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68 JANUARY 18, 1940. THE INDUSTRY Hawker-Siddeley Figures REVENUE for the year irom divi-dends and interest for the Hawker- Siddeley group, after provision for taxa- tion, amounts to £811,020, and after deduction of interest on debenture stock there remains a net balance of ^757,766. The net balance for the preceding yearwas £594. !92. but the figures are not comparable owing to the large amount of additional capital which has become pro- ductive during the period. The company has raised over £5,000,000 since Movem- ber, 1939. A final dividend of 17J per cent., less tax, is recommended, making 32^ per cent, less'tax, for the year. The carry- forward is increased by £112,822 to be- come £221,012. This increase is more than would have been needed to pay a 10 per cent, cash bonus, as was distri- buted the preceding year, but the direc- tors consider it important to conserve the company's resources. The statement of combined total net assets included in the report shows that stock and work in progress at June 30, 1939, amounted to £9.567,509 before deducting progress payments, which totalled £4,842,318. The combined assets of trie group, exclusive of good- will, amount to £10,389,318. Saving GraceI T has always been the practice of the directors of the affiliated companies, Automotive Products Co., Lockheed and Borg and Beck, to pay a bonus to all the employees just before Christmas. For the junior office staff and work.; personnel this has usually taken the form of an extra week's salary, DUt on this occasion they have in addition, given the approximate equivalent in National Saving Certificates of a further week's salary. This, it is hoped, will prove an incentive for further saving during 1940. In these days of high taxation, and remembering that nearly 3,000 people are affected, this is an extremely gener"do gesture which at the same time is a very substantial contribution to the national funds. Instructions Re - ComfortsK NITTING comforts for the Services is now the spare-time occupation of a high proportion of the female population of this country. Many of them, for the want of designs, become comforts only in name and Lister and Co., Ltd., of Man- mngham Mills, Bradford, have taken the trouble to produce instruction books for knitted wear specially designed for the purpose. There are two books, Nos. 741 and 752, both priced at fourpence each. The first is for the Services in general, while the latter is for airmen in particular. Rechargeable TorchT O be congratulated on their foresight in producing a pocket torch which is rechargeable from either a motor car battery or lighting circuit are Runbaken Electrical Products. It has a small non- spillable accumulator in place of the usual dry cell, and chargers suitable for connection to the selected source of re- charge are available. For ordinary folk,- to whom battery buying is a nightmare, the extra first cost of the outfit (the most expensive torch and charger costs £2 4s. 6d.) is well worth while, and for establishments where a large number of torches are in , continuous use by inspectors and other workpeople the saving over a period should be considerable. Further en- quiries should be addressed to Run- baken Electrical Products, 15, Liverpool Road, Deansgate, Manchester, 3._ A ReminderI N the interests of economy Ranalah, Ltd., of Morden Road, Merton, Lon- don, S.W.19, have set up in their shops notices to aid in the conservation of rivets. " Use them, don't lose them," reads the notice, which goes on to point out that rivet shortage may mean de- layed production and loss of employ- ment ; that if, on an average, one man loses or wastes 20 rivets a day, then on that basis 500 men lose some 3,000,000 a year! Mr. J. C. Goldie, director and general manager of Ranalahs, has evidently found these reminder notices of some value, and he is now offering a limited number for distribution, free and post free. The notices are mounted on a durable metal ground (16 by 23m.) and are boldly displayed. NEW COMPANY HIGHLAND AIRWAYS (1939), LTD.—Private com-pany, registered in Edinburgh December 30. Capital /100 in 100 shares of £1 each. Objects:Carriers or conveyors by air, land and water of passengers, animals and goods. The directors are:Henry G. N. Read, 6, Kenton Road, Harrow, and James W. Ratledge, Roughwood, Bickley ParkRoad, Bickley, Kent. (Both are directors of Scottish Airways, Ltd.) Secretary: William Cumming.Registered office: Glasgow Airport, Renfrew. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Mechanical World Year Book, IQ40; is. 6d.Emmott and Co., Ltd., 31, King Street West, Manchester, 3.The Welding and Riveting of Aluminium; Aluminium Union, Ltd., The Adelphi, Strand, Lon-don. W.C.2. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1939; £2 12s. 6d.,Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., IOO, Soutli- wark Street, London, S.E.i. The Observer's Handbook on Maps, Charts andProjections, by Wm. Alexander and W. J. D. Allan; 2s. 6d., George Allen and Unwin, Ltd..Ruskin House, 40, Museum Street, London, W.C.I. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS 12905. 12981. 13064. 13199 31756. 52529. 34514 364^4. 36930. 556. 13601. 9136. 13430. 14457- LUBEIGT, M. Eyepieces for gas masks or the like (514,280). MYERS, S. T. Hinges (514.306). MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. Multi-wave band radio receivers and the like. ASKANU-WERKE AKT.-GES. Producing reflecting scales for indicating instru- ments (514,339)- BAYERISCHE MOTORKN WERKE AKT.-GES.Method • and devices for cooling air- coled internal - combustion engines,moanted in gondolas or the like of air- craft, particularly those operating pusherpropellers or of which one operates a pusher propeller and the other a tractorpropeller (514,128). DORNIEK-WERKE GES., and DORMER, C.Seaplanes (514.132). PORSCHE, F. Arrangement for coolingexhaust-driven accessories of internal- combustion engines (514,139). DAIMLER-BENZ AKT.-GES. Aircraft (514.145)- BAYEKISCME MOTOREN WERKE AKT.-GES.Device for regulating the composition of the mixture in carburetter aircraft en-gines (514,147). 1939FATRWEATHER, W. C. (Majert. R., Majert, M., and Petry, J.) (trading as Hes-senaerk R. Majert Kommanditges). Brakes for vehicles (514.192). -ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AKT.-GES. Casing for housing the gears of motor vehicles (514,248). Published Dicrmber 7, 1939. 1938. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO.. INC. Illuminating means for indicating instruments(514,510). BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO.. LTD., and FEDDEN, A. H. R. Fluid-transmissioncircuits in variable-pitch airscrews (514.438). BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO.. LTD.. and 6694. 9028. 11349. 13838. 14026. 14079. 14308. 14594. 5755. 12158. 12161. 12895. 14468. • 15083. ii37Q- FEDDEN, A. H. R. Multi-cylinder sleeve- valve internal - combustion engines (5I4.544)- (Published December 14, 1930.) J938- BENDix AVIATION CORPORATION. Magnetogenerators (514,674). TAMPIER, R Device for operating aero-plane controls (514,774). UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. Control-lable-pitch propellers (514.725). BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO.. LTD.Radio signalling systems (514,778). AIR-EQUIPMENT. Mounting on an aircraftof accessory apparatus to be driven from the or a propelling engine (514,634). JOHNSON LABORATORIES, INC. High-fre-quency signalling systems (514,641). TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L.M. ERICSSON. Sig-nalling systems (514,701). Soc. U'INVENTIONS AERONAUTIQUES ETMECANIQUKS. S.I.A.M. Landing-gear for aircraft (514,798). [Published December 21. 1939.) 1938- CRANE, C. J., and STOUT, R. K. Steering- apparatus for automatically indicating and/or controlling the course and head- ing of an aircraft or marine vessel (515,087)- PAINE, H. SCOTT-. Mobile floating targets (5I5O49)(55,49 PAINE, H. SCOTT-, and SELMAN. G. S. Heat-exchangers suitable for cooling oil (514,948)- FLOREZ, L. DE. Navigational control ap-paratus (514.995)- CHANCE BROS. & Co., LTD., GENERAL ELEC- TRIC Co.. LTD., HAMPTON, W. M., andBEGGS, S, S. Ground lamps for aero- dromes (514,949). MOORE, C. R Means for transmittingpower from a central power unit to one or more airscrews mounted externallyof the unit housing (514.974). SIEMENS APPARATE UXD MASTHINEN GES. Automatic control mechanism for aero-planes (515,072). 15524- SHEVLUC, J. T. (SIEMENS APPARATI UND MASCHINEN GES.). Devices forautomatically controlling the course of air or other craft (515,123).(Published December 28, 1939.) 1938. 15771- SHEVI.IN, .J. T. (SIEMENS APPARATE UND MASCHINEN GES.). Gyroscopic naviga-tional instruments (515,176). 15843. BENDIX. LTD., and ROBERTS. C. P. Brakesfor vehicles (515,225). 15903. DORNIER-WERKE GES., and DORMER. C.Method for the fabrication of lightweight structural members, more particularlyfor aircraft construction (515,267). Published January 4, 1940.) 1938. 3696. DOWTY, G. H. Shock-absorber struts,particularly for aircraft tail and like wheels (515,612). 6973. BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD., and FRISE,L. G. Controls for aeroplanes (515.424). 6976. BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD., FRISE, L. G., and HEARDER. R. POLLINGTON-.Indicator for retractable undercarriages of aeroplanes and similar devices(515,515). 10723. BIEKIGT. M. Guns, particularly auto-matic firearms for aircraft (515.423). 16603. PESCARA, R. P. Means for driving the pro-pelling systems of aircraft (515,457). 16712. BRANPENBURGISCHF. MOTORENWERKE GES.Regulation of the power oiftpnt of super- charged aircraft internal-combustionengines (515.497). 16785. Soc. ANON. Am ROMEO. Variable-pitchpropellers 515,575). 16887. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION, Ignitionsystems for internal-combustion engines (515.580). lO^So. FAIREV AVIATION CO., LTD.. and LTJBELIE,M. J. O. Structure of aircraft (515,562). 1939-26596. Jin.iEN. M. F. A., and ROCARD, Y. A. Driving aircraft propellers (515,513).
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