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The salesroom of the New York Branch of the Buick Motor Company at 55th Street and Broadway. New York, sells and delivers more and more dollars worth of automobiles than any other salesroom in the world. And its sales are increasing all the time.
Buicks, This Buick Branch delivered, during 1923, 24,565 now representing a cash value of $39,591,918. In 1924, it is expected that about 30,000 care, will be delivered, a business of over $50,000,000. Few if any of the great New York department stores will do as great o volume of business.
16. 1924, deliveries of this Branch From August 1, 1923, to May amounted to 20,139 Buicks as compared with 16,295, deliveries for the same period the preceding year. This represents an increase of 3.844 cars, or a 23-% gain. Sales of this Branch for the first two weeks of May 1924, were 1,231 Buicks as compared with 945 sold in the same period last year. This is an increase of over 30%. It is no wonder that a record breaking volume of business is expected for the new season,
Because the value of Buick output has each year been greater than that of any other exhibitor, Buick has-held-irst place in every National Automobile Show in the United States during the last six years. In 1923. Buick sold 218,516 motor cars, representing a value of $302,752.850 not including war tax or freight. In the New York district alone 12-5/10% of the 88,026 new cars sold in 1923 were Buicks.
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HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.
26, Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. Central 1038.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1924.
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.
Powerful Station for Philippines.
A radio broadcasting station, I distross at nos could easily call powerful enough to communicate for help,
with Japan, China, Fedorated Under the proposed law, he ex- Malay States, Java and as far as plained, shipping service would Caluutta, India, will ho erected improve greatly. Passongors and in operation in Manila by would be assured of security and February-15 if plans of a radio so le the cargo. He said that the corporation formed bore yester-numorous ship disasters regleter day are made a reality, says the led during the past few years Anila Bulletin, of October 2nd, would not be repeated. and, continuos:-The company The prinsipal objection to tho will bo the plouoors in radio bill was that the new requirement- activities in the Philippines. Mon may be used as an excuse to prominent in business circles here increase the passenger are interested in the project and freight rates. The installation of its futuro is declared to bo
a radio apparatus costing be- {assured.
tween 5,000 and 6,000 poses and WAS arguod, its operation, it
the undoubtedly would force shipowners to raise the rates.
and
The company will be known as the Far Eastern Radio Company, Inc., owl it is to have a capital ization of P400,000. Papers of Representative Grogerio Por- incorporation will be filed this focto of Manila opposed the bill morning and stops will be begun in conjunction with Reprosonta- of Ramon B. Follpe view to tivo A immediately with placing the company in actual Camarines Sur. Their opposition' operation.
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EXPERIMENTAL-STATION,
The purpose of the organization will be broadcasting of popular programmes of all kinds and the handling of coastwise commorcial rediograms. This stop, however, Is not expected to come until the company has been in 'opera- tion for a time.
TURF FRAUD BY WIRELESS.
People of High Secial Position Implicated.
What is alleged to be one of the most sensational Turf swindlos on record is being investigated by intelligence, officers of the Irish Froe Stato.
As a step in the activities of the company, an experimental and demonstration broadcasting Thousands of pounds are sup- station is to be erected at the posed to have been obtained by Manila Hotel and will be in beta on known winners telegraph- operation rocn. This, it is stateded from a post-office in Ireland. by those in the company, will It is alleged that the results of servo to acquaint person in the racas were wirelessed from Eng- Philippines with radio and its land, and that the botting tole were "back-coded" to oporation and give them a definite grams idon of what is to take place conceal the fact that they had
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when the permanent towers are boon handed in 'after the racee
had been run.
A Mix valve sot was then in oroated,
joperation, to rule out hoaxing by: The board of directors for the
People of good social position alleged that they were not handed new corporation has been named are alleged to be concornod, writes in until afterwards.
It is further alleged that the experimenters with low-powered and include many prominent in a London Press representative,
Asked for his opinion of the. business circles here. They are and dramatic developments are resuite of the races were received transmitting sets.
by wireless, and that a special as follows: Marcos Roces, prasi-oxpected. dent: Andros
M. Low (who was present) said :: This is the first occasion on apparatus was used by oonfed-mysterious sounds Professor A
erates in England. president: Francisco Ortigat, which wireless is supposed to Many ingenious methods have" I think it must be a combination vice-president; E. E. Wing, tres have been employed to assist a boon used in recent years in con- of atmospherics and heterodyning. suror; Frank J. Horier, secro-fraudulent conspiracy, and connection
with "back-coding "That is interference between tapy: Enrique Carrion, Walter Z. Smith, H. F. Fox, Felipe soquently the utmost importance swindles, but in evory case the various stations. I think it is Port Office Prosecute for Sending Buencamino, Sr., Carlos de is attached to the investigations results of the races were obtained impossible that it could be any The bots were made with book-by tolophone. The disadvantage message from any outside planet." A statoment from Groonwich Fornandiz, and Alfonso By Cip. Thoro men, will have charge of akora in London and Scotland, of this--from the point of view of
and large sums of money were the swindler was that there was Observatory says: The planet the company affairs. An interesting case was heard The purpose of the company is paid over without any questions always the possibility that the Mars was observed for a fow at Homel Hompstoud Police to deal in radio in all its branches being raised, but in view of the uspicion of telephone oporators minutos. The South Polar cap Court recently, when the Post-and to sell radio equipment, and allegations that are now made would be aroused, and evidence and some other markings wero master-General prosecuted a man receiving sets, throughout the payment has been suspended in that telephono messages had boon visible. The observing conditions
respect of the bets made in the sont could easily be obtained by were not good. for using wireless sending Philippine Islands. apparatus without a licence. The equipment for the demon-last batch of tolograms. A sdm the authorities.
TILE GLEANING BELL Ruth's ancient, industry, want The first and only other prostration station to be erected is of about £1,000 is involved over At the request of officials of
out of fashion when the dis- secution of this kind reported now on route, mombers. of the
Free Stato certain inquiries have
appearance of the old windmills was in February 1923, after company state. apparatus was discovered in a SHIP RADIO TO BE COMPULSORY. been made by detectives in Eng-
Professor Suggests a Simple and watermille left the cottagers houso at Oldham through work- "Mombers of the house of re-land, and a report has boon, sont
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without facilities for getting their gleaned corn ground, but mon finding an earth wire attach-prosentativos engaged in ship to Dublin. Investigations are ud to a telephone wire.
ping business last night fought also being pursued by the Turf
"Strange unidentifiablo signals" there are plaogs where to no avail' a bill requiring Guardian Booloty. The number of people in Britain coatwias atuamers of 250 tons
Suspicion was first aroused beware received on the 24-valvogieaning bell" la stiil, rung with wireless sending instru monts is very small compared and up to be equipped with radio cause of the extraordinary run of wirelous set installed at Dulwich this season to notify the vill with the number possessing apparatus. The bill was adopt luck of the backer. In noarly Village by Mr. Norman Edwards, folk that they may begin to ed after more than two hours every case the horsebacked the editor of Popular Wireless, glean the fields. The nearest apof
The signals were heard just to London where the bell can b atarted and won, at a long pricé. apparatus. discussion.
The layers were astonished that before one o'clock on August 23rd, heard would seem to be Farahank any ons should plok on so many They were very clear, and re Essex, where it sounds from,
*ke sembled "doti." in the Morse church tower at 9 ath, and al winning "outsiders.
Inquiries were then, made into code in groups of four and five. p.m. an 8000 an hervesting
bet permissibles: Erő the circumstances in which the They were not Morso, however, sufficiently; advanced for, debat felegrams were dispatched. They could not be identified as coming
"listening in "
A G.P.O. official stated that it Representative Manuel Briomes.
was probably not more than s fow hundreds,
the
of Cabu; sponsoring- mersure, spoke of the A fee of 10s le gbarged, and numerous advantages of vessola the applicant has to satisfy the being equipped with radio fa authorities that he really known olution. He said that the proposed Fomething about the solonce of lanovation would be of great wireless and le a bona fide; or: benefit both to the shipowners. Endtke publio in that ship 75n perimenter
this.
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EARLY MORNING NOISES.
timed as handed in a fow from any station on this earth; Jam uter boforor the start of tho They boulinus Intermittently burial
*5% raon but now for about three minutersso