"I suppose I'm fussy.
but I don't see
why, at my age, I
should put up with
cecond-best... For
instance, I'm fond of the theatre;
but, believe me, I'd rather stay away than see an indifferent play..
So that's why, when' you offered me whisky, I asked you to make mine a White Horse. I daresay some men hold that the Scotch whisky is as good as another. Well, when they know as much about it as I do, they will think differently."
WHITE HORSE
Whisky You can tell it blindfold!
Sole Agents for South Chína : Jordine Matheson & Co. Ltd.
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH
RADIO VOICE WA Bearings Given
From Distance
Of Eight Miles
A radio voice warning approaching ships of dangerous rocks ahead is the latest wonder device for saving life at sea.
It is to be tried out on the Clyde lighthouse, on the island of Little Cumbrae.
On approaching the lighthouse, ships will get their bearings from nearly eight miles away.
Then, as they, reach the three-¡ possibilities we have already been mile range, Navigation officers will awarded the Gray prize by the Ro- hear a-voice coming eerily through yal Society of Arts in London." the fog telling, slowly and distinct- "LIGHTHOUSE SPEAKING” ly, the ship's distance in cables Describing the device, Mr. Ste- from the rocks.
venson stated that synchronised For more than seven years father with the ordinary fog signal is an and son, Charles and Alan Steven-instrument similar to a radio gra- son, of Edinburgh, members of almophone.. family of famous lighthouse build- When blasts of the fog signal are ers and relatives of the novelist, sounded, the radio voice giving the have been working on this almost distance of the rocks from the ship human radio beacon.
is heard simultaneously.
The W most difficult complished a
"We consider this the most valu-] Every fifty seconds, ships within able invention for the safety of call will hear a message such as shipping that our firm has ever in-this: "Lighthouse speaking. At the troduced," Mr. Alan Stevenson instant that you hear through the the fog signal, y said. "Because of its tremendous air the start of the second blast of cables from the
stated on the rad
"The waveleng tres, and ten cab sea mile," Mr.
The invention i kind in Europe." Exhaustive tes ried out by the B a new type of " for saving life a
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I WONDER WHERE MAGGIE
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PAY A BIL
Organ experts have started the task of altering the pitch of the organ in the Great Hall at Alexandra Palace, N. It will be four months before the work is completed. The organ in modern' in 'every respect except that it still has the old high pitch. Now that the new Philharmonic pitch-a semi-tone lower--has been universally adopted, the authorities at Alexandra Palace have decided to adapt
the organ.
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MIDDLE OF AN OPERATION TO SEE ANYONE WHO WANT D TO PAY A BIL THIS WAY PLEASE
ES-BRING ME MORE GRAVY AND
TOES -NOW OR DESSERT I'LL HAVE ICE CREAM AN SUIRAN APPLE PIE UNDER IT-
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