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-502 FLIGHT. MAY 19, 1938., THE INDUSTRY Stream-line Filters Ltd. AN increase in profits to ^23,805 is shown in the accountsof Stream-Line Filters, Ltd., for 1937, as compared with ^16,568 for previous nine months. A final dividend of i2| per cent, is declared, making 20 per cent, for the year. Aircraft and Cars /^vPERATING at the aerodrome at Hamley Green, near v-J Warlingham, Surrey, the Southern Motor and Aircraft Co. not only recondition and deal in aircraft, but also have a department specialising in the sale of rebuilt Rolls-Royce cars ; models of 1926-1930 vintage are reconditioned, fitted with bodies of an ultra-modern type, and sold at prices ranging lrom ^450. H.P. Pensions Scheme HANDLEY PAGE, Ltd., recently announced a stafi pensionand assurance scheme, operated in conjunction with the Eagle Star Company. In addition to the usual benefits, the H.P. Company is also paying the entire cost of pensions for past service and certain additional pensions. These last ensure that workers who are too old to have pensions of a minimum of ,£26 at retirement age will have their pensions brought up to that amount at the Company's expense. The Modern Way /^ALLENDER'S Cable and Construction Co., Ltd., who are V^ world-famed as makers of electric cable, and who have recently more fully entered the aeronautical world as erectors of the Callender-Hamilton hangars, make considerable use of aircraft in their business. Two members of the engineering staff, Fit. Lt. E. R. Meads and Mr. C. O. Boyse, are qualified pilots, and both are fre- quently employed on flying colleagues to various parts of the country in connection with Callender activities. The machines are chartered from Air Hire, Ltd., at Heston. " ' New Motors for Old RE your motors out of date? " asks a leaflet recently issued by Brook Motors, Ltd., of Empress Works, Huddersfield. It contains details of a scheme whereby these well-known makers of works power equipment offer up to a maximum of fifty per cent, discount ofl the price of new machines in exchange for existing motors. Incidentally, the very informative pocket reference book Installations and Maintenance of Electric Motors, issued last year by Brook Motors, now appears in a new 150-page edition, the two main sections, "H.P. Required to Drive Machinery" and "Installation and Maintenance," having been doubled in length and a new set of data sheets added. The price is is. post free. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Jahrbuck 1937 Der Deutschen Luftfahrtforschung, KM.80, R. Oldeubourg Schliessfach SI, Munich, Germany. Handbook of the Bristol Mercury Aircooled Radial Engines, Types VII, VIII and IX, £3 3s. Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Filton, Bristol. Leaflets : The Newall Jig-Borer. E. H. Jones (Machine Tools) Ltd., Edgware Road,.The Hyde, London, N.W.9. Les Flotles de VAir en 1937 by Robert Gruss, 45fr. Societe d'Editions Geograph- iques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 17 Rue Jacob, Paris, France. Rugby Engineering Society: ProceaUngs, 1935-6. Vol. XXX. 10s. 6d. Proceedings, 1936-7. Vol. XXXI. 10s. 6d. Published by the Society at Rugby. Airworthiness Handbook for Civil Aircraft, Vol. I, Design Section. 7s. 6d. H.M. Stationery Office. A Passport Round the World, by C. H. Holmes; 12s. 6d., Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 34, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4. Gids Voor Luchtvarenden Nederlatid, price Fl. 5.50. Rijksuitgeverij Dienst van de Nederlandsche Staatscourant Night Hawk, by J. Railton Holden; 7s. 6d., George Newnes Ltd., Southampton Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. .Sir Alan Cobham's Book of the Air; 5s., Blackie and Son, Ltd., 50, Old Bailey, London, E.C.4. Kameradschaft der Luft: Festschrift Anlitsslich des Fiinfzigsten Gelrurlslages, by Dr.-Ing. Ernst Heinkel, Wiking Verlag, Berlin, Germany. Solo, by Nicolas Bodington ; ~s. 6d., Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 14, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2. There's a Devil in the Drum, by John Lucy ; 8s. Od., Faber and Faber, Ltd., 24, Russell Square, London, W.C.I. The Unending Conquest, by Prof. R. de la Bere ; Is. 4d., J. M. Dent it Sons, Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London, W.C.2. The " Girl'.' Calendar, April, H38-March, 1939 ; Metropolitan Victors Electrical Co., Ltd., Trafiord Park, Manchester, 17. The Complete Model Aircraft Manual, by E. T. Hamilton ; 12s. 6d., John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd., Bury Street, London, W.G.I.. Women with Wings, by Pauline Gower ; His. 6d., John Long, Ltd., 34, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4. Trade Notes and News MR. PETER BENNETT, O.B.E., J.P., the new pres- ident of the Federation of British Industries. He is joint managing director of Joseph Lucas, Ltd., and its associated companies, among which is Rotax, of aeronautical electrical fame. INCREASES OF CAPITAL SARO LAMINATED WOOD PRODUCTS LTD. (Kingsway, London, W.C.2).-i~ The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £104,900 beyond the registered capital of £100. The additional capital is divided into 419,000 ordinary shares of 5s. The company has now been converted into a public one. Part of the aboveincreaseisforthe purpose of acquiring the undertaking and assets of Laminated Wood Products, Ltd., and that part of the business of baunders-Roe, Ltd., relating to the manufacture and sale or distribution of plywood and laminated wood and the products thereof. The directors are : Alfred E. Chambers, Harold H. Balfour, Edwd. D. Clarke and Johr. de C. Ballardie (all directors of Saunders-Roe, Ltd.), and Win, A. Radley, Bertram F. Miskin and Arthur H. Scroggs (all directors of Laminated Wood Products, Ltd.), SOUTHEND FLYING CLUB LTD. (The Aerodrome, Southend-on-Sea).—The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £1,900 in £1 preference shares, beyond the registered capital of £100. NEW COMPANIES Zn the notes below, for teasons of. apace, the " objects " of new com- panies are usually somewhat abbreviated. LINDSAY NEALE AVIATION, LTD.—Private company, registered May 6. Capital, £1,000 in 1,000 shares of £1 each. Objects : To adopt an agreement with R. Lindsay Neale, and to manufacture and deal in aeroplanes, flying boats, seaplanes, etc. The directors are : Robert Lindsay Neale, aeronautical consultant (permanent director and chairman); Miss Rosemary W. Pewtress; Bernard L. Pewtress; Cyril H. Temple. Solicitors: Parkers and Hammond, 39/41 New Broad Street London, E.C.2. FORGINGS & PRESSWORK (BIRMINGHAM), LTD.—Private company, registered May 7. Capital, £100 in 100 shares of £1 each. Objects : To carry on the business of manufacturers of drop stampings and forging*, parts of cycles, motors, aeroplanes, etc. The first directors are to be appointed by the subscribers. Solicitors: Roland Hollick and Co., Coventry. sna;-1" CHANGE OF NAME MESSIER AVIATION ENGINEERING COMPANY, LTD. (34, Bishopsgate. London, E.C.2).—Name changed to Aeronautical and Mechanical Inventions, Ltd., on April 14, 1938. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS (The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will beprinted and abridged, etc.) Published April U, 1938.) 20646. TELEFUNKEN GES. FUR DRAHT-LOSE TELEGRAPHIE : Radio direction finding systems (482,101). 2128. SPERRV GYROSCOPE CO., INC. : Automatic steering-gear for aircraft (482,333). 3948. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., INC. : Automatic steering-gear for aircraft (482,187). (.Published April 28, 1938.) 18123. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION : Illumination of dials of instruments and other surfaces (482,595). 26406. BROWN, C, and AMAL, LTD : Carburetters tor internal-combustion engines ••;.' (482,443). 26388. 'BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD., FEDDEN, A. H. R., and ANDERSON, G, O.: Means for controlling internal combustion engines of aircraft (482,441). 26439. ELLIOTT, A. G., RUBBRA, A. A., and FAIRHURST, L. G.: Variable-pitch airscrews (482,377). 26675. SCHIMANEK, E.: Automatic limiting of the filling of aircraft motor ••y- cylinders. (482,716). 26681. IHEFELE, E. J.: Radio direction finders (482,717). 20824. FISCHER, G. A., and MANCINI, J.: Aircraft (482, 722). 26903. AERO ENGINES, LTD., and HALLIBAV, G. F.: Control systems for super- charged aero and like engines (482,596). 32544. ."SIEMENS APPARATE UND MASCHINEN GES: Gyroscopic apparatus (482.389). 34445. FAIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., and FORSYTH, A. G.: Wire-gauge niters and the like. (482,622). 355G5. HALL, F. H.: Aeroplane jretactable undercarriages (482,474). 3995. MAIGRET, A. L. E.: Sealed shelters, notably those for protection against : aerial or other bombardments. (482,542). 17720. KLEMM, H.: Mcmospar cantilever aircraft wing (482,488.) (Published May 5, 1938.) .;; .. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., INC. : Electric systems for controlling the position .v of a controlled object (482,879). . ' •£ ' DRIVER, R. H., and SHARE, J. B.: Aircraft (483,043). 4> BACK, W. E. : Model aeroplanes or gliders (483,018). q. j: MAHTIN, J.: Cowling and air-intake for power units of aircraft (483,055)._^ • BRODEAU, A. H. J.: Construction of wings for aircraft (482,782). -p ' VEREINIGTE DEUTSCHE METALLWERKE AKT.-GKS., and I'ACDI, F.: Show- > absorbing struts for .aircraft landing gear (482,985). "••': ;'. ELEKTRONMETAIX GES. : Wheels for aircraft (482,791). '""•' '•' HULSWTT, J. P.: Aerial bombs (482,927). iv'" QESTERREICHISCH UNGARISCHE OPTISCHE ANSTALT C.P. GOBSZ GES., a**1 RAABER, H. : Sighting devices, for dropping objects from aircraft (482,8<Hfc j 18736. 27173. 27417. 27480. 8839. 9650. 13584. 15537. 19626.
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