, 511

New South Wales Railway Commissioners’ Annual Report, 483

New Zealand Order for British-built Rolling Stock and Rails, 13

North British Railway Claim Against Ministry of Transport, 93, 265, 539, 621

North Staffordshire Railway and Canai Water Supply, 93

Norway. Electric Railway Construction in, 427 ‘

Oil Fuel Containers Out of Adapted Gas Cylinders, 13

Oil Fuel Locomotives in the United Kingdom, Completed and in Course of Fitting, 13

Oil Fuel Use Extended, 67

Oils, &c., Increase in Tonnage Carried in June, 319

Ontario, Railway Extension in, 483

Osaka Electric Railway, Extension of Lines, Overhead and Underground, 319

Osaka and Kobe New Line, 347

Parcel Rates Reduction to Compete with

Post Office and Firms’ Own Deliveries, 347

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

Paris Nord-Sud Railway Purchased by the M€tropolitaine, 119

Passenger Traffic Statistics, 145, 265, 319, 427, 621

Pekin-Hankow Line, Projected Bridge Over the Yellow River, 13

Pekin-Suiyuan Railway, Extension of Various Shops, Stores and Works, 119

Pekin-Suiyuan Railway, Improvements of the Line and Engines Projected, 127

Pekin, Tramways for, 67

Perishable Fruit Traffic in America, 679

Permanent Way Institution, Summer Meeting in Belgium, 39

Pre-war Railway Institution Revival, 293 Privilege Tickets at Home and in Australia, 319

Quinquennial Valuation of Railways to be Revived, 426

Railway Administration by Stockholders, Abandoned Restriction, 8

and Canal Commission, Composition Challenged, 193

Material Export Statistics, 140, 293.

347, 373, 455, 672

New, in Mexico, 649

Pre-war1 Facilities, but at Higher Fares, 13, 119

Rates Advisory Committee, Classification of Returned Empties, 621 ; Committee’s Report on Coastwise Shipping, 39 ; Traders’ Tickets Inquiry, 119, 209, 621

Rates, Cheaper Fuel, and Wages Reduction, 567

Rates, Trade Depression, and the Coal Strike, 567

Rates Tribunal, Annual Report to be Made to Transport Minister. 163

Rates Tribunal, Composition of, 483, 511, 679

Rates Tribunal, Rules of Procedure, 705

Rates Tribunal to be Set Up under Railways Bill, 217

.Rates Tribunal, Salary of Chairman, 241

Returns for 1920, 567

Servants in Britain and in United States, Great Reduction in Number of Grades, 119

Trad§ Union and State Ownership, also De-control, Mr. J. H. Thomas’ Views, 193

Workshops Employees, Pre-war Numbers, 13

Railways Act, Anxiety of the Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Industries, 567

Act, Cessation of Conciliation Boards, 319

Act, Delay in Establishing Councils, Complaints, 705

Amalgamation Tribunal. 621. 679 Anniversaries, Eightieth, in 1921, 399

Bill 39, 67, 93, 119, 123, 145, 163.

169, 217

Works. Short Time and Long Holiday, 621, 679

Railwaymen’s Guaranteed Week, 93

Railwaymen’s Pay and Reduced Cost of Living, 13, 539, 679

Railwaymen’s Pay and Scottish General Managers, 347, 373, 427

Railway-owned Workshops After Grouping, Future Work of, 169

Receipts and Expenditure for May, Effect of the Coal Dispute, 67

Receipts and Expenditure for July, 265

Reduced Goods Rate, Conferences on Question, 427

Reductions Due to Coal Strike, Statistics of, 34, 67

Road Vehicles for Passengers and Goods, Railways Seek Parliamentary Powers for, 621

Rods for Working Points, Effect of Temperature, New Compensator, 399

Rolling Stock Material, Revision of British Standard Specifications, 28

Rumanian Negotiations for German Locomotives, 93

Runaway Catch Points for Accident Prevention, 93

Russian Locomotive Repair, Contract for Balto-British Shipyard at Reval, 483 “ Safety ” Propaganda in New Form Proposed, 203

St. John’s Ambulance, Great Western Men’s Certificates, 539

Salaries of Chief Railway Officers, Economies, 217

Saloon Coaches for Ambulance Trains.

Unwanted Surplus, 101

Sampierdarena-Ovada-Alessandria and the Milan-Bologna Railway Lines to be Electrified, 67

Sand Drag Invention an English One, 140 Scottish Railway Companies and their Men, 347, 373, 427, 621, 649

Scottish Railways. Passing Interim Dividends, 193, 621

Severn Tunnel Ventilating Plant, Renewal, 539

Shopping Tickets to London, 595

Signalling—see also Institution of Railway Signal Engineers

Signalmen’s Wages. Lengthy Negotiations Due to Variety of Work in Different Boxes, 193

Signals with Coloured Lights, 265

Six Months’ Return Tickets, No Action by Ministry of Transport, 13

Sleeping Accommodation between Paddington and South Wales, 649

Snow Clearance at Engine Terminals on Canadian Railways by Use of Steam Coils, 483

Soldiers’ Tickets at Reduced Rates not Resumed, 193

Solway Firth Bridge, Caledonian Railway, Closed Indefinitely, 145

South African Electrification of Railway from Glencoe to Pietermaritzburg, 621, 649

South African Railways Coal Traffic Wagons, Mr. Kelway-Bamber, 595

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued}:

South African Railways’ Electrification, Messrs. Merz and McLellan’s Recommendations, 705

South African Railways’ Electrification a Question of Cost, 199

South African State Railway Electrification, 595

South Indian Railway, Acworth Committee Report, 567

Southern Pacific Railroad, Striking Variety in i.ts Situation Requiring Corresponding Contrasts in its Construction, 193

Southern Pacific Railroad, Wholesale Motor

Car Destruction at Level Crossings, 705

Speed Orders by Railway Companies, 649

Ssupingchieh-Tsenchiatun Railway Extension, 241

Summer Time, Want of International Uniformity and Delay of Trains, 511

Survey for Possible Mail Line from Karachi, 373

Swedish Locomotives for Russia, 293

Swedish Railway Electrification, 145

Swiss Railway Orders for Single-phase Locomotives, 355

Swiss Railways’ Successful Loan for Electrification, 45

Swiss Railways’ Turbine Locomotive Tests, 399

Sydney Tube Railwav, Completion Urged, Cost, 679

Syrens for Underground Railway Stations,

Tablet Exchanging Apparatus. Original Inventor, 39

Tasmanian Railway Locomotives. Purchase, 293

Territorial Army Camps and the Railways, 145

Through Cross-country Service Restored, 567

Through Passenger and Goods Traffic.

Weekly Returns Still Missing, 293

Track Relaying by Contract, 380

Traders’ Tickets, Concession by English

Railway Companies, 209, 621

Traders’ Tickets Increased Cost Referred to Rates Advisory Committee, 119

Traffic Statistics, Goods’. 145, 265, 319, 427

Traffic Statistics, Passenger, 145, 265, 319, 427

Train Alterations and Restored Services, 39

Train Starting Hours, London and South-

Western and Midland, 373

Tramway Axles. Standard Specification for. 372

Transport, Minister of. Lord Peel to Succeed Sir Eric Geddes, 511

Transport, Ministry of, and the Board of Trade, Future Arrangements and Reduction of Staff, 511, 539

Truck Loading in Victoria. Results of Improved Method, 39

Tube Railway for Calcutta, 67

Tube Railways, No More Trains after Midnight, 67

Tunnel, Proposed New, under the Thames, 169

Turbine-driven Locomotive, Swedish, 241

Uganda Railways. Kilindini Deep-water Pier Contract, 67

United Kingdom Railway Dividends. 119

United States Railways :

Accident Bulletins of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, 649

American Railroads and Rail Manufacturers, Rail Defects and Failures, 347

Boston Railway stations, 93

Brake Tests with Heavy Trains, 100, 399

Claims on Government and Counterclaims by Railways, 145

Consolidation of Railway Systems, Plan and Inquiry, 373

Death of Mr. J. F. Wallace, 169

Economical Working and Brighter Outlook for the Railways, 241

Federal Control and Payments to Certain Associations, Divided Opinion, 511

Inter-State Commission and Reduction of Export Rates on Iron and Steel, 241

Motor Omnibus Converted to Run on Railroad in America, 67

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway, Freedom from Accident, 477

New York Terminal Passenger Traffic, Grand Central Record, 293

New York Transit, Municipal Ownership Recommended, 399

“ Pageant of Progress ” in Chicago, Typical Railway Engines, 293

Pennsylvania Railroad “Musts,” 93

Pennsylvania Railroad, New Steel Rails and Sleepers, 93

Perishable Goods Traffic in United States 265

Permanent Way Men on a Western States Railway, Wholesale Abandonment of Work, 539

Railway Servants Reduced Numbers, Comparison of Hours, Pay, &c., 145

“ Short Lines ” in the United States, 145

Sleeper Treating Plant and Locomotive

Crane Work on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 539

Steel Billets and Railway Trucks in the United States, 145

Track Work and Standard Wages, 380

Turbo-condenser Locomotive Tested, 455

Viaducts, High, on the Philadelphia and

Reading Railway, Unexpected Difficulties. 93

Virginia Railway Locomotive Test, 100, 399

Wages Reduction and Strike Cancelment, 483

Wagon Repairs on United States Railwavs, 293

UNPAINTED Carriages Requisitioned. 145 Urban Electric Railway Services, J. P.

Thomas, 595

Victorian Railways Locomotive, “Cl ” Class. 594

Victorian Railways New Locomotive Construction, 483

Wages Reduction by Sliding Scale, 67

Wagons, Privately Owned, Sir Eric Geddes'

Views, 93, 169

Wagons, Privately Owned, Mr. E. H. Pratts’ Views, 127

Wagons, Railway Owned, Under Repair, Number at Pre-war Level, 73

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued) :

■ War Claims of Railways, Terms of Division of Settlement Money, 119

War Memorial, London and North-Western Unveiled by Lord Haig, 459

War Seal Foundation, London and North-Western, Staff and Servants’ Contribution, 399

Week-end Cheap Tickets, Revival of, 427

Welsh Railway Proposals, Inquiry by Light Railway Commission, 455

Youths’ Payment as Men Deferred to Former Age of Twenty Years, 511

RAIN Making, Artificial, What it Would Mean in Horse-power, 67

Refractory Silica Brick Industry in the United States, 539

Reinforced Concrete Bridge, Deterioration and Cause, 705

Research Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers, 102

Research Work in the Colonies, Committee Report, 241

Road Improvements and Unemployment in Oldbury District, 511

Rochdale Canal Ceases Carrying Business, 13

Rock Drill, Leyner Type, Phthisis Dangers of, 265

Royal Agricultural Show at Cambridge in 1922, 633

R.A.C. Official Demonstrations, 277

Rubber for Papermaking, F. Kaye, 511

Rubber Situation in British Colonies and Protectorates, Committee to Investigate, 483 522

Russian Industry, Review of, 543

Russo-German Trade, Increasing Activity, 319

Rust-proofing of Small Automobile Parts, 265

s SAFETY Foot Valve, Key's Patent, 128

Scholarships, Archibald Dawnay, 230, 472, 576

Scholarships in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 47

Science Library at Science Museum, Classification Volume, 158

Scientific Expedition from Norway to Jan Mayen, 169

Scientific and Industrial Research, MS. Copy of Bibliography of Lubricants, 399

Scientific Industries Club in Newcastle to be Started, 483

Scientific Research. Beit Fellowships Awarded, 145

Scientific Test House in Sydney, 347

Seventy Years Old Survey Stakes for Abandoned Railway, 595

Sewage Systcxn for Kobe, Japan, 319

Shafting, Flexible, Fraser and Glass, 694

Shale, Waste, from Mines, Experiments in Oil Distillation, 567

Shanghai, New Dockyard Projected, 145

Shanghai, Port Improvement Schemes, 455, 649

Sheep and Dairy Farms in New Zealand, Electrical Power on, 217

Shells Magazine Exploded by Accidental Fire at Versailles, 169

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS :

American Shipbuilding, 227

Armstrong-Whitworth Ships, 206

Australian Navigation Act Enforces Use of Wireless Equipment, 93

Cristobal Colon Constructed at Ferrol Naval Yards, 539

Cunard Liner Berengaria, Formerly Hamburg-American Imperator, Conversion to Oil Fuel Burner, 347

Diesel-engined Motor Ships, Economical Running of, 169

Ex-German Steamer Columbus Purchased by White Star Line, 13

Fires on Board Ships, Lloyd’s Investigations, 679

Four Battleships, Extension of Time for Sending in Tenders, 427

French State Railways’ Steamer Versailles for Joint Service, Newhaven and Dieppe, 145, 193

Fuel Cost of Geared Turbine Steamer with Oil-fired Boilers Compared with that of Turbo-electric Drive and also with Motor Vessel, 319

German New Mercantile Fleet, 427

Japanese Steamer Bunkered with 2050 Tons of Coal in Twenty-six Hours. 483

London and North-Western Steamer Slieve Donard Launched, 398

Maryland, United States Super-Dreadnought, Official Trials, 193

Motor Boat’s Record Non-stop Run, 705

Motor Launches at Mudros, 347

Motor Lifeboat, New Type for Launching from Carriage, 145

Motor Ship for British Trade Exhibition Purposes, 455, 576

Motor Ships, Growth in Size and Power of, 169

Passenger Steamships Fitted for Oil Fuel, Board of Trade Requirements, 373

Patches for Ship's Plating Shot on to the Holes, 347

Poseidon, New Danish Motor Ship, 347

Progress of the Motor Ship, James Richardson, 373

Quest’s Wireless Equipment for the Antarctic, 319

Reinforced Concrete Baltic Ferry Steamer Projected for Stockholm-Finland Route, 621

Sydney, Ferry Steamers under Construction at, 539

Trade Ship—see Motor Ship, &-c.

Turbine Reduction Gears versus Electric Propulsion for Ships, Eskil Berg, 373

Twin-screw Motor Ships Launched at Chester;

Pa., U.S.A., 649

United States Coastguard Cutter Tampa, Electrically Driven, 621

Versailles’ First Trip, Newhaven-Dieppe Joint Service, 145, 193

White Star Line New Steamer Homeric, 511

SHOVELS, Wear of, Machine for Testing, 241

Silver-bearing Area in the Yukon, Rapid Development, 119

Skoda O'\Rlch> Discovery in Vancouver, 567 Skoda W orks and United Machinery Company

Limited, Amalgamation, 3+7 P y>

P™J}r Rrancis. Pettit. Early Marine Screw 1 ropeller Invention, 9.3

Societies—see Associations

'SO±lon^293fiCial T°Ur °f Chief Trade Com-

SOcUencetfr;C+5n ReP"b'iC’ Late' Remini-

South Manchuria Mining Possibilities Explored by American Experts, 265 1

Spanish Chambers of Mines, Formation Obligatory, 399

Spanish Concession to British Company for Oil supply to Steamers at Las Palmas, 119

Sparking Plug, The “ Igna, ’ Brown Brothers, Limited, 442

Speech Projection Equipment with Nearly Four Miles Range, 265

Staff Testimonial to Mr. C. E. Town, 79

Standard Slip Gauges, Growth Variations and

Impaired Efficiency, 265

Steam, High-pressure, Utilisation of, Otto H Hartman, 347

Steam Pressures, Rapid Increase in Amount of, 1 »7t>

Steam Raising, Yesterday, To-day and To-morrow, Daniel Wilson, 193

Stoping, World’s Record in, in South African Gold Mme, 483

Submarine Telephone Cable to Connect Eastern

Prussia with Germany, 13

Sugar Mill, Large, Electrification, 13

Sukkur Barrage Scheme, 217

Swedish Fuel Supply in Position to Renew Exports, 373

Swedish Government Loan for New Brick Manufacture, 293

Swedish Industries and Wage Reduction, 293

Swedish Telephone System, British Desire for

‘Statistics with View to Home Improvement,

Swiss Water Power, Efforts at Development, 39

Sydney Harbour New Bridge, Tenders to be

I Invited for Construction, 293

Synthetic Combination of Vegetable Oils to

Replace Petrol, Experiments, 217

Syrian Trade and Electric Power from Lebanon

Streams, 293

T

TABASCO, Mexico, Immense Oil Deposit Existing in, 145

Exfcension of Equipment, 97

J. able Bay Harbour Development, 427

Tasmanian Hydro-electric Scheme Approaching a 595 ; ^eavy Importation of British and American Machinery, 193

Tata Company’s Proposed Construction of Railway and other Plant, 119

Technical Engineering Films, Request for Loan Ot, 1 bo

Telephone Connection between Madras and Ootacamund Postponed, 93

Telephone Exchange, London “Toll,” Great Success of, 108, 427, 455

Theatre for Auckland, N.Z., Proposed Disappearing Shops Frontage, 319

Thread-spinning Machine of Greatly Increased

Capacity Invented in Norway, 567

Tidal Bore, Cause and Effect, 399

Tidal Power Utilisation, Experimental Power

Station to be Started in Brittany, 193

Tientsin and Peking, Projected Road Construction between, 145

Timber in Burma, 93

Timber Conveyance to Japan from Canada in Form of Raft, 169

Timber from Dead Trees may be Useful for Structure, 67

Tin Exports from the Federated Malay States 455

Tin Mines in China, Rich Deposits, 455

Tractor, Agricultural, Competitions to be Held m Turkey, 93

Tractor Trials in Turkey, 25

Tractors for Western Canada. British Trade Opportunity, 399

Trade Possibilities in the Union of South Africa,

Trades Unions and Health of Workers, 39

Tramways—see Railways

Travancore, Hydro-electric Schemes, 649

Tungsten—see Iron and Steel

Turbine Reduction Gears for Ships—see Ships Inrbines, Francis, at Kern River Power Plant,

Twist Drills Fracture, Causes of, 539

u

Diminution in France, statistics, 193

Unemployment and Wireless Station Erection

Robert Donald, 399

United States Locks and Hardware Firm to

Start a Factory in Germany, 705

United States Trade Conditions, 39

University of London, University College :

Lectures, 368

Uranium Ore from the Belgian Congo, Analysis,

V w at Barrow-in-Furness, 539

Waste Timber and Cotton Stalks, Utilisation of, ZVO

Water Gauges, Walker, Crosweller and Co., 407

Waterproofing of Irrigation Canals, F. W.

Woods, 705

WATER SUPPLY :

Boryslaw Water Supply, Importance for

Petroleum Boring, 595

Drought and Water Restriction, 88

Kedah, Malay Peninsula Supply Scheme. 649

Lahore Water Supply, New Scheme, 67

Manchester to Construct Part of Fourth Pipe Line from Thirlmerc Reservoir, 241

Nanking, Projected Waterworks Company for, 483

Sydney, N.S.W.. Scheme for Increased Water

Supply, 504

Water Improvement in China. Commission Appointment, 567

Whitehaven and Harrington. Important Water Supply Scheme, 595

WATER Turbines for High Heads, 265

Waterway between North Sea and Black Sea, Scheme Under Discussion at Munich, 93

Wattle Bark, Spent, for Papermaking, 241

Waygood-Otis Sports, 79

Welfare Work in Trade and Industry, 427

Welland Canal Construction Contracts, 265

White Lead Prohibition at Geneva, 595

Wireless Communication, Direct, between

Australia and Great Britain, Proposed Scheme, 455

Wireless Equipment for the Quest, 319

Wireless Service Interruptions, G. Marconi on, 241

Wireless Station, High-power, in Warsaw. 217

Wireless Stations in Australia and New Guinea, 217

Wireless Stations and Unemployment. Robert Donald, 399

Wireless Telegraph Service between London and

Madrid, Improvement, 483

Wireloss Telegraph Station. Large, near Moscow, 373

Wireless Telegraphy for Communication Camps in California, 119

Wireless Telegraphy, International Committee Arrangements, 169

Wireless Telegraphy to Supplement Submarine Cable between Cochin China and Tonkin, 67

Wireless Telephony between Birmingham and London, Progress of Experiments, 39

Wireless Telephony in India, 241

Wireless Telephony Neglected in England, Senatore Marconi, 649

Women’s Engineering Society, Competition for Improvements in Home Working, 679

Wood Alcohol, Charcoal and Acetate of Lime.

New Works for, 347

Wood Chemicals, South Africa, Company’s Anticipations, 145

Wooden Floors, Testing of Different Loads, 119

Works Plant, II. M. Robertson, 679

YELLOW River Conservancy, Scheme for Prevention of Overflow, 169

Yellow River Contract Awarded to Belgian Firm, 347

Yellow River, Designs for New Bridge Examined, 265 ; (Letter), 372

Yukon and Federal Highways Const ruction, 241

z ZINC Concentrates from Australia. Board of Trade Shipment, 483

Zinc in Solutions After Gold Precipitation, Utilisation of, 649

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