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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho,).
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Mediterranean
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tion of fancy
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for Holy Mother Church
33-Preface
34-To feel pain
15-Cheerful
38-Elderly
37-Japansar atateamas
38-Bet at defiance
39-French artlate (pl.)
56-The dys Indigo 57-Membrans of brain 59-Thin 59-Nutsanos 60-Paridles 61-Balact
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SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clua to other words crossing them, and they in turn, “ to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the cumbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both
(The solution of the above crossword puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
ONE
APE
JATCH
OBS IDEN BE
THE CHINA MAIL,
RADIO TOPICS
SELFISH ?
THE CRYSTAL SET AT LOW COST.
WHY 'PHONES REMAIN.
[By a Radio Expert.] One of the surprising features
One of the principal advantages of a crystal receiver, namely, the absence of batteries that noces. altate frequent attention and are always likely to let one down when friends are Invited to listen to the valve set, is lost when valves are combined with a crystal detector. It is still necessary to mess about with batteries.
Even allowing for the disadvant
COPYRIGHT.
NEW PRINCIPLE IN
WIRELESS.
AUTHOR'S RIGHT.
[By A Barrister.]
In fairness to those who repre-
Copyright Conference in Rome, some reply must be made to the recent. protest of a number of writers and publishers, including Sir James Barrie and Lord Gorell, which alleged that, though the for- eign delegations were represented by persons selected "with due re- gard to their fitness," the British delegation was composed merely of Government officials.
of the development of broadcasting age of the crystal set-ita selilah-sented Britain at the International has been the consistent. popularityness, the necessity for a bigger of the crystal set. Despised as it serial, and the Inadequate selee Is by the proud owner of antivity normally associated with it elaborate receiver containing six, It is reasonably certain that the seven, or eight valves, the crystal advantage of economy. and clarity set still retains a great attraction of reception as well as to some That popularity, certainly, is convenience of personal listening largely confined to people who do not will result in the crystal set re find convenient or desirable to taining for some time to come, the pay the price of an expensive re-popularity which it has earned and ceiver: but it is surprising to find maintained. While attention is be that the crystal receiver is in many ing given by research workers to homes where the economic factor the improvement of means of apparently is not of importance. crystal reception, it is certain that It is interesting to speculate as the crystal set will still be found to what is to be the future of the in many homes until something crystal set. Its use now is confined better in afficiency and cost re to homes altuated near the broad places it. casting stations, as the maximum distance of satisfactory reception by crystal from a station such as 23L is about 10 miles-although, with special attention to design and operation, that distance is frequent- ly exceeded. The fact that the bulk of listeners are near the sta- tion, and that the majority of
IRREVERENT RADIOS.
The matter will doubtless be raised in Parliament when the Pre- aldent of the Board of Trade will be able to deal with the criticism. but meanwhile it may be pointed out that the able officials who re- presented Britain had for many months previously called into fre- quant consultation persons and societies with expert knowledge of the interests at stake. They were
also in a position to consult the Law Officers whenever required,
[In the following graphie scenes and at least one of the offi Punch" depicte Mr. J. H. Thomas,cials had £ grip of the the well known Rafway Labour subject of International copyright
people prefer to obtain their broad-MP stated by a party of four such as-could be claimed by few of
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expense, probably explains why so many crystal receivers are still in existence in the metropolitan area, In the country, of course, they are the practically non-existent, for simple reason that beyond a certain distance they would be useless.
RELAY STATIONS.
It seems likely that relay stations. will soon be catablished in the coun- try, and if a station is operated, say, at Newenstle, there will cer tainly be an increase in crystal sets in that district.
At one time it was estimated that in the metropolitan area probably 50 per cent. of the receivers were crystal acts. If that proportion is still maintained, a large number of those sets should be useful in New- castle, and consequently many people who are now not prepared to pay. the price of a valve receiver would become subscribers to the broad- casting services.
As already mentioned, the crystal set is used not only on secount of economy; many people prefer it on account of clarity of reception through a pair of headphones.
phonal songs in to encourage, The protest does not
the travelling public to make greater tive of trains.]
Mr. J. H. Thomas.
indicate that the British delegation falled in any particular respect, but the convention does show that it in
O broadcatchers, wake from your troduced into the old Berne-Berlin copyright convention, an important dream!
new principle with regard to wire- less transmission. The clause states:
Firet Director.
O listeners, attend to our theme!
Second Director,
O holiday-makers Third Director.
And char-a-banc- takora,
Fourth Director. Remember the glories of steam! First Director (guddenly re- cognising the metre.j There was a young girl who
"Pah!
said
Why on earth should I go down
by car
To delightful Southend
With my gentleman friend When the railway is lovelier far?"
I
Is
It
is certainly true that crystal re- caption generally is much clearer than the average valve and loud speaker reception. It also enables one to concentrate more on an item and exclude extraneous noises which sometimes mar the enjoyment of listening to a loud speaker.
It is a selfish method of listening, nevertheless.. Although some crystal sets are equipped with 2, 3, or 4. pairs of headphones, the general practice is to have one pair, and consequently only one person can listen-in at a time.
And with
some types of receivera which do not give a satisfactory volume, the selfishness of the reception is de monstrated very clearly when the Hatener objects even to the turning of a page of a newspaper by some other member of the family whe may be sitting nearby.
Mr. J. H. Thomas (nobly respond
Bring.)
once know a Duke who said
"Mirth
the keynote of travelling to Perth, And a cosy express,
*
Where you dine and undress,
Is the lordliest life upon earth.".
Second Director (also doing best.).
his
There was a young couple at
Harwich
Who never got out of the carriage;
They preferred to remain Sitting there in the train
Authors of literary and artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorising the publication of their works to the public by radio- diffusion.
* It davolves on the national legislatures of the countries of the Union to regulate the conditions for the exercise of the right con-: tained in the preceding paragraph, but those conditions will have an effect strictly limited to the coun- tries which have established them. In no case will they impugn either the moral right of the author, or the right of the author to obtain an equitable remuneration, fixed, in default of an amicable agreemont by the competent authority.
"A First Step."
This is only a first step, which each of the signatory States will have to work cut by national legislation, but the problem proved so difficult of solution that it was nearly shelved altogether, and it is under- stood that only the timely inter- vention of the British delegation secured the adoption of the new clause.
In connection with the duration of Till the friendship resulted in mar copyright, the following new clause
riage.
was agreed upon;
Third Director (failing a little.) For those of His Majesty's lieges Who want to take rooms at Lyme
Regia,
The Southern will send you, And guard and defond you, Beneath its beneficent aegis
Fourth Director (really hard up.)| Enchantment is not a misnomer. For week-end excursions to Cromer; The engine and tender"
Seem fraught with a splendour. And the brakes have a briny aroma.
*
Crystal sets and headphones go together; a satisfactory method of attaching a loud speaker to & crystal receiver does not appear to have been devised. Consequently, Mr. J. H. Thomas (resuming after we are likely to consider all hend- a slight pause and reverting to the phone listening as crystal reception. | trus limerick vein).
There are, of course, many small There was an old Sultan of Salis valve sets which, due either to their bury
location in respect to the broad- Who wanted some wives for his casting station or to the number of halisbury,
valves used, will; give only head-So he had them sent down phone reception. Some of the. By a fast train from town, crystal reception is thus available. For he thought that his motor and the attendant selfishness or con- centration of reception, if you will have it that way, la continued.The proper place for headphone recep.
would scaliabury.
First Director (doggedly) There was a young lady of Cirences
Whose flance went down to virences.
tion is in Institutions - such sa ter hospitals, where it is essential that some persons in a room may desire to listen, while others desire not to be disturbed,
By the Great Western line, Which he swore was divine, And he couldn't have been much
explirencester
IMPROVING RECEPTION,... Within recent months consider- able attention has been paid to Im- proving crystal recolvere, particu larly in Great Britain. It is not surprising that the development HONG KONG HEIGHTS should take place in that country, as Who went
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economics, of the matter
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Second Director. (inspired), There was a young lady of Shrop-
hire
gopshire
at Stoke,
With a well-
Third'
the
The duration of the right of the author belonging in common to the collaborators in a work, is calculated from the date of the death of the last surviving collaborator.E
Subjects of countries which al low a duration of protection less than that provided in the preceding paragraph cannot claim a protection of longer duration in the other countries of the Union.
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In no case shall the duration of! protection cease before the death of the last surviving of the collabora torn
The time limit for the ratifications of the Convention is July 1, 1981.
LOUD SPEAKER POINTS ON NEW STEAMER.
Broadcast receiving equipment for the entertainment of passengers will be one of the luxuries on board the "Lady Nelson," the twin-screw steamer" launched at Birkenhead
last week for the Canadian Nation-
al Steamships service between Canada and the West Indies. Leads will be provided in all public rooms on the ship, so that loud speakers can be plugg In as desired.
rector (dafied,
and
of whell
are slaughtered
with a touch of
ker: Lin unison);
tend to our cry
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