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Queen's Engineering Works magazine No 27 Contents include: - Picture of the works entrance front - review of 1929 including reference to lessening of marine orders but more for land, condensing plants for the power station in course of erection at Leeds, pumping plant for the Abbey Mills Pumping Station for London County Council, reorganisation of the machine shops, supply of auxiliary machinery to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for various ships. Picture of some of the staff and employees before the departure of the chairman for his world tour. - World Engineering Congress, Tokyo, includes picture of Richard Allen on a visit to the power station of the Imperial Government Railways at Surumi, Tokyo with condensing plant designed and constructed in Bedford - Richard Allen's World Tour visiting Canada, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Egypt. Pays tribute to the Postal Authorities, Telegraph Companies and the Marconi Co. - Annual Distribution of prizes to pupils and apprentices - Some random reflections on steam turbines and their uses - Argentine Destroyer Flotilla Leaders - Oil Engine developments - Engineering publicity - includes picture of company's stand at British Industries Fair, Birmingham, 1930 - Improvements at the Biddenham Works - Exhibition hall to show 'a comprehensive collection of our products' - Machine shop re-organisation at the Queen's Engineering Works with pictures - A True Golf Story - experience of Richard Allen when playing golf in Japan - Queen's Works Junior Engineering Society - Revised schemes of pupilage and apprenticeship - The Duke of York's camp, 1929 - The Shipshape Shop with reports of visits to the Royal Airship Works, Cardington, Messrs Kryn & Lahy (1928) Ltd, Letchworth, Meltis Ltd and the Biddenham works. - Suggestions scheme with prizes for Mr J Parker, Mr G Gilbert, Mr W Stafferton and Mr H Hester. - article on place names - application for position from a Chinese gentleman - Queen's Engineering Works Recreation Club with pictures of the new pavilion, the chairman and executive committee, players and officials of the Rugby football club, prizewinners of the RFC Carnival, the 1st XI football team, the works staff football team, the works football team the ladies hockey team the 1st hockey team the 2nd hockey team , the works staff cricket team and the motoring club at Hunstanton. Reports from the entertainment section, rugby football, Association football, hockey section, bowls section, cricket section, motor club section, folk dance section, tennis section the Allen Institute games section and the catering section. - Report of the children's fete - Retirement of W A Massen - Reports on the secretary to the company Mr H E Boyd, the head of the education department P H S Kempton, and the Rev. A W Ramsey Murray. - Association of past and present students' annual dinner - Past and present students' section with letters from Colonel H C Sparks, J P Davidson, S A Couling, B C Bewley, A Stowers, F W Tayler, A R Mackay, M M Hodson Mackenzie, A Carrick Smith, A Bruce Anderson, J C S Davies, C C M Bell, E T H Alexander in India, R S Forbes in Persia, S G Bullard in Aden, J I Hall, W H W Urquhart, A J McCullough, E W Jones, R E W Snoxell, G A Shephard, W L Dunning in Sudan, W H C Coates (with a list of appointments held since 1905), H T Wells in Kenya. - A Busy Year in the Pump Department

1930

From: 1929 To: 1930

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Allen, Richard,
Parker, J.,
Gilbert, G,
Stafferton, W,
Hester, H,
Massen, W A,
Boyd, Harold Edwin,
Kempton, P H S,
Murray, Alexander William Ramsey,
Sparks, Hubert C,
Davidson, J P,
Couling, S A,
Bewley, B C,
Stowers, A,
Tayler, F W,
Mackay, A R,
Hodson-Mackenzie, M M,
Smith, A Carrick,
Anderson, A Bruce,
Davies, J C S,
Bell, C C M,
Alexander, Edward Thomas Howard,
Forbes, R S,
Bullard, S G,
Hall, J I,
Urquhart, W H,
McCullough, Arthur J,
Jones, E W,
Snoxell, R E W,
Shephard, G A,
Dunning, W L,
Coates, W C,
Wells, H T

civil ships, naval ships, telegraph, TRADE & INDUSTRY, publicity, golf, Queen's Works Junior Engineering Society, Kryn & Lahy (1928) Ltd, Meltis Limited, entertainment, Rugby Union, cricket, football, hockey, bowls, car rallies, DANCE, tennis, fetes, Leeds, London, Japan, Tokyo, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Egypt, Argentina, India, Persia, Aden, Sudan, Kenya, Biddenham Works, Royal Airship Works