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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928.

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(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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HORIZONTAL

1-Damage

5-Exclamation of

unhappines

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148.

140

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32 133

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©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE

134-To the extent.

- 35~ Thus

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Icoland

10-Westore horseshow

12-Greek maiden

37-A small occluded

valley 38-Something

slippery

189-Violant assault

(Class. Myth.) 141-Billow

13-Islande In Atlantia 142-Kayatana State

15-Prex meaning

"again"

17-Food chewed by

cow

19-Dovil 20-invite 21-A lady of King Arthur's court 23-Any conter of a

system of worlds 24-Chastles' 26-Deviate. 27-Dull, monotonous

tone 28-Altitude of a star above horizon

29-Placer for safe

storage of papers

untains of South Amaries

(abbr.)

43-Typs of dog

48-New England State

(abur.) 48-Rales objections 48-One blessed in

heaven

50-To listen 61-Apology

VERTICAL 1-Exclamation

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2-Fit one's self with

weapons

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charmed dolphine Porakon

7-Girl's name

B-Point of compasa

(abor.)

-Original source 11-Greek huntar killed

by Diana

12-Frozon dainties

14-Rivalry

18-Border

18-Dismal

20-Fair woman 22-Glens

(24-Leaf of a palm

26-Affirmative answer 127-Prefix meaning

through

28-A track

30-Forward

32-Choose

$5-8trip of wood

30-Completely

35-Brittle 29-Impal

40-Ground.corn

43-8cotch for small

THE CHINA MAIL,

RADIO TOPICS

TO-DAY'S RADIO ·

BROADCAST BY G.O.W.

ON 300 METRES

S.O.S. DROWNED

WHAT BROADCASTING DID

tions In wireless is to give all tha praise to the loud speaker, if a res production of exceptional quality is heard. We all know the type. Mra. Smith-Jones drops in to tea and when the set is switched on what does she say? "Oh, my dear, held an inquiry into the loss of the what a heavenly loud speaker. Do str. "Carmarthenshire" by fire in I must get John the Thames on July 7. The "Car- Ours is perfectly

The Board of Trade last month

The following programma will tell me the name, be broadcast to-day from the Govto buy one. ernment radio station on the Peak, awful! Those who take an intel-marthenshire" was outward bound the wave-length being 300 metres.ligent interest in the matter know from London to the Far East with The call sign of the station is that the receiver is the all-import 11 passengers, a crew of 85, and |G.O.W.

ant link in the chain. There are cargo under: charter by the Glen 6.30 pm to 6.30 p.m.-Demon-good and bad loud speakers, of Line. Shortly after she left the stration Programme.

course, but the audible difference docks a fire broke out in the stoke- 748 p.m.-Evening Weather Re-cannot bear comparison between a hold, and was only extinguished port.

well-designed set and its antithesis after the ship had been beached at struggling to get the last ounce of Brith. She was burning, coal un- volume by the aid of reaction. And der three bollers and oil under the the more efficient and faithful re-fourth, and it was stated that the producer, we employ, the more it question which was concerning the will show up any deficiencies in Board of Trade was whether, the the set.

burning of oil and coal in a com- Reginald Goss Custard F.R.C.O.

Loud-Speaker Types

mon atokehold such as the "Carmar- "Pagliacci," Prologue.

The commonest speaker in use to- thenshire" had

was dangerous. Peter Dawson.day is the horn type-a combina- After the fire One of the oll-feed tion of permanent magnet, drefpipes was found to be broken and "L'Arlesienne," Prelude.

diaphragma and unit, with a conical defective.

8 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.-Evening Programme (Victor and H.M.V. Records).

Celebrity Programme |"Grand Choeur in C Major,"

"Spring Song."

Covent Garden. Orchestra.

"The Blue Mazurka," Vocal Gems. "The Desert Song," Vocal Gema.

Light Opera Company. "L'Arlesienne,”. (a) Farandolo

as

fierce," and said it spread very rapidly. Everything was done that could be done to extinguish it.

horn-usually from two to three

William Henry Baker, master of feet in length, This has almost the "Carmarthenshire," said that

The magnete

he had had 30 years' experience at every possible fault. are usually too small; the diaph-

sea. He described the fire ragm, noting as a spring has (b). Adagdetto

period or frequency of its own, and Covent Garden Orchestra. frequency distortion is bound to "Oh Kay," Vocal Gems.

be present.

The short hora "cuts The Revellers. off"all the lower frequencies. In

Mr. A. T. Buckmill (for the Board "Honeymoon Lane," Vocal Gems.

spite of these defects, It still com- of Trade): If this fire had happen- Light Opera Company.mands a ready sale, for it has the ed at sea would there have been "Imperial March,"

advantage of being cheap, very time to got the boats away with the "Cantilene Nuptiale,"

sensitive, and also tends to cover crew and passengers?—Yes, I think! Organ solo by Stanley Roger.up distortion due to overloading so. "Bohemian Girl," Vocal Gems.

the power valve.

Would there have been any chance Light Opera Company. An entirely different design is of extinguishing the fire?--None the cone speaker, and the latest whatever. The captain' added that manufactured models employ a per- the vessel was exceedingly well Mary Garden.manent magnet and balanced arma- equipped with fire-fighting appli-

ture 'connected by a rod to the cen- tre of a conical diaphragm gener- Emille De Gogoiza. ally made of non-hygroscopic material, which will resist changes in shape or stiffness due to mois Hulda Lashanska.ture in the atmosphere. The fre- quency response of this type la superior to the horn speaker, but they generally require slightly more power for efficient working.

"At Parting," "At Dawning,"

"Morning Meditation," "The Charm,"

"Annie Laurie," "Long, Long Ago,"

"My Old Love," "Rosalinda,"

Tito Schips. "Songs My Mother Taught Me," "Since First I Met Thee,"

Rosa Ponselle.

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"Oh Promise Me," "Love's Garden of Roses,"

Renee, Chemet,

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"No Night There," |“In The Garden,”.

Marion Talley, "Dance of the Gnomes,"" "Etude Tableau,"

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Sergei Rachmaninoff. "Lucia Di Lammermoor,"

Mad Scene. Toti Dal Monte. 10 p.m.-British Official Wireless Press. "Pomp and Circumstance," March. |"Largo,”

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. "Wine, Woman and Song," Waltz. "Southern Roses," Waltz.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. "Lucia Di Lammermoor," Silence

O'er All. "Daughter of the Regiment," "Tia

Time to Part.

"Waltz in E FIAL,” "To My Beloved,"

Using a modern balanced arma- tare cone unit, there is a vast field for exercising one's ingenuity in designing the d'aphragm. ånd read-

may be interest in $5 description of an unconventional speaker we have had in constant. use since the beginning of the year.

ers

Construction

This is not difficult. First of all, we require. a stout framework of at least 1in. x 1in. timber, and the actual dimensions of the speaker used can be varied within wide limits. We next require a large sheet of stiff drawing paper; the best size was found to be 24in. x 18in. This is folded in two, press- Ing the fold well down, and the exact centre point of this fold is connected to the read. of the unit. The edges of the paper are attach- ed to the side of the frame-work by drawing pins or tacks.

Preparing the Cone Unit The conical washer usually sup- Toti Dal Monte.plied with the unit is fixed tightly

Plano Solo by Harold Bauer. "My Old Kentucky Home," "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,”

Rosa Ponselle. "Danse Macabre,"

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra,

God Save The King. Close Down.

Ances.

Statements that the S.OS. calls sent out from the burning ship were drowned by broadcasting pro- grammes were contained in the wire- less operator's log, which was quoted by Mr. A. T. Bucknil. The log

stated:-

3.20 (G. M. T.): Instructed by captain to send 5.0.S. call Ship on fire off Long Reach. Require assistance.

3.26: Call repeated.

2.30: Call repeated.

No reply received, stations working, but signals drowned by strong broadcasting programme.

3.30 till 4.16: Call continuously repeated per captain's orders. No response whatever, though sta- tions working but difficult to read. Signals completely drowned by broadcasting nearly all the while.

4.30: Call per captain's orders; broadcast continuously.

5.00: No response received, broadcasting completely drowning signals 'except for short intervals.

*Owners Not Responsible Mr. J. A, R. Cairns, in giving judgment, sald. that the Court found that the fire was caused by of leakage at the ground bushing of the burner attached to the starboard lower furnace of the after-port on the rod, and a cork (from anboiler, probably due to the slacking empty whisky bottle) was drilled of the housing screw, and that the with a tiny hole, pushed on to the seriousness of the fire was aggra- rod, and finally fixed with seccotine vated by leakage from a defective in the washer. Before completing junction pipe leading to the burners. this operation, an incision to a

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depth of about in. was made with Responsibility for the fire did not a knife in the other end of the cork rest with the Glen Line, nor with It is then necessary to construct any of the parties cited in the in- an auxiliary frame at the back to quizy, and no lasue arose as to any house the cone unit, and the exact certificates. position of the supports will obvi- In their answers to specific ques- the particular tions submitted by the Board of unit employed. The folded edge Trade, the Court considered that the of the diaphragm should be a tight fire would have occurred had (By Ultimax).

fit in the cork, and it is important ell fuel alone been used in There is no such thing as the that the ends of the paper should all the furnaces, but that perfect loud speaker, any more not touch the bottom and top arms it

would not have occurred there is a perfect homan of the framework. We have an had coal alone been used. They con- HONG KONG HEIGHTS frad Graham (an Englishman) in- ance of this unconventional speak-greater when both coal and off- Over forty years ago, Al-open mind regarding the perform-sidered that the risk of fire was vented and demonstrated the first er, for we took a frequency curve burning furnaces were used at the For the information of visitors practical loud, speaker, and this when it was first constructed, but same time in a common stokehold the following list of some of the particular type was used in the we only know the ordinary person than when of fuel was used alone highest points on the Island and British Navy in 1894, seven years who hears it declares the quality in an oil-tight compartment from Malaland is published:-

Actually the first speaker and intimate reproduction are ex which coal ashes, firing books, and was developed from the telephne traordinary.

naked lights had been excluded. enr-piece by placing a conical horn in front of the diaphragm, and an illustration of a loud speaker sale

INNOVATION BY THE B.B.C. in 1920, as far as outward appear-

approximately 7.20 am. Singapore | ance goes, is exactly similar to the "Listening to the transmission Time, after which the programme horn loud speaker..we know..to-day radiated from the short-wave station slowly became weaker until at 8 a.m. This, of course, was before official of the British Broadcasting Cor-when the transmission finally ceased. broadcasting started in November, poration at Chelmsford, Essex, Eng- the volume was very much less than 1922, and ever since that time radio land, writes a Singapore correspon is usually the case." engineers have been devoting adent, "I heard the programme from

"But it was an unforgettable | good deal of attention towarda the the London station which came experience, to sit down to breakfast Improvement of the instrument. through at its usual good strength. In this country, and to be entertain- Any loud speaker functions in Asal stoners know, Bowever, the ed to a delightful musleni pro- two distinct way. First, it must "plece de resistance" is the striking gramme from the Mother Country, take the electrical impulses de-of Big Ben at midnight, and after not far short of 8,000 miles away. livered to it by the power valve this had duly been heard, and my Distortion was entirely. absent, and convert them into mechanical watch adjusted accordingly, I waited though slight periodic fading was motion, then this motion be trans for the "Good-Night, everybody, noticeable. Atmospherics at first formed into air Weves. Neither Good-Night from the announcer st were negligible, but towards the the acoustic nor the electrical sys- SW. Instead of this announce end of the programme were much tem can be designed separately, ment, I was agreeably surprised to more noticeable." they must be developed together hear the announcer say that a spe and the important point is to enclal transmission of gramophone B.B.C. Is experimenting along the "Ona is delighted to see that the aure that the forcas acting on the diaphragm faithfully reproduce in records would be given from then, inés advocated in one of the articles air waves the variations in current les midnight, (British Summer appearing in your paper a short that are passed on by the set. The Time), until 2 a.m.

while ago, for it is obvious that

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