TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1930.
RADIO TOPICS
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
however were..not very good, there notes. being a lot of lightning in the air. The following programme, wil According to an up-country an Kuala Lecapur be broadcast to-day from the nouncement, the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Radlo Society state that Mrs. Victor Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 Bruce on her London to Tokyo flight is carrying two transmitters which metras:
5 p.m.-European Programme of she would operate on 33. metres Records, selected and supplied by using the call G.A.B.D.S. The call would be followed by one of the The Anderson Music Co. The House that Jack Built--Selection, following code signals: OK, mean Ray Starita and The Ambassadorsing normal flight; LD. menning
Bund, 9915,
normal landing; M.G. flying but ir Three Blind Mice, Humorous Fantasy craft poor; F.A. making forced land. Pop goes the Weasel,
St. Hilda Colliery Band MIT Ing: $.O.S. meaning dangerous des. cent, help wanted. Listeners were A Hunting Medley, Community Medley.
requested, should they plek up any Debroy Somers Band, 9025 of the signs from the machine, to Carmen-Eatrnete (Bizet),
Band of the Garde Republicatne communicate with the secretary off ed var.
the K.L. Amateur Radio Society of France, 9504.
who would then forward the reports La Theme-Selection (Puccini),
The request New Queen's Hall Light Orch.,
to the proper quarter. 9207.
was received from the Radio Society
The Magic Flute-The Manly Heart
(Mozart).
Duet in English, 9503.
Min Lac-Prelude, These and Varia
Orchestre Symphonique at Paris
tis,
1625.
6 p.m.-(Approx), Mr-finders-Vocal Selections,
The Cemedy Singers, G.9325,
of Great Britain.
A few more names were sent in during the week to be added to the are willing to co- list of those who
effort to form a operate in the Singapore Amateur Radio Society but the response to the call has not Apparent been very encouraging.
Get Up Nice and Early in the Morningly radio enthusiasts in Singapore Mucking about the Garden,
are quite satisfied The two Gilberts-Comedians,
69895.
.
Funny Face-Tell the Do.."
A few Drinks, Comedy Sketch by Leslie Itenson and
Sydney Howard, 9692. Laughing Policeman. You've got to laugh,
Laughing Song by Churles Holly, G9391. Mr. Spurrow nuts up for Parliament.
Rogal Sketch Company. GU297. Rocking my Baby to Sleep, Cuckoo Song,
Harry Robinson--Yodler, G9293. Ye ean Come and see the Baby, Sailing up the Clyde,
Will Fyfe-Comedian, 9468.
On with the Show 1929.
Jun. Ralni and His Band, G9318, 7-10 pm. Chinese Studio Con-
cert.
9 p.m.-Weather Report.
10 p.m.-European Programme. Classical Memories,
Debroy Saners Band, 9001. The Pirates of Penzanneo-Voch! Cems. Columbia Light Opera Co, 9624. Invitation to the Vale (Weber), Chant Sans Paroles (Tachaikowsky).
Squire Celeste Octet., 9608. 10.30 p.m.-Relay from the Loo Theatre--2nd half of the Pro gramme of the Nelson Day Con- cert-By. Kind permission of the Navy League.
11.30 p.m.:-Close. Down.
RECEPTION.
same
THE CHINA MAIL.
very
LETTERS AND RADIO POLICE RESERVE.
Addresses Which Cannot ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT
Be Traced.
POST OFFICE LIST
WEEK.
Police Training School. The weekly classes for Police Re- School, Kowloon, will be held to- day, at 5.30. p.m. All members of servists, at the Police Training
the Chinese Company, and of the
which are stil!
SPECIAL DUTIES. diflicult to transmit and reproduce. or which cannot be transmitted
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. A General Post Office notifica owing to the comparative narrow- ness of the frequency band that can tion gives the following unclaim-Wolfe, C.M.G., Inspector-General at the Post Ofce. and also un- be allowed to each transmitting ed correspondence, etc., waiting of Police, state:- station.
that claimed radia. telegrams at the Musiciarly people tell me really first-class apparatus does give Radio Telegraph Office, Govern something which, though not per-ment Building:-
Poste Restante Correspondence, fect, closely approximates to or• chestral works as, interpreted by
Misa
E. K. Beekman, Ivan passed Part 2 of Training Course Marty, Beecham, and Wood. This Adler, T. Adair, D. Barendsa, Flying Squad who have not yet
Flying Squad. The weekly Instructional patrol Borisovich, R. W. Dalmpra, T. A. should attend. Ellis, G. I. Frans, J. Frost, Mr. Heker. A: D. Holloway, mv. of the Kowloon Section will take Ganning, James Grant, Mrs. T. Gujarat, c/o Skrine & Co.; W. M. place to-day. Fall in at Tsim-tea- H. Ismail, E. G. Jordan, J. Leach, tsui Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 Marine Engineer; Kung Kim Sun, p.m. sharp. Dress-Khaki Uniform Lo Kwok Ping, K. J. Marshall, H. and Cap with Khaki Cover.
The weekly instructional patrol R. Meier, F. Nocell, Dr. H. M.
Fall in at the O'Connor, Pun Tak Ming, G. C. of the Hong Kong Section will-take Pelham, Harry Shutte, F. F. Vda place on Friday. de Da Silva, Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs. Central Police Station at 5.15 p.m. Samoilova, F. C. Volkman, C.sharp. Watson, F. A. York.
is my own opinion. With good ap- paratus and a good transmission the approximation to the real music is sufficiently close to give real plea- sure to those with musically educat
The approximation would be even closer were it not for the difficulties in overcoming the greatest barrier in our path towards perfection. That is, in turning electrical energy into sound again the loud-speaker Even the very best lond-speaker does distort wave forms and at tenunte the frequency scale. The very best speakers are however, re- markably good when compared with the majority.
1
fairly
The Too Critical Ear.
រ៉ង The ordinary ear to remain in- dividualists and to let things re-tolerant, even when well educated; Perhaps they but it can become very intolerant main as they are.
It was, do not realise the advantage of be- when excessively educated.
who. having ing able to meet other keen wireless think, Joachim
a concert per- amateurs and discuss matters and thoroughly enjoyed exchange views on various subjects formance of a great work, read an of interest. The fact remains that account of it in next morning's with emphasis: the number of names sent in up the paper, and said, present, compared with the very "Thank God. I'm not a critic!" many owners of wireless sets in the city is exceedingly small and unless there is a genuine feeling that a society should be formed nothing de- finite can be done in the way of pre- work. Singapore Free paratory Press.
YEARS' PROGRESS.
THE LIMITATIONS OF BROADCASTING.
.
From time to time eminent musicians use the vantage-ground of a public platform to attack gad casting on the technical side, writes Captain Ernest H. Robinson, G-5XM (in the Observer). Their attitude is perfectly understandable, for it must always be true that the best can only be given by a master of his craft, or by workmen under his direct control. Anything which comes between an artist, and the enjoyer of his art must act to filter out glory and perfection, letting only the less subtle spirit through.
Those
scientific and
Registered Articles
L. Adler, Mr. Eddo. (e/o Ameri can Consulate), W. Helfritz (e/o American Consulate), K. J. Mar- shall, Mons. Passignat (c/o H.K. Hotel), A. R. I. Radio Station.
Unpaid Correspondence. Stewart Duncan,
Radio Telegrame. 1349 from Canton.
1838, 1684, 3141, 0171, 277, 0366, 7115, 3768, 0342, 7003 from Pakhol.
Kintak from Manila.
5329 from New York. 2588 from Namdinh. Dandelion from "Seattlewash..
AIR CHIVALRY.
TRIBUTES TO AUSTRALIAN HERO..
REST ON LAURELS.
Dress-Khaki Uniform and Cap with Khak! Cover,
Sharpshooters' Company. Strength. Constable R440 H. H. Lasham is struck off the strength of the Sharpshooters' Company, with effect from October 18,
Leave Constable R423 C. L. Gan has been granted 2 months' leave of absence from the Colony as from October 18.....
Riot Drill-Riot Drill will be Members will caried out to-day. assemble outside Queen's Pier at 5.10 p.m. with rifles, revolvers and truncheons. Uniform if possible. practico Rifle Practice.-Rife
on the Tai will be carried out Hang Range on Sunday at 10 a.m. Members will assemble, on the range at that hour with their rifles,
General.
Revolver Practice.-The regular weekly revolver practice (volun- tary) at Bowen Road Revolver Range will be discontinued until Curther orders as the Range has been placed at the disposal of per- gons holding Arms Licences so as The newspapers unite in paying to enable them to pass the neces-
Wing Commander sary course qualifying them
London, Yesterday.
for
Apart from technical imperfec- tions, it is probable that one of the difficulties which those who are used, to a concert hall experience! when listening to broadcast repro- duction is that from an orchestra the body of sound proceeds from a
From very large area.
a loud- speaker the body of sound proceeds Some little ex- from a small area. perience with television leads me to suppose that when it is possible to see the orchestra as well as hear it, by wireless, the eye will assist the tribute to ear by establishing an illusion of Kingsford-Smith's skill and en- the renewal of their licences. on assist Range will be open to all persons sound proceeding from a large durance and especially his chi- January 1, 1931. The Revolver
valry in returning to Meanwhile broadcasting is bring. Lieutenant Hill, whose ill-luck he possessing Arma Licences to enable in enjoyment to many thousands commiserated.
them to qualify for the renewal of their liences
and Port Darwin, Yesterday.
to-morrow who really love good music as well
5.30 from'
p.m. to A large crowd gathered to see Friday,
In order to prevent 7.30 p.m. or the aviators Kingsford-Smith and as to hundreds of thousands who are better pleased with melody
Musical education in Matthews take off for Sydney. congestion on the Range only train- syncopation. creases, and I no longer fear as 1 Both were well and happy. Wing revolver shots should attend on used to fear and Sir Hamilton Commander Kingsford Smith Wednesdays and Arms Licensees Harty still does, that poor receptions' said that he was eager to meet his
(Sgd.) D. L. KING, will lead to a debased taste. Hun-sweetheart in Sydney and he did requiring instruction should attend DS.P (R.) dreds of thousands who now listen not care if Hinkler again broke
Hong Kong, October 20, 1930. never had any musical taate or pre- the record. He would rest on his ference. They are acquiring it, and often the acquisition is in the direction which leads, ultimately, to
BACHELOR GIRLS, UNACCOMPANIED MALES NOT
the very best.
WIRELESS ECHOES. REFLECTING REGIONS OF THE
UPPER AIR.
laurels.-Reuter.
YOUNG JOWETT.
REACHES HARBIN IN SAFETY.
on Fridays.
ADMITTED.
.com-
West-
Singapore, Oct. 11. Radio Manila has been broad- casting very entertaining music during the week and the Java
That broadcasting has its limita- slations have been heard fairly
been tiens those who know most about it : well,
Atmospherics have rather bad on some nights this week will be the first to admit. and to add to the difficulty of tun-limitations are being reduced sys- ing in some listener has been an-tematically in so far as they con- noying the writer by oscillating cerned with the
For instance, it is.
London, September 15. continuously for several minutes at technical side.
Peking, Yesterday.
The escort of a woman a time. it was especially notice not so very long ago that we could
Christopher Jowett, the 18- able during Tuesday evening when not hear the tympani, and the snare Saigon was being brought in. drum was only a rattling noise
year-old nephew of the Rt. Hon. panion will be needed by any man Owners of wireless sets should re when reproduced by the best re-
An evening discourse was given F. W. Jowett, who has been in desirous of visiting the Bachelor member that causing your set to ceiving equipment it was possible
And the violin sounded at the Victoria Rooms, Londen, in the hands of the Soviet authori Girls' Exhibition opening at the The Ex- oscillate continuously while trying to build.
Now we can hear the mail week, by Professor E. V. Apties at Manchuli since September new Horticultural Hall, like a Aute. like to tune in popular station
day and reached Harbin safely hibition is being organised for women by women.. It will be open- Saigon greatly interferes with those drums and the deepest notes of the pluton, who spoke on Wireless 25, crossed the frontier yester-minister, in November.
same organ as musical notes, and any de Echoes."
of the pro-this morning-Reuter. who are listening to the
Dealing with some
ed by Miss Winnifred Brown, the etation. Very often it is not the cent receiver will give, with remark-
first woman to win the King's Cup mission, he said. that signals were
for the air race round Britain. fault of the set but the person who able fidelity, the peculiar timbre of blems arising in short wave trans- is operating it. Reaction is neces- rosined hair, on gut."
The staff will consist entirely of Broadcasting is only ten years found to pass from one atation to
women and an unaccompanied sary in the majority, of straight Who can say what it will be another not only by the shortest and measurements in Bristol. circuit receivers but when it is im- properly used. the receiver reacts able to give us in another ten years? most direct route, but also by other these observations the echo time male will not be admitted. The more circuitous. Unfor could be calculated, and it had been disabilities from which women upon the aerial circuit with the re- At present its greatest limitations paths ault that the set becomes a sort of are not due to technical dificulties, tunately, it was not possible to fol. found to agree with the value found suffered in the past will be
waves in their by other methods.
portrayed in the woman's chamber Echoes were not only experienced of horrors, wherein will be gather- transmitter and the oscillations but to its enormous popularity. The low such vagrant that are sent into the aerial affect great number of those who listen journey through the uppermost re
go to a shop and buy a "wireless" gions of the atmosphere or round by local refraction from the Heaved all the unpleasant features In neighbouring aerials.
for the earth, and it was from observaside Layer, Very often a series of the life of women in the good old Any consideration without quality of reproduction. The manu- tiers made at the starting and finish echoes spaced about one-seventh of days. This part of the exhibition facturer gives the best quality ing points of such a journey that a scond apart were observed, corre will contain the crinoline, the one had to infer where the waves sponding to signals which had bustle, the corset and other quaint which he can afford at the price the
Cheap had been.
Methods had been travelled once, twice, thrice, and relics of past days. Such signs of buyer is prepared to pay.
in even four times round the earth women's revolt will not deter dress apparatus does not reproduce the developed
Neither does America for timing these echo It was one of the puzzles of wire designers, who are now credited whole musical scale.
signals, and since wireless waves less theory to account for the extra-with introducing a train for even- travelled with the speed of light the ordinary strength of these round- ing gowns. length of path traversed could be the-earth echoes. estimated.
Rome was heard. quite well on Tuesday night and on Thursday night P.G.J. calling the world on 31.28 metres, was picked up with its usual clearness although there seem- ed a slight decrease, in strength it may have been the receiver or slightly run down batteries.
old.
all expensive apparaturs; but the man who buys with some knowledge stands a better chance of hearing real music the more he can afford to pay.
י יי
Good Transmission.
in Britain .and
An Unexplained Mystery.
From
HOTEL GUESTS.
AT THE HONG KONG HOTEL.
October 20, 1980.
The programme of music was suspended for: some minutes while the an nouncer spoke about the P.C.J. book
It sometimes happened that echo But oven mo.e mysterious still let which appears to be a very use
waves which had made a particular were the short-wave echo signals ful little publication. The writer
ly long or difficult journey were 30 discovered by a Norwegian wireless has applied for one and is looking
In the past four or avg years I distorted on arrival as to be almost amateur, Engineer Hals, when forward to receiving it before long.
One of the most listening to the Eindthoven station columna of The unrecognizable. have filled many
These were found to arrive The announcer had quite a lot to say about this booklet on Thursday Observer with the severest diatribes frequently occurring forms, of dis P.C.J.
Mr. D. Campbell Brown. Mr. C. W. Curaming, night and he quoted certain pass against poor quality transmission tortion was that by which waves, as inte, as 80 seconds after the ages from it, all of which was in and low-quality receiving apparatus, sent out travelling in a normal erect original signal. Where could the
Mr. H. S. Durkee. conpection with short-wave wire Though there are still very many fashion were found to arrive travel-waves have been far so long a time?
Mr. A. P. Field." less work and very interesting. Any receivers in use which deliver no ling in a horizontal recumbent Reflection by the moon would not
Mr. P. J. Jordan. Mesers. H. F. Kaufman, H. enthusiast can obtain this booklet thing but a horrible noise there can fashion, their badles, as it wore, take long enough and reflection by by writing to P.CJ. and sending be no doubt that the general level having been turned through a right the sun would take too long an fair. Ragle.
Interyal to agree with the observed Use of Television, them a report of their transmission. of production now a very
values. Some people were of Kennedy,
Mesars, L. M. Lloyd, D. Lupton The transmission is usually remark- The announcer spoke of the progresa that has been made in short-wave ably good from the two London It was discovered that there are opinion that, the waves causing the transmission, the research work stations, though it leaves much to two reflecting regions in the upper echo in this case had left our M. Legge, Dr. Geo, W. Leavell, Mias which resulted in the early experi-be desired from many of the pro- atmosphere which can cause echoes. atmosphere by penetrating the H. Lille.
The longer waves are reflected by Heaviside Layer, being ultimately re- Mears. JW. Mordohovitch, R. ments and the success which has vincial stations good been achieved and which is proved ceiver working at a reasonable die the lower region and the aborter ficcted by a vast stream of electri- McCleary, W. M. Meertino, Mr. and by the number of short-wave tance from the London stations will waves by the upper region. It was fed particles shot into outer space Bra.-S. M. Mayes. amateur stations which communicate give out something which the music well known that echoes were the by the sun. Others were of opinion Mesars. R. F. Willis, R. L. Wyllle.
cahse of impaired broadcast re-that the wives had not pietrated A. Wolffe.S can enjoy with each other all over the world. lover can
coption at points outside the normal the ionized layer, but had been Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Yung
Mr. C. Zoumeroff.
Printing
He concluded with the statement What then does Sir Hamilton that wireless had become part of our. Harty mean when he says that service area of the regional station, slowed up in it. Indeed the phrase daily life and that the time had Never once do I remember hoaring but by means of that most recent "bottled up in the layer had been come to establish world-wide bread- over the wireless anything ap application of electrical comitituica used. The subject was ná puzzling casts which were essential in order proximating to music ds I have tion, television, it had been found as it was fascinating and no de- possible to observe the effects of the cisive answer to the problem could The most to keep contact with isolated com- been accustomed to hear it'?:
attack would munities in far away lands.
Assuming that he has listened to 'echoes by eye. The first set of re be given at present There was some fading during the really first-class instrument, the llable observations on the ghost prontable- metho speech and morse station began to only supposition is that his ear is images caused by wireless schoes in ba to use directional methods, for the echoes Interfere for a short while bit so hypersensitive that he television had been supplied to the at present we had no ided as to the THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD. otherwise the quality of the transmisses certain overtones, and lecturer by Mr. W. BWeber, who direction in which
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