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GOVERNMENT'S
SYMPATHETIC ATTITUDE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923.
a tribute to the Hetal Company far | its energy and initiative in intes- ducing practical broadcasting to the Colony, Most ef as hare learn- ed a good deal from these exper - mente, combined with a ensider- An extraordinary general meet-able amount of amusement, and jing of the Hongkong Radio Society on behalf of the Society, Phave to was held at the Volunteer Head-thank the Hongkong Hotel Com quarters last evening, Mr. A. pay for its co-operation int ta + Raworth, acting Chairman of the demonstration to-night. Committee, presiding over a large
I am glad to be able to tell ya' attendance of members.
that we received a letter from the The Chairman said: This meet-Gvernment resterday as bllows: ing has been called for several pur-
Government's Favourable Reply. posés, firstly, elect a President
· 1 am directed to acknowledge with! and vice-President of the Society in ensequence of the resignation thanks the receipt of your letter of ef Mesars, Dannithorne and Smith; the 12th September and to sta e discuss the future that after further consideration it work of the Society, and thirdly, has been decided that for the pres to entertain you with a programme ens no objection will be taken to whit the Hongkong Hotel Com the setting up by private individuals to of wireless telegraph receiving sets that percautions TEAM
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account of the work of the Com- This Government has no objec mittee to date.
tin in principle to the carrying out At a Generd Meeting. vi
the under your Committee's supervision Solety hald un May 17th.
the of experiments in transmitting, ami Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher
*is rearing the matter to the Naval plaint the attitude of the Govera-nathorities with regard to the com ment towards broadcasting. He di inna of wave bagtha and time of stated that the Government did not operation. It will, of course, be intend to draw up any rates and unde:stood that the permission may regulations regarding broadcast-b› withdrawn at any time.” ing until the expert arrived from!
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
BAVARIAN DISPUTE.
Berlin, Oct 25. As a meeting at the residence of the Chancellor. attended by It is not nesmsary, tivetelore, for ataprosentatives of different States of the Reich was unanimously prie individual to apply for a li adpted a statement supporting the standpoint of the Reich in its dispute with Bavaria, declaring an immediate settlement necessary, and demanding, in order to avoid,similar disputes in the future, the
'that negotiations should be opened for the readjustment of the rela- tions between the individual states and the central government, and a larger measure of wrate Independence.
given, permission to do so subjes tu: the ophie's the Society immediate abolition of martial law in the different states, opiniag Ito ang conditions which the Gov-aupes that maktabers who are in any doubt abest their acta, will subuit emment thought it to impose them to the Committee for examina- Nothing definite was stated with
tion Broadcasting is not estab regard to transmitting. On June
1 letter was sent to the Gor-lished in Hongkong, and it will be etones siting the Soviety's views up to the Radio Society to see that it is carried out in such a way that regarding the granting of provi alonat denses, offering the names Gove of three members to act as tech-son to nical inspectors until the arrival
of the Government expert, and asking for a provisional license broadcast.
The Government re-
MASSAGE saying that it desired to
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MONDAY, October 29th.
assistance
and in a very
shall have no rea We now have the sermission to trans-
receive, and I believe
short time. 20 at tractive programme will be avail special plied to this latter on August 9th. [able every evening, with
ava band nights once or twice a week itself of the
the The e inmercial application of bread. Society, and asking whether the carting will follow automatically as Society would be willing to under-soon as the ban against the importa- f wireless apparatus into take to make enquiries and advise tin the Government with regard to China is remseverl applications for permission
Eliction of Officers, install receiving sets. Pending I now propose that we proceed to further instructions from the the election of a President and Vice- Secretary of State for the Colonies, President who will hold office until it was found to be impossible to the next annual general meeting. arrive at a decision with regard and I have much pleasure in pro-
tc
Jascha Heifetz the issue of a broadcastingping that Mr. C. D. Melbourne be
Booking at Moutrie's.
license, but the Government would elected President. consider any suggestions put for ward.
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Sended by Mr. Packe, the Chair man's proposal was unaniramarsly carried
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The motion
..I Mr.
The Society's Requests. This letter was fortunately not replied to until September 12th. F. Taybe, coaded by Mr. R. A. found extremely Era. Mr. A. Haworth was 'ap- because it was
e necessary
viom President + th of members
the
Soviets A: Committee specified in Rule 7.
The Chairman stated that owing ale time the total committee num-
the dieu's sometimes xper bered only six. Mr. R. M. Smith
lenel of cbtaining a qurun with Messrs. Packe having resigned.
six or seven members serving on the and Chesterton
therefore,
Committe, it was desirable to det Committee. invited
to join the The letter sent to the Government other member to serve,
Three names were proposed.
were.
on September 12th, stated that in
By
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ART CONNOISSEUR'S GIFTS.
London, Oct. 25.
The Senate at the University of London has accepted a gift of ten thousand pounds sterling for a Chair of Otology from Mr. Geofrey Daveen, who intends to allocate a further fifteen thousand pounds sterling to the University College Hospital for treatment of the deaf. The double gift has been made in memory of the Donor's art firm of Duveen father, the of the funders of the famous
Brothers.
GERMAN COMMUNISTS.
Helsingfors. Oct. 25. Reports from Moscow state that at a conference of the red army presided over by General Unschlight. Commissar of the General Staff, was discussed the German situation. General Skilianski. Chairman of the Military Counell, stated that the political bureau advocated the Immediate employment of the red army to settle the German altua. tion in favour of the Communists.
WORLD'S GREATEST DAM.
Bombay, Oct. 25.
Sir G. A. Lloyd, the Governor, initiated the world's greatest irrigation scheme by laying the foundation of the Sakkur Barrage, a mile long. spanning the river Indus with a network of canals for the irrigation of eight million acres, and costing £12,000,000.
MUSSOLINI TALKS TO "BLACKSHIRTS.”
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Rome, Oct. 25. Signor Mussolini has started en a tour of the northern provinces in celebration of the anniversary of the Fascists. He marched through Rome and was triumphally received in Turic, where he addressed a hundred thousand "Blackshirta" after a military torna- ment. He was loudly acclaimed.
According to the Messaggero, six grenades exploded prematurely at the tournament wounding an officer and five soldiers.
GERMAN MINES TO CLOSE DOWN.
Berlin, Oct. 25.
SINGAPORE CRIME.
DRASTIC CONTROL OF IMMIGRANTS.
Our Own Correspondent.J
Singapore, Oct. 25. The crime wave has reached a high peak here. The Government has decided to rush through legislation for mare drastic control of alien Chinese immigration.
Seven brutal murders cecurred in one month, including a Towkey chopped up with no art, and an eld man shot with revolvers, and |then ripped open in many places
with knives.
The police bave just made an exciting capture of a gang of thirty members of an illegal scorety, who were caducting a Triad ceremony in the jungle. The gang S charged last evening, the Court The prisoners being crowded. entered under artord escort, and armed pulice were placed round the walls of the building inside. but no trouble ccerned. The case was zdjecord.
BIG FIRES.
DESTRUCTION AT TSINANFU, AND CHANGSHA.
¡Our own Correspondent)
Shanghai, Oct. 25. Teinar tu reports that more than cze tundred houses and shops in the main business street have been destroyed by fre.
ibat
four
Barke
reports Enndred houses were destresid by
fire in the wealthy suburb of the Westgate section of Changaba early co Bidonday, when the firemen were unable to aj przech the blaze, The rear given for the outbreaks is the military restrictions imposed Ey Chad Berg ti
Oct Peking.
25.-On the night of the 21st fire broke out at the west gate of the Changsha City destroying
over
at $100,000, Tachon Chao Hangte Reports from Essen state that mine owners are resolved to close 450 houses. Damage is extimated all Rhenish and Westphalian mines op the 20th, owing to the
had donated $3,000 for relief- Trun Wen Fat Po. failure of negotiations with the occupation authorities.
COLOGNE RIOTS.
Cologne, Oct. 25. Two were killed and six wounded in disorders following a meet- ing of the unemployed. The police used their firearms.
the opinion of the Society, receiv-nrwhelming majsilly the meet ng licenses should be granted my approved of the election to te forthwith to applicants or condi- left to the Committe instead of by tions similar to those obtaining in ballot.
E- In reply to a question by Mr. Yan Sanitary Systems, Bet & Cold Water England. The Society also
have ex-Andel as to the possibility of teach Installations, Bath & Bath Room Fit-quested permission to
periments in transmission carried ing members the Morse code, the tias, Wall Floor Tiling.
out under ita supervision. I should Chairman said that a geatleraga had
ke to explain that Mr. Fletcher volunteered to take assisted us very materially, by giv-class provided there was a sufficient ling us verbal permission to have attenriance. 1: members would transmitting done under the send in their names a class coll auspices of the Radio Society, pro- immediately be formed vided that interference was
In regard to the future activites caused to the Government wire-
of the society the Chairman sug could be made and members ex
He was less stations.
change their experiences. the geated that a meeting be held at As most of you are aware,
The meeting was followed by a Volunteer Headquarters, al Hongkong Hotel Company has been least once a month, preferably sure good results would accrue. broadcasting nightly at 6 p.m.
some weeks, and 1 am sure which people could have their vari- demonstration of wireless telep-
se's exarinel experiments | hony. that you will all join me in paying cus
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