Building and engineering

Call Number
N 690.6 BUI
Created/Published
Sydney : Building Pub., 1942-1952
Issue
4, (April 24, 1947)
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100
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Contents

BUILDING AND ENGINEERING 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
CONTENTS FOR APRIL 19
THE NEW BALMAIN POWER STATION AUGMENTING SYDNEY’S POWER SUPPLIES. 20
THE BALMAIN POWER STATION FIRST EXTRA HIGH PRESSURE STEAM POWER STATION IN AUSTRALIA. 21 , 22 , 23
SCOTLAND TO HOLD INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. Opening August, 1947. 23
THE LATE W. S. MOUNSEY. 23
BEYOND PREJUDICE. 23
Training of Ex-Servicemen for the Building Industry THE COMMONWEALTH RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME. 2,400 Undergoing Six Months’ Course. 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
PERSONAL. 27
FREQUENCY MODULATION ON ROYAL TRAIN. 28
RADIO FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY. 28
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION “MONOCRETE” PREFABRICATED SLABS. 29 , 30
MEMORIAL HALL FOR GLOUCESTER N.S.W. NEW CLUB ROOMS AND MEMORIAL HALL FOR GLOUCESTER SUB-BRANCH, R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. 30 , 31
ROYAL SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR PLANES. Special G.E.C. Equipment. 31
STATE ELECTRICITY COMMISSION OF QUEENSLAND. New Powerhouse Under Construction. 31 , 32 , 33
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT IN BARM ERA, S.A. 34
AUSTIN HOSPITAL, MELBOURNE, EXTENSIONS. Architects: Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson. 34
CONSTRUCTION WASTAGE. 34
COMMUNITY PLANNING 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40
New York City's Post-war Programme $1,270,000,000 TO BE SPENT. 41 , 42 , 43 , 96
Radio Engineering and the War Effort REMARKABLE RECORD OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY OF ENGLAND. 43 , 44 , 45
£750,000 FOR OIL SEARCH. Shell (Q’land) Development Pty. Ltd. 45 , 46 , 47
PLANNING IN TOWN AND COUNTRY PROGRESS IN GREAT BRITAIN. By KATHLEEN COURLANDER. 48 , 49
PABCO PRODUCTS PTY. LIMITED. New Managing Director. 49
SHAPING THE LONDON OF THE FUTURE RECONSTRUCTION WORK UNDER THE COUNTY OF LONDON PLAN IS UNDER WAY 50
ALAN CROOK ELECTRICAL CO. PTY. LTD. Management Change. 50
£500,000 SCOTTISH GLASS FACTORY. 50
Advertising 51
Lessons of the Show AND OUR BURNING RESPONSIBILITY. 52 , 55
Advertising 53 , 54
RACE TO SAVE A NATION’S FOOD. “Sowing in Three Weeks” is Target for England’s Flooded Lands. 55
FLAT ROOFS IN HOLROYD MUNICIPALITY. Deputation to Minister for Housing. 55
GENIUS IS HARD WORK. 55
Advertising 56
Timber Prospects Brighten EMERGENCY LOGGING PROJECT GETS IDLE SAWS WORKING. 57 , 59
Advertising 58 , 60
“The Wishing Tree" COMMEMORATIVE STATUE A Gift to the Sydney Botanic Gardens by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Buring. 61
Advertising 62
THE ECONO-STEEL EXPANDABLE HOME. Official Opening by Minister for Housing. 63
ENGLISH TOWN CALLS UP BALLARAT. First Exchange of Greetings and Views. 63
USE OF THE SLIDE RULE. 63
THE ORIGIN OF SOAP. 63
Advertising 64
SEEING OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US. Private Enterprise Flourishes in Canada. 65
THE BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT HAS DRAWBACKS. 65
YANGTSE GORGE DAM. 65
SCIENTIST TALKS OF RATIONED WATER IN U.S.A. 65
“THIRTY EXCITING YEARS." British General Electric Broadcasts. 65
Advertising 66
FLUORESCENT LIGHTING IN TOWN HALLS. Lighting the Chatham Town Hall, England. 67
PROCESS PATENTED TO RECOVER OIL FROM DRY WELLS. Bacteria to be Used. 67
A PLASTIC YACHT. 67
Advertising 68
"Controlled-Conditions" Buildings Compared with Conventional Factories New Type of Industrial Building. 69 , 71 , 72 , 73
Advertising 70 , 71 , 74
L. W. BEAGLEY, VALE. 75
A HOME FOR EVERY FAMILY IN TWO YEARS. Britain’s Housing Drive Is Making Progress. 75
Advertising 75
THE NEW MICANITE. 76 , 77
Advertising 76
£50 MILLION FOR BRITAIN'S UNIVERSITIES. Important Programme of Expansion Over the Next Five Years. 77
“OSRAM” WINDOW BACKGROUNDS AND DISPLAYS. 77
PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. 78
Advertising 78
ON THE TELEPHONE. 79
TIMBER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA. 79
Advertising 79
Eastern Suburbs Railway 80
CLOCKS AND WATCHES BY THE MILLION. Former British War Factories on Big Scale Production. 80 , 81
BRITAIN HARNESSES MORE WATER POWER. 81
FORTY-HOUR WEEK OPPOSED BY EMPLOYERS’ FEDERATION. Mr. O. D. A. Oberg’s Opinions. 81
DO YOU KNOW THAT 81
New Towns for Britain TWENTY NEW TOWNS IN TEN YEARS. 82 , 83 , 84
Advertising 82 , 83
BOOKLETS FOR THE EDIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS. Wastage of Paper. 85 , 86
Advertising 85 , 86
INDIAN DEVICE TO CONTROL FLOODS IN DAMS. 86
AIR-SOWN WHEAT TESTS IN BRITAIN. Novelty and Ingenuity Help Flood-Stricken Areas to Catch up With Their Farming Time-tables. 87
RAISE MY WAGES. 87
Advertising 87 , 88
GUIDING THE WORLD’S SHIPPING. Orders Pour Into Britain for New Lighting Equipment. 89
GLASS—THE MOST VERSATILE OF MATERIALS. 89
Advertising 89
NEW YORK’S TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. Ingenious Solutions Put Forward. 90
THE “UNI-RECT” BUILDING SYSTEM. 90
BOOK REVIEW. English Church Design. 91 , 92
Advertising 92
NO NEED TO BE DAZZLED BY HEADLIGHTS. 92
PREFERENCE FOR SOLDIERSAUSTRALIAN VERSION. 92
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW. 92
FINANCES OF HIDE AND LEATHER INDUSTRIES BOARD. 93
Advertising 93 , 94
£15,000,000 RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME. Private Enterprise in England and America. 94 , 95
HYDE PARK UNDERGROUND CAR PARK. Early Start Mooted. 95
Advertising 95 , 96
DOVER'S BATTLE FOR BRITAIN. Memorial Hospital Proposed. 96
Advertising 96
SHOWGROUND OF THE FUTURE. 97
SHANGHAI GOING MODERN. 97
Advertising 97
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 98 , 99
Advertising 98 , 100
Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant. View Catalogue 1

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