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RADIO TOPICS
SINGAPORE RADIO.
GOVERNMENT'S SYMPATHETIC
ATTITUDE.
The Chairman mentioned, That
they were also very grateful to Me FLOATING FACTORY.
Bagnall who was going to present the Society with a stor generátor which would put an end to their battery trouble anda havasthambibe expense of having to charge the bat-
By
GRAHAM NAVAL TELEPHONE
SAN FITTED;":
TEMPORARY FINANCIAL AID? terlea for each programme,SHIP OF UNUSUAL INTEREST.
May 14
Society's Suggestion. Correspondance with Government in connection, with financial assis| Under the chairmanship of Mr. tance was then read The Chair- J. G. A, Sutherland, the annual gen man said that this matter had been eral meeting of the Wireless Society brought up by Mr. Bagnall before of Malaya was held at the Society's the Legislative Council,
The following letter," and the room, Union Building, yesterday Chairman, had been drafted, and evening. There was a fair attend-after approval, had been sent to ance of members,
Government; MENG
The report of the Secretary,. Mr. W. T.
the accounts, was adopted. The report is as
follows: A
As will be seen from the attached statement, the Society received a revenue of $2,885.43, which is a de- crease of $1,185.81 on the previous year's receipts,
For the year ending March 31, 1926, a balance of $849.25 was carried forward to the year under review, but owing to the poor sup- port given the Society by its mem- bers, this sum has been reduced to $194.03.
146.
We have the honour to refer to the Hon. Mr. John Bugnals ad Monday, February 7, 1927, in which he asked Government to support the work being done by this Society, and we would ask for your aerious consideration of our proposals.
2 The Society's financial year closed on March 81 last, and owing to the lack of funds, is faced with very serious situation that of abandoning its ploneer work-un lens ald is forthcoming at an early date.
one.
There is probably no throughout the entire world who appreciates the benefits of wires less more than those who for months on end are isolated from civilisation. This thought is put into one's mind 'upon reading on account of the Mother, thor Factory, Ship of a whaling fleet, which a crew of between two hundred and three hundred men will spend the whole winter almost lost in the boundless Antarctic Ocean. -
For weeks on end, maybe, they will be imprisoned by huge ice floes, so that they compose a community, which were it not for radio would have no means of establishing communication with their fellow creatures.
Unquestionably one of the most interesting ships that has ever
an oil
There has been a slight decrease 8. We venture to suggest the in the membership, which is now following as a means of assist-put to sea is the "C. A. Larsen," a vessel of 17,250 tons, which electedance:- New members are fairly regularly, but it is a matter (a) That the licensing fee of started its existence, as for regret that greater numbers $50 charged for the Society's trans- tanker, and has now been altered cannot be induced to join.
mitter be reduced to a nominal sum. to form a highly specialised head- (b) That Government increase quarters for whaling operations. There is undoubtedly, a larger proportion of "Ilsteners-in" the fee of $5 payable by members The conversion has been effected throughout Malaya who are not of the public for Wireless Receiving in Norway by the members of the Society, yet listen Licences to $16, and that $10 of this Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verkat- in regularly, and in fact have
sum be paid to the Society which ed. The vessel is fitted through- bought receiving sets for the ex-
will use it for purchasing addi- out with Graham. Naval Tele- tional apparatus, and if funds per phones; and is also equipped with mit. carry out relay work. Alter- natively that Government asalat the Society by an annyal grant.
press purpose of receiving our con-
certs.
Outside Assistance. The Society is much indebted to the United Engineers, Ltd., a agents for the Marconi Company, for the loan of a 100 watt trans mitter, which is doing excellent ser- vice, and also for the assistance of their staff, particularly Mr. Suther land.
A-S
bodying the latest type of Marconi powerful wireless station em- apparatus, which is capable of transmitting and receiving mes sages from Europe to the South-
(c) That Government consider the granting of the Society a sum of $2,000 as an initial outlay for necessary additional equipment. ern Polar Ice.
4. We would call attention to the fact that our transmissions are the only telephony transmissione, amateur or otherwise, that can be received at good strength in this country.
It is worthy of note that the wireless installation embodies a loud speaker, so that as occasion arises those living on this strange craft can be entertained by can- certs emanating many thousands of miles away..R
The object sought in the de sign of the ship is, firstly, to provide storage for the immerse quantities of blubber oil which are obtained from whales, and
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1927.
DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an experi but readers are turned to look out for acca phonetto spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
18
28
HORIZONTAL 1-Glides before the
wind and. 5-Male child 6-Exclamation of
disgust 8-Loving..
11-To join firmly 14-Age
15-Aslatio shrub 17-Yes
16-Harvester 20-Breakfast food 28-Unopened flower 24-Excuse 26-Miscellaneous
...collection.
27-inside-
sa
(@THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
28-Stringed Instrument 29-8peaks!
31-Proceed
32-Pronoun
33-Pronoun
54-Exclamation of
*surprise
-56-To refuse executive
-approval
39-A thin coating (45-Myself
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) | VERTICAL (Cont.).
42-8nare
|44-Buddhist heaven
46-D sunt, 46-10wt||
48-Lower 60-Fen
167-To entreat
53-Hallesoro {"4-8averah-
50-To direct one's
cource 57-Everyone
}59-A; judgment-coat (50-Prated
VERTICAL
T-Turt
2-One
7:15-Forgar o odlet'
-Playing card (pl.)
rocklet B-integular
12-8h p'e 'asily-recóra
-Euftato dehigh narrow
atruştura
(28-book a the Bible.
(cbbr)
30-Cia. THECER
Puzzle
|38-Raw metais 3)-5anctuary.
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3-Measure of weights.ace
(abbr.}
4-Ani adage
B-Smart looking
7-Cordial
(atang)..
To subalst
p-Glel's name
10 Pethal pronoun
12-Alkați. solution
Hs-Flaps.
148-Ward off.
47-Card-game 49-Female fowl #2-On high ||55-Shade tres
60-Small, compact
mass 88-Behold
{13-To-distribute cards 59-Exist
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the. numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both-
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new. cross-word puzzle.)
EMPIRE BROADCAST.
Concerts have been transmitted regularly on Wednesday and Sun- day evenings, the Programmes Com- mittee having always provided con- certs of a very high order.
5. The conditions that Govern This Committee is indebted to ament have recently published and large number of ladies and gentle on which they are prepared to men for their assistance, particular grant a broadcasting licence, are ly to Mesdames Dietz, Kinloch, Mc- not sufficiently attractive to indure Leod, Scott and Turner, and also to any commercial company to apply Messrs. E. A. Brown, Roy Brown, for Broadcasting rights. With the Barnett, Haines, Oshorne and very limited means at our disposal, secondly to enable the collection of Smith, whose numbers have been awe have carried on Amateur Broad- this to be carried out rapidly and feature of our programmes.
Special mention should be made casting for a period of just over economically. For this purpose & of Mr. B. Barlow, convener of the two years, putting out bi-weekly special deck has been constructed Programmes Committee, whose un concerts, and a number of people upon which the whales are flensed New experiments in short wave tiring efforts have made the pro- have installed 'receiving sets. Un- and cut up, then the disjects transmissions at the Daventry fortunately, however, although a membra subsequently descends broadcasting station have shown Committee large proportion of listeners-lu pay shutes to the enormous boilers that it will soon be possible to under Mr. a. C. MacNab has done the Government licence fee, only arranged below through the broadcast practically throughout very valuable experimental work very few in proportion pay the medium of which all fat and oil the Empire: y during the year under review, and modest subscription of $12 per an
The British Broadcasting Cor- only the fuck offprovements in the only broadcast: programme The United States Wireless Por possibilities, of a full-scale
lack prevents num to the Society which provides is extracted.
poration which they can be sure of receiv
Control Bill, which has passed the test. ing.
Senate, provides for a Federal Wireless Commission which, it is hoped, will evolve order out of the present chaotic, state of wireless in America.
grammes such a success. The Transmission
the transmissions.
A Record.
A certain number of reports are
a
In the re-organisation of the London air port at Croydon a new wireless station is to be erected for the Air Ministry by Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., to re- place the one that has done duty for the last seven years.
position of your Society and to any what sum will be required to enable your services to be continued as at present for a period of 6 months opinion that Government had met The Chairman, expressed the them well
6. If and when the Society is in received but the committee is handi- position to carry out "relay" work, capped by the lack of regular re- it will mean that numbers of the ports from out-station members members of all communities in Sin- Reports have been received from gapore and Malaya generally will Java, Sumatra, Johore, Penang, and install receiving aets, and we may the F.M.S. The reception of con-mention that the Society is Pre certs on the loud speaker in Christ- pared and will be only too pleased mas Islands is perhaps a record for of an opportunity to transmit the power used...
Government news or propaganda in Several members report the re- any language. gular reception of Melbourne con- Government's Reply. certs, and occasionally Manila. InThe reply they had received from short wave working several mem, the acting Colonial Secretary was bers are experimenting, and one In as follows particular has succeeded in mafa With reference to your letter, taining two-way communication dated April 12, 1927. regarding the with most countries of the world, financial position of the Amateur The committees have to thank Wireless Society of Malaya. 1. am Moutric and Co., Ltd., for the loan directed to inform you that as a of a piano and gramophone and also plications. for a broadcast trans- the Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., for mitting licence in terms of Gazette the loan on many occasions of Notification No. 1591 of September cellent gramophone records and
&1926, have received and are un- The following were elected off- gramphones. To United Engineers, Ltd., we are indebted for keeping der consideration it is regrettencials for the ensuing year
President, Mr. J., G. Sutherland; the batterier charged and the loan that Government is unable to afford
G8sistance as indicated in para vice-presidents, Mesara. P. Howard of various equipment,
The committee take this oppor graphs 2 (a) and, (b) of your letter and B. Barlow: hon, secretary, and tunity of thanking all who have or to make any grant towards addi- treasurer, Mr. WT. Cherry; direc given their services to make the tional equipment to increase the tor of transmission, Mr. MacNab work of the Society a success, and services performed by your Society director of programmes, Mr. Bar- trust that the same wholehearted2 It will however be some time low committee. Mesars. Slight, support will be accorded the new before any Brondenating Company. Watt. Strevens, Parr, Dupree, Tat- committee.
is licensed and in a position to be tersall, Earle, Greig, Bridgen, gin: broadcasting, and in view of Boardman, Osborne and Kwa Siew. the usefulness of the work done by Teod ybur Society am to say that Before the conclusion of the Government is prepared to consider meeting the chairman caid that he making a grant to enable you to wished to dispel the Iden that Asia- continue your services sa at protic members were not welcome. sent for another six months, at the They were very welcome and the end of which time the position can Society would be very glad if they be reviewed
would help in the running of the work.
The Chairman added that they had to thank the Ronco Company for duplicating their report and ac counts. Further, there were a number of people whose names were not mentioned in the report in con- nection with programunes. - . He wished to state that they had not been forgotten and that had been personally thanked by the commit
tee.
3. I am therefore to ask you to forward particulars of the financial
BRINGING UP FATHER.
Apparatus for conducting
Anglo-Australian telephony tests along the beam is nearing com- pletion at the Marconi Co.'s works at Chelmsford (Essex), and will be dispatched to Aus- tralia in a few weeks.
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