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Sir Alfred Mond on Evils of Socialism.
Without birth control and, con. seription of labour I do not think it is possible to organize the So- cialist community.
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I reward Socialism not form of ideal improvement but as a terrible tyranny.
other people. He is a person of utility: there are too few of them
It is by making people richer that you are going to make the world better. That can be done oals by better production.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
1923.
RADIO REGULATIONS.
IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IN FRANCE.
THE FRENCH METHOD.
Franer has regulations which
A writer in the Eletenul tin tacks, and dispensing with too Tomex says the regulations for much of politics and high finance. broadesting and experimental work receatly issued by the Departinent of Posts and Tele- graphs of the Union of South Africa - concise and business-1 like. I is divided in the appear to an Englishman to be of good old orthodox way into also there seems
a rather sternly legal nature. three parts, the broadcaster, the
an amount of listener and amateur wireless classification which is of a some- experimenters. Brieds, it is some-have three classes of receiving what hair-splitting order. They thing like this. The broadcaster stations, first those installed by for a given district provides the fare: the listener-in then makes public departments or municipal his contract with the broadcaster.itons for public performances: and lities: secondly, private installa- paying him according to a speci-thirdly, private installations for hed scale for services rendered private purpose. These are fairly
no
When his contract is signed, reasonable, but when we turn to sealed, and delivered he may transmission we find less purchase his set where he willi itban five different brands of bnt it must be in accordance with stations. These are (1) Fixed the broadcaster's specification stations for private purposes: The listener-in. however, may (2) Fixed stations for circulating. specify the class of receiving apmatters of general interest; (3) paratus he prefers. We will come Mobile stations for private pur- to the experimentalist in a mo- poses:14) Stations for scientific purposes: and (5)amateurstations. Whether all these distinctions Naturally there
many are necessary is very open to ques points of detail. A few of these tion; and further, it is difficult to Should be touched upon. The see how a satisfactory inspection broadcaster has an area allotted method can be devised to scre
ment.
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matters of
for circulating interest general
to him, and once this is determin- that the various stations keep to ed, no other broadcaster may in the restrictions imposed. vade it: thus avoiding the Ameri- The second class, namely, the) can pandemonium. He must send fixed station out certain public matter free of: charge for limited periods: he; may undertake a little advertise corresponds most nearly to our broadcasting station. It must ing and obtain revenue therefromsend in the main educational he may hire out receiving ap paratus. The charges he may make interest: advertising is allowed in or items of personal to the listener-in are interesting::
Financial for a private residence: £3 for news may be broadcast if from a
no shape or form. ja boarding establishment; £4 for
an unlicensed hotel or restaurant news from the Pos: Department. recognised authority. General £6 if there is a cence for such however, has to be transmitted] premises. Finally the boardcaster for one hour per diem. But it is cannot refuse a contract unless: upheld by the Postmaster.
matter
a little difficult to understand on what commerical basis a station of this kind can be run. In com It was stated just above that the) listener-in might purchase bis set of 100 francs per sunum and per mon with all other stations a tax where be would. At the same kw, or part of a kw. input. time there does not seem any-
thing to prevent him from con- It looks as if the French structing his own set. providing it authorities bad decided to leave
of an approved pattern.
the departments or municipalities ¡to arrange transmissions if they The charge for an experimentaligo wish-presumably they would licence is 5s, subject to evidence be subsidised. Any complications of bona fide bair produced. The regarding home-made apparatus if you merely talk about licence for receiving naturally in-are avoided for nothing is said as Sir Alfred Mond, M.P.. speak
Bolshevists and miserable capence. Otherwise a pretty free sets,
cludes a clause against interfer-to the purchase of approved, ing at an Industrial League con- I believe Socialism will lead to italists you never get any farther.and is given. The number of line between the experimenta- neither is there any ference at Oxted, Surrey, said: one war after another, because Instead of trying to score points licences for transmitting are list who confines himself
The miners of South Wales do of the antagonism of nations when we should get together and find limited in a given area, and ex-receiving, and the non-technical not want to be d.rreted by clerks they have control of industrial common points of contact and the perimental transmitting stations listener-in. It is in this particular in Whitehall. They wa..t to affairs.
common points of contact are have the mines and charge thore The millionaire - the test to much nearer together than people may only operate for two periods respect that other countries have for the coal.
per week. Restrictions as to the steered clear of Britain's worst aerial that may be used confirm pitfall The restriction tor pretty nearly to those in use in scientific transmitting stations, England.
that their speech must be limited to that which is necessary for the In general the whole scheme work in hand seems rather seems to have much to recom-inarrow, and not likely to be very mend it. Certainly the regnia-ngidly observed.
make hundred- of millions for think.
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Naturally there BP many
for ambiguity the writer, how points which are common to ali leven is not a lawyer. The exact wireless regulations, such
terms to be made between broad- right of inspection by the postal caster and Postmaster is clearly of authority: prevention of radia- first importance. Obviously re- tion from receiving sets: restric- Relations could not deal tions in use of wavelengths, and| with this &spec:
the so forth. The French have case. for each district must tackled the matter in a pre-ent varying characteristics, definite form than the British But in the British Overseas have and it will be very interest Dominions they seem to have to see to what extent if any we happy kuack of getting cown to have adopted their ideas.
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Answer:-Since the material. wand, was placed near the green by the green-keeper. who figured THE HUMAN ZOO jon making certain changes, the
player should be permitted to lift{ ^^| land drop his ball without Question: -Player drives his penalty, ball into the rough. Upon reaching
his ball he discovers the lie is a Question: What is the properj rather bad one, and the show very procedure when a ball lodges in difficult because the slope of the anything moving, such as a wagon ground made it impossible to as-jor. electric lawn mower or any sume a proper stance. A rather vehicle that is passing across the large stone is resting in the rough course, which carries the ball nearby. The player so places the along with it? stone that. by putting one foot on!
it, he builds up his stance and Answer: In such a case the greatly improves bis chances for a player has a right to drop his ball good drive. Is this permissible? without penalty 35 near es Answer: There is nothing in came into contact with the moving possible to the spot where the ball the rules that definitely forbids] the building up of one's stance,
object.
but it seems such an act would be Question:-Player tees his ball; contrary to custom and would noticlose to the limits of the teeing conform to fair play and good ground, feeling that such a posi- sportsmanship.
tion will enable him to get his ball Question: A considerable!
off to advantage on a dog-leg amount of sand has been deposit-which is teed just within the bole. In order to play his ball, ed near & green to be used in the limits, it is necessary that the upkeep of the course. Player player assume a position that drives his second shot into the is out-side the limit in addres-
And close to green. Had not!
the sand been there the ball the ball. Has the player such a would probably have reached the
right?...
greon, and the player been in a Answer The player is within much more advantageous posit-this rights in standing outside on Has the player the right the limits of the teeing ground to lift the ball and drop it within order to play his ball which is cut penalty?
teed just within the limits. A
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