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NEW AIRSHIPS. Launching of R100 And R101.

BEACON FOR USE IN FOG.

Secretary Of State On Croydon System.

London, Yesterday.

The Secretary of State for the

FACES "SOUND.” Transmitted From U.S.

To London.

TELEVISION TESTS.

Movements Directed With Aid Of Load Speaker.

London, Yesterday.

Mysterious Directions.

WORK FOR H. K.?

Tenders For the Base at DOUGLAS

Singapore.

A £4,000,000 JOB.

Dominions To Bear Part Of Charge,

London, Yesterday.

The

The pale picture of a face as The "Evening Newa" says that Air Ministry (Sir Samuel Hoare) though printed on cloth fluttering the Government has invited was asked whether he could give in the breeze was projected on the several well-known British firms definite dates for launching the wall of the London headquarters to fender by the end of March for airships R100 and R101. He said of the Baird Television Co. This work connected with the Singa- that he hoped both these airships "pilot image," merely a dummy pore base, costing approximately would be flying before the end of head turned into sound waves was £4,000,000, consisting of exten- the year. R100 would be flying sent droning like a bee over the sive reclamation and the construc before the end of summer. Atlantic Ocean and re-transform-tion of a wet and dry dock.

Replying to another question, cd into vision seen by a group of The work is to be spread over Sir Samuel said that experiments people in a darkened basement in seven years, primarily in order to in the United States with neon Hartsdale, New York.

reduce the annual charge on the gas beacon for the purpose of

dock, a part of which is to be emitting rays which penetrate The latter, after tuning-in, on borne by the Dominions. fog, for guidance of aircraft, were the receiving apparatus, with the charge falling into the Imperial being closely watched by the Airaid of the transmitted dummy, exchequer is not expected to ex- Ministry. Neon beacon was, in then watched the movements of ceed £300,000 annually.. fact, in regular use as part of the human heads.

Armaments and workshops landing system at Croydon. It First, Mr. Baird himself ap-form a separate contract which was installed as long ago as 1924 peared in a room flooded with will not be arranged until the and was the first beacon of its light and faced a small, square present work is well in hand- kind to be used for aviation.-window apparently covered with a Reuter. British Wireless Service..

thin curtain agitated by a violent [The "China Mail" states on wind, turned his head left and best authority that extensive in- right, and advanced and retreated quiries were made in Hong Kong in obedience to mysterious direc-recently, both for labour and sup- tions uttered on the loud-speak-plies, in connection with these

tenders.]

*3 MONTHS' TIME.

Trans-Atlantic Airship Scheme.

Washington, Yesterday, Mr. Hoover announced that the United States Government has) approved of the trans-Atlantic jairship scheme with American co- operation, to begin with the first trial trip probably in about three months' time--Reuter's Ameri- can Service.

er.

Then Reuter's representative similarly "transmitted."—Reuter.

OVER HALF AN HOUR.

What Watchers in New York

Saw.

SPIES FOR VOTES!

UNEDIFYING SPECTACLE IN

JAPAN.

"and

NEAR-ELECTION TACTICS.

Tokyo, To-day, Hartsdale (N.Y.), Yesterday: in the General Election campaign.

Japan continues to be absorbed The movement of two people in Gramophone records the London laboratory were speeches of the Premier have been OUR RHINE FORCE. The images were

watched for over half an hour.distributed all over the country by

crude and the Government Party. broken but nevertheless plainly TROOP EVACUATION WILL BE visible.

The Minister of Railways has "Vision sound" trans-gone one better. He had himself WELCOME.

mitted short-wave-wireless, sets cinematographed-in-the-act-of-mak buzzing an irregular cadence re- lng a speech, a gramaphone record presenting in sound, lights and gynchronizing the words and ac- shadows of faces.

-Reutersons....

The Opposition Party has. ар American Service.

pointed vigilance committees to watch and report irregularities by, the Government Party. The latter retaliated by having the Opposi tion members spied on and reported: on with the result of an unedifying spectacle of political espionage and counter-espionage on an extensive scale engendering much mutual fl feeling. Reuter.

· BOUND BY VERSAILLES.

MR. BAIRD.

Began With "A Sort of Scratching."

London, Yesterday. A question was asked in the House of Commons whether in view of fact that the Franco-German frontier had been guaranteed by the Locarno Treaty, the British Gov- ernment would consider the evacua- tion of British troops from Rhine- land. The Government spokesman replied: "There has been no ques- tion of isolated withdrawal of The first television test by Mr. British troops which would not, in Baird between Britain and America my opinion, be to anyone's advan- was in April last when, by means circumstances. of his specially evolved apparatus tage in present General evacuation of Rhineland in a London laboratory, Br. Baird before the period laid down in the sent the "sound" of his face- Treaty of Versailles can only be the which he stated became a "fluctuat- result of an arrangement between

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INDIAN AFFAIRS.

HISTORIC GATHERING OF: WOMEN.

THE AGE OF CONSENT. the Powers whose troops are af-ing electrical current" to New fected on the one hand and the Ger-York where it was picked up by a man Government on the other. If listener-in who heard a sort of.

New Delhi, Yesterday." such an arrangement be possible it scratching."

Three hundred Indian women will be very welcome to the British After this experiment, Mr. Baird delegates to the all-India Women's Government. In this connection, announced that he Intended going Educational Conference, the largest would refer to speeches regarding to America with a receiving number of Indian women ever in conditions on which anticipated machine capable of turning the the galleries of the Chamber, heard evacuation might take place, which face's "sound' Into the face itself. the proceedings of the Assemblyton were recently delivered by French and German Foreign Ministers be stone to television was passed withing, the age of consent of girls to Subsequentia further mile a private Indian member's bill rais fore the French Senate, and the the registration by Mri Baird of sixteen and fourteen years in the Reichstag, respectively."-British

the Television Co., Ltd, with a case of unmarried and married. Wireless Service.

CASINO IN ITALY,

MUSSOLINI SPEAKS ON REASONS.

"LET THEM LOSE

hominal capital of £125,000 口口

MAGIC WAND.

THEW

respectively, instead of fourteen and thirteen at present,

It was announced, that the Gov-1 ernment must oppose the Bill and must deal cautiously with the pro Television: Wonders of the blem. At was decided to appoint

Future.

later committee pomppaed of Tomelaff

to investi Schenectady, Jan. 13., Rome, Yesterday The magic wand of science pas question

gate the problem - and also the For "important political anding over the factory of the Gen-

of child marriaged economic reasons," public gaming oral Electric Co. here today, dis-

Reuter tables have now for the first time closed to a small-group of radio been officially allowed in Italy? engineers, scientists and dewa

Signor Mussolini, sanctioning-the casino at San Remo, says that fermen a vision of the future of radio broadcasting-a future de- Italians must gamble, let them lose signed to bring to broadcast fans money at home.

The casino le run by a £2,000,000 the pight as well as the sound of

the radio performers. company which will pay San Remo Sitting in comfortable chairs in nearly £250,000 annually-Reuterres Schenectady homes, several

miles from the company's broad casting studio, the listeners were mabled both to see and hear the studio programme..

FINANCIAL POLICY.

FRENCH CHAMBER'S VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

Paris, Yesterday

NO DISCRIMINATION.

Indian Forces and Racial Distinction.

Dahl, Yesterday. connci State has passed

out the recom

Minute Reproduction / sangrardice. "Simple-twists of the dials on the home televilion seta bright la thybesmen the minute réproduer tion of the characters who appRAY,

of the Auxiliary and Forces Committee, re discriminations

the forces) on racial

TEAPOT DOME.

The Chamber passed a vote ofed before the microphone, even to MR, JOHN ROCKEFELLER, confidence in the French Govern the curl of cigarette smoke from ment by 370 votes to 120, at the their lips and the blinking of conclusion of the debate on finan- eyea

cial policy Reuter.

CANADA'S GOODY

Ottawa, Yesterda Mr. Kellogg has departed Washington, conveying from Canadian Prime Minister King, on behalf of Canada, vitation to President C visit Ottawa Renta

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