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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho,)
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THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
THE CHINA MAIL,
“SEEING BY RADIO.” Travely discussed the disadvan- recognisable likeness of come Def
WONDERS OF WIRELESS
· TELEVISION.
DREAM REALISED.
[By Dr. E. E. Fournier d'Albe, F. Inst. P., the world-famous scientist and inventor.] .'
are
tages. Attending a separation of the son or some simple geometrical artist from the living audience. objects to the satisfaction of an All of which goes to show how independent Jury, and offered to easily the public jumps from ex- pay him 1.000 if he succeeded. treme scepticism' to abject credul The challenge was not taken up. ity, and how necessary it is to Meanwhile, the Television: Deve collect and weigh all the facts, or lopment Company founded by him at least to take expert opinion, la endeavourlag to claim a mono- THREE STAGES IN PROBLEM. poly in television research. That The problem of television may 16 an attitude not warranted by From being a dream in which abe divided into thros stages, each the actual state of affairs, Santa few televisionarios" Indulged in considerably more difficult than
VAST NUMBER OF DEVICES. their spare time, television has the last. The first problem is to
Mr. Baird's own contribution to within the last few months jumped transmit shadows or silhouettes, the solution of the television is into prominence as an actual real when that problem is solved, it negligible. If the contrivances in- [ity. This is due to the fact that
means that we can transmit the vented by him were altogether dis- something in the nature of "see sight of any ready-made picture to pensed with, the position of tele- ing by radio" has been demonstrated any distance. In other words, It vision would not be materially both in Britain and in Amorica,
Even the secret' photo- means the tele-cinema.. That changed. and people are much puzzled by would already be considerable, but electric device which was suppos the conflicting reports and opinions it would not enable us to see oured to form the basis of his success concerning what has been achiev-distant friends-which is one of turns out to be selenium-and ex- ed towards the solution of this old the most attractive promises held cellent and most effective aub- and much-discussed problem.
out by television. That stage stance, but known for two genera- A cynic once remarked that could hardly be claimed for the tons! criticism of any new invention took Heath Robinson" apparatus ex- The patent offices of the world & vast three successive forms: (a) It is hibited by Mr. Baird at Selfridge's contain descriptions of not true (b) It is now new (c) but the wireless operator of the number of television devices. It is of no use. Television will "Berengaria" is said to have re. Many of these are known to be
while some impracticable, no doubt have to run the gaunt-cognised his fiancee in London on let of all those jibs. But there the television screen by her man- quite sound, and were left unde are ways of arriving at a reasonner of dressing her hair, and we veloped for lack of funds or for ably accurate valuation of an in- are told that the Washington the want of a link which has since
been
The television supplied. vention in a manner independent transmissions were quite recognis
of biased reports. Quite a num. able.
career is still, therefore, "open to all the talents."`"- ber of well-qualified technical men The third and most difficult stage
And a more, fascinating field, of have for years followed the varl-consists in transmitting open-air research could hardly be imagined. ous solutions proposed, have not scenes without artificial lumina The advent of television will per- ed the partial successes achieved tion, such as a boat race or foot manently expand the range of and have understood the causes of ball match. That stage has not human vision a millionfold. It failure. They are well able to ad- been attempted yet, and its solu- will rank with the invention of the judicate on the merits of any new tion is not yet in sight anywhere. telescope and the microscope as a Idea, and their judgment will not We may therefore say that half stage in human progress, and will err on the side of pessimism for the television problem has been immensely add to the benefits we] fear of being falsified by events. solved, and that there is every already owe to radiotelegraphy.
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY. likelihood that the remainder will The late Mr. Sanger Shepherd be. said in 1923 "anyone can now haveThere is still plenty of work to be [television for about 310,000." done. A wireless paper recently That this wW18 a fairly accurate challenged Mr. Baird to transmit a estimate is shown by the experi- ance of the Radio Corporation of America; who in January last transmitted "sight" from Now. York to Washington. The mere transmission cost thousands of pounds, and about a thousand per- sons had to be employed at the two stations to superintend the machinery. The demonstration would probably not have been given for some time yet but for the pressure of events in Europe.
Seizing the opportunity present- ed by the appearance of a cheap. neon lamp on the market, Mr. J. L. Baird rigged up a rough-and-ready televisión apparatus and appeared before the public as the first trans- mitter of sight "In the history of the world." He transmitted some Images across the Atlantic and to an Atlantic liner in mid-Ocean. These sensational foate had the immediate effect of giving televi sion an immense publicity value. The popular imagination was caught. A bishop of the Church of England expressed anxiety lest his morning ablutions be transmit ted by television and served up for the delectation of a New York audience, and Miss Sybil Thorndike
successfully
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IN 60 YEARS.
CLERK STILL "TOO BUSY” TO
TAKE A HOLIDAY.
Mr. George Farmor, aged 79, of Ashy-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, clerk to the Ashby Board of Guar- dians for fifty years, and аб sociated with the work of local government for sixty years, has not had a holiday during the whole of that period.
Asked whether he would not go to the seaside, this summer, Mr. Farmer replied that he was too busy to think about holidays. Next year he might-possibly break away from his very long custom of not having a vacation: I believe," he said, "In the gospel of real hard work 1 have only had one day off from my office in sixty years through illness, And that was because of a touch of influenza."
An iron girder fall at the new works of the Firestone Tyre Com
"on the Great West Road, pany Isleworth, killing Mr. George John son, of Hardwick-road, Chiswick.
Metropolitan Magistrates, seem to be the scullions of the judiciary, —Mr. J. A. R. Cairns,
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HORIZONTAL
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B-Worry
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"I believe" 10-Outer garments 12-8anlor (abbr.) 13-A person engaged
In military servidoj 14-Pronoun
16-dns of the piscis at
chean.
18-Wles counsellor 20-Frex meaning
"before"
21-City thoroughfares
(abbr) 23-Roman cupid 26-Preparad
B-tea wator 27-Wipe out 23-Devices for
produsing light",
$1-Entice
15-Prix meaning
Hollys 38-Industrious worker.
HORIZONTAL (COOL)
|38-Famous fiddler ·
$9-8catiers
41-Eludes
| 43-Prepsaltion
44-Huge
48-A suttle to form
plural of sona nouns 40-Pertaining to
ancient Bcandinavia |48–Bilk material
50-Town in Middlesny County, Mass.
51-Otherwias
VERTICAL. 1-Prefix meaning in
or upon.
2-Stood
3-Image
4-Bhoo bottoms 8-Moves in water 6-Place in difaulty T-One who gains Just recompense for
VERTICAL (Cont.) B-Worship (abbr.)
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heavy weighta 11-Bink into fainting fit 12-Abrasion
| 16-Pertaining to Celts
17-Stutter
19-Adorned [22-A retinum
25-Affirmativa 26-Wager. 23-Forfeited. (20-City in Nilinolé.
30-Metrical
compositiona
32-Makes into law |33-To smooth with the
bat. beak.
184-To pitch
| 35-Flower
37-Rigid
40-8age
|42-8mall glass bottle |47-On acpount (abbr.)
49–That Te
(Latin-shbr.)
fabor SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling to the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a čine to other, words crossing them, and they in turn to all others. A letter belongs in such white spaca, words starting at the numbered, squares and running either horisontally or vertically or both.
(This solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
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