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PHILIPPINE NIGHT.
DECADENCE OF WELSH. LANGUAGE.
Dublin Radio Station's Naive Tribute.
EMPIRE SERVICES.
London, Aug. 18. Captain Ian Fraser, a blind member of the House of Com- mons in a letter to the "Times" disagrees with Mr. F. ·P. Kelleway's statement that ama- teur Empire broadcasting would result in disappointment.
Washington, Sept. 6. "Philippine Night" was ob served here recently by radio station WRC of the Radio Cor-
London, Aug. 29, poration of America, which
"It is rather a pathetic com. broadcast В programme by ment on the position of the Welsh Vicente G. Bunuan, director of language in its own country, that the only regular Welsh broadcast the Philippine Press Bureau, in-programme is given once a week stimulate the overseas demand cluding an address by himself from an Irish station at Dublin," for a powerful British short-wave
"Rather," he says, "will it
Remarkable Reductions on the islands, violin recited by declares the report of the Depart station. There may be disap
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SAY IS THERE
ANY ONE IN: THIS JAIL THAT KIN SPEAKERS ENGLISH?
Ernesto Vallejo, 17 year old mental Committee which enquir-pointment with this, but enthu Filipino violinist: a recitation of ed into the use of the Welsh lansiasts will be no less keen than Rizal's "My Last Farewell" by guage in the education and life of they are now with England In- a foreigner Miss Violeta Reyes, of Manila, Wales, on behalf of the Minister audible, save when
cares to relay our programmes." and song by Miss Belen Enrile, of Education. a student at Columbia Univer- aity.
The report regards the present policy of the British Broadcasting Describing the geography, tra- Company as one of the most seri the Welsh lan- dition and culture of the Philip-ous menaces to pines, Mr. Bunuan touched on guage. their economic and social phases. "Our wonderful advancement in education, agriculture, commerce, trade, public works sanitation, etc," he said, "are an eloquent
CABINET DESIGN.
There was a time when wireless tribute to American genius and was so amazingly wonderful and so Filipino capacity, a progress un-fascinating that the more of our paralleled in the history of coloni- gear we could see the better were he we pleased. That time has gone. sation. America will specially remembered by the sys- Far from wishing to see our ap tem of education she has im- paratus displayed, most of us are planted in the Philipines, for if now anxious to have it out of sight,
Spain gave
the Filipinos the and some folk take particular pains Christian religion, America gave to make their receivers look any them free public schools.
thing but what they are.
There is much to be said for the "Our political advancement under American guidance has table cabinet, in which a compart- been as rapid. We have gradualment more or less square, with the ly assumed the instrumentalities panel in the front, is supported on four ornamental legs. Everything of government.
"We have already implanted can be enclosed, nothing but the in our country the basic princi- actual operating handles and knobs
being visible. ples of American democracy and the virile elements of American civilisation and all we ask is that we be permitted to build the superstructure, to work out the details, to direct its growth to share its destiny-all in conformity with the traditions and culture of our race; all in ac cordance with our nature, with our environment, with climate, with our geography, with our psychology, with our philoso- phy."-Associated Press."
RADIO HINTS.
our
A better plan is to use an upright cabinet about 24in. high, 12in. deep, two and 15in. wide, divided into sections-an upper and a lower.
In the upper section the set will be installed, and beneath this the batteries. It is advisable that the battery portion be ventilated, other- wise the fumes from the accumula- 'tor will make their way to the ap- Daratus and cause corrosion.
LENGTH OF WIRE FOR COILS.
Just how long a certain number of turns will make the coils in your set it is well to know in advance. but few present amateurs can tell the length. Of course, the experi- menter knows how many turns to the inch are wanted for severa}
sizes of wire, and this enables him to purchase certain pieces of tub- ing for the individual coils.
The
The size of the wire as well as the Insulation covering it has great deal to do with the number of turns to the inch. Double cotton covered insulation gives the lenat number of turns per inch, while enamel covered gives the most. The diameter of the coil has nothing to do with the turns per inch, but does make a big difference in the amount of wire the coil contains. amount of wire is a big factor in the wave-length. The table with this article shows most of the wire used in wireless sets from number 18 to 35 gauge. The columna have been numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The first column shows the size of the wire, the accond enamel cover- cu, the third single cotton, the fourth, double cotton, the Afth single silk, and the sixth column double silk.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This gross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readeri ära warned to lopke out for occasional ukonetio spellings, such as härbor, plow, and allhb.)
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HORIZONTAL
1-To what island was
- St. John exitedt 6-What son is W. of
1 Greenland? 13-Conjunction 13-Burden 16-Disturbing sound 16-What la the cost of
France and Italy bat. Nice and Spezzia selladi - 18-Japaneus coin 10-The linden 20-A number 23-A allt 25-A trou
27-To injoy life 28-A seaport, Finland 29-doggy mass 11-One of the
continents (abbr) 82-Agein
83-To go down hill on
■ aled
15-One of the apostles 16-Froth
B-Who was Ishmael's
mother?
40-Nourishment 41-A measure of
capacity (abbr.)
1. 2. 18. 29
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OSTER" INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
HORIZONTAL (Cont) { VERTICAL (Cont.)
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goddess of
21-A view or prospect
malicious mischieff 22-Girl's name 49-Formarly
61-To pack 83-Paradiso 54-Sooner than 86-Divialons of the
YOLT
58-A date in old
Roman calendar
1
24-Flute-like wind
Instrument
}26-To consign to death |29-Wind-driven alouda 50-Wm. Penn founded
'what Steter
(abbr.)
132-A gentle breeze
e-Who was the Greek 34-To turn melde
goddess of diecord? 38-To tire
|61-Electrical anginaer |36-To sapire
(abbr.)
|52–A choir of eight -voices (pl.) 63-Bulldo
VERTICAL
1-Who wrote "The.
Scottish Chiefs?" 2-A spirit of the air 3-To toll
4-A number B-Swal of the san
that breake upon shore
7-Some of a number & Those who appona
or injure
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N. W. Ryssla? 10-Exista
[11-Who discovered tha
37-To soquíoace
|39-Southern State
(abbr.)
|40-A city of G. California 41-Twice 43-Perciva 46-Anything diuxgree- abis Inficted 47-Bustie
48-Degma
50-What in the largent
of plants? 52-Existed |55–What la the Latin for "to be"
85-Ending of superis-
tiva adjectives 57-What do you breathe!
law of gravitation? | 59-PreЛx. Form of |14-To fiont," an a cloud
(The solution of the ohave cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue awong with a new cross-word puzzle.)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION,
A novel plan which enables the whole of the apparatus to be accreted can be adopted when only one station is wanted. In this case the cabinet is screwed to the under-
It will be noticed that as the wire side of a table; as also is the speak- er which, of course, must be in an gets smaller, the largest number, Although the voltage of the "dry inverted position, the base being the turns per inch rapidly increase. wire, using No. 18 size, a 46-turn cell" is stated to be 1.5, it will be held in position by two sliders or a coil would require about 21.0 use two. Place the positive G.B, found that this drops to about one couple of clamps. A three-valve inches, while if you used either No. plug in, say, the 1% volt tapping. volt when used in the circuit. When set will require a cabinet 24in. 25 or 30 gauge wire you would re- and test. Place in 8 volt tapping,BEHÄLT SEASO! buying dry cells see that each one square. The front will receive the quire either a little more than an and test again. Run up the battery is tested with a voltmeter, not & panel and controls, and the back inch tube or a little less as the like this, till volume commences to lamp. if a cell is "aged" it will will be hinged to permit access to just how much space a certain num-ping, and remain there.
case may be. When it is known diminish. Now, go back one tap- almost always reveal the fact by
If there exhibiting a swelled appearance;
The connection from bar of turns will take up on a) are more than one or two G.B. the walls of the cell bulge and local T. positive must be taken through tube, the proper size tube can be plugs, follow the same procedure,
wellings appear in the pitch with the cabinet side, to a switch attach-uced, thus conserving space in- but test only one at a time. which the cell is covered. These ed to the under edge of the table, stead of having a long form with It must be remembered that the calls should be rejected. It is the and from this point to the coll wound on one end of it. It G.B. voltage increases as the H.T. practice. sometimes, to provide rheostats. If the ittle vein-holes for the escape of tuned, one
receiver is left has been proved that the less die voltage on the plate of the valve It should can just operate the lecfric there is supporting the coll, concerned is put up. gases, but as the gases are liable switch and receive broadcast, which the better, which is another reason also be remembered that, by using to carry off the water which is need-will mystify any visitor not able to
for having just the right length. a negative biasing system with dis- ed to keep the paste moist this me-
The number of turns shown in cretfon an H.T. battery will last a| thod is of doubtful value on see the gear.
the table means turns wound close lot longer than it otherwise would. balance.
together, and not left loose or spaced. If the turns do not fit snug against each other, the coll will naturally require more length than shown.
batteries,
To complete the Illusion, the Intermittent noises in the set aerial can be of the sausage type with the aerial and earth discon- suspended under the table, and the nected indicate poor contact some earth wire where, usually in the filament or along under the carpet to its exit taken down and then plate circuits. A steady hum is due to a poor connection in the grid
point. circuit. When using amplification and you get a howl, try reversing the primary connections to the transformer.
Sometimes a loud speaker will set up a continuous howl. This can often be stopped by moving the loud speaker away from the set, especial- ly if it is near the aerial side of the receiver.
J
FOR THE BLIND.
If H. G. Wells had written his
INCREASING THE GRID BIAS VOLTAGE.
his
fantastic story, The Kingdom of to spend a few hours or even a few It would pay many a constructor, the Blind," to-day, he might have evenings experimenting with chosen for his subject the realm of set and a couple of grid batteries broadcasting and its boon to the and a few different valves. He When using the kind of flux that sightless. Radio entertainments. will not only learn much, but will is sold in tins, the soldering bit bring untold joys to blind people certainly do much that he has been should not be dipped into the flux. all over the world, with consola- unable to do before. It should be applied with the aid of tion to young and old. One of the 9-volt tapped battery for biasing We usually advise the use of a a plece of stick or wire, thus keep most regular correspondents of ing the flux clean.
Billy Bunny, the popular child-purposes, and, generally speaking, pipe earth connection see that all bourne, is a little blind girl in have been required to get perfect Before making use of a water ren's entertainer with SLO, Mel- this is quite sufficient; but we knew of cases where as much as 18 volte paint in scraped off where the con- Queensland. Recently be received clarity of speech and good musical tact is to be made, otherwise a high-a letter from her in the following reproduction. reaistance joint will result.
strain: "Probably, you remember The limiting factor. In ultra- short wave reception is generally I am learning typewriting, and like me writing before in Braille. Now the inter-electrode capacity of the it very much. I am sending Mary valve. This, together with stray Kookaburra and yourself a few capacities existing in the set, may be large enough to prevent the re-home-grown oranges, and I hope ceiver from going below a certain you like them. There are lots of wave-length, even with the smallest kookaburras around my home, but practicable inductance. This is not many Billy Bunnies, and if dad mainly, the reason why it is neces- catches one he puts it in a ple," sary to build special receivers for The letter was typewritten perfect- these waves.
ly.
YES -NEARLY
ALL THE
PRISONER:
WELL ARE
WE GONNA
GIT OUT OF JAIL OR NOT?
The way to proceed is this-In- atead of using one tapped battery,
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