Bending in Reinforced Concrete Columns )and Other Compression Members)

It is the object and aim of the Timber Committee of the Imperial Institute to investigate the timber resources of the Empire, with a view to bringing a selection of these to the notice of the professions and trades who use timber in order to open up fresh sources of supply. H.D. Searles Wood

MAJOR JAMES PETRIE, O.B.E., owing to the amalgamation of the Southern Railway, retired from the position of District Engineer, Northern Division, LB. & S.C. Railway, on the 30th September last. He held the position of Building, Gas & Water Superintendent for seven years, District Engineer Southern Division eight years, and District Engineer Northern Division, 12 years and 9 months.

BEAM CONNECTIONS THE purport of this paper is the classification of Moment Connections for Structural Steelwork, by the application of a coefficient possessing unique properties in its relation to:- (a) the loading (b) the stress in the rivets (c) the selection of a connption. Joseph B. Clarke