STEAMERS WITHOUT FUNNELS.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 15

STEAMERS WITHOUT FUNNELS.

♦ RECOVERY OF WASTE HEAT. trsou OUB UIVK COiiESruSOBHT.) ' LONDON, January 3. A des'Tiptiou is included in the annual review number of the "Shipbuilding and Shipping Record" of a new system or waste-heat recovery in steamships now being introduced by James Howdcn and Co., Limited, iii collaboration with Mr John Johnson, who hr.3 been prominently identified with the construction and operation of a variety oi modern steam installations. The object which has been kept in view is the utilisation not only of the sensible beat, but also of the latent heat of the moisture in the waste gases, which is accomplished by proviJino- arrangements for washing the gases and extracting the heat by means of the washing water. Consequently, it is held to be unnecessary to retain tho funnel for the disposal of the clean cooled gases, which can be discharged through the sides of the ship, leaving the architecture of the upper part of the vessel to be designed without regard to the restrictions which hitherto have been imposed by the uptake casings. Thus, with this system, steamf?hir>? may be designed without funnels. PORT OF TIMARU.

Arrivals. Wednesday, February 22. Oanopuit. from Westport. Westport Coal Co., agents. Departures. Wednesday, February 22. RM.S. Laburnum, 1200 ions, Commander Uamsbotham, for Lyttelton. Cnnopus, for Lyttelton. Expected Arrivals. Holmglen. Dunedin, to-day. Storm, Oamaru, to-day. Port Victor, Bluff, to-day. Opihi, Oamaru, to-day. Cornwall, Picton, February 2.V Gale, Oamaru, February' 25. Waipiata, Bluff, February 2ti. Piako, Oamaru, February 27. Orepuki, Oamaru, February 27. I'oolta, Oamaru, March 1. Waikonaiti, Port Chalmers, March 2. Port Whangarei, Lyttelton, March 2. Waimaiino. Oamaru, March fi. Projected Departures. Holmglen, Lyttelton, to-day. Cornwall, Bluff, February 26. Port Victor, Lyttelton, February 25. Waipiata, Lyttelton, February 27. orepuki, Lyttelton, February 27. Waikouaiti, Lyttelton, March 2. Poolta, Lyttelton, March 1. Waimarino, Lyttelton. March 6. Notes. , The Poolta loads at Dunedin i'or Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, via Oamaru. li- i tnaru, and Lyttelton. She is due at Timaru on March 1. The Piako it due at Timaru from Oamaru •bout Monday, February 27. She loads meat and general cargo for London and West CoaEt of the United Kingdom. Slio sails j finally from New r Zealand on March 11. The Cornwall is due at Timaru from Pia- ! ton on February 25 to load 'wool for London and Continental portn. . She proceeds hence to Bluff, and sails finally from there on March 1. The Holinglcu i« due from Dunedin to-day to load for Wellington, New Plymouth, Waikato, via Lyttelton. The Waimarino leaves Auckland about, Thursday via possibly Portland, then Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Oamaru, anj Timaru. She is due at Timaru on March o". The .Opihi loads ftt Dunedin, via Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton, for Wellin|ton, Kelson. and Sew Plymouth, and is due at j Timaru ■ " | The craze for collecting the labels ot j matchboxes has now grown to such an extent in Auckland, particularly among small boys that- when any foreign vessel likely to have an unusual brand of matches among its stores reaches portit is quickly besieged by young collectors who do not hesitate to make their wants known. The Japanese ship Ryoka Maru and the Bank Line motorMlip Cedarbank received much attention on Monday, and a brisk trade followed. many exchanges being made with members of. the crews. Some boys even went to Western wharf to try their "luck on the tanker Pegasus, one collector being rewarded with sit new boxes.