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In 1939 the Commonwealth began building the Hendon small arms munition factory on the site of the former Albert Park Aerodrome. The factory was served by a spur railway line (closed Feb 1980, track removed, now a section of West Lakes Boulevard). Philips Electrical Industries took over the 80-acre site in 1947. In 1970s after Philips transferred to Victoria, the site was named Hendon Industrial Park. Some buildings were used by the SA Film Corporation from early 1980s until 2011. Many wartime buildings are still in use, now as warehouses. Harry Butler & his partner, Harry Kauper, had established an aerodrome at Albert Park to offer flights to the general public in a two-passenger bi-plane. An adjacent housing development was named Hendon. The partnership, Butler-Kauper Aviation Co, was dissolved Sep 1921 and Butler returned to Minlaton. The aerodrome was used by the government as the Adelaide Airport until the move to Parafield in 1927.

“A surveyor has begun the preliminary detailed work for the £100,000 small arms ammunition factory to be established by the Commonwealth Government at Albert Park. It is expected that tenders for the construction will be called within a few weeks. The property occupies 69 acres and the factory will comprise one large workshop and about a dozen subsidiary buildings.” [News 14 Nov 1939]

“Because of the need for precautions against prying eyes, a guard room and fencing to keep unauthorised people out of the premises will be the first contracts let in preparation for the ammunition factory at Hendon.” [News 4 Dec 1939]

“Recently the Woodville Council asked the Commonwealth Government to supply plans and particulars of the work to be undertaken at the small arms factory at Hendon, near Albert Park, as required by the Building Act. The Acting Minister for Supply and Development (Mr. Stewart) has now advised the council. . . that it was not desirable in public interest to release the plans of the factory or to indicate precisely the products to be manufactured there.” [Advertiser 24 Jan 1940]

“The Defence Department, however, is building a small arms factory at Hendon. And it is expected that this plant will be in production by next September.” [Advertiser 6 Feb 1940]

“More than 40 South Australian men and women operatives have been sent to Melbourne for experience in munition work to fit them for key positions at the new ammunition factory at Hendon. The second group of 20 trainees left Adelaide this week and will begin work at Footscray smallarms ammunition factory on Monday.” [News 6 Jul 1940]

“A limited amount of work in drawing out cartridge and bullet cases has begun this week in the Commonwealth munition works at Hendon. This factory will undertake the complete manufacture of .303 (Mark VII.) cartridges for rifles and machine guns. This type of ammunition is used also in fighter aircraft. Buildings are still being erected, and only a small percentage of the machinery has been installed.” [Advertiser 24 Aug 1940]

“The first unit of the new small arms ammunition factory at Hendon, South Australia, would begin production next month, and preliminary operations had begun already. When in fun production the two Hendon units would employ from 2,000 to 2,500 people.” [Advertiser 26 Aug 1940]

“In addition to railway tracks already laid, a line will link the Cheltenham works to the present Port Adelaide-Dry Creek route. . . As there is already a rail link from the case factory to Woodville, and another from Albert Park to Hendon, interlocking railway communication will be complete,” [News 19 Dec 1940]

“More than half the 864 girls and women engaged in munition work at Hendon were previously in domestic service, and a minority formerly worked in factories. . . Since the shifts have been arranged to co-operate with the train, tram, and bus services, the housing problem has been eased considerably. When the number comes up to the proposed full strength of 2,000, then the housing will require some thinking out. . . The number of workers has increased in the last few weeks since the age limit was reduced to 16 and increased to 40, and more country girls are being: attracted to the work.” [The Mail 8 Feb 1941]

“Not many months ago the site of the factory was covered with boxthorn and ugly scrub. Today well-kept lawns border concrete-surfaced roads and paths and solidly constructed modern buildings. . . Men who are responsible for the tools and mechanical side of the machines are in the minority with the blue uniformed girls, most of whom had no previous experience of machine work. . . One of the experiments being carried out now is to put some of the girls into overalls with trousers, as it has been found that they get their stockings splashed with oil when wearing the frock type of overall.” [News 16 Jul 1941]

“the Hendon munition factory, that neat, attractive, well-set-out group of red and grey buildings among concrete ways and green lawns, which serve the double purpose of stilling the dust and pleasing the eye — the whole an amazing mushroom growth from the open field of 18 months ago. . . several of them as they worked at the machines — feeding them with those small sections of brass or nickel, lead or aluminium, which go to the making of millions of bullets for our fighting services. . . There are two of these large bullet case-making factories at Hendon, and then there is the final department — the ‘clean area’, when cigarettes and matches are left behind, and when outsize special shoes must cover normal footwear — where the explosive is placed in the cases. Here, again, girls are to be found working quietly and efficiently. In these filling rooms they all wear woollen clothes as one of the many precautions against possible fire.” [Advertiser 17 Jul 1941 p 4]

“Except for boxthorn and weeds, the factory site — part of the old Hendon aerodrome — was idle and bare when the war started in 1939. . . first in the main work-shop where the brass is pressed and drawn and gradually moulded into the proper cartridge shape, and where bullets are formed from separate pieces of nickel, aluminium and lead: and secondly, in the 'clean' separated shops where brass cases are partly filled with cordite and the insertion of the bullet makes the cartridge complete. . . bullets made at Hendon have been spraying from the machine guns of Spitfires and Hurricanes.” [Advertiser 17 Jul 1941 p 6]

“The social club is making a big effort this month to raise £315 for the endowment of a cot at the Adelaide Children's Hospital. More than £100 has already been raised, with nearly half of that sum as proceeds from the sale of 2,000 copies of the ‘Hendon Howl’, a chatty newspaper of munition workers' doings.” [News 4 Jun 1942]

“Hendon smallarms ammunition factory would cease production shortly, the Minister for Munitions (Mr. Makin) announced in Adelaide last night. At the same time, however, production at the Finsbury and Salisbury factories would be speeded up. . . Since its inception in 1940, the Hendon factory had produced 650 million rounds of small-arms ammunition, and had had an exceptionally low percentage of rejections. . . the termination of production at Hendon would be gradual. It was expected that by the end of the year it would no longer be required for munitions purposes. In the meantime, a section of the factory had been made available for rehabilitation training purposes, and the Secondary Industries Commission was negotiating for the establishment of an industry there in the post-war-period.” [News 23 Jul 1945]

“Hendon's future is already decided. It is to become the Australian production centre of Philips Electrical Industries.” [Advertiser 6 Apr 1946]

“The whole of the vast Hendon plant, which covers an area of 80 acres, has been taken over by Philips Electrical Industries.” [Advertiser 6 Dec 1947]

“Eight years ago, an Australian branch of the world's largest electronics firm undertook what must have been the biggest move in Australia's industrial history. Having decided that South Australia offered everything a modern industry needed, the management of Philips Electrical Industries of Australia Ltd. Uprooted its three New South Wales plants and moved to Hendon. . . The factory now employs 1,000 — a half men, and a half girls — in one of the most up-to-date plants in the Commonwealth.” [News 28 Jul 1954]

OSTRICH FARM

Before Harry Butler established his aerodrome, the land had earlier been used for an ostrich farm.

“There was a large number of visitors at Albert Park on Sunday afternoon to see the ostriches which are in Mr. Cave's paddock there. The birds appear to have quite recovered from the effects of sea-voyaging, and many show a very great improvement in plumage.” [Advertiser 11 Jun 1883]

“Albert Park Ostrich Farm. . . over eighty acres, and is divided into paddocks suitable for the birds. . . In one paddock of about an acre there are two very fine birds in excellent order, and at the time of inspection there were fifteen eggs in the nest. In another paddock was a splendid pair of birds which were worth a fabulous price as parents, and in another large enclosure were two broods of home-bred creatures, the first six being so far grown as to be over six feet high in the clear, and the second brood of six being considerably more than half-grown.” [Register 4 Aug 1884]

“The Albert Park estate is primarily an ostrich farm, but there are other animals to be seen there in the shape of four camels. These animals were born on board one of the steamers recently arrived from India, but, being two [sic] young to attempt the journey to the northward, Mr. Cave hit upon the idea of rearing them by hand. . . has succeeded in rearing the whole four of the camels, which are now fine upstanding animals. They appear tractable and docile, and the experiment of artificial rearing seems to have been a complete success.” [Advertiser 4 Aug 1884]

“The loss of feathers by the ostriches on Mr. W. B. Cave's farm at Albert Park. . . caused by the moulting of the birds. . . Daring the last few days two or three of the ostriches have been noticed to cast off feathers, and on close examination buds of new feathers were seen on the skin.” [Advertiser 22 Oct 1884]

“Mr. W. R. Cave has at his office, Port Adelaide, some very fine feathers, taken from an ostrich at the farm, Albert Park, on Friday. The collection comprises thirty pinion feathers and nearly a pound weight of byocks*, besides some black body samples. Mr. George Wilson, who has had a long experience of ostrich farming in Africa, and who cut and plucked the feathers, pronounces them a superior lot, and values the pinion feathers at from 15s. to 20s. each in their undressed state. They are well shaped, with long staple, and without blemish.” [Register 6 Dec 1884]

*byock = black and white wing-feather from a cock ostrich

“The birds at the Albert Park Farm, which are in excellent condition, now number thirty-six, and are all in good feather. The fifteen months' chickens are rapidly improving, and one of the old hens is at present sitting on twenty-six eggs. The feathers from one of the mature ostriches at a recent sale brought £13, and those of the younger birds were quitted at 4s. 6d. each. Altogether there is every prospect of the farm proving a success.” [Register 9 Apr1885]

“Mr. W. R. Cave on Sunday transferred his ostriches from Albert Park to his farm at Dublin. Sunday was selected so as to secure the road being free from traffic. Seven horsemen under the personal supervision of Mr. Cave were engaged for the undertaking, and it took them from 7 o'clock in the morning till 8 in the evening to accomplish the journey, a distance of 13 miles. The birds were driven because on a previous occasion ten were killed in conveying a flock by vehicles. . . the ostriches had increased so rapidly that a larger run had to be found for them.” [Evening Journal 10 Aug 1886]

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The Dennis Dart low floor which after a makeover will go to Gisborne for school bus duties. Delivered so far are ex Redbus 301. 320. 322 and 326. The next four will arrive at the end of the week 28 July at Higgins Rd depot.

The buses are for “schools contracts” in the GoBus group. ex 326 has been renumbered 933...it could be that as the “last” new Urban bus was 925 then the ex RedBuses may become GoBus 926 – 933.

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Leaders of the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today joined federal, state and local elected officials in the Mid-Wilshire District of Los Angeles to break ground on the long awaited Metro Purple Line Extension Project, the largest, most ambitious public works project in the Western United States.

In July, Metro’s Board of Directors approved a contract with Skanska, Traylor and Shea (STS), a Joint Venture, to construct the Purple Line Extension Project. Construction of the subway extension will connect West Los Angeles to the region’s growing rail network, making it possible to travel between Downtown Los Angeles and Westwood in 25 minutes. The first subway segment will extend the Purple Line 3.9 miles from the existing Wilshile/Western Purple Line terminus near Koreatown into Beverly Hills. Three new underground stations are planned at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega, providing fast, frequent, high-capacity transit service farther west along busy Wilshire Boulevard.

“The Purple Line will ease traffic along the congested Wilshire corridor and will make traveling from the westside to downtown faster and greener.” said Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles and Metro Board Chair. “When it comes to infrastructure, L.A. is on the move. We are right now investing 36 billion dollars in our transportation infrastructure to ease congestion and create thousands of jobs. All together, this is the largest public works project in the nation. In the car capital of the world, we are looking to reduce traffic and cut air pollution by giving people car-free options to get to work and play.”

The Purple Line Extension is a critically important rail project that is partially funded by the 2008 Measure R sales tax that was overwhelmingly approved by two-thirds of L.A. County voters. The first segment of the subway is expected to be completed in 2023 with a project budget of $2.821 billion. In addition to this local funding, Metro received a $1.25 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) from the Federal Transit Administration to help pay for the first segment. The U.S. Department of Transportation also granted Metro a low-interest loan of $856 million from a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) to complete the funding package for the project’s first phase. Combined, these nearly $2 billion in project commitments represent the biggest federal transportation investment for a single construction segment in the history of Los Angeles County.

The remaining $821 million in project funding for the first segment includes Measure R, City of Los Angeles local funding, and other existing local and federal funds.

“Today we launch the construction of the first subway segment along the Wilshire corridor to West Los Angeles,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Zev Yaroslavsky. “No transit corridor in our region is in greater need of mass rapid transit. The area to be served is one of the most dense employment centers in the county and is plagued by some of the worst traffic congestion in the country. This groundbreaking is long overdue and will be well received by people who work and live in the Westside.”

“Breaking ground on the Purple Line extension is an important step toward completing this key transit option for Angelenos, which will help relieve congestion and boost the local economy,” said U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein. “I applaud the efforts of everyone who helped us reach this point, but we have work left to do. The federal government is committed to providing $1.25 billion of the $2.8 billion cost for phase one, but future phases will require an estimated $3.5 billion. I will continue to strongly support federal funding to complete this important transit project.”

The project is planned to be built in three sections. Section 2, which will include Wilshire/Rodeo and Century City stations, is scheduled for completion in 2026. Section 3, which will include Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital stations, is planned to open in 2035. When all three project sectionss are complete, the Purple Line will extend westward from Wilshire/Western for nearly nine miles with a total of seven new stations.

Metro is currently seeking additional federal funding that could accelerate subway construction for Section 2 in the form of a $1.1 billion grant from the federal New Starts program, and a $307 million low-interest loan from the federal TIFIA program.

“Los Angeles has made enormous strides to expand transportation options and accelerate construction of projects that will create jobs, improve mobility, and spur economic growth,” said U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. “The Purple Line Extension is another major accomplishment. I am proud that the TIFIA Program from MAP-21 provided key financing of $856 million that enabled this project to move forward.”

“The Purple Line extension puts Angelenos to work building a 21st century transit system for our city,” said U.S. Congressman Xavier Becerra. “Connecting the Westside to the greater Los Angeles area by subway will create over 25,000 jobs, increase ridership and result in a boon for our local economy. This project is the right investment that will keep Los Angeles on the move.”

The full nine-mile project is projected to generate about 62,000 daily weekday boardings at the seven new stations. Today, there are 39,000 daily boardings on the Purple Line between Union Station and Wilshire/Western. By 2040, 150,000 daily boardings are expected on the Purple Line between Union Station and Westwood/VA Hospital.

During peak periods, trains are expected to run every four minutes. During off-peak periods, they are expected to run every 10 minutes. It will also create tens of thousands of jobs and generate increased economic activity for the region.

Over 300,000 people travel into the Westside every day for work from throughout the region. More than 100,000 people leave the area for outside destinations. These numbers will increase over time. The Purple Line is expected to provide a much needed transit alternative for traveling to and from West Los Angeles, one of the county’s most densely populated, job-rich areas. The area is also home to major world-class destinations.

“I’m delighted that construction on the Purple line extension is beginning,” said U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman. “This rail link will fundamentally change how the people of L.A. get around and provide a direct route to some of the great sites in the Westside. After section one is finished, you’ll be able to hop on the subway downtown and visit the La Brea Tar Pits, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Petersen Automotive Museum and Restaurant Row.”

The subway extension is expected to reduce reliance on automobiles, help reduce roadway congestion, reduce travel times and reduce greenhouse gases.

“The Purple Line Extension will continue to make Los Angeles a great place to work, live and play,” said U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass. “This extension is an example of what can happen when federal, state and local leaders all work together—bringing billions of dollars into the Los Angeles economy and creating thousands of jobs over the next decade, while building on a vital rail line that will benefit Angelenos for generations.”

“The subway extension project is important not just for the Westside, but for the entire region,” said Pam O’Connor, Santa Monica Mayor and Metro Board member. “Whether you’re traveling to or from West L.A. making the trip will be easier by utilizing the Metro system that connects Angelenos through virtually every part of the county.”

The Purple Line extension also will offer improved connectivity to the entire Metro Bus and Rail network, as well as municipal bus lines and other regional transportation services. It is just one of several projects designed to improve transit options and mobility in the area. Other planned improvements include the Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project and Expo Phase II line to Santa Monica.

“This project’s groundbreaking is the culmination of many years of consensus-building on the Metro Board,” said Ara Najarian, Glendale City Council member and Metro Board member. “Our Board unanimously supported the design and construction of the Purple Line Extension, and we are very glad to see construction begin as we make Los Angeles County a world-class destination with rich transit amenities.”

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Anodorhynchus Hyacinthinus

The Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) is one of 16 living species of macaws and the largest parrot in the world. There are six genera of macaws and the Hyacinth is one of three species of the genus Anodorhynchus. One of the other two species of this genus is thought to be extinct (A. glaucus, the Glaucus Macaw) and the other (A. leari, called either the Lear's or Indigo Macaw) is severely threatened.

A typical length for the Hyacinth Macaw is 100 centimeters, or about 40 inches. A typical weight of captive-bred adults is 1,250 grams (about 2 ¾ pounds). The plumage of these magnificent parrots is predominately a deep cobalt blue (see photos). In natural light, the head appears to be a lighter shade of blue and has an almost iridescent quality. Flight and tail feathers are dark gray on their undersurface. The huge, grey to black bill is deeply curved and sharply pointed. The bill's lack of the tooth-like ridges characteristic of other genera of macaws gave rise to the scientific name for the Anodorhynchus macaws (an=no, odo=tooth, rhynchus=nose). There are two bare areas of the face, a prominent and deeply golden colored eye ring and the peri-mandibular area making a beautiful contrast with the rich blue plumage.

Both observations in the wild and of captive-bred individuals confirm that immatures have similar plumage to adults and that they are very slow to reach independence.

The Hyacinth Macaw's historical range included a large area of northeastern, central and southwestern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and northeastern Paraguay. Today, it is know from the interior of northeastern Brazil, central and southwestern Brazil, easternmost Bolivia and, some claim, extreme northeastern Paraguay. The outline of the range has not contracted much, but the number of individuals is much reduced. Recent estimates of the number surviving in the wild have ranged from 2,500 to 5,000. Persecution has taken the form of illegal pet trade and hunting for food and feather (see photos of Indian crafts). The high value of these birds in captivity ($7,000-$10,000 in the United States) has driven illegal trade in Brazil long after they received legal "protection."

One of the common misconceptions about the Hyacinth Macaw is that it is primarily a rainforest bird. Over and over this has been repeated in books, magazine articles and on Internet web sites. One of the first things one learns when studying birds in their wild state is that most species are habitat specific. This is no less true for the parrot family.

The Hyacinth Macaw avoids heavily forested areas throughout most of its range. Only in a small part of its range, in southeastern Para, has it been recorded from a rainforest. Most of its range is lightly forested with the seasonally flooded grassland of Brazil's and Bolivia's Pantanal holding a major part of its population. The other living member of its genus, the Lear's Macaw occurs only in the arid caatinga (characterized by thorny scrub-brush and cacti) of northeastern Brazil, hundreds of miles from the nearest rainforest.

Other macaws that seem to prefer dry or savanna habitats include the Red-fronted, Spix's, Yellow-collared, Military, Blue-winged (Illiger's) and, in its Central American range, the Scarlet. Humid forest macaws include the Blue & Yellow, Red & Green (Green-winged), Red-bellied, Great-green (Buffon's), Red-shouldered (Nobil and Hahn's) and, in its South American range, the Scarlet.

In the Pantanal portion of its range, its diet seems to be largely the nuts of certain palms (Suagrus commosa & Attalea funifera). Click to see palm nts eaten by Hyacinth Macaws. I have also seen them eat the thick green covering of the palm nutshells and strips of palm fronds. Locals told me that they also eat some of the fruit from the few large trees that occur there. I have seen Blue & Yellow, Red & Green, Red-shouldered and Yellow-collared Macaws eating such fruit in the Pantanal, but have not observed Hyacinths doing so. There is a report of this species taking snails in the Pantanal. I have seen them eating palm nuts from the ground many times in areas where empty snail shells littered the same area, but have never witnessed their eating snails. I wonder if the report might have been based upon finding empty snail shells where Hyacinths had been feeding on the ground and an incorrect assumption made. Snail kites are common in the Pantanal and they leave empty snail shells scattered over the pastures.

The palm nuts that they eat from fields come via the digestive tract of cattle. The nuts are taken green by cattle. The thick green covering of the shells is digested, and the "cleaned" nuts are deposited in the pastures by the cattle. I have seen cattle feces with many dried palm nuts incorporated into the material and there are few, if any, other ways for the nuts to get to the pastures. Click to see Hyacinth Macaw foraging for Palm nuts in a cattle lot. Click here to see palm nuts with cattle feces barely adherent. The palms occur in stands on the slightly higher ground that prevents there being regularly flooded. The pastures surround these "palm islands."

Hyacinth Macaws tend to nest in cavities of large trees in the Pantanal portion of their range. However, in other areas, they are said to have adopted the practice of nesting in holes in cliff faces. Whether this is in reaction to persecution or a natural habit has not been determined with certainty. It is interesting to note that Glaucus Macaws were and the Lear's Macaws are cliff nesters. It may well be that both cliff nesting and tree cavity nesting are natural with local conditions of site availability and persecution dictating which is used by individual pairs.

What has been done, is being done and what else can be done to save the Hyacinth Macaw from extinction? Several research projects have been done by ornithologists, both professional and amateur, in the last few years. Population surveys have been done, nesting and feeding habits studied (two such studies by this foundation) and artificial nest boxes placed. Ecotourism has helped make them "real" to the public and encouraged locals to protect a profitable resource.

Among things that need to be done are the following:

1. Enforcement of laws that are designed to protect them from prosecution.

2. Education of indigenous peoples and missionaries that work with them that killing them to make decorative pieces to sell to tourists is not appropriate. Click to see Indian head dress from Macaw Feathers

3. Further basic information gathering regarding their habits, diet, nesting, etc.

4. Further work to provide artificial nest sites where suitable natural nest sites are a limiting factor on reproduction.

5. Redoubled efforts in captive breeding.

6. Encouraging breeders to sell their production as breeders, not as pets. Educate them to at least get a promise from buyers that the bird will eventually be put into a breeding program.

7. Insure that captive breeding is done with attention to stud books to ensure genetic diversity.

8. Education of the public.

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Founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin a former manager of the Wolseley tool and motor company, in Longbidge, Birmingham in 1905.

The first car was a conventional 5-litre four-cylinder model with chain drive, of which about 200 were made in the first five years. Austin grew enormously during the First World War, fulfilling government contracts for everything from artillery to aircraft, and the workforce expanded from around 2,500 to 22,000.

After the war Herbert Austin decided on a one-model policy based on the 3620 cc 20 hp engine.but volumes were never eneough to to maintain the company, which fell into receivership in 1922, and directors were appointed by with the backing of the Midland Bank.

In a quest to expand market share, smaller cars were introduced, the 1661 cc Twelve in 1922 and, later the same year, the Seven, an inexpensive, simple small car and one of the earliest to be directed at a mass market. At one point, the "Baby Austin" was built under licence by the fledgling BMW of Germany (as the Dixi); by the Japanese manufacturer Datsun; as the Bantam in the United States; and as the Rosengart in France. And in England the Austin was the most produced car in 1930

With the help of the Seven, Austin weathered the worst of the depression and remained profitable through the 1930s, producing a wider range of cars which was steadily updated by the introduction of all-steel bodies, Girling brakes, and synchromesh gearboxes. However, all the engines retained the same side-valve conformation. Deputy chairman Ernest Payton became chairman in 1941 on the death of Lord Austin. In 1938 Leonard Lord joined the company board and became chairman in 1946.

The post-war car range was announced in 1944, and production started in 1945. The immediate post-war range was mainly similar to that of the late 1930s but did include the 16 hp, significant for having the company's first overhead valve engine.

In 1952 The Austin Motor Company Limited merged with the Morris Motors Limited in The British Motor Corporation Limited . Also in 1952, Austin did a deal with Donald Healey, the renowned automotive engineer. It led to a new marque, Austin-Healey, and a range of sports cars.

With the threat to fuel supplies resulting from the 1956 Suez Crisis Lord asked Alec Issigonis who had been with Morris from 1936 to 1952, to design a small car; the result was the revolutionary Mini, launched in 1959.

In September 1965 BMC completed the purchase of its major supplier, Pressed Steel. Twelve months later it completed the purchase of Jaguar and in December 1966 changed its name from BMC to BMH, British Motor Holdings Limited. In early 1968 under government pressure BMH merged with Leyland Motors Limited and Austin became a part of the large British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) combine.

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Isobel contracted polio and wore a leg brace and special shoes all her life. She married Evan Robertson and had one daughter Betty Anne. Dorothy married ....Shaver and had two daughteers Dorothy and Pamela. Dorothy drowned in Lake Deschenes just outside Ottawa knocked off a sail boat by a swinging boom. She was pregnant. Winnie scandalized the community by divorcing her first husband and subsequently married an army man, dear sweet Uncle Buzz. They had one son Jimmie who was noit a favourite amond many in the family and is said to have taken Grandad's signet ring with the family crest. Hazel was wilful and a dare devil. which probably endeared her to her father. Stories include her refusing to leave the library where she was reading when the footman asked her to because there was a fire in the kitchen. She is reported to have said,"Well then, put it out." And the time she and her friends (including Eddie Echlin whom she married after a long and happy marriage to my father Joe Clark) went paddling in all their finery in the Rideau Canal after a party at Rideau Hall and all dumped and finally she did scandalize her family when she became the first woman in Ottawa to fly (with a beau Brian Devlin). It was reported in the local paper, the Ottawa Journal, so of course the family found out. The bad thing about it was that her family was in deep mourning after Dorothy's death. Perhaps that was how she mourned - to challenge life. She married Joseph William Greig Clark whom she met at a resort in Muskoka. He was a glamorour returned war her and cut a dashing figure. They had four children, Joe, Pat(Fryer), Cynthia(Steers) and Susan (Gordon). (Cynthia Steers)

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Anglian Princess is the first of a pair of sister-ships intended to fulfil a vital role in a prestigious contract with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) under a contract awarded in February 2001. Klyne Tugs provide four powerful tugs to assist in protecting the British coastline against marine accidents and any resulting pollution

Anglian Princess was constructed to a Rolls Royce Ulstein UT 719-T design for an anchor handling tug/supply vessel in 2001 (?). The 67m ship is intended primarily for towage and salvage in its present role but is fully equipped to carry out the normal duties of an offshore anchor-handler. Operating under the British flag, the vessel is classed Lloyds Class +100 +LMC, UMS.

The hull follows the well-established UT 700 series configuration and has a length overall of 67.4m, a breadth of 15.5m, a maximum draft of 6.2m and a gross tonnage of 2258 tons.

In common with all UT 700 vessels, sea-keeping qualities are enhanced with a high forecastle and ample freeboard. The clear working deck aft has an area of 344sq/m and a maximum cargo capacity of 700 tonnes.

Substantial guard-rails are fitted, as per normal offshore practice, and the open stern incorporates a 2.5m diameter roller with a safe working load of 500 tonnes.

Two Wartsila 16V 32LND diesels rated at 16,500bhp/ 12,000kW (total) running at 750rev/min MCR supply power for the vessel's main propulsion system. The main engines run at constant speed and transmit power through Rolls Royce Ulstein gearboxes to controllable pitch propellers, rotating within fixed nozzles. Twin 'high lift' flap rudders are operated by Tenfjord SR 662 steering gear and can be controlled independently or in unison.

This propulsion system gives the vessel a bollard pull of over 180 tonnes and a maximum free running speed of 17 knots.

Representative fuel consumption figures are quoted as 45 tonnes per day at 17 knots and 24 tonnes per day at 12 knots. For a vessel of its size Anglian Princess is extremely manoeuvrable, a feature aided by two electrically powered bow thrusters of 588kW and a similar stern thruster of 660kW.

Electrical power aboard a vessel of this type is an extremely important factor. Two AVK shaft generators, coupled to the propulsion gearboxes each have an output of 2,800kVA, at 440V, 60Hz. Two Cummins powered auxiliary generators are also installed. One for general use rated at 300kW and a smaller unit of 70kW for emergency and standby use. Electrical power is controlled and distributed through large switchboards located in the engine control room. The control room, situated forward of the engine room houses controls, monitoring and alarm systems for main propulsion, power generation, tank capacities and auxiliary machinery.

The towing winch installed in Anglian Princess is a massive Brattvag, triple drum, hydraulically powered, machine with a line pull on each drum of 300 tonnes and brake holding capacity of 450 tonnes. Each drum is capable of holding 1500m of 76mm diameter steel wire rope. Non-declutchable cable lifters are fitted, on the port and starboard ends, to handle 3.25in chain. Also provided are hydraulically powered reels for spare towlines, anchor-handling wires and pennants. Line handling equipment includes a set of Karm forks and towing pins with a safe working load of 500 tonnes, located forward of the stern roller.

Other deck equipment includes two 10 tonne hydraulic tugger winches, two 10 tonne capstans, and an ROV approved deck crane. Supplied by 'Crane Power', the latter has a capacity of 3 tonnes at 15m radius.

Stowed beneath it's own single arm davit is a Viking fast rescue boat. On the foredeck, a Brattvag windlass is equipped with two cable lifters to handle a pair of Spek anchors each with 460m of 38mm chain. The windlass is also fitted with two mooring drums and two warping heads.

Anglian Princess is equipped for fire fighting with two Skum 'Fire Chief' combined water /foam monitors located at the after end of the bridge deck.

Water is supplied to the monitors by two Skum SFP250X350 pumps each with a capacity of 1200cu/m/hr. The pumps are driven from the front of each main engine via Norgear 'step-up' gearboxes.

The spacious, well glazed, wheelhouse is divided into three distinct areas - the main console and forward control position, the after control position with windows overlooking the afterdeck and winches, and the radio and communications desk.

Located on the main console are the main propulsion controls and all of the equipment needed to navigate the vessel at sea.

An Anschultz Nautopilot NP 2010 autopilot is fitted, takes inputs from a Standard 20 plus gyro-compass from the same manufacturer. An extensive Furuno 'bridge electronics package' includes Furuno S-band FAR 2835 S and X-band FAR 2825 radars, two Furuno GPS 80 global positioning systems, an FE 700 echo-sounder (with a repeater at the aft station), a DS80 speedlog, and Furuno GD 380 ECDIS display and video plotter.

When manoeuvring the vessel can be controlled using the Rolls Royce 'Poscon' P450, single joystick control system that fully integrates the functions of main propulsion, rudders and bow and stern thrusters. The system enables the vessel to be moved in any direction while a predetermined heading is maintained. A neat 'joystick' controller is provided in three locations, the bridge wings and aft control position. The aft control position, as with all modern vessels of this type, has an exceptional view aft and is the natural location from which to control the vessel whilst manoeuvring to pick up a tow, anchor-handling and many similar operations. All of the major propulsion and winch controls, and many essential navigational and communications systems are duplicated on three consoles adjacent to a pair of fully adjustable chairs.

The radio desk and main console carry an extensive outfit of communication equipment.

A Furuno SSB Transceiver FS-1562-25 and Furuno DSC-60 radios are installed along with FM 850 and FM 8700. A Furuno Felcom 82a satellite communications system is installed with facilities for phone, fax, data and telex. A Telular Corporation SX4e GSM system also provides facilities for phone, fax and data. Navtex is handled by a Furuno NX 50 set and Weather fax by a Furuno FAX 214. An onboard telephone network covers the entire vessel and is controlled by a fully automatic Vingtor ASA-101 exchange. McMurdo R2 handheld VHF radios are provided for GMDSS use and UHM sets are carried for general local communication.

The accommodation aboard Anglian Princess is extensive, fitted out to a good standard, and can be fully air-conditioned.

Fourteen single and three double cabins all have en-suite facilities.

A well equipped ships office, a reception and conference room, and crew lounge are also provided, along with a hospital and a normal galley and laundry.

Storage facilities throughout the vessel are more than adequate for both, domestic, engineering and marine equipment and a small but well equipped workshop is situated aft of the main engine room.

I sure hope this works, after all, taking down one the Republic's most heavily protected bases with a bunch of bounty hunters isn't exactly the best plan but it's what we've got also we're no normal group of bounty hunters, we're the Shadow Hunters the best of the best in our line of work. This all started in Coruscant when we were going our usual business until someone contacted us promising us a lot of credits if I accept and being the gentleman that I am I was inclined to accept. We got 5,000,000 credits when we accepted and we were promised the rest later but that got us all wondering, who would pay such a high price? Whoever he is, he's smart, in order to go undetected by the Republic my client insisted that we go there by escape pods so that we wouldn't attract much attention to ourselves and to the base which we were hired to infiltrate. The base which we are attacking is Sector 09 are better known as The Blackbox. It rest on the desert moon orbiting Coruscul and it's where the Republic keeps it's darkest secrets and most dangerous weapons. From the outside it looks like a normal outpost but if you look at the details then you can notice that it's actually made of extremely tough black mandalorian steel as well that there are no normal clones protecting it but highly a highly trained clone squad. So in order for this to work we have take out the clones without raising any alarms, defuse the state of the art security system and sneak into the heavily guarded hidden labyrinth beneath the outpost so as I said...I sure hope this works. _________________________________ I'm trying out a new storyline following a group of bounty hunters and their stories of adventure across the galaxy

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