1930-01-07 — Page 11

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930.

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DAILY CROSS- WORD

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(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our kenders are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)

14

136 137 38

HORIZONTAL 1-Highest degrea of

happiness 6-Begin

11-Cantort the body 12-Decay of testh 14-Happened

15-Collects into a heap

17-Exolamation to an

sourage, as a race

hores

18-Trep

20-Skrubby Aciatio

plant

21-Combining form.

Withia

22-Crowds together

24-Account

25-Skilled aviator

26-Jewel boxes

28-Boy's nickname

29-Extrema tear

31-Variety of turtle

(pl.)

33-Finishes

35-Place in difficulty.

36-Braces

40-Leased

44-Minister's titis

{abbr.)

46-Clipped

i

58

61

65

7 10 19

140 142

46

HORIZONTAL (Cont.)Į VERTICAL (Cont.) 47-Feed for livestock (13-Bearcher 48-Bevorego (pl.) 80-Endured

By Container for liquide) 52-Garden earth (pt.)

14-Dishonost parson 16-Vehicles on runners 19-Wearles 22-Toughene

64-Copper coin of U. 8. 29-Marked with aster-

(abbr.)

85-tallan poet (85-Harsh, shrill ory 165-Pited up In regular

form. 60-Hurth 61-One of two |62-Patron saint of

Frence

63-Velocity

VERTICAL

1-Attachment to sow.

Ing machinse

2-D1xtrot

3-Tessing desire

4-Pronoun

B-Swamp greaLOS

laka

25-Same as conch (pl.) 27-Help onward 30-Recorder (abbr) |82-Mightier than the

award

34-Baw

{88–6mall nalla,

87-Bouvanica |28-Affirmed

89-Mark [41-Expreaxud gratituda

42-Religious festival 43-Drained by ditching 46-Improvleed forces of

men

49-Short for Stephen

6-Climbing, as a plant)51–To hide in the

*7-Headgear

Desert-dweller,

-Aspenda

ground 53-Obaarved {85+Frult:~/

67-French for cry 11-From what source 169-Point

10-Having left a will

(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow?a izene along with a new cross-word, puzzle.).

YESTERDAY'S, SOLUTION

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Sunrise And Sunset In Colony

THE CHINA

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RADIO TOPICS

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on 355 metres :—-

"The Gipsy Baron"--Selection

music, it has tended to discourage MALAYA'S HOPES reading. That the directors of the

B.B.C. would be hurt was to be ex- Amateur Radio Societies

Forming

December, 28, 1929.

portal. Their programmes have pro-, vided abundant proof of their desire to edify and disseminate Informa- tion. The official reply to the Arch- bishop is that whenever a broad- 1929 is coming to a close and on casting, lecturer recommends books the whole it has been a fairly suc- the public libraries receive "an cessful year for keen enthusiasts. normous demand" for those books. A few beginners were disappointed that but as with other selantic hobbles This, it is argued, proves wireless is actually spreading the it was unavoidable. For the last desire to read and to read seriously, two months, activities were aroused million wireless In Penang and Kuala Lumpur · ro- There are three licences, and the B.B.C. estimates garding the formation of amateur that this means Afteen million radio societies. With some On-

5-7 p.m.-Programme of H.M.V.listeners. The figure must be cofragemeist the lattar society & Victor records supplied by potential rather than actual. But ought to be able to come on the air we can hardly diaputo the modest before long. 1930 brings in new courtesy of Messrs. Moutrie.

inforceco that many thousands hopes especially with the appoint have had “their intereste Increased" | ment of the new Governor whose

interest in broadcasting is well. His Excellency may per- hapa bo surprised on his arrival here to find that we are so far be bind the times.

(J. Strauss),

Ferdy Kauffman & His by the lectures.

"Birage" (Coates),

Orchestra.

"1 Zingari" (Leoncavallo),

De Groot-Voilin, David Bor

Piano, H.M. Calve-

'Cello.

"Is it British?" (K. & G. Weston), "think of you",.

Norman Long, Humerous. "Dawn of to-morrow"

(Gravelle & Green), "C'Est Vous" (Green),

The Salon Group. "Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 8"

(Liszt)

..Mischa Levitzki. "All thro' the night I think of you"

(Pollack & Lively), "For you alone" (Geehl),

De Groot & the Piccadilly Orchestra. "Why can't you" (De-Sylva, Brown'

& Henderson), "Little Pal"

Gracie Fields, Comedienne. "The Mikado"-Selection

(Sullivan),

stream Guards."

"In an old-fashioned town"

German

The Archbishop, however, might known, well reply that this is no refutation of his censure, The point is, not whether the lecturers are doing some good-everyone would admit

new Tests from the that but whether they are at pre- "World Broadcasting" station have sent doing more good than harm. been going on for sometime now Granted that after each lecture a but resuits have not justified the number of people go to the free rather ambitious term "World libraries and attempt to "follow up Broadcasting." On favourable by private reading" what the lec-conditions the signals came through turer suggested, we are without any well, good modulation and with very Transmissions are evidence that the number of readers little fading. in the country has been increased carried on simultaneously with the or that the study of the new readers ong wave station at Konigswuster Is being directed to the best pur-hausen and the announcement is pose. The official defence of the "Achtung. Achtung. Hier Kon. B.B.C. does not deal with the real igswusterhausen und der Deutscher objection to its programme. That weitrundfunksender auf welle ein

18, of course, that lectures aimed at und dreissig komma acht und an audience of fifteen million are dreissig." The wavelength is 31,33 most unreliable method of educa- metres.

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that the output circuit of a receiver in regularly between 5 and 7 am. would be overloaded. Headphones, one on about 25 metres and the loudspeakers and transformers are other 31, saturated. The majority of trans- formers on the market, were mada to work with a primary current of

Bangkok on 29.5 metres may often be heard relaying. Kairx (Manila). This enables comparison of receiv-

not more than 4 milliamps withouting conditions locally and in Slam.

The Band of H.M. Cold-tion. When the Archbishop apoke Transmission is carried on all saturation.

of the influence of wireless in dis-day at the following time couraging reading as "sheer dis- 5.65 G.M.T. Weather report. aster" he was thinking apparently

6 a.m. Physical exercises from of the inferiority of standardised Berlin. mags instruction to that in which Individuality сап be developed. That is one of the most insidious evils of modern life.

(W. H. Squire), "Wait" (G. D'Hardelot),

John Turner, Tenor "I kiss your lips" (Rudolphe), "Salut D'Amour" (Elgar),

Marek Weber & His Orchestra. "An Autumn Serenade" (Beece), "Poem" (Fibich)..... Reginald Foort "One way street" (Tibor), "Midnight bells" (Heuberger),

De Groot & the Piccadilly Orchestra: "Under the Bazunka Tree" (Lee), "The good little boy and the bad. little boy" (Weston & Lee);

Norman Long, Humorous. "Reminiscences of Scotland"

(Art. F. Godfrey),

The Band of H.M.

Air Force.

(a) "Polltencas",

(b) "Market Square",

(A, A. Milne, H. Fraser- Simson),

(u) "Buckingham Palace", (b) The three Foxes"

TESTING LOUD-SPEAKERS

11 a.m. Gramophone records. 1.30 p.m., Children's-hour,

7 p.m. Evening concert-interval signal is a metronome of 120 beats per minute

With the exception of Manlia listening-In w38 a failure on Christmas Eve-what will New Year's Eve be like 7-Singapore Free Press.

VALUE OF BEAM WIRELESS

If Brief Reception of broadcasting from Europe has not shown any marked improvement. Chelmsford's trans. mission on Christmas Eve 1928 was good but this year only his carrler wave was audible. Huizen is still weak at most times though on a few

London, Nov. 26. nights last week he appeared to

When the Expiring Laws Con- Many manufacturers are now

come in at full strength in Java tinuance Bill was being considered turning their attention to short where a successful relay was car- wave receivers but the trend

of ried out by the Bandoeng Radio to-day in Committee in the House of Commons, it was pointed out design is bringing more complica | Society. If a loud-speaker gave perfect re-

that when the recent earthquake tions, consequently bringing more

On Sunday evening Kairx broad-in the Atlantic caused a 'bresksge production, the manufacturer would trouble ta users. The introduc- cast a short speech thanking sub- Jose 110 time in publishing

in the cables, if there had been ation of three or more dials is apt to scribers for the generous response Royalstraight-line

no beam frequency response baffle beginners. Indifferent screen-

wireless service, the to his appeals. Several Malayan "curve" similar to those given by ing gives rise to noises which are

whole system of communleation addresses were mentioned, one at the transfemer people.

between Britain and America, extremely difficult to trace. The Kuala Lumpur and the others in

Australia and New Zealand would use of Insulated condenser spindles Pahang. may be all right for temperate climates but in the tropics the thin vulcanised rabber Insulation deve tops cracks which give rise to noises resembling flushes of light

(A. A. Milne, H. Fraser- Simson)

George Baker "La Garde Republicaine-March",

(Emmerson),

"Wipers-March" (Barewski),

The Guard of H.M.

stream Guards. "Oh, could I bat express in song"

(Malashkin), "Sincerity" (Clarke),

Afler

some

Some time ago a foreign manu- facturer published the curve of a new loud-speaker, and it was 30 good that arrangements were made to get an instrument over for test delay, the speaker arrived it was not a moving-collning. Cold--and a test on a frequency gramo The introduction of the screen- phone record revealed the higher grid and pentode valves is another notes were entirely cut-off, although mark in the progress of valve manu- the "curve" • showed a particularly facture as are also large power good response on these high fre- valves. Sudden changes as the quencies.

latter should be given publicity by the makers or at least a warning pamphlet should be placed in the carton. There Is one instance where a larger power valve Readers who are interested in this placed on the market without even method of testing loud-speaker rean alteration of the name. What sponse can now purchase sound test would happen in a case like this is records, and the one referred to

Peter Dawson, Bass-Baritone. "Madama Butterfly" Solection

(Puccini).. New Light Symphony

Orchestra 7.48 p.m.-Weather Report 9 p.mChinese Programme. 10.30 p.m.-Close Down,

Evidently the dips and valleys of the real curve had been subjected to corrective analysis by the firm's advertising department!

TALKS THEN STUDY gives à pure output note starting

How Wireless Helps Libraries

at 6,000 cycles, with a steady fall to about 300, and a little practice will soon enable one to judge fairly accurately the standard and re- sponse of the speaker ander test.

One must, however, be careful Bare walls may cause reflectlar and form standing

Waved.

Thousands of wireless listeners are taking a new and active interest about the room. in serious subjects as a result of various broadcast features, it was Įstated, in support of the view ex- pressed by the, Archbishop of York that wireless on the whole is doing more good than harm.

RADIO AND THE CHURCHES

Director.

An official of the B.B.C. said: "I

Sir John Refth, think the greatest evidence of the utility of broadcast talks as an in- General of the B.B.C., has gently ducement to reading is to be found. chided the Churches on their at In the returns of the public libraries. titude towards the broadcast of Librarians In-alt parts of the King-religious services. He accuses dom, and from Buch different plac's ministers of neglecting the faci as Croydon and Sheffield; have re-lities which the wireless offers ported an enormous demand for for spreading the teaching of the books that have been recommended Church. by adult educational lecturers when to a point. Some effort should He is unquestionably right, up broadcasting. Sunrise and Sunset is. Houg: "So far as adult study is concern- surely be made to give to those Kong for December (Standard time ed, the B.B.C. do not claim that the who, by reason of age or sickness, are unable to go to church, as beautiful a service as possible through the medium of the microphone.

of the 120th Bleridian, East of broadcast looturor can cover all the Greenwich), are as follow:→

January

ground, but he can stimulate inte est in a subject which the listener Sunrise Sunset.

can follow up by private reading, Ph. and that he does this is proved by On the other hand, religion

these Hbrarians.

seems, at ali events, a very differ "Wireless Hoences have been ent thing in a church from what taken out by 3,000,000 people. We It is in a well-cushioned armchair, estimate that the average family and it is a very short step, for contains five persons who listen-In, those who could reasonably ap so that the total number of listeners Dear at church, from listening-in In le something like 15,000,000, No to ignoring the Church and the doubt many thousands of these things of the Church altogether follow the talks, and have their horizon widened and their interest increased.

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"Press" Comment The London Daily Telegraph

quart

This consideration not the only one which

Churches from fullt emb broadcastingThey realise, very sensibly, that it is not possible to pass, the plate by wireless, and without money they

former Al who has

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PLE did not come in this week. Last week he came on at the ap- pointed time but broke down at 9.30 p.m. after which the signals were inaudible.

Telephonic conversation between Java and Holland on the 16 17 metre wave did not appear to be very successful after 7 p.m. at this period. The 27 metre one was mostly used.

PCJ (Eindhoven) has been fair on 31.4 metres. J

7LO (Nairobi) on 31 metres and only 2 Kilowatts energy should be congratulated as throughout the year his signals were fairly well received in all parts of the world.

Two U.S.A. stations are coming

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