The Archive · 1939

The Guests The Council of the Institution of

Electrical Engineers are convinced that they have the full support of all members in the assistance they e rendering to the country in organising its electrical resources, and I feel sure that all of the members of this centre are only too ready to cooperate in any action that may be taken for placing our resources at the disposal of the Government in its present policy against World aggres: sion. Therefore let us all ask our. selves not only what we as individuals can do to help our country to mainzin peace and seoul ut also what We as engineers can do collectively knowing that if we shoulder our responsibilities to our country as we do to our profession the hands of the Government would be greatly strengthened in the stand it has undertaken for the maintenance of peace in the World." was pros Wilson and Sir Robert Calder Marshall and Mr. H. G. W.

Woodhead, both of whom, in humorous vein, referred their la of knowledge of things electrical and to the rapid advance of this branch of science during the past few years Sir Robert Calder-Marshall, in re-

U.S. Traffic Cases Charged with failing to obey a traffic light at the corner of Nanking ud Chekiang Roads on April 28, J. M. Avent appeared before Commissioner N. E. Lurton in the U. S.

Court for China yesterday morning. Mr. Avent was fined U.S$1, costs remitted.

The Commercial Express & Storage Company was fined U.S$1 after appearing before the court on the charge of failing to install a partition in the driver's seat of a company truck contrary to public truck licence conditions. spending, referred to ihe remarks made by the Chairman regarding phenomenal progress that had been made in electrical application and in referring to television, said that a atively short time ago anyone ad demonstrated televisión would have been burned at the stake izard, but that to-day we took ion ae a matter of course and thrilled, merely, asked for being confident that still more wonderful things would be produced by the electrician.

He referred to the many eminent n of the electrical world whose e familiar to all and rhed that "Though the majority of the 20,000 members of the Association mentioned by the Chairman re not engaged in research work only but were providing for the every-y needs of the communities in they were placed, they s were the ones who from experience saw the needs ne visualized and often times devised means to achieve the object envisaged."

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