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RECEPTION ON TRAIN
NOVEL WIRELESS EXPERIMENT.
London, May 21.
BEAM WIRELESS.
STATIONS THAT CAN REVOLVE.
NAVAL EMERGENCIES.
At the request of the Australian Press Association, the London and
A revolotion in methods of beam North Eastern Railway attached & special van to last night's Hatield wireless transmission, under which train, to allow Mr. C. K. Allen, a the beam may be switched from wireless amateur, to make an at one part of the world to another tempt to pick up SLO Melbourne just да ✡ searchlight can be
WIRELESS AIDS.
NEW DIRECTION-FINDING STATION.
The Calcutta Port Commisalon- ers have had under consideration for some time the question of the provision of wireless direction-find- ing stations for the port of Calcut- ta, and it is understood that re- cently important decisions have been reached in regard to the selec- tion of sites for the proposed ata. route to Edinburgh. Two switches, focussed on any point, may be the tions. The Bengal Chamber of acting on wire-netting, served as outcome of experiments on which Commerce has been in correspon- aerial and earth To show how Senatore Marconi le to embark in.dence with the Port Commission- ers regarding the temporary direc- Senatore Marconi, who has tion-finding station at Chingrikhal, the moment the train steamed out raturned to London from a cruise which station was established' for from King's Cross Station.
wireless direction Instructions to was heard very distinctly on the
while the train was travelling en
accurate the Melbourne town clock
Is it began to chime 6 o'clock at
This on his yacht "Elettra," in a special the purpose of experimenting with loud speaker, thus betokening sue-interview with the "Evening Stan-incoming vessels, its cost being cessful transit and reception, but dard" described his plans for the borne by the Port Commissioners. atmospherics were
ahocking new investigations, which will be In regard to the selection of a Daventry reporting thundery con- continued throughout the summer.necessary to give a complete, ser- suitable site for the second station ditions everywhere. Nevertheless,
"The trip from which I have re- vice, it was pointed out that diffi- as the train slowed down at Now Barnet Station at 8.25 p.m., the turned," he said, "was mostly for culty was being experienced in ob- loud-speaker recorded very plainly the benefit of my health, but Itaining a site where the wireless signals would be unaffected by three bara of "Yee Banks and Braes Bonnie Doon," but after made various tests with short cyclonic and other influences,
waves and long waves, which show that atmospherics were supple that the possibilities of short waves formed by the Port Commissionera The Chamber has now been in- mented by the constant jamming of a continuous wave signal of are even greater than they were that it was decided to abandon the believed to be. These experiments Chingrikhal station after March Morse station, probably the samo
were not very important, but in that blotted out Friday's
Commissioners under- ten days I am starting on serious stand that the Government of special 3LO transmission.
| methodical tests. They will con-India have already sanctioned the Not until 9.26 p.m., on the re-cern new types of beam transmis
reconstruction of the Calcutta turn journey, dia Melbourne cóme
one
31. The
in again, and some one was heard son, and wave lengths which have wireless station on up-to-date lines not been investigated so far for and that this work involves a speaking very faintly. Soveral
long distances.” snatches of music meanwhile were
separate receiving station which heard on the headphones. Mr.
will include direction-finding ap- Fewer Stations. Allen's wireless collaborator, Mr.
With regard to the new beam paratus; it is proposed to locate M'Michael, is confident they will do transmission, Senatore
the receiving station at Tollygunge. Marconi better aboard the Austral-Scots sald:--
As regards the second direction- train to Scotland on Wednesday
finding station it is understood that "I am going to experiment with the Director-General, Posts and night, for which it has been sug-beam stations which can turn Telegraphs, intends to carry out gested that SLO should send put a
round. At present beam stations preliminary trials in the district of special programme, consisting of
are fixed. America cannot be turn-Cuttack before deciding upon a site. Australian news, including crop prospects and greetings from Scot ad on Japan. India cannot be The Commissioners have explained utilised for Russin or the North to the Chamber that it is not their tish organisations. As a second
Pole. Now I am going to try intention to reduce the number of string Mr. Allen proposes having 310 relayed from an amateur sta type of station that hus the reflect-light-vessels immediately two sta- tion, so that it can be transmitted turned round by a machine in the obtain cross bearings, and that they to the train, in the event of direct
searchlight will certainly wait until experience reception failing. A decision upon where there is a revolving beam, has proved that the light-vessels are this matter will be reached to-mor row. If this is carried out it will you want to transmit to a cer- unnecessary. be necessary for 3LO to transmit tain country you direct the boar between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. British towards that country." summer time, in order that the programme may be picked up be tween Newcastle and Edinburgh.
NOISE TROUBLES.
or with the aerial which can be
same AWAY. AK
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"The results," Senatore Marconi said in reply to further queations, "will be very important if the testa are successful.”
He admitted that a consequence might be that with a revolving ap- paratus fewer beam stations would be necessary, but explained that stations which have good traffic,
communications.
All Kinds Of Ranges.
tions are available and ships can
PLAYS CRITICISED.
COMPLAINT OF THEATRE MANAGERS.
TUESDAY, JULY, 10, 1928.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an experi but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
16
10
14
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18
19
120
23
22
24
25
126
29
31
KO
32
34
35 36
37
138 139
140
241
12.
143
45
16
47
148
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50.51
153
155
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HORIZONTAL
1-Ocean 4-Girl's naITIS 7-To employ, sa time 9-In ancient Grecos what was the marketplacO called?
11-What was the old
Roman nema for southern part of Scandinavia7
18-A mountain chain N. E. Franq 16-Owned 16-What famOUN
THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
HORIZONTAL (Cont) |88-Man's name. 84-What Is the
sommérolai namo of zino? |37-High (Mum)
38-Playing card (pk)
140-No
|42-A varnish gum
43-The smallest
particle of matter
··48-Gilva (Scot) In[46-A squared stone
|40-What is a substance
used to set cofora in dyeing! 62-On what river to the
seaport in Byrla was bealeged by Crusaders In 11917 18-Anger
19-8ooner than 21-What English aretio explorer diacovered! the north magnetio polat 23-Wine (French) 24-Pertaining to the
mind
27-An American
Indian
20-8arutinized 30-Greek god of war 31-Same as "baulm" 32-Greek god of love,
capital of Franes? 63-Iceberga 154-To allow 56-To tinge
VERTICAL
1-A suit in cards 2-Even (post.) 8-Conjunction 4-in the past B-Two (Spanish) 6-What are Grecka
sometimes called? 7-A steep slope B-Prefix. Through
-The birds (Latin) 10-An'sagle's nost
4
VERTICAL (Cont.) |11-Personal pronoun
12-Bitter
14-A member of
Congress (abbr.) [17-A fabulous bird 20-8be-headed ses-
monster
(Cass. Myth.) 22-A roll of parchment 25-A time-period |28-To shut in
28-Abaanos of motivity 30-Exist
181-An Implement far
eterning fax
32-What town in 8. E.
England is famous for its race course? 35-A kind 34-Determined
35-Ta occupy or
engross 36-Showers
87-A wing.tike part 39-Bolleituda $41-Nevertheless
44-Disorderly arowd 47-A golf term 48-Entomology (abbr.)
50-A color 81-To evaporato
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
WIRELESS AS A CURE:
NEW TREATMENT FOR PARALYSIS.
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The question of wireless critic- A likely source of trouble, and one that, after being distinguished like America and India, are so ism of plays is once again before from static, is likely to cause a lot busy with their own corresponding the theatre managers of London.
Sir John Reith, director-general of head scratching before it is stations that there is no time to located, is a partial break in one turn them round. The revolving of the British Broadcasting Cor- once again promises to lend its aid of the battery leads. Flexible station would be more for coun-poration, made certain promises to to the world of medicine. wire is almost universally used in tries which have not heavy traffic. the West End Managers' Associa
Two American "They would be useful for emer-tion some months ago, after there testing the value of short wave- these connections on account of the amount of twisting and strain-gency
They had been complaints that, in their Ing that it will undergo before might also be good from the naval fortnightly talks on the theatre length wireless. broadcasting ap- paratus aa cure for general breaking, but even the best of flex point of view. If it was desired plays had been adversely criticised
paralysis. The bacilli of this dis fails sometimes, and when it does to communicate with fleets or ships in the hearing of millions of wire-ease cannot live when the blood the breakage is not apparent, on in certain parts of the world the less listeners. Managers complaint at a high temperature, and pre- WIRELESS IN INDIA. account of the cotton and rubber transmitting reflector would be ed that the theatres regarded wire-vious treatments, notably by Dr. covering holding the broken ends turned towards the positions in less as one of their chief competi
made by infecting have been together. This fault, when it does which the ships were supposed to tors, and that no dramatic critic Wagner von Fauregg, of Vienna, MARKET WHERE 1,500,000 SETS had been invited from the B.B.C. not put the set out of commission, be.
malaria germs into the blood of the is responsible for a lot of crackling
Theatre managers were told by patient, the latention being to kill A vast new field for British in- signals. The
anthusiasts that the the bacilli of the particular form dustry is lying fallow in India, ac- "It may be possible with a small wireless and fading of
general methods of determining if the Installation to do very good ser- dramatic critic of the British of paralysis.
cording to Mr. Dunstan, leads are faulty are simple. The vice.
Corporation had In the experiments the Broadcasting
This treatment, however, is very manager of the Indian Broadcast- trouble may be located either by transmitting station will be broadcast the statement, that there substituting new battery leads or Poldhu, in Cornwall, and the re-were no good actors, in London, and difficult' to control. With the new ing Company, who addressed the treatment the blood temperature, Radio Manufacturers' Association teating the suspected wire with a ceiving will be done
the had therefore advised people to go volt-meter and a dry cell, If A "Elettra," which may be in the At- to see the Moscow Art Theatre can be raised and properly control on "Broadcasting in India," at the
Hotel Cecil, London, recently. led at the same time. velt-meter is not handy, a pocket lantic, or in the Bay, or in the company for a lesson in acting,
Accidental Discovery.
Mr Dunstan, who is visiting Eng- Jamp bulb may be substituted. A
while a musical critic, speaking on Mediterranean."
The discovery came accidentally.'land on business, said: "There lies Rickering either of the volt-meter
As to his proposed experiments the wireless, was said to have ac-It was noticed that men working in India a great country with a needle or the bulb indicates in wave lengths, Senatore Marcoul cused the orchestra of one of the in the General Electric Company's population of over 800,000,000, trouble. In making the test it is said: "We are going to try all leading music halls of being "the works became faint and ill when where a servies of broadcasting is advisable to shake the wires in kinds of ranges in wave lengths, worst orchestra in London."
they were operating six-metre wire the only thing which can: All a order to separate the broken ends, We expect to get some useful in-
a shorthand less sets.
vital need in the lives of the in- "We do not take Corroded battery clips or förmation."
note of what is said on the wire- The heating effect of the waves habitants. If only. we reach one- terminals will occasionally either
less," said Mr. Horace Collins, the was tested with a solution, and the half per cent of them, we should secretary of the West End Manag-discovery made that a six-metre be able to sell one and a half mil- from lighting. The hard scale
ers' Association, "but theatre man-wave-length. apparatus gave sult-lion wireless seta.
Mr. A. Beal Pritchett, represent- that forms on them after a con-
agers frequently hear from their able results, siderable period of use eventually
patrons of adverse criticisms they It is believed that a high tem-ing an Australian firm, said that attains a very high resistance,
have heard..
perature can be produced locally 25 per cent. of the wireless seta often high enough to completely A new wireless apparatus was
"One of the chief causes of com- upon the skin with this new ap-sold in Australia were made in the United States, whereas only 5 per stop any flow from the battery to used by Lieut. Jouy during a test the set. The remedy is to remove flight of 375 miles. He remained plaint Is that musical comedies, paratus.
Scientiste are careful in their cent. were of British manufacture. "There is a great scopa in Aus- the scale with a file, and smear in wireless conversation with half which will go on tour eventually vaseline on the affected parts. By a dozen radio stations, and experts are 'slated" when they are first statements regarding the medical
This is value of this treatment, but the tralia for British components," he doing so any chance of the battery say that the apparatus will be of produced in London,
marketed." leads becoming eaten away is oh the greatest. importance to avia- greatly to the detriment of provin Rockefeller Institute is now ex-said, if they are only properly
perimenting with it. 3a, Wyndham Street. Tel. C. 22. viated.
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