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AERIAL, New Form, “ Vertex,” and its Advantages, 43

AERONAUTICS : Aerodrome Extensions at Wittering, 479

Air Surveys, Their Disadvantages, 509

Cable for Guiding Aeroplanes in Flight, M. William Lottis, 43

Dirigibles for Transatlantic Mails, Tests to be Made, 569

Fleet of Thirteen Aeroplanes for Protection of Lumber and Paper Industries in Ontario, 335

Helicopter Flight in Paris, 95

Howard Aerodrome Secured by Vickers Limited for Construction of Government Airship, 629

Howden Airship Station to be Demolished, 175

AGRICULTURAL Machinery, Renewal of Field Trials of Implements by Royal Agricultural Society, 227

Alcohol Industrial Spirit from Potatoes, Proposed Flotation of Company for Manufacture, 717

Allen, Edgar, and Co., “ Catalogue C,” 121

Aluminium Conductors, H. G. Williams, 507, 556

Aluminium Paint and Aluminium Leaf, 69

Aluminium Powder Explosion, Hints on Dealing with, 15

Aluminium Works near Fort William, Proposal for Establishment of, 201

American Activity in Power Plant, 479

American Mine Explosions, Serious Results from Use of Black Blasting Powder, 479

Anhydrous Liquid Hydro-cyanic Acid, Proposed Factory for Production of, in Australia, 717

Annealing Furnace Fatal Accident, 361

Arch Dam Investigation in California, 387 •

Architects, British, Conference, 261

Architectural Education, International Congress on, 183

Argentina, Unparalleled Building Activities and Demand for Building Supplies, 255

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES: Association of Engineers, Manchester : Metallurgical Defects in Engineering Materials, Professor F. C. Thompson, 239

Institute of Chemistry :

Annual Meeting, Forty-sixth, Award of Meldola Medal, Elections, 264

“ National Federation of Men of Science,” 43

Students* Association :

Visit to the British Empire Exhibition, 628

Institute, Iron and Steel :

Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 120 Award of Gold Medal to Professor Albert Sauveur, Harvard Uni verity, 174

Institute of Marine Engineers : Diesel-electric Drive and Turbines, P. J.

Higgs, 457

Institute of Metals :

Annual Autumn Meeting to be Held in London, 731

Annual General Meeting and Dinner, 159

Institute of Metals’ Invitation to Overseas Visitors, 479

Institute of Physics :

Annual Meeting and Elections, 644

Physicist in Metallurgy, Dr. C. H. Desch, 133

Institute, Royal, of British Architects : Award for Best Street Frontage, 509

Institute of Transport :

Date of Receipt of Papers for Current Awards, 110

Inland Waterways of England, E. Manning Lewis, 43

Institution of Automobile Engineers :

General Meeting, 200

Fundamentals of Cost Production, H.

Kerr Thomas, 200

Lecture, Percy Pritchard, Suggestion to Students, 166

New Prizes Offered, 270

Prize Award and Reading of Papers, 644 Water-cooled Aero-engines, A. J. Rowledge, 69

. ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued) : Institution of Civil Engineers :

Ballot for Election of Officers, 583

James Forrest Lecture, Thirtieth, to be Delivered by Professor Elihu Thomson, of Massachusetts, Kelvin Gold Medal Award, 526

Birmingham and District Association : Annual Dinner, Problem of New Street

Station Traffic, 283

London Students :

Forty-third Annual Dinner, 343

Institution of Electrical Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 239

A.M.I.E.E. Examination, 136

Electrical Developments in France, E. M. Malek, 227

Faraday Medal Award to Dr. S. Z. de Ferranti, 147

Faraday Medal Presentation, 413

Fifteenth Kelvin Lecture, G. Semenza, 413

Kelvin Centenary, 569, 586

New By-law, Title of Members, 369

Visit of Delegates of Overseas Technical Institutions, 610, 702

Western Centre :

First Joint Meeting with Mining Electrical Engineers, 509

Visit to Lydney Power Station, 509

Institution of Heating and Ventilating* Engineers :

Annual General Meeting, Election of President and his Suggestions, 175

Universal Regulator, Temperature, Thomas Lindsay, 55

Institution, Junior, of Engineers :

Fortieth Anniversary Dinner, 556

Overhead Aluminium Conductors, H. G.

Williams, 507, 556

Progress in Equipment Used for Marine Propulsion, Sir J. Fortescue Flannery, 255

Water-tube Boilers, L. M. Jockel, 479

Institution of Mechanical Engineers :

Midland Branch :

Conversazione in University at Edgbaston, 599

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES {continued) : Institution of Mining and Metallurgy : Annual Dinner, Lack of Base Metals, Empire Congress on Mining and Metallurgy, 395

Award of Gold Medal, 237

Institution of Municipal and County Engineers :

South-Western District :

Regional Town-planning, 283 Yorkshire District :

Jubilee Year, Examination Necessary for Future Admission to Membership, 387

Institution of Naval Architects :

Annual and Summer Meetings, Invitations to Guests from France and Holland, 155

Institution of Petroleum Technologists : Hypochlorite Process of Refining Compared with Use of Sulphuric Acid, A. E. Dunstan, 43

Maidan-i-Nafton Oilfield, One of Most Important Known, R. K. Richardson, 539

Institution of Production Engineers : Elections and Proposed Awards, 293

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers :

Elections of President and Vice-president, 175

Increased Member Roll, Library Presentation to the Institution, 227

Institution, Royal :

Annual Meeting and Reports, 526

Meetings and Elections, 145, 264, 402, 526 Programme of Lectures, Resumption of

Friday Evening Meetings, 428

Institution of Structural Engineers :

Annual Dinner, 317

Election of Officers and Council, 613

Yorkshire Branch Formsd, 687

Society of Chemical Industry :

Chemical Engineering Group and Institution of Mechanical Engineers :

Symposium on Treatment on Water for Industrial Purposes, 55

ASSOCIATIONS, INSTITUTIONS & SOCIETIES (continued') : Society of Chemical Industry (continued) : Birmingham Section :

Emulsion of Petrol as Enel for Internal Combustion Engines, F. J. C. China* 445

Midland Section :

Spontaneous Combustion, Its Causes, J. Ivon Graham, 121

Society, Faraday :

Meeting and Programme, Oppau Explosion Investigation and Report, 360, 413

Society, Optical :

Annual General Meeting," Election of Officers and Council, 235

Society, Radio, of Great Britain :

Postponement of Meeting, Lecture, Faithful Reproduction by Broadcast, Captain P. P. Eckersley, 425

Society, Royal, of Arts :

Borneo, Sarawak, Oil Resources Development Results, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361 Cantor Lecture, E. V. Evans, Use of Film to Depict Chemical Changes, 335

Neglect of X-rays Benefit, Lecture by Dr. V. E. Pullin, 537

Society, Women’s Engineering :

Second International Conference, 387

ATMOSPHERIC Pollution, Unknown Particles, 599

Australia, Railway Bridge Over Murray River, Details of Construction, 227

Automatic Guns, War Office Experiments, 43

Automatic Telephone Exchange Projected, First in London, 43

Automobile Services, French, to Connect the Cotton-growing Districts with the Niger, 687 Avonmouth Dock Extension Contract, 94

B BALANCING Machine for Large Rotors, 629

Ball Bearings and the Time Factor, 201.

Beardmore, W., and Co., Limited, Souvenir of

Empire Exhibition, 583

Beira, East Africa, Port Improvements, 361

Belt Fastener, New Type, Frys, Limited, 583

Benzol as By-product of Australian Steel

Works, Extensive Output of, 15

Birmingham Waterway to the Sea vid Worcester and Bristol Channel, Government Deputation with View to Financial Aid, 309

Bitumen and Fish, Roads Dressing Committee’s Report, 147

Blast-furnaces—see Iron and Steel

Boiler Conversion to Burn Powdered Fuel, Guarantee Given, 479

Boiler, Electric Steam, Unique Type, 539

Boiler Explosion at Aberdare Power Station, Report, 445

Boiler Flues’ Unusual Failure, 599

Boiler, Water-tube, Unusual Explosion of, 629

Boilermakers’ Society Funds, Big Balance, 716

Boilermakers* Society, Overtime Piecework Pay, 657

Bolts and Rivets Factory at Richmond, Victoria, 69

Bore-hole Search for Oil, No Oil but Several

Records Broken, 657

Brasher Air Breakwater Tested 361

Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Increased Wages, 509

Brass, Red Stains on, Duo to Use of Old Type of Furnace, 15

Brassfounders Employers’ Association and National Brass and Metal Mechanics’ Society, New Wages Agreement, 445

Breakwater Tests, Brasher Air, 361

Bridge, New, Across the Usk at Newport, 445

Brisbane, Australia, Engineering Conference there in March, 1924, 69

British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association :

Annual Scholarships, 317, 361

British Electrical Development Association :

Annual Luncheon, 343

British Engineers’ Association :

Safeguarding of Industries Act, Resolution of Regret at Government Attitude, 445

British Engineering Standards Association :

Institution of Automobile Engineers’ Members Represented on Committee, 255

Standard Nomenclature for Cycle and Motor

Cycle Parts, 264, 309

Standard Railway Rails, 674

Standard Specifications :

Galvanised Steel Wire Strand for Signalling Purposes, 644

Lighting and Starter Cables on Motor Cars, 387

Traction Motors of the Series-wound

Direct-current Type, 15

British Foundrymen, Institution of :

Cause of Bad Castings, 147

British India Imports and Exports, Satisfactory Trade Balance, 509

British Prices 70 Per Cent. Higher than Continental and Orders Sent Abroad in Consequence, 283, 312

British Thomson-Houston Testers’ Club, 293 Broadcasting—see Wireless.

Bunkering Plant on the Tees, Satisfactory Test, 479

Burns, New Treatment which Includes, Electric, Steam, and Metal Burns, 479

c CABLE, Direct Connection between London and Emden, 175

Calcium Arsenate Plant, Largest in the World

at Montgomery, Alabama, 335

Calculators for Gas Calorimetry, 608

Cameron Falls Development, Ontario, Great

Power Scheme, 15

Canada, Wainwright Oilfield, Estimated Area,

69, 361

Canadian Dominion Forest Service, Experimental Silvicultural Work, 147

Canadian Gold and Silver Exports, 569

Canadian Mineral Production Statistics, 15 ,

Canadian Pacific Railway, Petrol-electric Exhibition Vehicle, 413

Canadian Resources of Natural Gas and

Helium, Survey Results None too Favourable, 309

Cape Breton, Harbour at Ingouish, Deepening on Account of Gypsum Deposit, 449

Carbon Monoxide in Compressed Air, Instrument for Detection, J. A. Vaughan, 413

Castings of Sand and Cores Cleaned by High-pressuro Water, 599

Catalogues for Jerusalem, 183

Cement and Mud Fluids Used in Oil and Gas

Wells, Tests for Determination of Tensile

Strength, 121

Centralians, Old, Annual Dinner, 200

Cerium for Gas Mantles and other Purposes, 201

Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, First

Provincial Meeting, 509

Chelmsford Engineering Society, Fourth Annual Conversazione, 459

Chicago Drainage Canal Threatens Further

Damage to the Levels of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, 121

Chilean Government Improvement of Irrigation and Canals, 255

Chimneys of Reinforced Concrete Described as Dangerous, 569

Chromium—see Iron and Steel

COAL, COKE AND COLLIERIES : Alberta Coal, Great Increase in Output, 361

Antrim and Tyrone, Valuable Areas of Unworked Coal in, 15

Barrow Hill Now Colliery, Progress of Shaft Sinking, 335

Belgian Congo, Result of Search for Coal, 657

Burnham-on-Crouch Coal Discovery, 361

Canada’s Average Coal Consumption, 599

Coal-breaking Plant for Montreal, 69

Coal Dust Explosions in Utah, Intensive

Study of Safety Precautions, 445

Coaling Staithes Projected at Port Clarence Wharf, River Tees, 147

Colliery Accidents in Scotland, Fire-damp and Naked Lights, 599

Colliery Chimneys Demolished, 361

Fushun, Schemes for Working Coal Deposits, 255

Lithuania’s Limited Consumption of Coal and

Coke, 227

Manchuria’s New Coal Mines, 657

Man-handled Coal in England, 90 Per Cent.

of Total Raised, 657

Markham Main Colliery, Progress of Sinkers, Expected Employment for Large Number of Men, 657

Natal Coal, Results of By-product Experiments, 69

New South Wales Coal Output, 569

Nova Scotia, New Mine and Colliery at

Lingan, 121, 175, 445

Powdered Coal in the United States, Annual Consumption, 95

Pulverised Coal, High-pressure Plant, 402

Record Output from Deep Pit, 629

Rotherham Main Colliery, Probable Reopening of Barnsley Pit, 629

Scottish Collieries and Preventable Accidents, 539

Screenings, Excess of, in Coal Mining, American Complaint, 361

Seaton Delaval Coal Company’s Development at Hastings Pit, 657

Snowdon Colliery near Dover, Purchase of, 95

Spitzbergen, New Coal Mining Operations, Extensive, Projected, 309

United States Coal Mines, Statistics of Injuries and Financial Loss, 361

Vibrating Screen for Fine Separation of Coal, 717

Victoria, Brown Coal Prospects at Bambra, 413

Warragul, Victoria, Coal Discovery, 569

Welsh Coalfields, Rhondda and Llanelly, 387

Wireless Communication for Mine Rescue

Work, 361

Worcestershire Coal Mining Estate, Projected Development, 479

World’s Production of Coal, United States

Large Proportion, 387

COLD-STxARTING Oil Engine, Test Results’ 283

Cold Storage Scheme at Walvis Bay, 445

Colonel Crompton’s Eightieth Birthday, 656

Commonwealth’s New Duty Against Great Britain, 479

Commonwealth Radium-bearing Ore, Great Possibilities, 687

Complimentary Dinner, 395

Compressed Fibre for Pistons of Internal Combustion Engines, 69

Concrete as Lining for Mine Shafts, 15

Condensers and Grid Leaks, Philip Coursey, 283

Conferences and Congresses—see Exhibition,

British Empire

Cooking Utensils Test, Report on Linings for, 43

Copenhagen, British Club Opened, 298

Copper in Australia, High Cost of Labour and

Supplies and Closing Down of Mines, 69

Copper Deposit in Rhodesia, Another Big Discovery of, 15

Copper Mines in Australia to be Merged and Railway Extended, .599

Copper Ore Deposit on Rhodesia-Congo Border, 117

Copper Ore Deposits in Yu go-Slavia, 15

Copper Production in Australia, Extension of

Principal Company’s Works, 15

Copper Works and By-product Plant at Middlesbrough, 413

Corrosion or Rusting of Metal Prevented by Use of Whitewash, 175

Cost of Living and Men’s Pay Unchanged, 444

Cotton Ginnery Opening at Salisbury, Rhodesia, 127

Coventry Commercial and Technical Library, Useful Additions, 599

Cunard Company’s New Naval Architect, 361

Cyanite, Interesting Possibilities of, 599

D DAM Damage on the Musquash River Power Development Plant, 15

Darlington to Replace Tramway System by Trolley Omnibuses, 657

Death of Mr. A. 0. Flint, 121

Death of Mr. Thomas Henry Rowe, Cornish

Mining Engineer, 147

Death of Mr. T. Settle, 121

Derwent Diversion to Avoid Pollution from

Colliery Refuse, 309

Diamond “ Pipe ” Discovery in South Africa, 663

Diesel Engine Tests at Wallsend, 671

Dock Strike, Recent, Wages 125 Per Cent.

Above Pre-war and Cost of Living 75 Per Cent., 255

Docks, Surrey Commercial, and Dam Failure, 539

Dredged Material Delivered by Sunk Pipe, 255

Dredger, Hopper, on the Great Lakes, Measurement and Equipment of, 335

Dubuc, Lieut.-Colonel A. E., Successive Appointments in Canada, 255

Dundee Harbour Extensions, 43

Dutch Manufacturer’s Discovery as Result of Government Order, 309

E EDINBURGH Gas-making Plant Extensions, 43

Edinburgh-Glasgow Road, New, Work to be Started on, 509

ELECTRICAL MATTERS : Air Heating Advantages in an American Power Station, 509

Australasian Electric Supply Systems, Favourable Position of Certain Towns, 479

Automatic Synchroniser, Brown Boveri, 387 Boston and Detroit, Plans for Transmission of Electrical Power, 569

Breakdowns, Electrical, in 1923, 629

British Columbia Electric Company’s Projected Tunnel between Lakes, Tenders Called for, 539

British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Heavy Cost of Equipment, 201

Burton-on-Trent Supply, Proposed Extension, 569

Calcutta Electric Supply to be Extended to Outlying Districts, 43

Canada’s Extensive Electric Power Development, 15

Cape Town-Simonstown Line, New Electric Generating Station, 687

Collie Coalfield of Western Australia, Power Station for Supplying, 717

Coventry Corporation Electricity Undertaking, 657

Deeside Electrical Requirements, Report by Aberdeen Chief Electrical Engineer, 445“

Direct Photographic Records of Electrical Impulses, 717

Electric Brass Melting in the United States, Activity Greatly in Excess of other Countries, 657

Electric Power Mains Projected in the Midlands, 121

Electrical and Reciprocating Engine Power for Textile Factory Working, Comparison, 95

Electric Wire Manufacturing Companies in Japan, Great Impetus to Work Caused by Restoration after Earthquake, 255

Exeter Electricity Works, Extension of Plant, 387

Grit Arrester at Electricity Works, Good Results from, 283

“ Hexaphase ” System of Working Cables, 387

Hull (Quebec) Electric Company’s Big Project in the Gatineau Valley, 255

Illinois Company’s Projected 200,000 Kilowatts Station, 717

Islington Borough Council’s Experience of Refuse Collection, Horse and Electric Vehicles Compared, 309

Italian Orders for Two 30,000 Kilovoltampere Three-phase Alternators, 687

Japanese Scheme for Power Development and Railway Electrification, 43

Manchuria Power Scheme on the Yalu River, 43

Mersey Power Company’s Prosperity 509

Million Volt Testing Set Ordered for Laboratory in Chicago, 717

Mining Subsidence and Effect on Cables and Power Stations, Royal Commission Evidence, 539

Motor, 6300 H.P., American, in Course of Installation in India, 147

Motor Generator’s Disastrous Breakdown, 569

Newark Corporation’s Application Refused by Electricity Commissioners, 717

Newcastle, New South Wales, Tramway Electrification, Cost and Saving, 69

New York’s Electric Signs and Large Amount of Electricity Required, 283

New Zealand’s Extensive Use of Electric Power, 387

Pelton Wheel Shrunk on to Shaft by Means of Electric Heat, 201

Pennsylvania’s Production of Electric Power, 569

Plymouth Electricity Works Extension, 95

Power Station Under Construction - at Molnungushi Falls, Rhodesia, 717

Ribble Power Station and Its Approaching Completion, 445

Scanty Use of Electricity in the United Kingdom, 395

Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, The B.E.A.M.A. Offer, 317

Shanghai Municipal Electric Department, Annual Report, 657

South Africa and Electricity Supply Commission, Terms Arranged with Capetown and Durban, 687

Storage Battery Competition, Five Vehicles Selected for Test. 687

Sugarloaf Rubicon Electricity Supply Scheme, Victoria, 95

“ Super-synchronous ” Motor, New Type, 335 Sydney, New South Wales, Recommended Appointment of British Electrical Expert, 479

Talcs^Used for Electrical Appliances, Tests, 445

ELECTRICAL MATTERS {continued):

Town Lighting of Lydenburg, South Africa, Waterfall to be Utilised, 335

Transformer Pillars Out of Operation, Tests of Apparatus for Reduction of Current Losses in, 260

Transmission Line, Southern California, Increased Capacity, 95

Transmission Problems, Major A. M. Taylor’s Hexaphase System, 201

Underground Cable, 66,000-Volt, at Cleveland, Successful Tests on, 717

Underground Electric Railway Efforts at Economy in Use of Power Supply, 309

Union of South Africa, Use of Electric Power in Industrial Establishments, 717

Wattmeter, Direct-acting, Totalising, Recording, 479

Welder, New Electric, Advantages of, 599

Wireless Aerials Falling, Accidents, 387

Yallourn—Yarraville Transmission Line Completed and Satisfactory, 283

Yallourn Undertaking, Steady Progress by Victoria Electricity Commission, 717

ELECTRO-PHYSICAL Research in Germany, Financial Assistance from American Company, 175

Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361, 395

Engineering Institute of Canada, New President, 413

Erosion Checked by Discarded Motor Car Bodies, 387

European Telephone Network, Conference on the Question, 509

EXHIBITIONS : All-British Motor Vehicles and Accessories

Exhibition in Melbourne, 227

British Empire Exhibition :

Architecture Exhibition at Wembley, 586

Conferences of Engineering Societies at Wembley, 613

Conference on Science and Labour, 586

Empire Automobile Conference, 702

Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 361

Empire Textile Conference, 613

“ Neyer-Stop ” Railway, Yorath Lewis, to be Connected with Metropolitan Railway Station, 255

Silver Nugget, Largest Found, to be Shown in Canadian Section, 43

Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine Used at Opening in 1825, to be Exhibited, 121

World Power Conference, 671

Building Exhibition at Olympia, Free Popular Lectures, 395

German Wireless Exhibition at Hamburg, 283

Institute of Patentees, Inventions Exhibition, 657

International Exhibition in Dunedin, New Zealand, 580, 657

International Foundry Trades’ Exhibition at Birmingham, 43, 200, 687

Leipzig Autumn Fair, 613

Lyons Fair, Particulars of, 175

Norwegian Industrial Fair, 657

Okehampton Agricultural Association to Construct Permanent Exhibition Ground, 283

Royal Agricultural Show at Leicester, 201

Swedish Industries Fair at Gothenburg, 629

Wireless Apparatus Exhibition at Geneva, 201

Yachting and Boating Exhibition, 51

EXPERIMENTAL Explosions in France, 147 Explosion of Carbon Bisulphide Still near

Runcorn, 717

F FACTORY Accident Prevention, 183

Factory and Workshop Acts, Inquiry, 361

Falmouth, Abandonment of Transatlantic Scheme, 538

Faraday House Entrance Scholarships, Awards, 425

Faraday House Old Students’ Association, Annual Smoking Concert, 425, 543

Farming and Electro-culture, Minister of Agriculture’s Statement, 445

Federated Malay States Tin Ore Smelting, 717

Federation of British Industries, Report on South American Tour by Assistant Director, 15

Ferry Landing and Docks at Middlesbrough, 361

Fire Destruction of University and Engineering

College, Fukuoka, 43

Floating Dock for Southampton, 387

Floating Roofs to Reduce Evaporation from Oil Tanks, 201

Floating Wharf Used as a Transport Vessel, 657

Forests of Ontario, Aeroplane Fleet to be Set up for Protection, 335

Foundry Engineers, Suggested Line of Study for Junior Automobile Students, Percy Pritchard, 66

France’s Trade with her Colonies, 227

Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Medals and Certificates Awards, 717

Fremantle Harbour Dredging Progress, 413

French Paint to Supersede Red Lead, 95

Friction and Lubrication, D. Sillars, 95

Fuel Oil Production Experiments by South Manchurian Railway, 569

Fuel Research, Assistant Director Appointed, 283

Fuel Research Board Special Report No. 1, 539

Fuller’s United Electric Works, Annual Staff Dinner, 55

Furfural, Properties of, as Paint Remover, 95

G GAMPOLA Bridge, Ceylon, 15

Gas Calorimetry, Calculator for, 608

Gas Engines on Hire-Purchase, 95

Gases in Underground Waters, New Use for Analysis of, 69

Gasholder, Spiral-guided, Largest in this Country, 387

Gas-making Plant for Vancouver, 599

Generation, Transformation and Pneumatic Transmission of Power, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255

George Montefiore Foundation Prize, 133

German Imports into New South Wales, 361

“ Glanzkohle,” Properties of New Material Akin to Graphite, 175

Glass Trade, Comparison of Results of Different Shifts in, 175

Glassworkers’ Union and Discontinuance of the McKenna Duties, 539

Gold Alloy to Rival Platinum, 95

Gold Medal of the Town of Paris, Award to M. Bienvenue, 147

Gold Mines, Hollinger, Ontario, New Port Plant Approaching Completion, Vast Expectations from, 95, 599

Gold Mines of Northern Ontario, Rapid Development, 599

Gold and other Deposits in Tanganyika, 147

Grain Elevator, Durban, Inquiry into Foundations, 381

Grain Shipped through Montreal in 1923, Record Amount, 95

Great Britain’s Coal Mines Output, 15

H HARDWARE Trade Journal, 159

Hudson Bay as a Grain Outlet, Pros and Cons of the Question, 599

Hull, Port of, 697

Hydro-electric Development on the Saguenay

River, One of the Largest in the World, 629

Hydro-electric Equipment, Large Units, W. M.

White, 147

Hydro-electric Generating Unit, Largest in the World, at Niagara Falls, 69

Hydro-electric Installation for International

Paper Company on Hudson River, 361

Hydro-electric Plant on the Mississippi River, 201

Hydro-electric Power Scheme in New Zealand,

Tenders for Plant, 15

Hydro-electric Scheme in Ceylon, 69

Hydro-electric Scheme of Tasmania, 387

Hydro-electric Works in the Tirso Valley,

Largest in the World, 509

Hypochlorite and Chlorate, Pure Solutions

Obtained Electrolytically, 687

I INDIA and the Indians Unsuited for Shipping Enterprise, 201

Indian Boiler Regulations, 237

Indian Tariff Board’s Proposed Duties and Bounties on Certain Iron and Steel Products, 479

Industrial Fatigue Research Board, Fourth Annual Report, 657

Inertia of Matter and Inertia of Mind, Effect on Industrial Development, 255

Infection by Telephone, Risk Quite Negligible in View of Precautions, 227

International Congress of Architectural Educa tion, 183

Invention, Bertram Joy, 84

Italy’s Hydraulic Resources, Active Development of, 657

IRON AND STEEL : Agreement Between British Columbia and United States Concerning Conversion of Steel Scrap, &c., 413

Alloy Steel, Economical Uses of, 227

Blast-furnace Flue Dusts, Utilisation of, Investigation, 335

Brazil Company Said to Propose Blastfurnace Erection, 15

British Cast Iron Research Association, Director Appointed, 133

British Empire Big Iron Contract with German Buyers, 629

Chromium Plating, Company Started for Exploitation of Discovery, 309

Electrolytic Iron and Question of Corrosion, 569

Foundry Iron Production from Sponge Iron in the Electric Furnace, Testing Results, 175

French Blast-furnace Working Statistics, 509, 683

German Failure to Establish Iron and Steel

Industry in Chile, 201

Hardened Steel and Brittleness, Effects of Various Methods Used, 201

Heavy Steel Trade, Proposed Selling Agency, 15

Iron Mines on Belle Island, Newfoundland, Reopening, 147

Iron Ore Exports from Algeria to Great Britain, 413

Ironstone Mines Reopened in North Yorkshire, 43

Lake Athabasca, Drilling to Investigate Extent of Iron Ore Deposits on North Shore, 15

Melilla, Details of' New Iron Ore Shipping Plant for, 175

National Federation of Iron and Steel :

Pig Iron and Steel Production in December, 1923, 69

Pig Iron and Steel Production in January, 227

Pig Iron and Steel Production in February, 335

Pig Iron and Steel Production in March, 445

Pig Iron and Steel Production in April, 539

Pig Iron and Steel Production in May, 687

Nickel-iron Alloys, Remarkable Magnetic Properties of Certain Types, 309

Nickel Mines of Canada, Output Statistics, 147

Nickel Ore Deposits of Sudbury, Canada, Most Important Known, 15

Ontario Government’s Proposed Bounty on Iron Ore, 226

Oro in Tasmania to bo Developed by British Company, 509

Ouenza Iron Mines, North Africa, Output, 15

Oxygen Addition to Blast, Advisable Limit in Amount, 121

Phosphorus Diffusion in Iron and Steel, Conditions and Results, N. C. Marples, 43

IRON AND STEEL (continued) :

Plant at Bilbao for High-speed Steel, 657

Precision Gauge, Manufacture, Question of Best Quenching Medium for Steels Used, 147

Protection of the Steel Industry in India, 509

Rolling Rails Re-started at Workington Steel Works, 509

Rustless Iron, Successful Experiments on, 227

Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317

Sault Ste. Marie Steel Mills, Activity of, 283

Sheffield Steel Exports to United States, Effect of Fordney Tariff, 95

South Manchuria Railway and Extension of Iron and Steel Works, 283

Stainless Steel Flagstaff, 90ft. High, Proposed as War Memorial, 309

Steel Rolling Mills in Canada, 15

Steels, Normal and Abnormal, Microscopic Examination of, 227

Sulphur in Blast-furnace Charges, 509

Sweden, Pig Iron Production for September, 43

Swedish Iron Trade Labour Conflict, Trade Conditions, 539

Temperatures in Blast-furnaces Using Charcoal as Fuel, 413

Twelve-hour Day Elimination in the Steel Industry and Increased Cost of Production, 147

JAPANESE Earthquake and Temporary Shelters, Galvanised Sheet Orders for Great Britain, 255

Johannesburg Gold Mining Industry Demand for Increased Wages Met by Monthly Bonus, 147

Johannesburg, Proposed Power Station at Witbank, 15

Jointing Material for Air Pipes, Brothers, 459

&c., Brown

at Glasgow

Celebration,

K

KELVIN Centenary Celebrations

University, 569

Kelvin Centenary, Masonic Lodge 586

Kelvin Dinner, 556

Kelvin Medal Presentation, Reception of

Written Addresses, Exhibit of Kelvin Apparatus, Oration, Banquet, 638

King’s College Engineering Society :

Anniversary Meeting, 130

Economics as Applied to Mechanical Engineering, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Goodwin, 130 Kosi Bay, South Africa, Development, as Port for Coaling or Cotton Trade, 335

Krupps’ “ Naval Union of the Levant,” 569 Krupps and Spanish Shipbuilding Yard,

Report of Projected Purchase, 209

LABORATORY Experiments and “ Horse Sense,” Professor E. C. Williams, 147

Lancashire Boiler, Failure of Blow-down Bend, 629

Lead Poisoning and Production of Zinc Oxide, 69

Lead and Zinc Production in the United States,

69

Leakage Costing at the Rate of £500 a Year, 121

Leather Belting Manufacturers’ Federation,

Standard Specification, 569

Lectures, Popular Free, at the Building Exhibition, 395

Leicester Rebuilding Proposals, 95

Leicester Sewerage System Extensions, 610

Lignite Discovery near Shrinagar, Kashmir, 95

Lignite Explorations in Province of Murcia, Satisfactory Results, 283

Limpopo, Negotiations for Government Construction of Bridge, 309

Liquid Oxygen as Explosive for Gold Mines, 69

Liquid Oxygen Explosives, Field Tests of, 227

Liskeard Gas Company’s Scheme for Electrical

Supply, 479

Louren^o Marques Harbour Extension, 255

Low-temperature Carbonisation Plant for Midlothian Paper Mills, 147

Lumber Exports from British Columbia, 309

M MANCHESTER Approval of Proposed Census of Production, 413

Manchester Steam Users’ Association :

Annual Meeting, Question of Incorporation,

413

Mr. C. E. Stroimeyer’s Annual Report, 15

Report, 335

Marine Engines, Direct-reversing, for Egypt,

J. S. White and Co., Limited, 227

Marine Petrol Engine, New Type, 479

Marseilles, Shipping and Goods Statistics, 121

Mathematics in America, Progress in Recent

Years, 283

Menai Straits, Change of Scheme for Electrical

Supply, 335

Mercury Mine in China, Crudest Possible

Methods of Treating the Mineral, 657

Metallurgical Research, Professor Thomas Turner, 276

Metallurgy Research Fellowship, New Foundation, 95

Metals—see also Associations, Institute oi

Metals

Methane in Water in Enclosed Heating Sys terns, Dangers of, 95

Metric System for Russia, 147

Metric System in Soviet Republics, Demand foi

Metric Scales and Weights, 539

Middlesbrough, New Bridge Across the Tees, 4.'

Milk Transport in Glass-lined Tank Motor;

Instead of by Train, 687

Mine Rescue Oxygen-breathing Apparatus

Useful Handbook on, 147

Mineral Deposits in the Ukraine, Investigation by Geological Committee, 227

Mineral Output of New South Wales, Statistics, 309

Mineral Production Increasing in British

Columbia, 121

Mineral Production in Tasmania, Statistics, 147

Minerals, Important New Area of, Discovered in Australia, 479

Mines Department Willing to Test Electric Bell, &c., for Coal Mines, 283

Mines, Inrushes of Water into, Committee of

Inquiry into Danger, 175

Mining Bureau of Mukden, Two Coal Mines

Opened and Paying, 509

Mining Education at Wigan, Grant in Aid, 387

Mining Industry of South Africa, Consumption

of Imported Materials, 569

Motor Car Exhaust Gases, Carbon Monoxide in, 282

Motor Cars and Lorries for Australia, Great

Increase in Imports, 629

Motor Cars, Small Car Trials, 174, 361

Motor Industry in America, Statistics for 1923, 657

Murray River, Australia, Official Report on

Hume Reservoir, Proposal, 479

Murray River, Work of Locking, Progress, 717

“ Mystery ” Tower in Shoreham Harbour, Demolition Decided on, 603

N NATIONAL Council of Technical Staff Associations, Meeting, 309

Netherland East Indies Sample Show-room, 629

Netherlands East Indies Sulphur Deposits, Bids for Working of, Wanted, 599

Newcastle and Gateshead Proposed Connecting Bridge over the Tyne, 309

Newcastle, New Fire and Police Station, 43, 509

New South Wales Mineral Production, 43, 309

New Zealand, Available Water Power in, 69

New Zealand, Valuable Total Trade Figures, 175

New Zealand, Various Power Extension

Schemes Projected, 458

Newport, Alexandra Docks Facilities Extension, 445

Niagara Falls and New Michigan Central Railway Bridge, Construction Work Restarted, 509

Niagara River New Crossing and Projected Railway, Cost of, 283

Nickel and Copper in Canada, 69

Nickel—see also Iron and Steel

Nitrate Output in Chile, 335

Norton and Gregory Engineering Scholarships, 1924, Awards, 556

o OIL Fuel Bunkering Prices Advance, 387

Oil Licence in New Guinea, The First Granted, 629

Oil Resources of Borneo, Hon. T. G. Cochrane, 361

Oil Shale Beds of Somerset, Plans for Light Railway between Bridgwater and Combwich and Docks at Combwich, 599

Oil Well, New, in Kent County, Ontario, Great

Depth and Estimated Yield, 95

Oil Well at Wainwright, 69, 361

Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission

Report, Financial Position, 717

Ontario Taxation on Nickel and Copper Mines, 226

Oppau Explosion, 360

Osaka’s New Bridges, 283

Osmiridium in Tasmania, Effort to Open up the Area, 695

Ottawa River Power Development by Ontario Hydro-electric Power Commission, 687

Oxy-acetylene Blow-pipe, Work on Cast Iron

Lining of a Tunnel Shaft, 479

Oxygen-making Factories in Southampton and Belfast, 479

P PANAMA Canal Traffic Figures, 69

Paper-making from Eucalypt Pulp, Advantages of, 599

Paris Competition for New Types of Street Furniture, 577

Patent Fuel Production Plant in Canada, 95

Patent Rights Applications, 509

Peat Bog Investigations and Mapping in Canada, 95

Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan, Projected New Government Road, 479

Penstock Accidents, Two, in California, 175

Penwithers Viaduct, Truro-Falmouth Line,

Replaced by New Bridge, 147

Petrol Efficiency, Method of Increasing, 43

Petroleum Tanks, Great Advantage of Making

Them Gas-tight, 147

Physics of Textile Fibres, 613

Pile Driving, Under Water, New Equipment for, 569

Platinum-bearing Lands in Spain, Investigations Continuing, 687

Plymouth Improvement Schemes and Work for Unemployed Men, 387

Polish Port at Gdynia Asked for, 361

Porcelain for Electrical Purposes, Improved

Type, 569

Portland Cement Factory, 70 Miles East of Vancouver, 69

Portland Cement Works in Tasmania, 479

Power Alcohol, Ether and Fusel Oil Works at Hull, Work Started, 413

Power Development, Very Large, Proposed at Chelsea Falls, Canada, 121

Power Plant in South African Industries, Rapidly Increasing Amount, 121

Profit-sharing Employees’ Percentage Greater than Shareholders’ Dividend, 255

Profit-sharing Scheme Based on Wages Ranking as Capital, 539

Punjab Industries and Price of Bengal Coal, 95

Pyrites as a Cause of Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines, J. Ivor Graham, 309

RADIO Frequency Standard, Special Wave Meters for, 629

Radium Research Laboratory in Washington, 335

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS :

Accidents :

Anniversaries of Serious Accidents, 15, 121, 201, 387, 569, 657

Basle Express Fatal Accident, 339

Buffer Stop Collision at Birmingham, 699 Collision, Fatal, at Euston, 539, 657 Crewe Station, Serious Collision, 43, 309 Derailment of Train Between Northallerton

and Middlesbrough, 309

Divided Train Accident, Advisability of Continuous Brake, 95

Electric Train Derailed near Southport, 283

Fatal Electric Railway Collision in Indiana, 175

Final Report for 1923 Accidents Inquired into by Ministry of Transport, 479

French Accidents, Decreased Number of, 147

Inquiries into Accidents, Footplate Precautions for Enginemen, 227

Locomotive Failure on the London and North-Eastern, Report, 51

Passengers Falling from Trains, Inquiry, 539

P.L.M. Riviera Express Fatal Accident, 283

Red Light Signal Failure and Consequent Collision, London and North-Eastern Railway, 69

St. Gothard Express Trains in Collision, Terrible Disaster, 445

Accrington Tramway Undertaking’s Revenue, 717

American Railway Disputes Between Companies and their Servants, New Board for Adjustment, 147

Appointments and Staff Changes, 147, 175, 227, 255, 335, 361, 365, 445, 657

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Discontent, 599, 687

Australian North-South Transcontinental Railway, Finding a Route, 387

Australian Railway Commissioners’ Salaries, Great Difference in Amount, 548

Automatic Train Control and the Inter-State Commerce Commission of America, 445

Awards of Industrial Court, Variation as Regards the Men, Disregard of the Public, 687

Babbacombe Cliff Light Railway Order, 1923, 88

Ballycastle Railway to End its Existence, 227

Beirut and Tripoli, Survey of Route for Proposed Broad-gauge Railway, 147

Belfast and County Down Railway, Timber Trestle Bridge Replaced by Steel, Two Tank Locomotives Ordered, 201

Belgian Mission to the Congo with Reference to Railway Construction, 147

Belgian State Railways’ Disorganisation, Strong Measures for Improvement, 227

Birmingham Tramways Extension, 445

British Columbia Electric Railway Company for Tunnel to Connect Aloutte and Stave Lakes and Increase of Hydro-electric Power, 687

Calcutta Suggested Tube Railway, Approximate Cost, 43

Camden Town Junction, 1500 Trains Daily, 569

Canadian National Railways, Chain of Seven Wireless Broadcasting Stations, 361

Canadian National Railways, Projected Construction of Twenty-six Branch Lines, 283, 361 ; Annual Report of Railways, 687

Canadian Pacific Railway’s Branch Lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta, 717

Canadian Railway’s Steady Rise, Immigration the Greatest Need, 227

Cape Peninsula Suburban Lines, Electrification Beginning, 309

Central London Railway, Unusual Incident, 413

Ceylon Railways’ Favourable Report, Retirement of General Manager, 43

City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Winding-up Difficulties, 629

City and South London Railway :

Contracts for Sinking Shafts for Tubes on Morden Extension, 121

Stockwell Station Escalators, Improved Type, 147, 599

Tunnels Enlarged, New Service, 413

Clapham Common and Morden, Progress of New Line, 599

Colombia’s Northern Railway Extension Progress, 717

Common User of Railway-owned Rolling Stock, C. M. J. Jones, 335, 413

Continuous Runs of 500 Miles with Coal-burning Locomotives and 825 Miles with Oil Burners, G. M. Basford, 413

Cost of Living and Railwaymen’s Pay, 69, 444, 548, 717

Death of Commander G. J. Baugh, 509

Death of Mr. Ammon Beasley, 386

Death of Mr. Percy A. Hay, 599

Death of Mr. L. W. Horne, 283

Death of Mr. George Macpherson, 479

Death of President of New York Centra System, Mr. Alfred Smith, 335 ; His Career, 413

Deaths of Two Prominent American Railwaymen, 309, 458

De-control of British and of United States Railways, Comparison Between Costs of Compensation, 69

Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railway, New Motor Generators for Electric Locomotives, 539

East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula Railways, Transfer of, 361

East Indian Railway, Forty Locomotives Ordered from British Firm, 445

Egyptian State Railways Chief Engineer Resigns his Post, 309

Escalators Replace Lifts at Bank Station of Tubes, 546

Facing Points, Power Working of, 69

Finsbury Park Tube Extension Northwards, Middlesex County Council Action, 175

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued}: I

French Government Proposed Increase in Passenger Fares and Goods Rates, 147

French West Africa, New Section of Railway, 69

Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Good

Dividends of, 121

Great Western Railway: Allocation of Government War-time Compensation Funds, 283

Bill Before Parliament, Level Crossing and Shunting, 445

Callington Light Railway, Proposed Abandonment of Construction Scheme, 283, 413

Cambrian Section Station at Machynlleth, Improved Accommodation, 15

Capital Expenditure Last Year and Projected, Analysis of, 309

Colliery Proprietors’ Wagons, Railway Companies’ Offer, 283

Company Dealing Only with British Manufacturers in Spite of Lower Prices for Foreign Work, 283, 312

Cornish Single Track Sections, Provision for Future Doubling, 175

Goods Wagon, New Type, Adaptation of Plant, 629

Government Aid for Branch Line Construction Refused, 335

Great Western Railway’s Unanswered Letter to Late Government, 283

Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201

Honours List Knighthood for General Manager, 175

Milk Conveyance Rates Lower than those of Southern Railway, 539

Portmadoc Railway Facilities to be Improved, 43

Programme of Projected New Works, Locomotives and Rolling Stock, 15

Rhymney and Taff Vale and also Great Western and Taff Vale Roath Dock New Connections, 175

Special’s Non-stop Plymouth to Paddington Run in 234 Minutes, 15

Stockholders of Small Amounts, Very Large Percentage of Total Capital, 283

Swindon Station, King and Queen on Footplate of the Royal Train, 479

Whiteball Tunnel, South of Taunton, to be Relined, 43

Group System, Mr. H. P. Macmillan on, 539

Hampstead Line Extension, Opening Expected Shortly, 599

Harwich and Zeebrugge—see Train Ferry

Highest Railway in the Empire, Mombasa, vid Nairobi to Eldoret, Uganda, 201

Honours Lists, New Year and Birthday, English and Indian Railwaymen Included, 15, 657

Hook of Holland and Berlin, Accelerated

Journey by Train-de-Luxe, 538

Improper Use of Railway Carriages, Bill to Promote Cleanliness Defeated, 412

India, Railway Board Technical Paper No. 235, 43

Irish Free State, Bill for Unification of Railways, 387

Irish Free State Railways and Belfast, Differences of Opinion, 69

Irish Free State Railways Bill Meets with Opposition, 548

Irish Free State Railways and Canals and Government Bill, 121

Irish Railway Agreements and Proposed Government Amalgamation Scheme, 255, 539

Irish Railway Companies and Unions, Machinery for Regulation of Trade Disputes, 15

Irish Railways, British Promises and the Free State, 509

Irish Railways’ Clerical Staff Demands, Judge’s Award, 674

Irish Railways and Rebel Damage, 335

Irish Railways, Repair of Malicious Damage to Bridges, &c., 227

Irish Railways, Wages Board and Men’s Position, 539, 629

Jamaica Government Railways’ Dispute, Mr. J. H. Thomas’s View, 539

Kaye, Sir Joseph H., The Late, 15

Locomotive Works by Compressed Air, 255

Locomotive Works of Subsidiary Companies

Closing, 121

London Electric Railways, Camden Town Extension, 413

London Electric Railways, Camden Town Junction Trains, 569

London Electric Railways, Hendon to Edgware Extension Progress, 713

London Electric Railways’ New Cars, 599

London-Liverpool Motorway Likely to Increase Railway Traffic Charges, 15

London, Midland and Scottish Railway :

Action Won by the Company Against Hampstead Borough Council, 43

Buckie-Keith Railway to be Reopened, 69

Capital Expenditure Last Year, 255

Distinguishing Names in Towns with More than One Station, 629

Economy and Train Withdrawals, 539

Glasgow, Change of Route from Euston, 717

Half-year’s Dividend Announced, 201

Leek and Manifold Light Railway Absorption and Claims of the County Council, 629

London, Midland and Scottish Railway Posters, Painted by Royal Academicians and Associates, 26

Organisation, Operation Department at Derby, Appointments, 47

“ Resident Engineers,” 599

Shareholders’ Free Tickets for Meetings not to be Issued, 255

Stranraer and Larne, Change of Departure from Euston to St. Pancras, 717

Title of the Company, 43

Track Circuits, Telephones and Telegraphs, Proposed Capital Works, 255

Northern Counties Section : Coleraine-Londonderry, New Line, 335

London and North-Eastern Railway :

Automatic Signals on the Alne-Thirsk Section, 43

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued): J London & North-Eastern Railway {continued): Bill in Parliament, Building Powers Sought, 657

British Prices 70 per cent. Higher than Continental and Consequent Loss of Trade and Work to this Country, 312

Capital Account Expenditure, Analysis of Items, 387

Cuffley-Hertford-Stevenage Line Opened, 629

Electrical Engineer Appointed, 657

Electrification Difficulties and Projected Remedy, 387

Electrification in Great Northern Area, 361

Enfield Branch Extension Completed for

Passenger Traffic, 445

Engine “ Locomotion ' Used in 1825, to be Sent to the British Empire Exhibition, 121

Frodingham, Proposed New Railway and Works, Irreconcilable Views, 509

Garratt Locomotive for Worsborough Branch, 450

Government Compensation, Limitation of Directions Permitted for Expenditure, 309

Great Northern Section, Mishap to Engine’s Boiler, Fireman’s Action, 717

Great Northern Shopmen, Reporb of Court of Inquiry, 479

Ilford’s Deputation to Minister of Transport, 223

Individual Incomes from 90 per cent. London and North-Eastern Railway Capital are Less than One-third the Wages Received by Lowest-paid Male Adult Railway Servant, 335

King’s Cross to Bradford by Pullman, Timing, 657

King’s Cross-Harrogate-Newcastle Pullman, Marylebone-Nottingham-Sheffield, 509, 599

Scotch Express, Daily Relief Train, 599

South Yorkshire Junction Company’s Absorption, Settlement, 629

Staff Changes, Various, 657

Subsidence Between Ferryhill and Bishop’s Auckland, 227

Tube Northwards from Finsbury Park, 361 Twenty-nine New Trains of Ten Coaches Each, 445

War Memorial at York to North-Eastern

Railway Servants, 717

London Traffic Board Bill, 413

Longridge-Hellifield Railway, Good Prospect of Its Construction, 95, 361

Manchester and Rochdale, Prospect of

Through Train Service, 717

Market for Locomotives in Poland, 657

Melbourne Area and Electrification, Victorian Railway Commissioners’ Statement, 717

Melbourne Railway Construction, British Tenders Refused, 335

Melbourne Suburban Lines, Carriages all Labelled “ Smoking,” 335

Mersey Railway Company, Track Laid under the River, 387

Metropolitan District Station at Victoria, Great Increase in Passengers at, 110

Metropolitan Railway Agrees to Interchange of Return Tickets to British Empire Exhibition, 479

Metropolitan Railway Branch from Sandy Lodge to Watford, 263

Metropolitan Railway, Capital Expenditure, 255

Metropolitan Railway, Improved Dividend, 175

Metropolitan Railway, “ Smoking ” or “ Smoking Prohibited ” Cars, 387

Metropolitan Railway, Widened Lines to be Converted for Electric Traction, 309

Ministry of Transport: Deputation Request for Government Aid Towards Transport Facilities, Electrification, &c., 387

Final Report of Ministry on Last Year’s Accidents, 479

Gattie Scheme Revival Asked for and Declined, 509

New Minister Appointed after Vacancy, 121

Orders under the Light Railways Acts and the Railways Act :

Light Railways in the Borough of South -port and North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway, 308

Longridge and Hellifield Light Railway, 361

Merrivale Light Railway Powers Revived, 361

Railways of Great Britain for 1923 : Preliminary Statement of Accounts and Statistics, Complete Returns to Follow, 386

Safety of Travelling Public, Powers of the Ministry, 569

Statistics for September, Comparison with 1922, 43

Statistics, Freight, for October, 95, 129

Statistics, Passenger and Freight, November, 201 ; December, 309

Statistics for January, 1924, Comparison with 1923, 479

Statistics for February, 1924, Increase in

Receipts and Mileage, 569

Statistics for March, 1924, 687

Statistics, Freight, for March, 1924, Unsatisfactory, 687

Tramways and Light Railway Undertakings, Issue of Return, with Accounts and Statistics, 175

Moorgate-street Station Reconstruction, 599 Morocco, Electrification of Normal Gauge Railway, Power Station at Casablanca, 283 Motor Omnibus Used on Irish Road, Converted for Use on Irish Railway, 599

Murdock’s Ancient Road Locomotive Put up for Auction, 479

Natal Main Line Section Electrification, Progress, 283

National Union of Railwaymen and the Enginemen, 629

National Union of Railwaymen’s Projected National Programme, 717

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS {continued}:

National Union of Railwaymen’s Proposed Demand for Shopmen, 283

Nationalisation of Railways .and Mr. Winston Churchill’s Changed Views, 335

“ Never-Stop ” Railway Connected with Metropolitan Station, 255

Newcastle and Hull Train Service, 413

New South Wales Government Railways, Year’s Operating Costs, 52

New Zealand Government Inquiry into its Railway System, 539, 687

Norway and Railway Working, Question of Steam versus Electric Traction, 201

Oodnadatta Railway, Australia, Changes in its Career, 227

Pulverised Coal, Experiments with Australian Locomotives, 69

Pulverised Coal for some Japanese Locomotives, 69

Railway Clerks’ Association and Share of Control, 599

Railway Crossings in Cities, Position of Hull, 227

Railway Fares Difficulty in consequence of Grouping, 15

Railway Material Exports Statistics, .121, 175, 361, 445, 509, 569, 629

Railway Rates Tribunal: Application for Abolition of Flat Rate on Coal, Coke, &c., Dismissed, 339

Passengers, Representation of, on the Tribunal, 539

Railway Shopmen’s Dispute, Government Court of Inquiry, 283, 687

Railway Stock, British, Largely in the Hands of Middle and Poorer Classes, 121

Rhodesia’s Agricultural and Mineral Products, Government Asked for Railway Connecting Rhodesia with Walvis Bay, 687

Salaried Staff and Cost of Living, New Decision, 629

Siamese State Railways, Director’s Telephone Apparatus Order, 687

Signal-box Switch Regulations, 95

Signal-boxes and Token Instruments, 175

Sir Henry Fowler, Honorary University Degree, 599

Smoke Tubes in Locomotive Boilers, 599

South African Railway Traffic Improvement and Consequent Reduction in Rates and Fares, 309

South Indian Railway Appointment, 95

South London, Poor Travelling Facilities to City and West End, 255

South Manchurian Railway Sidings, Proposed Electrification, 69

Southend Corporation, Complaint of NonElectrification of the Tilbury Railway, 413

Southern Railway : Amalgamation of Two Stations at Victoria, Progress Towards Realisation, 95

Brighton and Hove Complaint of Lack of Railway Facilities, 509

Cable for Electrification of South-Eastern Section, Contract Award, 227

Dual Management Ended, Future General Manager, 51

Electrification Progress, Large Floating Dock and Crane, New Steamers, 255, 361

Electrification of South-Eastern Section

Suburban Lines, Progress, 361, 687

Government Guarantee to Date, 687

Guildford, Electrification of Railway and Half-hourly Service Promised, 629

Red Tie for Use as Danger Signal, 539

Southern Railway Bill Passes Committee, 599

Tube Extension in North London, Divided Opinions on, 255

Wimbledon Station Reconstruction Question, 175

Southern Pacific Railway of Mexico, New Line from Tepic to La Quemada, 231

Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway, Ungrouped and Unhappy, 479

Spanish Railways, Grouping and Ultimate Nationalisation of, 439

Station Name-boards, 147

Stockholders’ and Shareholders’ Names and Addresses, Law as to Publication, 387

Stockton and Darlington Railway Centenary, 1925, Rival Schemes from both Towns, 43

Stockton and Darlington Railway Engine, Its Correct Name, 413

Storekeepers’ Appointments, Suitable Men for, 539

Sweden and Norway, New Inter-connecting Railway Decided Upon, 69

Swiss Federal Railways, Economy of Electrification, 445

Tasmanian Railway System, Change of Com missioner and Mr. Webb’s Report, 201, 445

Telegraph Messages of Railway Companies Over Post Office Wires, Cost Question, 717

Tickets Issued by Automatic Machines, Statistics, 509

Token Exchanging Apparatus, First Accident for Eighteen Years, 717

Traffic, Passenger and Freight Statistics, Nine Months to September, 1923, 43 ; Freight for September, 43 ; Freight and Passenger Statistics for October, 121

Traffic Receipts and Effect of the Strike, 201

Train Ferry Between Harwich and Zee-brugge, 147, 227

Train Men’s Strike and Court of Inquiry Report, 413

Trans-Siberian Railway Reorganisation, 110 Turbine, 50-Ton Electric, Its Transport, 657 Turbine Locomotive, First Built in Germany,

Krupp’s Tests, 479

Ulster and Munster Mail Steamers Sold for a Song, 569, 629

Underground Electric Railways’ Reduced Traffic, Increase in Omnibus Passengers, 255

Underground Railway Conciliation Scheme, 147

Underground Railways, Contracts Reported for Cast Iron Tunnel Segments, 15

“ Underground ” and Strike of Trams and Omnibus Men, 387

Underground Then and Now, Comparison, 69 Union of South Africa, Programme of New Railway Construction, Progress, 335

RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS (continued):

United States “ Centennial Movement,” 387

United States Laws, the Supreme Court and

Effect on the Railways, 95

United States Traffic Statistics, 361

Valparaiso to Santiago Railway Scheme, 413

Victoria, Agitation Regarding Accident Inquiries, 361

Victoria District Railway Station, 50 per cent. Growth of Passengers, 599

Victoria Railways Magazine, 509

Victoria Station Approach, L.C.C. Scheme for

Improvement, 479

Vosges, New Tunnels Planned, 15

Wireless Sets on Trains in Canada, 413

Woolwich-built Locomotives, Sale of, 569, 599

Workmen’s Trains and Mr. Gosling, 539

Zululand, Proposed Railway, 283

RAMSAY Memorial Laboratory, 58

Rand Mines, Rescue Teams Training, 387

Rating of Machinery and Plant in England and

Scotland Respectively, Inquiry into Present xLaw, 201

Reclaimed Reinforced Concrete Sheet Piles Used After Long Exposure to Sea Water,

Refractory Materials for Furnace Linings, Electrical Resistivity at High Temperatures, 335

Refrigeration, Fourth International Congress,

Rhodesia, Railway and Road Bridge Over Limpopo River, 599

Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, Extension of Port Quays, 687

Road-bridge Building at Birmingham, 69

Rocket to the Moon, Professor R. H. Goddard’s

Reported Attempt, 387

Royal Automobile Club’s Small Car Trials, 174, 361

R.I.B.A. Diploma in Town-planning, First Examination, 402

Royles, Limited, Profit-sharing Scheme, Employees’ Percentage, 255

Rubber as an Abrasion Resisting Material, Great Improvement in Modern Rubber, 657

Rubber Industry and its Needs, Iron or Steel Linings Advantageously Replaced by Rubber, 227

Rubber as Lining for Wood Tanks, D. M.

Newitt, 255

Russia, New Regulations for Patent Grants, 95

ST. ARNAUD, Victoria, Electric Installation, 15 \

St. George, Research Yacht for Exploration in the Pacific, 283

St. John, New Brunswick, Discussion of Coke and By-product Plant for, 683

St. John River, N.B., Water Power Development Projected, 479

St. Lawrence River, Canada, Development Proposals, 15, 43, 69, 121

St. Lawrence Waterways Project, Agreement between Canada and the United States, 717

St. Paul’s Bridge Construction, Revival of Proposal, 95

Saldanha Bay Harbour, South Africa, Plans for its Future, 657

Salt Lake, 12-Mile Railway Trestle Under Repair, 147

Sand Dunes Conversion into Forest Area, 629

San Francisco Bay, Dredging the Entrance Bar, 175

Sash Chains, Chas. Wright, Limited, 155

Scale Control by Aid of Chemicals, H. W. Bannister, 147

Scholarships in Electrical Engineering, 317, 361

Scholarships, 1924, Norton and Gregory, Awards, 556

Science Museum Engineering Exhibits, Guide Lecturer Appointed, 361

Science News Service, 201

Scottish Iron Trade Men, Increased Wages for, 599

Seaham Harbour New Coal Pits to be Sunk by Freezing Process, 43

‘ Self-rescuer,” a Safety Device for Escape from Carbon Monoxide in Mines or Elsewhere, 413

Severn, Bridge over River near Bridgnorth Proposed, 539

Severn, Proposed Road and Rail Bridge, 201

Severn Tunnel, New Ventilating Shaft for, 309. 413

Sewerage Scheme at St. Just, Cornwall, 361

Shale Oil Industry, Scottish, Possibility of Closing, 121

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS : American Bill for Conversion of Foreign

Trade Ships into Diesel Motor Types, 445 Australian Meat Trade, Sixteen New Motor

Vessels Ordered in Great Britain, 335 Australian New Steamers for Lighthouse

Service to be Built in Australia, 335

Australian Steamer Fordsdale, Largest yet Built by Commonwealth, Binghamphone Installed, 629

British Aviator, 10,000-Ton Tanker, Sister Ship Ordered, 717

Compressed Air for Ship Propulsion, Captain W. P. Durtnall, 255

Berengaria Navigation, Accusation of Dangerous Speed, 539

Board of Trade and Junior Engineers in Large Merchant Vessels, Fresh Instructions, 629

Cunard Liner Tyrrhenia, Alterations Projected, 43

Ferry Steamer, 200ft. Vehicular, Voyage from Leith to Sydney, New South Wales, 509

French Submarines, 187, 216

Greek Government’s New Submarines, 569

H.M.S. Glatton Sunk in Dover Naval Harbour, to be Raised, 599

H.M.S. Lion, Breaking Up on the Tyne, 309

Japanese Ships, Load Line Regulations, 413 Leviathan, American Liner, Cost of Repairs, 147

50,000-Ton Liners not a Paying Proposition,

Lloyd’s Register Returns of Shipping Losses, Principal Nations’ Record Compared, 175

SHIPS AND SHIPPING MATTERS {continued): Mauretania’s Turbines, Re-blading, 569

Navigation Lights on British Ships, New

Board of Trade Regulations, 309

Revenge, Old Wooden Battleship, to be

Broken Up, 361

Rustless Steel Propellers, Success of, 317

Schooner Yacht Built by Krupps to have Gyroscopic Stabiliser, 147

Ships’ Navigation Lights, New Regulations, 261

SHOWS— see Exhibitions

Silver-lead Ore Deposit, Another Found in South Australia, 479

Silver-lead Ores Discovery in North-Eastern Australia, 69

Silver Nugget at Empire Exhibition Eclipsed by New Find, 599

Silver Ore Discovery and Further Future Pros

pects in the Yukon Territory, 175

Simplification of Manufacture by Elimination of Odd Tools, 657

Skilled Craftsmen Exodus from the United

Kingdom, 387

Slide Rule, The “ Monocrat,” John Davis and

Son, Limited, 316

Smoke Nuisance and Legislation Question, 283

Soapstone, Large Deposit Found in Ontario, 413

Somerset Oil Shale Beds Exploitation, 599

South African Mines Stores Consumption Statistics, 550

South African Successfid Industries, Rand

Carbide Factory’s Output, 283

Southampton’s 60,000-Ton Floating Dock, Opening, 569

Speaking Apparatus, Automatically Controlled, the Binghamphone, 629

Spennymoor Sewage Disposal Works, 121

State Barge Canal, U.S.A., Proposed Deepening, 283

Steam Generator for Paper Company at Hudson Falls, N.Y., 687

Steam Heat for Shrinking Parts of Electrical

Equipment, 121

Steam Power from the Earth’s Centre, Impracticable Suggestion, 121

Steam Power-house at Evans’ Bay, New Zealand, 605

Stradling, Dr. R. E., M.C., M.Sc., New Appointment, 387

Straw as a Floor for Cement Storage, 147

Sugar Beet, British, 399

Sugar Mill in North Queensland, 283

Sulphur Output in Japan, 569

Sulphuric Acid Factories of Upper Silesia,

Increased Output, 147 *

Superphosphates from Sulphuric Acid Removed

as By-product in Zinc Extraction, 255

Survey Base Line Measured on a Frozen Lake, 361

Survey Base Line Under Water for Several

Hours Daily, 121

Sweden, Discovery of Arsenic and other Valuable Ores, 539

Sweden, The Economic and Industrial Situation

in, Report on, H. Kershaw, 717

Swedish Canals, Reconstruction Plans, 199

Swedish Industrial Life, Rapid Development

of, Shown by New Brochure, 43

Swedish Water Power, Extensive Use of Modern

Methods for, 445

Switzerland’s Objection to Prolongation of Working Hours in Factories,.227

Synthetic Ammonia Manufacture in Spain, 445

T TABLE Engine, Antiquated, Discovered at Ipswich, 43

Tamar River, Proposed Bridge from Devon-port to Torpoint, 479

Tanganyika Concessions’ Increased Copper and Radium Production, 487

Tank for Storing Volatile Spirits, 15

Tanks for Storage of Imported Petrol at Dingle, 479

Tarnish-resisting Sterling Silver, 255

Tasmanian Canal, Ralph’s Bay Neck, Tenders to be Called for for Construction of, 599

Tasmanian Industrial Development and Hydroelectric Enterprise, 479

Teheran and the Persian Gulf, New Trade Route, 95

Telephone, Trunk, Between Bombay and Delhi, 69

Tendering to Toronto City Council, Toronto Board of Trade’s Condemnation of Action, 95 Tension Tests at American Bureau of Standards, 43

Thames Bed Scoured Out by Flood Water, Costly Scheme to Meet the Situation, 43

Timber, Forest Reserve and Sawmill Material Now Available in Alberta, Statistics, 309

Tin Brittleness Due to Aluminium, 599

Tin Cans and Process of De-tinning at Birmingham, 687

Tokyo Car Congestion Since the Earthquake, New Car Orders, 283

Traders’ Co-ordinating Committee, 78

Transmission of Heat through Building Materials, 201

Transvaal Goldfields Output and Working Costs, 121, 201, 283

Trelleborg Harbour and Gothenburg Harbour Enlargement, 201

Tunnel Beneath the St. Lawrence Under Consideration, 175

Tunnel Projected Between Canada and United States, 15

Tunnel, Road, Below the Thames, Gravesend and Tilbury Scheme, 95

Turbine Disc Wheels, Stress and Vibrating, Research Paper, Wilfred Campbell, 687

Tyne New Bridge Design, 569

u UNITED States Army New Gun, 95

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 539

United States Production of Crude Magnesite Aluminium, Bauxite and Crude Platinum, 121

University College, London :

Engineering Society, Annual Dinner and Conversazione, 84

Ramsay Memorial Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Inaugural Lecture, Professor E. C. Williams, 121

Upper Stour Valley, Main Sewerage Scheme Extension, 629

V VANADIUM, Its Chief Deposits and Great Utility, 413

Vanadium Mines in the Peruvian Andes, Resumed Working, 121

Vancouver City to Replace Old Railway by Power Lift, 413

Vancouver Harbour, Coal-bunkering Facilities

Projected for Deep-sea Vessels, 255

Volcanic Energy of Italy Turned to Account, Natural Steam for Power Purposes, 95

w WASHING Machines for Cleansing Parts of Work in Machine Shop, 95

WATER SUPPLY : - Artesian and Sub-artesian Bores jn Australia, B. Dunstan on, 569

Athens and Piraeus Water Supply Works, International Competition for Execution and Maintenance, 255

Boring for Water Supply in the Doncaster Rural District, 283

Famous Water Pipe Line, Sale of, 395

Hetch Hetchy Project, «San Francisco, Cost of, 629

Japanese Lake Water for Power Generation and Subsequently for Drinking Purposes, 387

Kilmarnock Corporation Filtration Plant, 626

Kingsteington Local Water Supply Extension, 147

Leeds Water Undertaking Profit, 696

Pulta Waterworks, Calcutta, Extension of Scheme, 69

Shandaken Tunnel of New York Catskill

Aqueduct, 283

Sofia’s Lack of Water, American Offer, 227

Sydney Water Supply Scheme, 569

Torquay’s Waterworks Extensions, 121

Water Main Pipes of Wood as being Economical, 568

Water Storage, Extensive Scheme in Victoria State, 69

Wellington, New Zealand, Tunnel for Water Supply, 227

WELDER, New Electric, Experiments in Rand Mines, 599

Welland River Level Raising not yet Decided

Upon, 629

Whitworth Society, First Commemoration Dinner, 24

Winding Engines, Various Improvements Called for, 361

Winnipeg River Well Adapted for Hydroelectric Enterprises, 657

Winnipeg’s Central Steam-heating Plant, 539 I

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY : Accumulators for Operating Dull Emitter Thermionic Valves, 175

Aerials Erection, Accidents and Warning, 387

Beacon, Wireless, for Increased Safety in Navigation, 335

Belfast, Projected Broadcasting Station, 309

Brazilian Government Concession for Radiotelephone Transmitting Stations, 255

British Broadcasting Company’s Series of Educational Lectures, 629

Broadcasting in Education, Glasgow to Have Lectures Transmitted to Schools in the Area, 289

Canadian Trains and Provision of Wireless, 413

Crystal Detector in Theory and Practice, 569

Germany to Organise Wireless Apparatus Syndicate, 309

International Agreement on Wireless Telephony, Conference, 454

Inter-telephony by Wireless Between American and European Systems, 629

Japanese Wireless Telephone for Trains on Tokaido Railway, 255

Kliphenvel, South Africa, Progress of New Wireless Station, 569

Line-radio or “ Wired-wireless ” System, 629

Netherlands East Indies Government’s New Wireless Stations in Sumatra, 721

Norway’s Most Northerly Radio Station, at Vardoe, 445

Radio Communication Company of Great Britain, Its Contract for Stations in West Indies, 283

“ Radio Instruments and Measurements,” American Circular, 255

Radio Societies, Proposed Amalgamation, 309

Surveying and Astronomical Observations, Chronometer Superseded by Wireless, 283

Tarawa, Pacific Islands, Wireless Station, 569

Tuned Cathode Circuit, A New Idea, 687

Underground Use of Wireless, Successful Demonstration, 335, 361

“ Vertex,” New Form of Aerial, 43

Wireless Beam Tests to Buenos Aires, Highly Successful, 687

Wireless Licence Statistics, 201

Yukon to Alberta, Wireless Communication Projected, 147

WOLVERHAMPTON, New Trolley Omnibus Route, 413

Wood Tanks for Acids, Suitable Linings for, 255

Working Days Lost by Industrial Disputes, Statistics,-687

World Power Conference, 671

X X-RAYS,’ Not Sufficiently Used, 537

X-ray Radiations, Inadequate Measurement, 509

Y YALU River, Possibility of Development of a Million Horse-power from, 387

Yangtze River Pronounced “ Extremely Serviceable,” 147

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