TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1931.
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL;
PEAK HOTEL
AND
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;
HOTELS,
LIMITED
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.
THE HARBOUR VIEW PRIVATE HOTEL.
9-12. Chatham Road, Kowloon.
Finent Situation on the Peninsula. Large Alry Rooms with Fall Benefit of the Cool Sea Breezer. Unequalled Cuisine,
Phone
Tel. 56734.
Proprietress:Mr. Gardiner.
Cable Add. "Harview,"
ENCLOSED IN ORIENTAL FERNERY AND EASTERN CHARM,
Furnished
with
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to the
comfort
tenants.
of tr Luxuri single and double rooms large and airy.
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SELECT PRIVATE HOTEL.
THE MARBLE HALL
21, Nathan Rd., Kowloon. Telephone 57089.
Modern
rooms
bata- attached
10 each room, and private gar-` nge benefta motorists.
K. FUJIYAMA
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PHOTOGRAPHER
ANNOUNCES HIS REMOVAL.
To
2, WYNDHAM STREET,
3rd floor.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
RADIO TOPICS
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme will the ba broadcast to-day from Hong Kong Broadensting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 350 metres.
6-8 p.m.--European Programme inf Victor Racords.
6-6.39 p.m.-Instrumental. Oh Vermeland, Thou Lovely,
Victor String Ensemble (19923). Victor Woodwind Ensemble (10023).
The Music Box,
Planoforte Solo-
Etude in D Flat (Liszt),
In the Night (Schumann),
Harold Bauer (0828). Viulin Solo-
La Ronde Des Luting (Dance of the
Goblins) (A. Bazzini),
Scherza-Tarantelle
(Henri Wieniawski),
On the Banks of the Danube
(J. Kurucz),
Violin Solo-
Orchestral-
Dance of the Toy Regiment, Warblings at Eve,
Victor Salon Orchestra (1984).
Vocal Duct---
Hooster Hop
I'm. Following. You!
Song-
UP-TO-DATE SIAM.
BROADCASTING A KING'S
SPEECH.
The annual speech from the Throne on the anniversary of the Coronation each year, is eagerly read by all who can read, A trans
away.
some of the
hours they should be removed and drained. This draining usually takes an hour and then the conden- sers are ready to be put back in their containers and assembled in
This saturating and rebuilding
REPAIRING FILTER CONDENSERS, the power pack.
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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO. LTD.
The following unclaimed tole- gram is lying at the E.E. Tele
James Wright, President Polk, from Manila.
In some of the later types of "A" gives the condensers a complete new power packs, the current is filtered, range of life and they should not by electrolytic condensers had those, require any further attention for graph Co. Office, Hong Kong:- in our hot climate have a nasty some six months. habit of drying out after BOme months of use, usually necessitat- ing their renowal. The symptom of this drying out is a fairly bad speak- er hum, which can be traced back to the "A" power pack.
KING'S TALK WITH PRINCE.
Guy
and Tom
T. H. WILLIAMS,
Ag. Superintendent. Hong Kong, April 9, 1931.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH-CO... · LTD.,
OF DENMARK.
The following unclaimed tole- grams are lying at the office of the Great Northorn Telegraph Company (Limited) of Don- mark:-
William White, Peninsula Hotel, from Kobe.
Dobson, Kowloon Hotel, from Shanghai.
Furloun, from Shanghai. Vendor. from Shanghai. Murataso Nihonsokai, from Tokyo.
Ichiro Fukudakan
F. V. JENSEN;
Superintendent.
Hong Kong, April 8, 1931.
The Prince of Wales rang up Buckingham Palaco from Buenos Aires on March 20, and had a six lation is, of course, published in full
conversation with the The replacement of these con- minutes' by the foreign newspapers in Eng- densers is no small item, even In King, lish, and by the many vernacular these days when radio parts Arc The transmission was by the papers in Siamese, and extracts ap comparatively cheap, and the follow- Post Office direct wireless service, pear in
Chinese ing hint for the rejuvenation of the the Prince's voice being received at papers published in Bangkok. condensers may prove to be of value Baldock and transmitted by land This year the King declar- to readers:-Mix a solution of Am-line to the Palace, while the King's ed that the speech should be monium phosphate, one pound to a was sent out from the wireless ata
and let it stand tion at Rugby. The reception was relayed from the new broadcasting gallon of water, station which has been erected in over-night. Remove the conden perfect. Bangkok by the well-known firm of, sers from their mountings in the Jascha Heifetz (6159) Philips of Eindhoven.
William Powell's new picture, The King's power pack and remove the covers, Pianoforte Solo-
interest in wireless has been known The inside is aluminium sheets "Cavalier of the Streets" went
recently for some time; it was by this means spaced with tissue paper and care into production
at the John Kuruez (V12). that he kept the capital informed of should be taken in handling not to Paramount studio in Hollywood. his progress in the big tour under- tear or puncture it. As the solu-The story is by Horman J. Man- Rondino (Kreisler),
taken with the Queen of the north-tion has stood overnight, all that kiewicz and was suggested by a Fair Rosenmry (Kreisler).
Fritz Kreisler (1386). ern territories, and was himself, will have to be done is to stir it and Michael Arlen romance. In the 6.39-7.17 p.m.-Humorous Num-kept in touch with what was hap then carefully lay the condensers cast are Carole Lombard, Wynno
the solution
Gray, pening in Bangkok while he was in
and let them Gibson, Lawrence bera.
sink to the bottom. After Kibboe, Maude Truax His Majesty looks forward to the they have been in pickle for six Ricketts. day when wireless will be the speedi- est method of communication be- tween the outer marches and Bang- kok. Each remote hamlet and town- The Duncan Sisters (22209). ship will, if the King's will runs, have its daily service of news, con- sisting of primarily Government an- nouncements, then the prices pre- vailing in Bangkok for the goods produced in the countryside, and finally a resume of foreign news from the big outside world, with a selection of musical items from the current programmes. His
view is that Majesty's closer contact try people will make for a country side, and also help the peo- ple working in the fields and at other rural occupations to be more in touch with the real markets in Bangkok, and less dependent, and not so much in the hands of, the middlemen brokers, who, for their services, have to be paid and sup- ported by the producer. Wireless sets which will function from any- where in Siam are a little too ex- pensive at present, but like other things not absolutely necessary to existence, are coming down in price, B loud and one installation with speaker, will provide a good deal of entertainment for a large number of people.-Singapore Free Press.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.
You and My Okl Guitar, My Little Lady,
Jimmie Rodgers (V40072).
Pianoforte Solo-
Just for To-night, A Little Kiss Ench Morning,
Song-
Jahn Kumacz (V38),
To Whom It May Concern, Yours and Mine,
Johnny Melvin (22004). 7.17-7.41 p.m.——— Quartet in A Minor (Schumann).
Flonzaley Quartet (M51), 7.41-8 p.m.-Songs of the Past Sung by the Victor Mixed Chorus (35825 & 35872).
8 p.m.-Weather Report, Local
Time, etc.
8.05-11.30 p.m. Ko Shing Theatre Relay.
11.30 p.m.-Close Down,
WIRELESS & CONTROVERSY.
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Manchester, March 21. Last night's wireless listeners in Britain should have heard a Ger- man radio play, already broadcast with acceptance from several Euro- pean stations, which has as its theme the Russian rescue of the re- cent Italian Arctic expedition under General Nobile. The play had been submitted to the B.B.C. some
RADIO REVIVES BOW BELLS. It was months ago and approved. suddenly cancelled two days before
Bow Bells, the historic chimes of production while in full rehearsal.
Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, We may well wonder why. The the broadcasting authorities have a Cheapside, London, have been allent duty to avoid frankly -propagandist for five years, because three of the items in their programmes, and, as peal of 12 are cracked, the others recent criticism in the House of need rehanging, and the steeple, Lorde and elsewhere bears witness, built by Sir Christopher Wren in they do not always succeed in doing 1668, was shaken by the Silvertown Pork Chop
The old peal this. But if the cancellation of this explosion In 1917. play is the result of such criticism perished in the Great Fire of Lon-
It shows a misplaced nervousness. don in 1666, and most of the
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Heart
Kidneys Liver
Suet, Beef
13
Veal
Mutton
Sausages
No. 1
Fish.
covery politics are forgotten and lection is being made for the pur- Backing Pigs, to order
In order to draw attention Bolshevik and Fascist meet in an pose.
to the silence of Bow Bells, within emergency that tests their common manhood to the exclusion of all else. the sound of which every true Cock- That is not, one would think, likely ney should be born (says the "Illus to convert any British listener to trated London Newa"), the Gramo. the doctrines of Marx, though it phone Co. have istalled an electrical may well reinforce his belief in the reproducing equipment with 12 loud. But, speakers to broadcast over the city interdependence of mankind. this instance apart, it is to be hoped church-ball music as recorded by Barbel The joyous Bream that the B.B.C. are not going to be "His Master's Volce." scared by legitimate criticism into chimes of the beils issue from the to Ailet their pro- Royal gallery in the steeple, a bal- attempting grammes of controversial matter, cony designed by Wren to replace Carp That is neither possible nor deair- the "stand" huilt by Edward 1. Catch view the Codfish able. The most harmless of talks for Queen Philippa to
books is necessarlly joustings in Cheapside, and to this Craba
on plays or
Canton Fresh Water
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packed with material for dispute; day this stone gallery on the north Cattle Fish the most sincere and well-informed side of the steeple is at the com- Dab lecture on the future of India or on mand of the Royal Family. foreign affaire must bristle with matter for disagreement. The business of the B.B.C., if its service is to be protected from a paralysing dullness, must be to let the battle of views proceed and to keep the ring fairly-Manchester Guardian, TREATMENT OF A BASEBOARD.
If you intend to use a wooden baseboard as a permanent part of the receiver, it is a good" plan to give it two or three coats of shellac or varnish before mounting any in- struments on it. It will then be less susceptible to warping than if it were left uncoated.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
bella may be heard daily (except Dog Fish Saturdays) at noon to 12.80 p.m., Eels, Conger from 1 to 1.80 p.m., and from 5.15 p.m. to 5.45 pm. The effect la exactly as though the bells of Bow Frogs were being ruug. The programme Garoupa includes the peal of St. Margaret's. Gadgeon Westminster, the 12 bells of York | Herrings. Minster, the Loughborough War Memorial Carillon, and the New Lahena Zealand War Memorial-Carillor, re- corded in Hyde Park.
CLEARING UP SPEAKER HUM.
Falibot
Loach Lobsters Mackerel Monk Fish Mallet
The ordinary type of dynamic Oysters apeaker which operates from the Farrot Fish A.C. Ine with a, step-down trans Parch former and a dry, rectifier produces, Pike
Plalon nearly always, a very noticeable
Pomfret, White hum. In many cases the use of B
Pomfret, Black high capacity condenser, such as
Prawnd those made for "A" power unita,
Ray will reduce the hum so that it can
Rock Fish hardly be heard: The condenser Is connected across the field colls of Roach
Valmon the steaker. These condensers are
Shark usually polarised, and it is necessary Shite to conect them in the correct way. In some cases it may be difficult to locate the field coll terminals. In this case the wires running from the rectider uit may be used, africă. they connect directly to this coll
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