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HONG KONG DA PRESS THURSDAY
BROADCASTING AND THE BLIND.
Bines wireless broadcasting start- e there has been, from time to tibe, much talk of the peenliar aptitude of blind people for wire
That is rather a lega listening. vngua way of saying that the blind; By reason of their blindness, aro ideally suited to
the limitations which differentiate broadcasting from the visible form of entertain-
munt.
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Not long ago an article appeared, in a national newspaper dealing with this very topic. The writer, who spread hiniself over a bolumu and a half in generalities, was ob- viously not, blind He did not give a single ocncrete" instance of the advantages of blindness oversight in the matter of wireless listening,
To my mind: the whole question turus on this point. Is there any essential differozco listeners, between the blind and those with sight Actually-and I speak as a lifelong blind man and an experi- enced wireless listener-there is not.
What differences do exist-aid un; doubtedly there are some-are of -degree and not of kind.
At An Advantage.
RADIO
THE WORLD OF WIRELESS.
DAVENTRY A TOWN OF AERIALS.
EMPIRE'S FIVE ZONES,
Details at prosent available off the new B.B.C. Empire short-wave station are sufficient to show that Daventry is now curtain to become the most important broadcasting centre in the world.
Daventry, in fact, will become the town of norials.
The whale of the plant and quipraent will be built by British labour in factories at Hendon and Southgate, and the transmitters will be 100 per cent. British.
directional and the remaining six Eleven of the 17 aerials are to be
of the ordinary non-directional type. At various time of the day one or two of the aerials will be
brought into two, according to the
of the Empire which is being served at any particular time.
Different wavelengths will have
FEATURES
RADIO AND THE SHANGHAI MASS HEARD BY WIRELESS HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?
WAR.
PRONOUNCED TO BE
INVALID
We have al
had evidence of the joy which ratio has bogn, and is, bringing to the members of } The question, whothor Mass heard Shanghai's forsign defosco forces by wireless, would be valid has been through the generosity of certain put to a number of authorities of firms and individuals who have the Roman Catholic Church. All placed receivers in various of the of them declared that it would not billets, but we have yet to hear what joy and satisfaction the Chi
be.
nese and Japanese troops, warring in this vicinity have gathered from the radio receivers in their possce
Hion.
Though some recognised that a broadcast Mass would have special ralde in the case of persons who were too ill to attend church, they maintained their objection in re- gard to its validity.
They have them without a doubt, even though kindly disposed frms Cardinal Ascalesi, Archbishop of and individuais have not seen their Naples, stated that Mass could not way to lend them receiving sets.be valid if heard more than ten Thy apparently found ways of paces away from a their own to ensure they did not copting when there was a great and church, ex-
mias thoir radio entertainment lanbroken concourse of people and And if you don't believe me, take the celebration could be seen or
look round devastated Chapei heard by all. and Hongkew... number of serials over the remain. the
ing housetops and then enquire
↓
note
from the unfortunate residents who
may be around looking for what is loft of their belongings, and you will find their radios have been
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Television Future.
"Father Gianfranceschi, the Dire tor of the Vatican wireless station,
agreed with the other authorities that the hearing of Mass without the physical presence of the faith..
Here are: Lista "of long-waVG: and « Ahort-wave stations, which: should be plaked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately, good, sat suitable for selving such signiais, Snegess t plaking up these stations also depands very largely upon tay- murable: atmospheric conditions. Readers are invited to add to this list should they succeed in· ploking, up any station not in- oluded in alther of these Ilsts.
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to. E used; for short-waves taken away by parties unknown.ful was not valid. He said, how 81.55 Melbourne very peculiar, and scientists have but whose identity is easily guces discovered that, for any given time
ed.
WEYS length
LONG-WAVE STATIONS.
Metror): Station
960;/ Manila
Call Kilo Bign orale KZLB 1,158
NEW
277 Shanghai
348 Tokyo
K. 3.M.S. 1,083 JOAK (70)
383 Hiroshima J.Ó.F.K. 860 368 Hong Kong ZBW. 357.1-Bombay
848
381 Sapporo, J.O.LK 80 300 Keljo
J.O.D.X.
370 Nagoya 1.0.0.X. 810 370.4 Calousta
Y.U.C. 800.2
380 Kumamoto J.O.G.K. 790
900 Sendai
395 Dairen
#400 Oaks
410 Canton
450 Manila
SHORT-WAVE STATIONS,
Moury
CICLES
J.O.EK TO *J.Q.A.K. 700 J.O.B.K 760
O.M.B. K.Z.R.M. 895
TIKE (HONG KONG)
OF WORKING:
4,434 Mon, Wed, Fel, 6 p.m. .....m
415
8,000 Tues, Thurs., Sat, 8 p.m.
8,108 Tues. & Fri, 9 p.m.-1 am.
9.503 Not regular
·0,820 | Fr. 3 2.1., Sat. 3' aim. &. 10 am..
STATION
|CALL BIGH
67.85
Doblatz (Germany).
A.F.K..
60.18
Khabarovsk (Russia)
RAST
4,090 620 p.m.
66.7
Nanaw
A.G.J.
8,291 Not rognlar
30:
Mosco
EEN.
Водо 43.5
1.MA.
Porti
6,800 Sunday midnight
8.L.Q
7,143 Daily 6.80 p.m.
11 pm.
*Singapore
V.S,LA.B.
7,310 Nobr regalar
Kootwijk (Holland)
F.C.L
7,730 Daily 1 po.
37.
Bangkok (Siam)
FSLPJ.
Sydney 34,2
2.BIL
9,230 Not regular
8.1.0.
92:49
Bahenaotedy
W.SX.A.F.
9,830 Daily 7.
8120
Mindhoven (Holland)
P01
21.28
Sydney
9.F.O
8. 25.0
Nairobi (Konya)
Sydney
2.M.E
10,526
0,877 Midnight daily.
Not regular
Bandoong
26.53
The 245
28.86 15.89
17.4 18.0
P.LL Chelmsford (England) 5.8.W.
10..8
Kootwijk (Holland)
Manila Schenectady
W.2X.O. P.L.G. Bandoong Kootwijk (Holland) P.O.L Bandoing Bangkok
10
11,751 7.80 p.m. & 8 m. daily, arcept
Saturday and Sunday
1
P.L.F.
81.P
P.C.L
1574
Bandang
ELE
15.5 13.98
Nangy (France)·
Pittastrg
1V8X.K.
tion of Rites, went
Mgr. Carinei, of the Congrega
further and said that the congregation, when asked whether confession could be heard, by telephone, had answered mante of personal presence and in the negative because the ele secrecy were absent, a
over, that, in view of the unceas ing devolopment of the science of In a nutshell, I would say that and over any given distance, there. In conversation with a foreign broadcasting, the question might your blind listener is your ordinary is one wavelength which produces radio fan who had to leave Dixwell one day be taken up by the Pope. 78 listener intensified. I hope that rather peculiar mode of statement the best results.
Road in a hurry I heard the tale It is supposed that he had the ques can make my mening clear,
Thus it has become necessary, of an opisode I feel was not un-tion of television in mind. Every wireless listener knows after all manner of complicated common. Returning to his home in Church, he added, had always taken that on occasion darkness can in-technical calculations, to divide the the early days of the trouble with advantage of modern inventions 18.4 part an air of realism which is
the iden of taking away some of his otherwito lacking in broadenoting. Empire into five zones.
most valued articles of furniture, when they could be used for spread- Many arb the occasions in which These are ne follows:-
the found a party of looters in thoing the faith. the announcers have advised listen First Zone:-Canada, West Indies act of passing a small Philips ra UTA: to`switch off the electric light.
ceiver, among other things. out of and British Guiana. WATC-
a back window. The looters go lengths: 10, matrya and 32 away with their booty. He found, metres and with a special directo, that the expensive receiver, tional serial on 48 motres for ing room, had also been moved to which ordinarily adorned his draw Canada and Newfoundland. the back of the houso preparatory Second Zone:-Australia and New to being passed out of the window.
Hie truck was Wavelengths:
sent away by Japanese Marines and he was un able to remove his things that day. Flo bolted and barred his house to prevent a recurrance of the opiande, and a week later again PROFESSOR BADLY INJURED. returned to find the house broken into and his expensive set gone, au well as other valuables. Represen- tation has been made through the fessor of Physical Chemistry at Bristol-Dr. W. E. Garner, Pro- Consulates concerned will it help!
but Bristol University, was severely in- Another radio" enthusiast jured by an explosion of chemicals Kiangwan Road has a similar story in a cellar at the University,
Try to imagine one who lives perpotually in that air of vocal realism which the mere turning of a switch in the wall imparts to your radio. That is the realm of wire- less which the blind man knows; a vital, intense world which touches him like actuality-and not like the Jounds of paid players coming through his loudspeaker.
It is perhaps, making too much of those with sight to feel with me
on this point, for none but the blind can fully realise the poormons powers of one's imagination..
The results of this "intensity" of feeling are mainly threefold. In the first place.,, wireless listening is undoubtedly easier for the blind because their powers of concentra tion (zo essential to realism) aro moru pusily called upon.
I can well imagine that somo. people, through prolonged familia rity, merely hear the wireless. The blind man always listens. There
is a wide difference between the two.
Again, the blind listener tends to be more critical than his brethren with sight-because to him sound ie so much greater part of life, His mind is sort of fault-sieve of sounds
Zeland.
metrcs.
Third
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Zone: India, Burma, Malay States. Wavelengths: Between 17 metres and metres, according to time off year. 39 motres. will also be used for this zone. Fourth Zone-Egypt, East Africa,
T
South Africa, Iraq, ote Ware lengths: 22 LDBEreg and
metres.
01
14 to toll. His valuable Majestio re
ceiver is no more.
Fifth Zone:-West Africa, Ascen
sion, St. Helena, etc.
length: 32. motres.
Wave
All this may seen complicated,
Yes, radio certainly has its at tractions.-Listener in Shanghai Calling.
but remember, the B.B.C. are not THE WAR" DEBTS BURDEN. doing it for the beacft of home listeners. It is the Empire at large which is to be served, and it is extremely unlikely that anything
They Demand Good Entertainment. will be heard if listeners tune to This, I know, directly contradicts the wrong wavelength for their the generally accepted statement
that the blind readily accept any particular zone.
form of entertainment. Definitely,
PLEA FOR LASTING
SETTLEMENT.
EXPLOSION IN PILL-BOX.
serioua.
ז'
9,600 Not regular
11,020 Midnight-8. daily
12,240 Nightly
19,850 4m. Wod., Fri., Sat.
16.102 Daily 6.40 p.m. to midnight
18,304 || Daily 7 parti.
17.280 Daily 8 p.m. to midnight
17,751 Sunday 7 pm & midnight 18,404 Each afterzioon.,
19,220 | Daily 5,80-2pm.
{19,861 | Daily 2am..
22,640 Not regular
[Allowance must be made for "summer-time" in most Euro- pesù countries, which is ons hou'r ahead of true time.)
QUEEN'S READY
SYMPATHY, ..
MISHAP AT FAIR TO PHOTOGRAPHER.
Concern was expressed by the Queen for a photographer who was
His condition is stated to be slightly hurt while taking a photo graph of her, Majesty at the British Dr. Garner had arranged to give Textile. Exhibition at the White a lectura on oxplosives at the Royal City. Institution in London next week, and he went to the cellar where chemicals are stored to obtain a supply for experiment,
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The Queen kindly consented to pose for the photographers outside a display of artificial silk "goods. In a Pill Box.
The flashlight cap exploded too carrying milli-soon, and one of the photographers, granimes, equal to about half a Mr. H. A. Andrews, who was stoop. dozen pinbends, in a pill box, anding down, was momentarily affected it was this which exploded.....
Dr. Garner staggered from the invoné sys. there with his hand badly injured, collar into a passage, and was found his face burned, and suffering from
had
him and said, "Are you hurt I The Queen at once walked over to
occurred here before," an offeinl at that he was quite all right, and she
am so sorry this has happened," "Such an explosion bas never Mr. Andrews assured her Majesty the University said later, "Those
they do not. They demand essen at the new station will be working The two 20-kilowatt transmitters tially good entertainment; medio. crity will not do...
day and night; sometimes taking I have no desire to fatter the the Savoy Hill programmes, some report to the Council of the things do happen occasionally. For then resumed her tour of the ex-
British Broadcasting Corporation times a special Empire programide, when I say that blind people are more than satiafiod with the broad-and; probably in the early hours ensting fare served to the general of the morning, when artists, can publio. Any blind person will tell hardly be expected to perform at you that the wireless programes their best, gramophons records and maintain an extraordinarily fine level of entertainment. That is a Blattner phone talks will be given. simple statement of fact."
Work has already begun on the Thirdly, I believe the blind listener is more appreciative of apparatus, and it is expected that effort than the average man. When the station will be heard before the he says That is a good play." or end of the year. The total cost of "That was well sung," he is tra- construction is said to be between mendously sincere.
£50,000 and £00,000.
fr
This fact has been brought home
to me time and time again when I
have played from the platform to directorate would tend to improve an audience composed entirely of the present level of wireless enter blind people, Applause is longer!
Lainment?
A strong plea for an immediate and lasting settlement of the pro tional Committee of the Interna blems of Reparations and War Debts is made by the British Na.
tional Chamber of Commerce
man of the British National Comperfectly safe explosive goes off un- Chamber. Lord Luke is the chaiz
some unknown reason, what is a hibition. mittea,
In their report, the Committee der the most unexpected conditions. declare that if adequate messures
It will probably never happen are not taken by the Governments again. Dr. Garner is a very care if I was hurt, and did not seem to (a) The present world economic ful experimenter and worked at like to go until she knew that I was
Woolwich during the war."
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orisis will increas; (b) More and moro international
markets will be closed;
(c) Gold prices will continue to
fall;
(d) Defaulte, repudiations and bankruptcies, both individu- af and national, will follow; (e) Creditor countries will lose ali of their claims upon their 'debtors."
that it is essential to secure a last- The Committee therefore declare (at times embarrassingly so) and That I repeat, is fully approved War Debts, and that this objective ing settlement of Roparations and mora spirited than with the normal by the majority of blind listeners can best be secured by an agree audience.
I have hoarded
Whilst the blind aro as worthy of mont at an early conference of the suggested that it would be a sound idea to appoint consideration as any section of the Powers concerned. a.blind man to the Board of Gover-listening public, it would be a They also urge that monsuros will nors of the BBC. It is a suggavo mistake to caser especially tion which leaves me quite unmov- for them in the broadcast pro-
* A Grave Mistake." Can anyone tell me in what way the presence of a blind man in the (Continued at foot of next solumn;)
Frammes
have to be taken for alleviating the monetary burden of international indebtedness arising from the in.. Indeed, any such procedure creased value of gold. might conceivably lead to a good In a final paragraph the Com- den of dissatisfaction amongst mittes urge that stops should be listeners. Altruism in that direc taken to foster, international trade tion on certainly, over-reach itself, by promoting froer intorchange RC. in Popular Wirelčan:
commodities and services,
"People Who Matter"!
PEOPLE
WHO
MATTER to the advertised are the people who caG
afford to buy his goods. Most of these people buy and read the
Mr. Andrews said afterwards, "The Queen very kindly asked me
not,"
This was her Majesty's third visit this week to the British Industries Fair, the other two visita being to Olympia.
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HOSPITAL QUARREL.
CORONER TOLD OF DOCTOR'S THREAT,
Fifteen doctors attended the Bar- not inquest on an eight-year-old." child, Beryl Back, of Shenley rond, Boreham Wood, who died in the Well-house Hospital, Barnet- and seven of them gave evidenca.
Dr. H. K.. Segar, medical supar intendent of the hospital, said the child was suffering from meningitis and there was no hops of recovery, He disagreed with an operation.
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Dr. Dalton, of Highgate, who ha: Rudolf Wolff & Kew, Ltd been called in by the parents, accus. ed him in the hospital of neglect. and said the child's life could have been saved if prompt action had been taken to remove mastoid in faction Dr, Dalton threatened that
if Dr. Segar persisted in his ob struction and the child died be (Dr. Dalton) "would inform to would be brought out in public coroner and Dr. "Bogarts aphicet
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fused to allow the child to be re- The Operation. Dr. Segar added that he still re-
moved for an operation, but," con- sented to the operation being par formed in the hospital by Dr. Drummond, registrar of the MELOTONE Throat Hospital, who had come Golden Square Ear, Nose and with Dr. Dalton to the hospital, and agreed with the operation.
RECORDS The operation was performed the | same night and the child' died next morning. Dr. Segar was of opinion that the operation accelerated death and added that Dr. Drummond adopted ! A docent manner" throughout.AN
The Queen, who was accompanied Dr. PF. Dalton said that the by the Princess Royal, was wearing disease and would have a sporting child was suffering from mastoid a long coat of black velvet trimmed chance of recovery by an operation. with fox fur, and a ruby valvot ko. Dr. Begar kept them waiting uni
necessarily, They were also told que The Princoss Royal
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that instruments were not avail, fur trimmed fawn coat and velvetable for their examination of the hat of a deep cherry colour. * child's our Thoy had to use mat-
ches instead.
The Royal visitors remained twenty minutes longer than they had intended at a fashion parade, and batore leaving the Queen sent a message of appreciation to the
Hong Kong Daily Press,nequins
Tell them," she said to tho official," that I think the parade is eccolient and. Icongratulate the mannequins."
Dr. Philip Jary, consulting spot list to the hospital, said that the postmortem examination entirely He considered, the oneration was confirmed Dr. Seger's diagnosis,
useless and expedited death.
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The coroner (Mr T Ottaway) said profesionalestinette ATDHE (Continued as foot of next column.)
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