TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930.
RADIO TOPICS
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme wil' ha broadcast to-day from, the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station 2.B.W. on a wavelength of 365 métrea:-
&p.m-European Programme of Records supplied by Mesar. Moutrie & Co.
Operatic. Flying Dutchman-Overture
(Wagner),
New York Philharmonis" Orehastra (0547). 1.ohengrin-King's Prayer (Wagner), Tannhauser-The Evening Star,.
Marcel Journet, Bass (1274) Mahon-The Dream (Massenet), Pagliacci-Harlequin's Serenade
(Leoncavallo),
Tito Schiph, Tenor (1183). Migaon-Gavotte (Thomas), Aligaon-Knowest thin the Land?
Lueresin Bari, Soprano (1361). Damnation of Faust-While you Play
at Sleeping (Berlioz), Jalu Fille de Perth-Quand la flamme
de l'amour, (Bizet),
HEART BEAT-
INTERESTING RADIO TEST TO
BE GIVEN IN BRITAIN..
THE
CHINA MAIL.
RADIO NOTES.
PHILIPS RECTIFIER · TYPE 366.
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WOMAN'S PENSION BODY FOR MEDICAL
SECRET.
Search Through Twelve Generations.
USE.
Last Wish of Fukienese, Dead from Opium;
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A woman's secret visit to Lud- "I hope that when I am dead my gershall a little -Hampshire vil body will be used for medical lage, her search in the old and studies, so that I may be of gome A tiny electric current produced CHARGING ACCUMULATORS? dusty records ofSomerset House, use to the community which I
while alive... and the piecing together of a never was
Ling -by the beating of a man's heart is
So reads a family relation puzzle going back Loong's last word.". to be amplified to such a degree that it will ring a bell through à There is a question put to us by for twelve generations has led to letter found on the body of a at the Eester radio relay.
many a possessor of auch a recher establishing a claim to a pon-Chinese who died The experiment is to be conduct tifer and it is therefore doubtless ston left by a London city man in Hospital as the result of optim ed by Prof. Bryan H. C. Matthews. very useful to deal with the sub-1717,
poisoning The woman is. Mrs. Emily Ling Loong Arrived at the who is Belt Memorial Fellow for ject at some length.
Univer- Medical Research in the
The rectifier in question can Turner, aged sixty, who lives at Central Hotel and
room. At noon the rext sity of Cambridge, as part of his chargo 1-4 cells (2-8 volts) at a Chapter Road, Willesden, and she six radio talka on electricity in the
rate of 8 ampa, during which the has been successful in proving her day he was reported to the Police human body. The first of the switch should stand.st, A. When claim against 500 bther applicants. fas being. Ill, and he was taken to series begins on November 14.
She appeared before a woman the Lester Hospital, where he died "It ought not be supposed that position à charging current of s magistrate at Willesden Police the next day, the inquest being I am responsible for some remark-amps can also be obtained for 1-4 Court and made a sworn declara held at the Public Mortuary.
Loong was related by Ling
was .4 native able discovery Prof. Matthews cells (2-8 volts), viz, if one of the tion that she
of John of Fukien and apparently -has-no said, in discussing the forthcoming regulator lamps is unscrewed to kindred to the families tests: "All that I intend to do is such an extent that it becomes West, and his wife, Frances, who friends or relatives in Shanghai. demonstrate the action of the tiny inoperative.
died 200 years ago.
In spite of his wish, his body was our bodies.
can A paper placed before the court buried by the Shanghai Public electric currents in The heart currents were discover
tho by the woman was signed, and, Benevolent Society. and the ed as long ago as 1870
after being further signed by the rusele currents also have been known for a long time."
the switch remains in the same
Also 67 cells (10-14 volts) be charged at 3 ampa if switch is set at position B. Marcel Journet, Buss (1125),
5.10 p.m. (approx)--A Convert Irish Rhapsody (Herbert),
Victor Symphony Orchestra (35997).
Babin Adair, The Last Rose of Summer,
Prat. Matthews said the valve, so important in radio, has made posable the new experiment.
*
accumulator Frances Alda, Suprano
(2188).- Two Grenadiers,
Reinald Werteerath; Baritone (6563), Rosamunde-Ballet Music
(Schubert),
Philadelphin Symphony Orch. (131). Comin' Thro the Rye,
Marion Talley, Soprano (1140). My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
(Elgar)
Baraldi Trio, Vocal (2930). By the Brookside,.
The Prophet Bird,
Igance Jon Paderewski,
Kathleen Mavourneen,
Piano Solo (1326).
John McCormack, Tenor (6776).
Ever of thee I'm fondly Dreaming,
Frances Alda, Soprano (1178).
Soliloquy...Paul Whiteman and His
Orchestra (35828)... * Orpheus, with this Lute,
Mavis Bennett, Saprang (2782). The Lass with the Delicate Air,
Mavis Bennett, Soprano (2453).
Chelsen, Fayre, Londonderry Air,
Reginald Goss-Custard Organist (2375).
6.50 p.m. (approx.)— Symphony Pathetique (No. 4. in B
Minor) (Tschaikowsky),
Symphony Orchestra, con ducted by Albert Coates (9050-5).
..
7.30 (app) Twisting_the_Dinle,
The Happiness Boys (35953). The tale of the Talkies, Central Post,
Leonard Henry, Talking
(2816). Where did you get that Name, Eliquette Blues,
The Happiness Boys (21797). Before I go to Sleep...Trio (3017), Oh. You have no Iden,
Gracic Fields, Comedienne
(2705).
8 p.m-Relay from the Shing Theatre.
9. p.m.-Weather Report. 11 p.m. Close down.
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Another inquest on a death from vicar of Willesden, Kra. Turner opium poisoning was also held will be entitled to draw her roman-at the Mortuary, deceased b9- tie pention of £20 a year.
ing Woo Taiswal of the China of Travel Service, 114 Szechuan Road, on and resident in Chapel. He en- Raged a room at the Sun Sun Hotel, whence he was removed, sick, to the Leater Hospital, and died. His body has been taken by, his family. for burial.
Ordinarily radio-accumulators of 4 volts 27 Ah may not be charged at a rate above 1.8 amps. If this Mrs. Turner told the story limit is considerably exceeded, the her search, which has gone "The heart produces quite a big
will be seriously unceasingly for months, tó“ current in comparison with others damaged. The plates will soon Daily Express representative. in the body, for it is about one,
censo functioning, sulphating will "I first heard of the pension," thousandth of a volt and lasts for occur and, the accumulator will she said, "from my mother, who a few hundredths of a second. It have to be renewed or repaired. died in 1918. It cannot be paid is too small to make enough noise Generally speaking, the charging to anybody under sixty, and I be in fornt of the microphone and current of rectifier type 366 la too came eligible for it a year ago, therefore we must amplify it."-high for radio accumulatora and "I at once-set to to collect birth United Press.
therefore no such accumulators and marriage certificates for the FEWER MARRIAGES. should be connected alone or in Reries with others to the terminals of this rectifier for charging auto- mobile batteries.
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
Available On Canadian Pacific, charging current to a value which
Steamer.
last twelve generations.
"I finally went to Ludgershall, where I saw the vicar, and he helped me to trace the records which made up the family table.
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It is possible to reduce the
The search dragged on for will not damage any accumulator, months and months, and then if the radio accumulators to be cousin lent me some birth certif- charged are connected in a certain cates which completed my family
this history over the last 200 years." manner, but in practice method entails many difficulties and therefore is not advisable mark is being given. This does have received instructions from either. For this reason we shall not satisfy him either. the Canadian Pacific Steamships not describe it, especially na
Now it is London's turn, which Ltd., to equip their new vessel Em-Philips' Radio Ltd. are manufac is broadcasting Ibsen's "Claimants press of Britain with a wireless turing special rectifiers for charg- for, the Crown." telephony installation.
The Marconi International Mar- ine Communication Co., Ltd.
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MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS BORN.
More than 600 more births were
recorded in England and Wales for the quarter ended June 30 last than in the previous quarter this year,
and deaths showed a marked decrease.
The Registrar-General's quarter- return shows that the births res gistered numbered 170,212, while the 111,363 deaths registered were This veing radio accumulators at a rate Fortunately the listener finds a
20,598 fewer than in the preceding sel, which the ownera expect to
of about 18 amps. For amateur moment's rest by listening
quarter, and 7,408 fewer than in make the most luxurious ship on and listeners type 450 is recom-chamber music performed by the North Atlantic, is to be com-
mended; it can charge 1-3 cells Viennese quartet in Paris. Final-the corresponding quarter of last pleted in April :next.
volts). Small charging ly he makes up his mind to return year.
The number of persons married. The apparatus to be installed la stations can employ type 327, to Daventry. You will no doubt a 20 K.W. Short Wave equipment which is constructed for charging admit that this is not the
In the first quarter of 1930 was right
97,494, a decrease of 67,694 on the similar to that fitted by the Mar- 1-6 calls (2-12 volts, ie. a maxi-way to enjoy your radio. cont Co., on the White Star Liner
The listener who goes to work number in the preceding quarter, Homerle, and will include several of three 4-volt accumulators
in Berita), while type
1330, in the manner sketched above, rand 11,188 fewer than that in the Improvements made since the latter.
which ta able to
charge minds you of somebody who reads corresponding quarter of 1929,
Of the 170,212 births, 86,650 apparatus was installed. Provi-
1-12 colla (2-24 volts; e.ten books at a time, now a poem sion is to be made so that wireless telephone communication can be connected with the ship's exchange board, and from there to the vari- ous cabins de luxe, special cabins and to the Captain, Chief Purser etc.
With this apparatus, the tele- phone service from Empress of Britain and any other ships simi- Kolarly equipped will be capable of a very wide range making it poa- sible to link up with the shore telephone circuits in many countries and at almost any distance.
During the Winter season, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, when atmospheric condi- flons are favourable, there will be teat relay period from 8:30 to 9 when ZBW. will endeavour to relay programmes.. from various stations.
SIMPLICITY'S TRIUMPH.
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a maximum of 6 accumulators) from one of Shellay's works then were boys and 83,562 girls, giving in series, is more suited for larger a detective story by Sir Arthur proportion of 1,037 boys to 1,000 stations. These rectifiers offer the ronan Doyle, a football report. girls. well-known advantages of all two lines from Kant's “Kritik der The mortality of infants under Philips rectifiers: automatic cur- reinen. Vernunft," a page from one year of age was equal to 57 per rent regulation; reliable and sale; "Anna Karinina" by Tolstoy and 1,000 registered live births. This operates without hum; causes no finally a scene from Shakespeare's rate was 11 per 1,000 below. the
the werage of interference in your neighboura" | "Midsummer Night's Dream."
ten preceding: radio-reception; low current con- Reading not done in that way second quarters, and was the low- súmption; simplicity; no super either, is it? Why do you listenest recorded in any second quar vision required. Copyright 1980. In such a manner to the radio?ter.
In order to be able to answer this question we first have to con sider the cause of the Hetener's! restlessness.
HORN OF PLENTY.
When you look through the radio-programmes,, you are
We cannot find any other ex- atplanation than a certain curiosity
RACECOURSE LOUDSPEAKERS.-- once struck by the enormous range and a dealre not to miss anything
London, Sept. 11.
A loud speaker service attached to the Toto is likely to become, a feature at all the principal race courses, An official of the Race-
and variety of subjects.
Every night a 'real horn of plenty , as it were, poured forth into the ether: classical,, modern,
that is worth hearing."
In this way you ran the risk of getting fed up" with radio.
“EXCHANGE.”
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
Little Emily had been to school for the first time in her young life.
"Well, darling, and what did you learn there?"
"Nuffin" signed Emily hopelessly. "I've got to go back to-morrow," lighter kinds of music, such as greater part of the table d'hote inlf as an infant prodigy
If you tried to go through the Little Emily evidently regards her- But she performed by broadcasting sym-up" too. dance music, may be listened to, a restaurant, you would get "fed will learn only too soon that the ac
You would
quisition of an education is a long, phonic and military orchestras, course Betting Control Boards said string and, jazz bands; soloists, choose your favourite dish, the inuity that counts such a great deal Limitation is necessary. So you and, at times, a tedious business. În
the education of childon It is can "We are now testing loud speakers (songs, violin, cello, plano, harp, food which, you need mast at the towards ultimate auccess. Everyone at Polkestone, and the earliest re horn, etc.); speakers on the most moment. Evolution in the application of sults have been very promising. divergent topics deliver their, ad-It is the same with radio.
199 seen cases of clever children! thrown back by absence from school technique is moving from · com- In race at Folkestone owing to dresses before the microphonë; | plexity to simplicity, whereas life
So consider well before choosing health. It is so difficult for them to at vital periods on account of ill- a horse not coming under the start opera, operetta and theatrical per your mental food and carefully pick up the threads again where they is growing more and more comer's orders, it was plicated...
necessary to formances are broadcast; talks on study the radio programme, chacun left off and often they lose heart at make a refund to those backers who farming, literature, engineering, a son'gout. had bought tickets on this horse, even taks on taxation may be
anding themselves left behind by This was announced through the listened to, as well as weather
their schoolmates. loud speaker, and was much appre-forecasts, news reports and sport-
Wise mothers always keep Baby's Own Tablets at hand for Immediato clated by the public, who were on- ing items.
use whenever the symptoms of chill- abled to get their refund promptly. The children's hour may be fa
hood ils appear. In this way they During the course of the betting terchanged with a talk on masters
are able to ward off the developmen of serious maladies such as under- the Tote odds were announced at of modern diplomacy, a lecture on
mine a child's" "constitution and sap. intervals by the loud speaker. It Pilgrim's Progress, a talk about
Mahkota London, October 72
away procious vitality. Baby's Own was noticed at Folkestone during the adventures of a German lady The Wireless Correspondent of bination of ingredients, ideally bal
Tableta ara, a specially prepared com- these announcements the book in British India,
The Dally Telegraph writes that inced to make the perfect children's makers were absolutely silent. Ap- The amount of "material" is recent statistica show the growing health-regulator. They quickly cor- parently they, too, appreciated the overwhelming and this entails a popularity of the wireless ex reet stomach troubles, colle and com- service as much as everybody else. dificult for the reader, via that change system. Subscribers to worms, allay fever, colla and croup. stipation, check diarrhoea, expel The dividends were also annetbc he has to make a choice. It bap one, wireless receiving ox During: teething they are especially ed. This allowed the public to re- pone only too often that this choice change" hear their programmes valuable, easing the palus and thus ceive information wherever they is made at the moment of switch- merely by connecting their Joud inducing sound natural sleep. Safe happened to be standing without
they are a boon to infants and young having to walk some distance to ing on the apparatus. What then speakers via a land-line, thue do pure, effective and pleasant to take, happens is often as follows:- ing away with the necessity of in- children. Obtainable from chemists read the board. Careful observa- The lietener takes the radio dividual receiving sets
everywhere
It is an easy task to explain why there is such a keen contrast, if wo bear in mind that the starting point in technics Is always com plexity. This very complexity renders a new invention unstable. It is like, a baby, so delicate, SO weak, that cannot even stand its foot and thus cannot do with out the mother's care
Likewise a new invention cannot be easily launched, cannot do without the care of technice Gradually everything that is not essential must vanish and the most simple form is considered the most perfect
hose who are able to carry out this principle, possess the true art of living
Let us take a few examples from present day technics. They are
numerous,
ELIMINATING INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING SETS.
tion is being kept, and if the repor journal locks up the programmo About 15,000 people subscribe to laid before the Board is as satis that being broadcast for this system, which works out at factory for the whole meeting as instance by Daventry and enjoys roughly 0.4 per cent of the total on the first day, it is certain that the prologue from opera number of Licensed listeners in The great success attained by loud speakers will be added to the "Pagliacci. The singer won this country. Altogether fifty-one Eastman with his Kodak, lies in principal racecourse tote equip derful the reproduction leaves firms are operating the ments without delay-Singapore nothing to be desired and yet forty towns throughout Free Pres
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CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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(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 althe.).
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