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GOVERNOR BROADCASTS
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS ON BIRTHDAY OF Z.B.W.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG. CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT COULTDVET
DANCE
in the "TAISHAN
"
Saloon on
SUNDAY EVENING
from
10 P.M. to 2 A.M.
CHINA NAVIGATION CO.LTD.
MACAO LINE
SPECIAL RACE MERTENG EXCURSION TO "MACAO
SUNDAY, 3rd July
S.S.
TAISHAN
will leave Hong Kong at 9.30 A.M.
CURTAILED SERVICE
and return from Macao at 3 A.M.
ነነ
From Hong Kong:
8,30 P., only. From Macao 300 A.M only.
on MONDAY 4th July
NDL
An Orchestra will be on board.
NOTE-In Compliance with the Quarsatine Regulations and .until farther notice the ordinary Sunday excor- sion te Macan is cancelled.
FAR EAST EXPRESS
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICES.
S.S. POTSDAM
will smil
FRIDAY, JULY 8th, 11 A.M.
For
SHANGHAI,
YOKOHAMA & KOBE,
Subject to Alteration without Notice.
For Passage and Freight apply to:
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN
AGENTS MELCHERS & 00. Queen's Building. Connaught Road.
Telephone 17772,
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BLUE FUNNEL
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICES
LONDON SERVICE
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Betterdam, Hamburg & Glasgow "HECTOR" Fails 27 JULY. for Mara., London,
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LIVERPOOL SERVICE "ANTILOCHUS Sails 22 JULY; for Harra, Liverpool'.
& Bromborough
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& Montreal, via Cape of Good Hope PACIFIC SERVICE( DARIA, KOBR, NAGOYA & TOKOHAMA)
'TALTHY BIUS" Sails 4 JULY for Victoria, Van ouver
& Seattle
INWARD SERVICE
Due "MENESTHEUS' 9 JULY, From U.K. via the Straits "MENELAUS"
JULY, From Gdynia & U.E.
via the Straits 17 JULY, From U.K. via the Straits Specially reduced fares aro quoted for cargo stammare with
limited passenger accommodation
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Fear Mexico
Will Become Battleground
U.S. SUPPORT, FOR CARDENAS SOUGHT
Washington, June 30.
somehow as a nation seem to be suspect them of untold 'villainles able to make work.
and obviously to you they must be ONE TRANSMITTER jentirely lacking in common sense, With only one transmitting sta- But they work day in and day tion one of our earliest problems out for your pleasure, giving up was to allot the proper proportion hours when you are safe at home of hours between the European and in carpet slippers to provide you Forty-two leaders of Peace so- the Chinese programmes, a problem with something-something to ancleties, together with clergymen that is, I suppose, much easier now preciate, something to laugh at, and trade unionists, have petition that Z.EK, is also working simul- something to swear at, something ed President Roosevelt for support taneously. There were also, as to think about.
for
democratically there must always be with any With their help, as in the past. Mexican Government. body controlling broadcasting, the I am safe in promising you that
that They expressed the fear varying claims of recorded pro- on his 21st birthday this child
foreign funds, and propaganda grammes, local relays, relays from Z.B.W. will have grown into a man
were now being used to stir up Lendon and studio items, not to that you and they can be proud of
revolt against President Cardenas say the endless conflict between
and make Mexico the Spalu of the jazz and the classics.
New World.
MR. F. K. GARTON
Mr. Garton said:-
a
elected
on account
of
To strike a balance that will
The petitioners asked President satisfy "I will not say au listeners
I little thought when carryina Roosevelt whether it was not a but a fair proportion of unpre. judiced listeners would need the out experiments in Broadcasting fact that the United States had judicial insight of a Solomon with Just over ten years ago, that to- taken financial sanctions against the tact of a diplomat, but I ven-day I should be called upon to Mexico, possibly ture the opinion that the present give reminiscences of those earller pressure from Great Britain, and Committee does it extremely well; days. The first Broadcasting steps they called on Fresident Roosevelt and, whatever Its local critics may were made in 1927-we were then to strengthen Presiden: Cardenas Intervention. "whether say, I know of listeners in Shang feeling our way-and it was not against
juntil June of 1928 that Broadcast-from Germany. Italy. Japan, or hal. Hankow and Malaya who agreeing took shape as a living system. the armed representatives of Bri- with that opinion.
I congratulate them on ten suc cessful and progressive years of work and wish them even greater
success in the future.
POSTMASTER GENERAL
Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones said:-
The signers of the petition are
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1938.
FOREIGN MAILS
GENERAL HOLIDAYS
On Friday, the 1st July, the General Post Office, Kowloon Central Post Omce will be open from 8.00 a.m. to Noan, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 am. and the other Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed.
On Saturday, the 2nd July, the General Post Office, Kowloon Cen- tral Post Office will be open from 8.00 am. to Noon, Sheungwan Branch Post Office will be open from 8.00 am to 10.00 am. and the other Branch Post Offices from 800 am, to 9.00 a.m.
There will be one collection' from the pillar boxes, one delivery
of ordinary correspondence each day as on Sundays and one delivery of registered correspondence each day at 11.00 am.
The Branch Post Offices at Stanley, Tal. Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspondence at 11.00 a.m: on the 1st and 2nd July.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holidays. Parce! Post Service to Amoy Island is temporarily suspended, Parcels can be accepted for Kulangsu only.
Air mall letters may be posted to the ordinary posting boxes. They should be clearly marked “By Air Mall" and bear sufficient postage. In sufficiently prepaid letters may be taxed with double the deficiency forwarded by Steamer Service, at the discretion of the Post Office. Air Mail Services to Shanghal, Nanking, Tsingtau. Tientsin and
Pelping are temporarily suspended. Letters and Postcards for Europe and South America are forwarded via Siberia" if so superscribed.
I had at that time. ttle idea of tish ol interests." the strides which were to be made. although, of course. I did anti-predominantly trade unionists-Shanghai cipates certain developments. con- Reuter).
sequent upon the laws of natural
progress.
Our earlier efforts took up a lot PORK SAUSAGES
of time and patience, and were not without misgivings. The
INWARD MAILS
From
Japan and Shanghai..
Air Mail by "Imperial Airways
Direct Service"-London 28th June.
Fer
Commandent
Dorise.......
date, Imperial
Air Mall by Pan-American Air- FILLED WITH
I feel rather like the little boy transmitting equipment was prt- who was asked to say his little marily designed for telegraph work, piece on his birthday, when he was of very low power, and not OPIUM
The man to whom the sausages were consigned has been arrested. Customs officials' suspicions were
• Ways Direct Service"- San Pan-American Francisco date, 22th June. Shanghai and Amoy... Swatow ......
| Straits
Yochow....... Menestheus...
Jean Dupuis Holhow.. Anshus. Kidderpore....
Das
Fushimi Maru....
1st July 1st July
Airways Plane
1st July
Airways Plane
2nd Jaly
Kingyuan.
2nd July
2nd July
2nd July
2nd July
"
3rd July
3rd July
4th July..
Arabia Maru.......
5th July
Nellore..
5th July
Air
Talma Mail by Imperial Alrways Direct Service "-London date, Imperial 30th June. USA., Honolulu and Japar-(San | President
-Francisco date, 10th June). ..... Garfield Saigon
Jean. Laborde.... Klangs
5th July
· Airways Planer.
6th July
8th fals
6th July
6th July
Negapatam Letters and Papers) London, daté 2nd June
sald "But it's my birthday--why particularly suitable for broadcast-
Marsellies, June 30. should I have to do lessons today?" ing purposes. However, we made a few
Pork sausages do Unfortunately I am not a little the best of it and after
not always Halphung and Fort Bayard...
Shanghai and 'Swatow boy and it is not my tenth birth modifications we managed to pro- contain pork.
falzly presentable results. This discovery was made on the Straits day. But I can truly say that of cure what has happened during Z.B.W.'s Our greatest bug-bear was the low waterfront at Marseilles yesterday, Japan ten years of growth, others better power in the aerial with consequent when French Customs authorities Capan fitted than I may tell you; it gives small transmitted energy and re-seized 94 lbs. of pork sausages Australia and Manila.. me the greatest privilege and plea-sultant feeble signal strength. which contained not meat, but Calcutta, Straits and Europe "ris sure to be permitted, as Chairman I remember on one occasion-oplum
The sausages were part of a con- of the Broadcasting Committee, to full of anxiety-I was testing with
Instrument near greet all our listeners tonight on a Radio
metul signment landed in Marseilles from materials-water pipes, etc.-in thea Yugo-Slav Steamer. this happy birthday.
vicinity of the transmitter which Every Anniversary should be an occasion for stock-taking and even at that time was installed in "The more so for looking into the fu-Eyrie No. 3. The Peak-when the ture. You will all have taken Chief Engineer who had arrived first aroused by the colour of the shanghal. Amoy and Swatow...... stock of us very carefully.
me, suddenly re- In fact, unbeknown to many of you have voiced your marked "Yes! that's where your criticism, either damning or lauda-energy is going-down the drain
pipe." tory, in the Press and otherwise.
JAPANESE PLANES We all at Z.B.W, thank those who
TOLERANT LISTENERS
OVER CANTON haye taken the trouble to voice
And so, we struggled on from day their opinions, whatever they may to day endeavouring to
Canton, June 30. squeeze be. I naturally prefer the con- the last ounce of efficiency out of
The local populace was again structive criticisms, but even a the transmitter-we erected dif-disturbed this morning when 14 stupid "strafe" helps us to judge teren: aerials. tried various earth Japanese planes broke into the city the temper of at least a portion arrangements, and did a multitude limits and cruised overhead for jof our audience and from all of jor things with a view to providing more than 10 minutes. They took these we hope to be able to take the best we could with the avall-cover for fear of another air measures to build up a bigger and able apparatus. better Z.B.W. in the years to come
But we hadn't much to work on directed brisk fire at the invading Chinese anti-aircraft guns and couldn't expect "elephantine
- THEN AND NOW
la
sausages(Reuter),
carnage.
Ten years ago there was no or-results, out, of giat power. How machines which, however, depart- ganised broadcasting Hong ever, our listeners-very few com.ed without dropping any bombs.
It is learned that Shiukwan, in Kong, and there was no Empirepared with now-were extremely Broadcasting. You were depen-tolerant, and helped a great deal north Kwangtung, was bombed by the Japanese planes. More than dent, therefore, for the latest news with their constructive criticism.
20 missiles were-released but the on the brief laconic telegrams In those days I was a Bort of
resultant damage has not yet been which appeared from day to day in general factotum. Had to look the Press. Now we serve you out affter the transmitter.
ascertained arrange news at mid-day and
evening, programmes,
and do the the horse's mouth.nouncing as well. True, I had straight from You could even bear the whistle colleague to assist me. but never
MR. L. H. King ..
an-
Nine other Japanese aircraft, in the meantime, dropped over 10 Canton-Hankow Railway Railway. bombs at Lokchong station on the
POPULAR STATION
when activities commenced in the
Straits and Europe via Suez (Let- ters and Papers) London, 9th June and London Parcels---Lon- "don date, 2nd June Manila
Ranpura
atb July
Emp. of Russia...
6th July
OUTWARD MAILS
REGISTERED AND PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised to close at or before 9 am, registered and parcel mails are closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day,
For
FRIDAY
Samishu and Wuchow
Amoy and Shanghai...: Kongmoon
Manila and Parcels only for Ger-
many via Hamburg
Air Mall for “K.L.M. Airways Direct Service"-due Amsterdam, 12th July. Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa. Aden, Egypt and "Europe via Marseilles-due Mar-
seilles, lat August...........
Air Mail for Slan, Lanchow, Chang- sha and Chengtu, etc. (via Han- kow) by the “Eurasia Airways Service" (To further points by surface' transport 蔬讚 Services permit).
Air Mail for Chungking (vla Han-
kow) by the "C.N.A.C. Airways .. Direct Service"
*Bwatow and "Bhanghal Swatow Shanghai and Japan.
SATURDAY
Straits and Calcutta......
aiphong......
Por
Date and Tima
Fri 1st July
Tal Bing. {Tjinegára
On Lee...
Preussen..
|
Fushimi Maru
Fushimi Maru...
Eurasia Plane
C.N.A‚Ï. Plane
Kaying...... Selatan..... Telresias.......!
M.I'S AM
8.30 AM 10.00 AM
10.3.
GP.O. & KF.O. doy.. Ord.
ILUG AM
11.30 AX
GP.O.&K.F.O. Reg. 11.15 AM Ori..
Noon
Reg. Ord.
11.30 A12
G.P.O. & KP.O.
.. Noon
G.P.O. & K.P.O.
tley.
υπά
11:30 AM
Nbon
Noon
Noon
Ngon
Satur., 2nd
Kongning.
Tilawa... Sinklang.
614 AM Par. 1st Noon Ord. 2nd 8.30 AM
Marseilles,
Helikon
Rag. Ord.
Airmall for "France Orient Air-
of the train as it passed by Trent theless! I had to carry the micro-Central News). Bridge when Paynter made his phone baby, and for about six famous score in the Arst Test months-under the call sign of Match. What will you hear, and GO W-mine was the only voice see, in ten years' time? I venture heard on the air. This went on "Don't be angry with me, Bir" Í to prophesy that by 1948 sound until one day a daily newspaper replied-which was the title. without vision will be as dead as referred to me in their Radio "I'll be blank blank wild with the silent film, and that unless column as a-wind broken horse you if you put that thing on again" you can see the Bradman of thas with an Oxford accent." after he said, slamming down the tale day hooking a ball off the leg which my visits to the Microphone phone. stump for six, you won't believe were less frequent. I have just the Announcer; the annoyance of mentioned OW. This call sign
The announcing was carried out atmospherics and interference wil was changed to ZBW. on 1st at the transmitter building on the be even more out of date, than February 1929 and has been in use Peak until the December of 1928 the flicker of the old time flicks. lever since..
.COMPILING PROGRAMMES newly acquired Studio in the Post gamshul and Wuchow.. My Engineers have warned me Compling programmes wasn't Office Building; later on—in 1932– against being too optimistic in this all honey even in those times. We the Studio
was transferred to talk, but I know something about had no plano and no artistes, Gloucester Building where it is still them; they are men of great hu; lonly records, and these were graci situated. In the year 1931; a new, mility but have intense faith. In ously supplied free of charge by the transmitter. WEB obtained from ways Service "—due their science;
without them you various music companies in the England, and, after four shifts could not have today this ten years' Colony. Looking back, I wonder round has finally come to anchor old child. Few of you realize the what the quailty of our trans-in the new Station in Kowloon. debt which you owe to a great missions was really like I shudder The old and original transmitter electrical engineer Mr. L. H. King, to think. Sometimes, in fact quite throughout the years maintained a bane, 19th July mamakaawa Nankin who with the aid of a few devoted aften, we got in a jamb through constant service only to be pen- Holbow, Pakhol and "Haiphong.... Klungchow.. helpers, and in the face of in- lack of programme material. Isioned of from broadcasting when Saigon. credible odds, built qut of practi- remember a great stand-by for recently superseded by another cally nothing the station and Alling in a programme
was the transmitter, equipment which makes ZBWRlena Overture." I think that
In 1935 a short wave transmitter, what it is today. "Although he has, went on the air two or three times ZBWS on 9525 kc/8, was installed, most unfortunately had to retir a week for months-anyway, the land, from the amount of fan mail because of ill health within the last records became so badly worn that received from all over the world few months, I know he above all becaine necessary when playing.it would appear that Hong Kong will wish us many happy returns. to squirt on the surface under is a very popular station for short" today, thank God, we still have the needle so as to lessen the drag wave listeners. with us many of his original de- or the pickup and the noticeable And so, we have passed from the voted band of helpers...
slowing down of the gramophone old "Rienzi Overture" days to the ALL THOSE WHO HELP
motor. And, of course, the pro-present, with our afr-conditioned These include not only the engrammes were more often than not, Studios, simultaneous English and gineers, but the artistes, the stad a bone of contention, as they still Chinese programes, the Intercep- swatow and Shanghai.. and the Committee. The Artistes fare. I well recollect during one of tion of Daventry programmes and you hear and can enjoy or swear the programmes being asked by re-broadcasting them to the rest of at, according to your taste. or tack the Chief Engineer over the tele-the world. Time moves on, and
or taste. The Staff and Committee phone what the name of the last what was, metaphorically speaking, you know little off; no doubt you record waS,
un acorn, turns into a' sturdy oak.
17th July. Manila, Rabaul, Australia and New Zealand Via Brisbane-due Bris-
Helikon
Airmail for Manila, Guam, Hono- Inlu, and U.S.A. by the Pan- American Airways, Direct Service"| Pan-American
due San Francisco, 10th July. Airways Plane Air Mall for "Imperial Airways
London. Imperial
Direct Service "--due.
10th July. Aitmall for Malaya and 'Australia
10.00 AM GP.O.&KP.O.
11.00 AM
11.30 AM
G.P.O. & KP.O../
10.00 AM
11.15 AM
Par.
Rog
vid Noon
Nooa
Noon IPO. Reg. 2nd Noon Ord. 2nd Noon
G.P.O. Reg 2nd Noon Ora. 3rd 6.00 AM · O.P.O. & KP.O. Reg. 2nd Noon
Airways Plane,Ord, 3rd Noon
by "Imperial, Airways Direct Imperial Service"-due Darwin, 7th July, Airways Plane,
SUNDAY
Kwangtung
{G.P.O. & KP.0. Reg: 2nd Noon Ord. Erd Noon
Sunday, 3rd
9.00 M
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