RADIO HOPES.
HONGKONG NEED NOT DESPAIR.
SPECIAL LONDON ENQUIRY.
There has been considerable dis- appointment in the Colony over the non-reception of the brandenst of the Prince of Wales' speech on Armistice evening, though a enre fab vigil was monintained by local wireless enthusiasts equipped with short-wave receiving sets. This was particularly unsatisfactory in view of the previous clarity with which the preliminary tests had been received. It bad been thought that short waves were the solution to the problem of “dead -areas" and severe, atmospherics, such as appeared to affect Hong kong, but apparently the atmos- pherics on Armistice Night were
ton strong.
This question of atmospherics is one that bulks largely in our con- siderations of radio reception The from ging distances away. writer had several talks with an expert who resided here for a time, some two or three years ago, and he came to the canchsinh that this Colony was in one of the worst positions
for
DRESSING BY THE LEFT.
CANTON'S "RED" SUSPECTS
RELEASED.
"Red" suspects arrested by General Li Chal-sum during and after the anti-"Red" campaign at Canton, in April last, have mostly been relensed by the new Canton "Leftist" Government, since the coup of last week, according to a Canton report.
It is stated that these 'Co- munist suspects were tried by a "special court Inaugurated by order of the "Leftist" Government, a few days ago, for the purpose of giving them "fair trial".
More than a hundred of these prisoners were released daily after a very brief examination.
Labour. Uniors at Canton, hare for the most part sent in lists, of names of their members who were among these innocent" suspects, and the unions requested the Government to release them.
it should be remembered that when the
Canton Government changed to the "Left", most of the tabour unions in the city also turned in the same direction.
from reception
out. "The B. R. C. is on the eve Surape. He never considered he said, "of experiments with n that a wide use of receiving apls short-wave transmitter at Chelms- would be practicable here, owingford, in Essex, and on the results to unfavourable conditions, but of those tests will depend the use to which a short-wave station will be thought a frondensling station on the Peak, or on one of the higher pin next year." hills on the Peninsula, would have
for purely Incal-This was decidedly non-commit-" some Success broadcasts. That was at the time, tal, hut Mr. Marcuse was more en- Incidentally, he dis- it will be recalled, when the matterthusiastic,
of a Hongkong programime was elused some interesting local his-
discussed, being
and Jocal ary. He said that he had con
duded experiments with Hongkong enthusiasm was at its height. '.
about two years ago, which were highly satisfactory, the Stonecut It is interesting to recall for wors station receiving his telephony. space the efforts made here in thee added, "Personally I consider
Previous Efforts.
this is one of the easiest parts, once way of radio entertainment. The The time period is settled, because Radio Socia ty; which after a good || ran Hongkong every night and start about four years ago lapsed hat a schedule with them for a long Into quicscene, and now has time, as I helped the Stonecutters again ceased its activities for the naval station with a short-wave time being, made the experiment transmitter-as a matter of fact, last year of wireless broadcasting, they are using a transmitter, and on the inost ccessful lines receiver which I made up for them."
The set used, amalle pointed out that he was endea hitherto, one, installed in the S. G. Morning vouring to get the Home authorities Post building. gave trouble owing to inaugurate broadcasting from a to lack of efficient valves, and the high power short-wave station, lack of funds prevented better which he believed would be in cffort than a few concerts, most-operation within a few months, ly of gramophone records. The when Hongkong should be able to apparatus was later purchased by get a daily programme. the Y.M.C.A. Entertainment Com- mittee, and what their intentions are, are not yet known, apart from the assurance given some time ago that it was hoped to inaugurate broadcasting here 1 a really ambitious scale.
big Undoubtedly there is A element in the local population keenly interested in radió matters, and it is a pity that the initial
Meanwhile, Mr. Marcuse transs efforts have been so inauspicions, There are two main reasons why mits regularly on 82,5 metres, and The he suggested that probably his Sun- reception has been so bad. area in which Dongkong is situat-day afternoon transmissions would ed appears to be definitely one be best for Hongkong, the times 1600-1800 and 1800-2000 peculiarly affected by bad atmos-being pherics, while there is also con- siderable interference from other
stations. Scraps of Manila, Shanghai or other conteris are not a suficient compensation for the trouble and expense acquiring a set and tuning in at prescribed hours..
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B.B.C.'s Short-Wave Station.
In this connexion, our represen; tative learned that the Marconi Company, in conjunction with the British Broadcasting Corporation. have just put the finishing touches to a BO K. W. station; which is to be operated on a wave-length of 24 metres.
C. 3. T.
The ease with which short waves ordinarily overcome atmospheries, besides avoiding commercial inter- ference, is well known. The writer himself, just over a year aro, dis
tented,
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short-wave
set made ally and capable of going down to 24 metres, to San Francisco talking to Malabar, in
India.
atmospheries go, it is well-known that the Rugby broadcast of new items was often not received, and even the powerful Daventry
Reception from castwards seems station is not, at this very day, free from occasional "mutilationless affected than from the west, through atmospherics,
and the possibility arises of a re- layed programme from Itome via Advent of Short Waves,
But, from what the America. However, the evolution of the Telegraph enquirer learned in Lon- short-wave system, and the possi- don last month, we need not des- bility of short-wave beam broad-pair of shortly having the oppor- casts, opens up an avenue which unity of listening to the same pro- may raise. the local amateur gramme which is entertaining our radio position from its slough of homefolk by their firesides,
It will despond. The success alrendy at-wherever else it may be. tending the listeners-in equipped indeed be a great day when the with short-wave receiving appara-sound of Big Beastriking the hour in London is heard in a score or tus, augurs well for the future.
And, we have the opinion of that so of Hongkong drawing rooms!
distinguished amateur, Mr. Gerald Marcuse, that longkong can quite easily come on the map of wireless reception in the not distant future. It may be briefly recalled that Mr. Marcuse, owing to his very success- ful efforts to further radio broad- casting at Home, has been given permission by the authorities to send out concerts on short-wave," from his station at Caterham, in
he Surrey, which terms the- "Experimental Wireless, Station, 2, NM." He is very successfully competing with the British Broad- Most casting Corporation itself.
of our readers will be interested to know that Mr. Marcase has actually had something to do with Hong- kong's radio affairs,
Only recently, a representative of the Telegraph, while at Home, had the opportunity of sounding .both Mr. Marcuse and the officials of the B. B, C. on the matter of broadcasting concerts to this Colony. from Britain.
London Interviews.
An official of the B. B. C. dis- closed that, while he was not in o position to state definitely what the possibilities of short-wave broad- casts to Hongkong were, his station hoped to achieve a great deal with experiments just then being carried
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
INDIAN REFORMS.
HOW THE COMMISSION WILL WORK.
PARLIAMENT APPROVES.
London, Nov. 25.
The House of Commons has un- animously approved of the an pointment of the Indian Statutory Commission is nominated by the Government.
"SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1927.
PUBLIC MOTOR SERVICES.
THE GOVERNOR'S POWERS.
The Gazette notifies that not- withstanding the provisions of the public motor vehicle services re- gulations, made by the Governor in Council under the Vehicles and Trafic Regulation Ordinance, 1912, the Governor in Council shall have. power, without calling for tenders, to grant rights and to issue licences to maintain public motor The Indian revenue will bear the emnibus services, exclusive and otherwise, for such periods, at enst of the commission, but His
such fees, royalties or other con- Majesty's Government will contri-sideration, and upon such terms and bute £20,000.
conditions as the Governor in Coun cil shall see fit.
Mr. Baldwin declared that the commission was the most effective scheme for a constitutional settle- ment of the future of India, and the Government desired that the opinions of every man of goodwill should be given the fullest weight by the commission.--Reuter,
London, Nov. 25.
la the House of Commons to- day, Earl Winterton, the Under Secretary for India, moved the ap pintment of the Indian Statutory
Commission.
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SANITARY BOARD.
ELECTION NEXT MONTH.
It is notified in the Gazette that, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment, and pursuant to the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance. 1903, an Election of a member of the Sanitary Board will take at the City Hall on Friday, the 30th day of December, 1927, commencing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
He said there were two points to consider. The first was that upon. Parliament lay the respon- sibility and ultimate decision upon the issues to be raised by this en-
Every nomination must be in quiry responsibility which it,
writing, must be signed by two could not share with, nor hand
electors, counter-signed by the over to, any, other country. The
candidate and delivered to the nechal point was that the composi-Registrar of the Supreme Count tion of the committee, and every
not later than 1. p.m. on the 7th detail of the method contemplated day of December, 1927.
FINE WEATHER.
The local weather forecast up to non to-morrow is:
N. E. winds, moderate; fair.
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for its enquiry, formed one in- tegral whole. which stood or full together.
Earl Winterton recalled the cir cumstances. Under which the Mon- tugu Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919, with the assent of all par ties in the House. Parliament would not be doing right, but wrong, if it divested itself of res ponsibility by repudiating its duly under the Act. There was, he thought, much falsified history re- garding the situation which the British found when first they went to India, when they first assumed the responsibility of any part of that country. The British saved Inilia at the time from going into a well of anarchy: When they as sumed this responsibility, they as sumed it as trustees for the pre- sent and for the future of the In- dian people, and specially s trustees for the varicus minorities in that country,
In the Declaration of 1917, and by the Act of 1919 which imple maited fut déclaration, the Giov- ernment of the day, on behalf of He people of this country, and Aith the support of all parties in The House, stated they were pe pared gradually to hand over the rusteeship to the Indians them Leives, as and when they were infa position to exercise it with due re- ant to the interests of all con- meried,
made to
False Comparisons, Attempts had been draw a comparison between the conditions prevailing in India and the conditions prevailing in South- ern Ireland, or ÷Egypt." Anyone who had any knowledge of the three countries would know that such a comparison was profound- ly fallacious. Both Egypt and Southern Ireland were far more homogeneous than the great sub- continent of India had ever been.
With regard to the composition
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In the event of the election being contested, voting will commence immediately after the Nominations have been read and continue until 1 p.m., when the bullet-box will be closed unless the Presiding Officer decides to extend the time for voting.
The election is caused by the expiry of Dr. J. C. Macgown's three years of service.
YAUMATI INCIDENT.
ROBBERS 'POSE AS
ELECTRIC WORKERS.,
According to police reports this, morning, a Chinese was arrested in Yaumati in connexion with an attempted armed robbery at No. 9, Shanghai Street, yesterday.
A Chinese woman, in her state- ment, to the police, said that two Chinese knocked at the door of the house and gained admittance by pretending they were representa Lives of the Electric Company. One man carried a coil of wire and the other a bucket, which gave them the resemblance of fitters.
After making thorough examina- tion of the wiring of the house, the men opened the street door and admitted a third person, who pro- duced a dagger und threatened the woman. They attempted to bind her up, but the woman struggled and eventually got free.. She ran Into the street and raised the alarm,
The three obbers then holted, but' one them, it is guid, was caught
by a policeman. Nothing was stolen from the house.
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The Hongkong. A.D.C. again pleased a fair-sized house, last night, with their excellent pre- sentation of Bulldog Drummond". The popularity of the play, and paticularly when it is so well sted, has drawn a big audience every night, this week, and at the evening finn performance this there is sure to be a crowded theatre to pay tribute to our clever amateurs. Last night, the piece went without a hitch, and there were frequent bursts of laughter or applause, accordingly as some witty remark fell from an actor's lips, or some particularly good passage concluded. It is certainly one of the most successful efforts the A.D.C. have ever put forward.
HONGKONG A.D.C. IN “BULLDOG DRUMMOND.”
shenfestire no...
The Very Idea!
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Sam Simpson worked hard. All day long he carried heavy iron baulka and girders to and fro, Towards evening he said to the "foreman who was notorious slave-driver, "Boss, you am suah me down on dat pay-roll, yeh?"
The foreman glanced at his list. "Yes," he said, "here you are, Sam Simpson. That's right, isn't it?"
"Yaas, boas, but Ah thought mebbe yuh done gone got me down here as Samson,"
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A comedy of a woman who formerly exhibited her muscular strength at country fairs · was played in court at Versailles, when a girl of twenty-two was accused of having given her a thrashing.
AM the public sympathy was given to the girl, Mlle. Jeanne Dejenetais, when her small stature, slim appearance, and girlish mau- ner contrasted with the "strong woman" who complained of having been "thrashed" by her. No one could understand how she could have performed such a feat.
Examination by the judge clear- e up the mystery. Mlle. Dejene- tais explained shyly: "I am a trained boxer, runner, and swim- mer; that is why, when she offend-i ed me, I gave her a thrashing.",
nominal The court inflicted a fine on the girl athlete.
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Bird catcher at Acton: I have! btén catching birda for twenty- six years, and this is the first time I have been caught.
"Willesden cabmanis wife: - I have never known a taxicab who did not grouse about his earnings.
aragistrate at Willesden: Is it cheaper to have a wife of a house- keeper? Man: I can't say: I have only been married a few weeks.
Soltingham poultry-keeper: We had a roll-call of the fowls.to find out who was missing
Irishman at Marylebone: I can drink 44 pints of fourpenny ale and not be drunk.
East Ham wife: Husbands are not mean so long as they havel enough for themselves.
Woman at Bow County Court: It is not always easy to speak the truth when talking of your hus- band.
A clergyman was speaking to his congregation on the subject of faith. He mentioned the blind faith of the client who puts him- self at the mercy of the lawyer in preparing important documents, and the confidence of, invalids in entrusting themselves to physician.
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"Here is a case of blind faith," he continued. "The doctor writes out a prescription. You cannot read it, you don't know what it is. He tells you to take it. Yours not to reason why, yours but to do and dic."
Then he wondered why a dis tinet ripple of laughter was heard throughout the church.
The general curve of trade is apwards. Mr. A. M. Samuel, M.P. Women are still regarded as chattels in many parts of the country. Mrs. Meville Rolfe.
I flatter myself that I have no prejudices. Mr. H. C. A. Bingley (Marylebone Magistrato.)
A mind that is youthful keeps the body fresh and wards off the the onslaught of time. Mr. Clement Jeffery.
It is difficult to believe that we could ever go back to the gloomy) and depressing Sunday of our
forefathers.Rev. puritan Parnaby.
II.
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Lady Lugard
was able October 27 to leave the London nursing home, where she has been undergoing treatment.
The Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club has this week scored a decided success by its production of 'Sapper's well-known play. "Bulldog Drummond." The above scene shows the coup being effected by the gang of crooks at Drummond's house at Goring.
Ming Yuen).
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