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SATURDAY, MARCH
1925. (FEATURE SECTION.
RADIO NOTES AND NEWS .
Wireless Without Mistakes.
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BORNEO AND BROADCASTING. started on the day's work, and HEARS OWN PLAY.
Hearing "Big Ben" Strike.
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others are also commencing their activities for the day. The daily round, the common task done, and relaxation the foremost need London workers are just getting: into their day's strido, and, there
A telegram from Strasburg to ¡Canada. It is not unusual to receivo tho Mutin indicates that means concerts from oight or to rested by the statement that 2LO being few at home who can spars have been found to avoid the different broadcasting stations the London Broadomating Stabe time to listen, there is hardly errors which frequently coeur in during an evening, 'he rots have tion-has recently been picked any broadcasting done. There is wireless tel, graphic messages proved very popular with pass-up in far away British North no doubt, however, that when owing to the fact that trans engers and the observation cars Borneo. The listener, who was wireless has been perfected to mission has hitherto had to be are crowded during the hours Mr C. F. N. Wade, Superinton- such a pitch that reception is conducted by means of the Moro cono ris baine rcuived, dent of ?olographs at Jossel:on, possible to the ordinary man in Code, which is able to atmos News and market reports are recently heard on one occasion the Far East-auch perfection phoric and other interruptions falso recolved in this way, muelo and a speech, on a second appears imminent-the English A young assistant tolographic In addition, t-o company tho avoy Band, and on a third atations will not forget the exilo engineer named Verdan employ operatos powerful broadcasting the striking of the 10,000 miles from home, and will provide pro ed at Strasburg, has perfected an sta1ions la Moreton. N. B, distant Big Ben at 11 p.m. grammes to synchronizo with his apparatus by which mossagos Montreal, Olta ws, Toronto, This simple statement of fact a
hours of loleuro-China Express!. can be transmitted by means of Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regis, few short years ago would have
and Telegraph. printed letters, like ordinary Calgary and Edmonton. The staggered the imagination, telegrains, thus rondering im various call lotters are Monoton, those more sophisticated days, possible the mistakos which arise Cara; Montreal, Carm; Ottawa, however, it causes little wonder,
MORE COLLEGE COURSES. through the us of the Morne Caro; Winnipeg. Carw; Toronto. although it is, as far as is known, college course, under auspices of Station Wbz broadcasts a triple dot-and-dash systom, which the Curt; Saskatoon, Core; Rozina, rocord long-distance" plok-up" the Massachusetts department of receiving operators have to inter-Char: Calgary, Caro: Edmonton, of any British station. It doos education. The pret by sound.
Care. These stations have boon however, open up possibilities in short story, French and foun- Rubjoots ars Vordan's apparatus, It is heard as far west an Honolulu the mind of what broadcasting dation of modern music. claimed, entirely prevents parasi and New Zealand; by McMillan's may shortly mean to exilee from tic currents from interfering with oxplora ion party on board ship home in the distant East. The transmission of signale. within the Arctle clrole; Ouba in lonely plantor in Malays, or Practical oxporimonts aro soon the south and G, sat Britain in Borneo, or some other remote
WJAX 18 NOW WEAR, Station Wax has changed its to ไ mado with the the cast. All hotels of the com- spot to which his work takes him, namo to Wear. The Union Trust new appliance between Nico and pany are equipped with radio the up-country district officer, Company of Cleveland bas sold Ajaccio, Corsica, and it is receiving sets.
far from his kind, the minor and the Ställon to the Goodyear Hupposed that as a result, the cable batween France and that island may be dispensed with.
Some experts are inclined to the belief that tho Verdan appar atus will enablo tho one romai- ning difliculty in wireless telo- graphy, compared with submarine cablos, to be overcome. Should the new invention prova succos6- ful it is anticipated that the cost of international telegraphic tran- smission will be reduced to a nominal figuro, as the cost of the appliance in comparison with that of submarino cablo ia absolutely nominal:
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RADIO FOR TRAINS.
Canadian National Railways Use It.
The Canadian National Rail- way system is the only trans- portation system in the world using radio as a regular part of its sorvica.
All passenger trains of the company botwoon Vancouver and Montreal are equipped with radio These sets havo receiving sots. from eight to twelve pairs of head, phone and each sot also bas a loud speaker. The Hats loosted in the observation cars and concerts are received while tho trains are on route acros
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The photographs givan hore onginoor, will be able to roliove Company of Akron. As Waar, show (1) passengers listening to a the monotony of their lives by the station will be put on higher radio concert in the observation listouing in their hours of leisure power and may oventually bo our of o
Canadian National to spooch and music from home. moved to Akron.
Mrs Henry Flarsheim, of. Cincinnati, O., had been i directing reboarsala for a radiodramatisation of "Mon- sieur Boaucairo," to bo given ovor WLW, when she fell 11. But her time in the hospital did not keep her from hearing the play when it was finally prosented. A special reoolv- ing sot was installed; for her bonolit.
FINGERS ACROSS, OCEAN. Scotland Yard and the Now York police force aro uniting in {ap_experiment on the transmis
sion of photographs and finger- prints by radlo These are boing sent from New York to London and back.
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CALIFORNIA HAS MOST.
California has more broad- casting stations than any other state, according to the Dopart- ment of Commarco. Therò are 43 stations in that state. The noxt In luo 18 Pennsylvania with 37.
EXPLAINS INSTRUMENTS.
Victor Saudek, director of the orchestra at Kdka, Pittsburg, in broadcasting a series of talks on musical instrumenta and thoir • part in an orchestra. Ho illu- stratos his talk with soloctions played by the instrument under discussion.
RADIO LURES GIRLS.
Dance music broadcast from Cleveland, O.. so entranced two Detroit girls that they took the irst train for that city. Police met them at the dopat and hold them for their parents.
Railways train; (2) Mr Tom The fly in the ointment at pre- Mooro, President of the Trades sont is that to hear a London and Labour Council of Canada [avening programme, the lietonor talking into the microphone at a in the Far East must rise in the Canadian National Railways small hours of the morning, and radio broadcasting etation; (3) these are not the hours for re- one of the towers of station CNRO, laxation. Then, if the district the broadcasting station of the officer is not still abed, he is pro- Canadian National Railways at bably up and preparing for a Ottawa, and insot Mr W. H. Swift. journey of inspection to some Jr.. radio engineer of the Cana- distant corner of his area; the dian National Railways,
planter is busy getting his coolios
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SCHE BODY'S KIDDIN' ME
A WORD OF TOUR
LETTERS - "THERE'S NO SUCH WORD - WHAT DO WE DO TO OUR
CLOYIAS
The
Announcement
Tsang Fook Piano Company
beg to announce, that for the con-
venience of their patrons, and to
facilitate business, they have ac- quired premises at 8 Des Voeux Road, entrance Ice House Street,
which will be fitted out as Piano
Show Rooms and Office.
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TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,
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8. Des Vœux Road Central.
Tolophone 4848.
FACTORY
92-94, Wanchal Road.
Telhone £127.