TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert' but our readers are wurned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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15 16
17 8
19 10
13
14 MORIE
118
119
126
29
30
12
13
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116
17
20
22
23
27
28
31
32
35 36
137 138
39 40 41
42
43
44 145
46
147
48 49
50
51
52 53
154
55
156
59
60
162
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THE INTERATIONAS SYNDICATE,
HORIZONTAL 1-Determine to do
4-Strong and healthy
7- Performs 11-Girl's name 12-To executs
A
13-American Academy Sciences and Arts (abbr.) .15-Fish eggs 16-A bird akin to the
pelican 18-British cavalryman 20-A coal product 21-A Hying animal 22-Custom 24-Contract 27-Malo chlid
20-A river of Austria
19-To Bnare
31-A guide
32-Mother
33-Toward
3-A th-hound
SD. E.:.
42-A 39330ning harb ':3-Exist
44-Whirling
40-A fishing net
-To feel sick
| MORIZONTAL (Cont.) [ VERTICAL (Cont.)
50-To spread for drying|19-A fish with pointed 52-A model
|55–An optical illusion
57-Interjection. Disgust 58-Sorrowful 159-Suffix. Pertaining to' 160-To ramble
anout |22-Garden tool
23-A deposit on the
teeth
25-A military defense
of falled trees 25-Personal pronoun 61-To be full of tumes 27-To slacken in speed 62-A (and east of the 130-To carry (colloq.)
Dead Sea
84-Shakespearian character 180-Like vinegar
87-A band
63-Gresk guddess of
youth
VERTICAL
1-To carry on, as a
conflict
2-The highest
88-Metal-bearing rock 40-Associate of Arta
- (atbr.) mountain of Crete 141-To wrap in 3-A famillar. flower
bandages 42-Patron saint of
cripples
4-High In temperatura
5-A realn
6-Part of nerd
B-A river in S. E
New York 9-A 159
10-Dispatched
12-Ta ridicule
114-A large sword
17-To seize suddenly
4B-A succes= 47-An ending of nouns 48-To urge sharply 51-To yletd
63-To grow old 69-To Batter 55-Queen of the fairies 56-To talk Idly
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in 10-morrow's issue along with a new crose-inord puzzle,)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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Miss Ether Barrymore is suffer ing from an attack of influenza in New York, and there was no per formance on a recent Saturday night of the play "The Kingdom of God," in which she is appearing there.
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RADIO
TO-DAY'S RADIO
BROADCAST BY Z. B. W.
ON 350 METRES
TOPICS
IN MALAYA
LOCAL AMATEUR ON THE AIR
BROADCASTING
The following programme will In last week's notes (anys the be broadcast to-day from the Gov-Singapore Free Preas" radio ex- erument Broadcast Station Z.B.W.
on 350 metres.
6.30-6.30 p.m.-Programme of Chinese Music. (Records supplied through the courtesy of Messrs. Sincere Co. Ltd).
pert) I mentioned that a station will be broadcasting on about 40 metres. That is a local amateur, VS1AB of Singapore. He has been testing for some nights now at 9 p.m. and have no doubt many listeners-in must have heard him. The wavelength is 41 metres. VS3AB may be heard on morse, just a degree or two above, reporting of results of these tests.
748 p.m.-Evening Weather Re- port.
8 p.m.-Evening Programme (Victor and H.M.V. Records sup- plied through the courtesy. Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co.), "Mother Machree",
"I Hear You Calling Me",
Tenor, John McCormack. "By the Waters of Minnetonka,” "Deep River",
Soprano, Frances Alda. "Parla, Valse,"
"The Gypsy And The Bird,"
Soprano, Amelita Gafli-Curei.
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"The Singing Fool", Selection
De Groot & His Orchestra. "Oh, Hall Of Song," "Song Of The Lute",
Soprano, Maria Jeritza. "Joe Murgatroyd's Letter" Talking, John Henry and "Blossom." "Love's Garden Of Roses", |"Chanson" (In Love), Organ Solo
Reginald Foort. "Nell Gwynn" (E. German) Dances, H.M.V. New Symphony Orch. Take A Look At Mins," "Reviens." Comedienne,
Gracie Fields. “Mississippi Suite" (Ferdle Grefe), Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra.
"Ziegfeld Follies Medley",
Nat Shilkret and the Victor
Orchestra.
"Gypsy Baron" (Strauss),
Ferdy Kauffman & Orchestra. "Beautiful Night-Waltz," "Spring Song-Waltz,"
Victor Symphony Orchestra. "Santa Lucia, I Long For You," "Voice Of The Night,"
RECORDING
THE GRAMOPHONE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION
BETTER THAN WIRELESS.
London, April 19. Political headquarters have sud- denly realised that the gramophore records clectioneering effects more permanently thann the wireless or the "talkies."
The Labour Party firat epxiolted the idea, though Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in the recording room admitted that he would rather take part in a duet with Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian, than address a microphone upon world peace,
By the time these notes appear Mr. Lloyd George, seized with a again I hope to hear another localit of nerves, announced that he station on the air.
would never record again. In his life. He would rather face a Mr. million electors in the flesh. Baldwin, hearing his rivals had submitted to the ordeal, hurried to follow their example,
Every
ex-
of short- transmission
to were due After the Great War
The question whether or not broadcasting by a company will pay out here is a dificult one to answer. or if lak out in a Theoretically prospectus it may appear to be capable of paying handsome Sir William Joynson - Hicks, Mr. dividends but if carried out in Neville Chamberlain, Mr. Snowden, practice I have my doubts Let us Mr. J. H. Thomas, and Miss Bond- assume that the proposal includes field also have recorded aspects of wireless telephony service besides, current politics. providing music and other items. An hour or two of music does not offer sufficient, inducement to the is no longer any reason why radio With a society in existence there average man in the street. If the time is say from 7 to 10 p.m. where should be such a mystery. will the conversations come in? member could submit his problems For conversational service there for solution and results of must be a station at the other end periments be discussed to the great it is this that is very seldom con- advantage of beginners and new- sidered. It means that every dol-comers. It may perhaps not bej lar spent here must be duplicated generally known that the great ad- for the other side. In addition to the vancement and success upkeep charges extra expenditure wave must be made for experimental pur-amateurs. poses and this amounts to a fairly amateurs were restricted in power large sim.
to 10 WGHS generally and when Rectifier, amplifier, modulator and broadcasting was Instituted the oscillator valvas require frequent wavelengths were lowered to pre- Mathematicians renewal especially when the power vent intenference. amounts to hundreds of Kilowatts and scientists predicted the cessa- for efficient service.
tion of amateurs' activities owing Then comes the staff, administra- to the higher frequencies of the tive, scientiñc, electrical mechanical. lower wavelengths but barely a
When all these are taken into ac- nwth passed. when news count the revenue dwindles and the ceived of successful two way com- prospects of enormous dividends munication across thousands of
miles on
watts. power as low 10 disappear.
Hearing Bandoeng speaking to This was considered a freak, which Holland makes the lay mind think was soon dispelled when the of wonderful possibilities but what achievement was repeated. is Bandoeng ↑ Who
it ? With the funds obtainable a Before the advent of shortwaves transmitter could be built of suf- there was already the station PKX fielent power to cover the whole of having a hydro-electric plant cap- Malaya, expensive instruments for able of generating 2,500 horse calibration and testing which would power. This station, whose harmo be beyond the means of most nics could be heard from 300 metres amateurs could be bought and made upwards, worked PCG
Holland availabile to members. Morge direct. The experiments carried lessons could be given once or twice out spread over many years.
The Weekly
this knowledge is Dutch Government owns all these. essential if one has ambitions of Had it been run by a company I becoming a full fledged "ham."
Interference fear it would not be in existence to-day.
*
Telephony
runs
Telephony conversation is only a side line to the morse traffic carried out during the day and night.
This principle cannot be applied to the Straits as there are other There is the interests at stake. Eastern Extension Telegraph Com- Pany who have recently formed a merger with the Marconi Company and received the sandtion of the Home Government.
The problem does not look so simple.
дз
was re-
Reverting to the subject of inter- ference it may be pointed out that:--
1. Most interference is caused by appliances that spark and these sparkers generate higher frequency currents.
2. Such interference may usually be ended by the application of a filter confining the currents to the point of origin.
3. A filter may consist of a simple condenser, two condensers in series with an earth lead from the point joining them; two con- and used in As regards local entertainment densers so connected
Radio frequency for the Straits and Malaya the conjunction with International Concert Orch. solution as far as I can see lies with chokes.
Natural atmospherics, or atmys the listeners-in and amateurs them- "Dance of the Hours",
interference but not to 3 selves. It is up to them to make cause the first move and that is to bring great extent on the short waves up to life the dormant Society that was to 50 metres unless the signals are | formed years ago. There a na very weak say R.1 or R2 on morae. reason why we should be behind our Atmospherics increase in intensity neighbours. In every line of sport when the sky is clouded, during hot or project there are clubs, societies weather, when there is lightning, or or associations, but why not before a storm.
2
Rain induction | Radio Soelery or league. If we ia a continuous hissing sound due can show ourselves worthy there is to lowlying rain clouds discharging always a chance of becoming affi-electrical energy into the aerial. Hated with the Radio Society of At such times it is dangerous to Great Britain.
Tenor, Beniamino Gigli. "Finale In B. Flat, Op. 21"
Organ Solo, Guy Weitz. "The Yeomen Of The Guard," (Sul-
livan)
The Band of HM. Coldstream
Guards. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Strei-
che," (R. Strauss),
London Symphony Orch.
"Spanish Dance," "Love, The Magician,"
H.M.V. Symphony Orch 10.20 p.m-Close Down..
WHERE DOES JAPAN STAND?
The Chinese Government has de- cided to go into the trans-Pacific radio business, and overtures have already been made to the Radio Corporation of America towards that end. Rates of 5 cents press and 10 cents commercial will probably be fixed as a result of this move.
What is Japan doing or going to
(Continued on next Column.);
Does Your Baby Cry using condensers in series with the
In The Night?
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ing, and this usually can quite Listeners will remember that be-) easily be done by administering fore the inauguration of the Wire- Baby's Own Tablets, the simple, less Telephony service Bandeng pure and absolutely safe specific used to transmit on three wave- for childhood's common ailmente length 15.4, 17 and 27.85 metres. Specially devised to take the Accordingly to Philips reports the Once these new low rates start
place of the old-fashioned sooth-Bandoeng Radio service station a volume of news and views across
ing syrups and powders which will relay the broadcasting from the Pacific, the favourable results! in trade will not leave progressive do behind her barrier of silence of contain opiates and other harmful Huizen every Thursday between 12) Japanese cities and the big cities of 82 cents a word across the Pacific? ingredients,
The probable new wireless rate Canada and United States satisfied with a cable structure that strikes from China to United States should
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The 500 million people of China, Government has been converted to also do away with the stated. The strength was good the 80 million people of Japan, the the low-rate, high-volume doctrine, Castor Oil, for, being pleasant in but Bandoeng appeared to be 120 million people of United States they will not overlook the oppor taste, the children like them, and heterodyned by a Morse station be- and the 10 million people of Canada tuuity, even if the messages have they promptly cleance, the bowels, sides other noises which accom- have much to say to each other. to be fed through San Francisco, sweeten the stomach and correct panied the music. Swinging on They have billions of dollars worth of bringing Canada into the pic digestive troubles. To allay to Huizen the broadcast came in
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