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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1930.

RADIO TOPICS

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be

THE

WIRELESS FITTED ON which are completely enclosed in

LINERS.

brondesat to-day from the Hong Kong Modern Developments.waves from 200 to 2.000 metres.

'Broadcasting Station ZB.W. on 355 metres:-

metal tubes effectively protecting them from injury. The newest direction finder receivers can work in conjunction with these loops on It is not only suitable for taking accurate bearings of stations using spark or c.w, transmitters, but is also accurate when used for taking continuous waves or telephony... Wireless Telephony. The most remarkable innovation

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DISGRACE OF LYNCH MONUMENTS OF THE

LAW.

Press Denouncing "Savage Episodes."

DARDANELLES.

Turkey to Erect a War

Memorial.

6-8 p.m.-European Programme' The wireless Installations in mo-

Victor selected and supplied by Mesars. three classes: those intended for bearings of stations transmitting. Consequently, remarks the "De-erdi wish to aes the memory of

Records dern ships may be divided into

.of

Moutrie & Co.

H.M.V.

"Mignon"-Overture (Thomas);

- (6650A),

"The Larboard Watch", "The Gendarmes, Duet (Offenbach),

Walter Glynne and Stuart

Robertson, Vocal Duet (B3030).

"Funeral March of a Marionette"

(Gounod). "Marche Militaire" (Schubert).

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (6039A).

large

Avaves

normal

pur.

passenger-carrying liners, those intended for the Chicago Symphony Orch. cargo vessel or amall liners, and which is now in the development

those intended for small craft.

stage is the addition of a powerful The sets used in large passenger wireless telephony set to some of iners are capable of working on the largest liners. all,

Wireless tole permitted by the

phony on a modest scale presents Washington Convention, that is to

no technical difficulties as far as say from 600 to 800 metres and from 1.800 to 2,700 metres.

the mere transmission and recep- These are value transmitters and are cap but

tion of good speech is concerned!

, the ale of using either continuous or

apparatus "The Yeoman's Wedding"

referred to above (Poniatowski),

Interrupted continuous waves from

ន intended for "Out of the Night" (Lidgey)..

much 600 to 800 metres, and continuous

more ambitious Percy Heming, Barltone waves only in the longer band. able to place the ships carrying родез. It ig. hoped to be *(E437). "Invitation to the Waltz" (Weber),

Most of these sets can supply about this apparatus, which are all on ikw. to the aerial. They are the New York run Philadelphia Symphony,

Orchestra (6643A).

in télephonie usually of simple fundamental de-i "Chanson (In Loval" (Friml),

sign as it has not been found reces- aide of the Atlantic they may de

communication with whichever Reginak Foort. Organist sary to provide them with indepen-aire, and at any time they may de

Solo (B2988). "Love's Garden of Roses" (Wood),

dent frequency control equipments, sire, the speech to be duplex and "Tannhauser--Bonusberg Music

but and

the rough service to which of such good quality and regular Bacchanale" (Wagner),

they are subjected renders it neces- strength that it will be suitable for Symphony Orchestra sary that they should be exceeding application to the land-line system.

(9027A).

ly robust in construction, and al- though the fundamental outline of

This means that a subscriber on the circuits is simple, the detall design must include a large num ber of precautionary refinements.

"Chorus Gentlemen" (Lahr),

Percy Heming. Baritone

(B2509).

"O to Philadelphia" (Haynes), "Carnival Overture" (Dvorak),

Chicago Symphony Orch. (0500A).

"Oh. Could 1 But Express in Song"

(Malashkin). "Singerity" (Clarke).

Peter Dawson, Bass Baritone (82425). "L'Arlesienne"Prelude (set).

Royal Opera Orchestra. Covent Garden (9112A). "L'Artesienne"-Farandole (Bizet), "L'Arlesienne"Adagietto (Bizet),

Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden (9113B).

"A Dream", "Macushla".

land can be put in direct telephonic communication with a passenger at sea, with no more trouble or diff. culty than making an ordinary toll

In addition to the main set out-call. lined above, most large vessels

for short waves.

To carry out such a service, even

how carry a special transmitter for a limited number of hours & fundamental design of the set is tus in the ship of the very highest Here again the day, demands transmitting appara- extremely simple, though the actual construction has to incor- being of the utmost importance. quality, frequency stabilisation porate many vitally important Only the very best can do the work, small points which experience hua and all the usual considerations of shown to be essential. Provided that these transmitters are proper stand aside to make way for tech- weight, space, and coat have to ly constructed, and due attention nical perfection. In order to make is paid to those details which have good communication at ali ranges been found to be necessary, there from 200 to 3,000 miles at all hours Renee Chemet, Violin Solo is no need to fit these instruments of the day and night and all times

with Piano (1442A).

with frequency stabilizing appara of the year, at least, four waves "Martha"-Selection (Flataw).

tus in order to enable them to do must be available, ranging from the work for which they are intend-about 17 to 70 metres.

The Washington Convention

As the has permitted ships to work in cer- tain bands of wave lengths. but there are no definite and specific waves appointed. It is only neces sary that the frequency of the transmitter should be sufficiently constant to enable the signal to be read clearly.

The Band of H.M. Cold- stream Guards (1453).

8 p.m.--Chinese Relay from theed.

Ko Shing Theatre.

9 p.m.-Weather Report:

Relay continued.

11 p.m.-Close Down.

WIRELESS 'PHONES.

AEROPLANE OVER LOS ANGELES

SPEAKS TO BERLIN.

Another scientific marvel is claimed to have been accomplished. An aeroplane flying over. Los Angeles with Professor von Kar- тапп, of the Technical High

States, although, with the excep- Great Britain and by France in most Heavily on the Southern The monuments erected both by

The stigma of lynching has lala

Stamboul, July 1.

tion of New England, scarcely a memory of their soldiers who fell State in the Union has not at one at the Dardanelles in 1915-16 have time or another witnessed the con- produced the deepest impression an sequences of mob madness,

the Turks, and there is now a gen- troit Free Press," it is heartening Turkish soldiers honoured In the stand against this method of ad- the care of the Turkish cemeteries to observe that Southern news- same way. papers are taking a determined The committee entrusted with ministering "justice." They reach of the Dardanelles has decided to eyes that are blind to. Northern erect two great monuments and a competition is to be opened. The "Atlantie which is published in the State and half a million Turkish liras Constitution," cost has been fixed at one million that holds the unenviable record respectively, and will have to be for lynchings, albeit latterly it has covered by the whole of the mended its ways, says, with refer- Turkish municipalities.

recent anti-lynching activi ties in South Carolina:

comment.

'The

ence

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The Turkish soldier is, of course, to figure on the monuments. Up Cruel and Unjustifiable. to the new regime, reproductions "The lynching of persons who of any living beings have been' for- are in full custody of the law, bidden аз д consequence of an

or could be put there easily for interpretation of the Mussulman, safe-keeping and legal disposi-faith books. But since 1926 tion, is an uncivilized, lawless statues have been erected to the and highly criminal act as ab- Ghazi in almost all Turkish towns. horrent to all just men as it is

"ALMOST TERROR- STRICKEN."

unnecessary to the obtaining of Air Inquest Revelations justice In every case within memory it has been as cruel and unjustifiable as the act of a glant in strangling a child in its cradle. Public sentiment againat: the act has served in recent

London, July 18. years to largely cut down the At the inquest at Croydon on the number of lynchings, but that Scottish pilot, Anderson, and his sentiment is not yet pervasive passenger, Mr. Hammett who enough and strong enough to crashed there recently, dramatic prevent yery sudden and mur-evidence was given by a member of derous ebulition of mobs inflam- the Croydon nerodome ground staff. ed by sudden and revolting He said that Mr. Hammett climbed crimes committed in a com-on to the rear seat and, that Mr. munity. But where prevention Anderson instructed him in the use of a lynching fails because of of the stick, telling him not to use the weightier force of the inob It as though he were stirring por- there should follow prompt and ridge and not to lose his temper in Intensive prosecution of the mur- the air as he had done previously. derers leading the mob. The ex- Mr. Anderson also said that Mr. cuse that none of them can be Hammett should take complete identified is absurd. The perfect control. when they reached 1,500 identification, conviction and feet; to which Mr. Hammett -re- execution of a few mob leaders plled in a surprised tone-"But you would soon put an almost total jare going to take the machine up." end to these damnably savage Witness said that Mr. Hammett episodes in our current com- was very nervous and almost ter- munal life."

ror-striken. Mr. Anderson's em- ployer, Lieutenant-Colonel Hender-

PRISON FOR REDS.

JUSTICE SWIFT.

on, said that he had not authoris

ed this flight. He had since found used the aeroplane without permi that Mr. Anderson. occasionally

sion and contrary to ordera,

speech must be duplex, four waves four others for reception between are required for transmission and the ships and one terminal station. communicate, one to the American In order to allow for two ships to coast and one same time without mutual inter- BIAS ALLEGED AGAINST MR.

to Europe at the

These sets are used for the main pean waves must be slightly differ- ference, the American and Euro-

600-800-metre band of waves carry must be capable of eight distinct telegraph service of the ships, the ent, so that a ship's transmitter

[Three days later Col. Hender- London, July 15. son was himself killed in the air ing the bulk of the messages con-

Sentences of nite, seven and five crash at Meopham.] cerning the navigation of the ship, of purity. if she is to be able to ly, were passed in the King's Bonch stated that hundreds of Sunday waves, each of the highest degree months' imprisonment, respective [A Londoa message of June 30 and the 1,800-2,700-metre band carry out a full service, and even Division, on Frank Priestly, Frank holiday-makers who were watching carrying the passenger traffic up to be more than 16 hours of possible Patterson, and ranges of above 1,500 miles. The then it is not certain that there will Ward, for contempt of court in an at Croydon aerodrome and many short-wave transmitter is used to communication per day. To carry article in the Communist Daily others about to

Frank Brennan the air liners leaving and landing handle longrange work.

take their first All vessels equipped as stated quires eight special short-wave Justice Swift in the conduct of a tish pilot, Anderson, crash to his out this service the ship also re- Worker, alleging bias against Mr.aerial joy ride saw a famous Scot School at Aix-la-Chapelle, as also carry an emergency transmit aerials, four to transmit and four trial at Winchester Assizes, when a death with a passenger soon after passenger, got into wireless tele-ter, an instrument of comparatively to receive, because the physical phone communication with Herr low power, which can be worked dimensions Milch, Director of Luft-Hansa in by a special battery of accumula-wave to be transmitted if the high inciting mutiny and was sentenced were picked up some distance from

man was charged with distributing taking off. of all parts

Clouds of smoke and! Berlin, and had ten minutes talk tors should the ship'a main electri: degree of frequency stability of the to 18 months hard labour.

of the pamphlets to soldiers at Aldershot dust rose in the air and the bodies with him.

city supply fail, Herr Milch used only the ordin almost invariably spark sets and proper use of. In order to provide tor of the firm of printers,, who soa Civil Aviation Bureau. He w

These sets are transmitter itself la to be made

the machine., Mr. Anderson was ary telephone in his office. The are usually capable of delivering the necessary ranges, the ship's printed the newspaper, apologis-styled "Dare Devi!" and was well W. T. Wilkinson, managing direc- the chief Instructor of the Hender- conversation was so clear that the about 60 volts to the aerial. They transmitter must be capable of deed and explained that he revised known for his starts. He was par airman had to request Berlin not to are adjusted to the 600-matre wave.livering at least 2 kw. to the aerial, the article in question, but ap- ticularly fond of walking on the speak so loudly.

Smaller Liners' Equipment, The installations in the smaller at least 20 kw. must be drawn gence the corrections were

and in order to do so a supply of parently owing to somebody's negll winga while the machine was fly RADIO & WEATHER, similar in principle, but emailet A. Slee in the Motor Ship,

liners and normal cargo vessels are from the ship's mains.Comdr. J. mnde.

noting. Mr. Anderson was in the Royal Air Force during the War. He was fined £250 and £25 costs. He has flown in many parts of the

world.]

TEST REFUSED.

Melbourne, June 29. The Commonwealth Meteorolo- gist (Mr. Hunt), to-day dismissed

and less powerful. All of them are valve transmitters, some being capable of ic.w. only on the 600 to 800 wave hand; some can deliver both c.. and i.c.w., and a few can. also work to the 1,800-2,700-metre band. Most of these sets can de- Hver about 300 watts to the aerial.

Such, in-

a charge brought by Mr. A. G. but a few of them are capable of Everett, of Galaquil, near War-about twice this output. rakonabeal, that wireless broad-stallations are accompanied by an casting had caused abnormal fluc-entergency set as already describ tuations in the Australian rainfall (ed.

to the serious detriment of the Many of the very small vessels, Mallee and Wimmers, in Victoria. such, as trawlers, are atili being: Mr. Hunt declined to impose a equipped with the domparatively penalty of one month's silence on femall spark transmitters which are the broacabting stations to enable still permitted by the Washington a practical test by the bureau, of Convention, though a few are now Mr. Everett's assertiona. This carrying value transmitters of "Anding" by Mr. Hunt, has been equivalent power. These latter embodied in a report to the Secret seem to possess few, if any, advan- ary for Trade and Home Affairs, tages over the more simple robust following a complaint about the park tranmitter, when worked un- effect of broadcasting on the weader the exceedingly rough condi. ther, ledged by Mr. Everett with tion which obtain in these vessels. the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin). The most modern type of river

Back To 1924.

for uso.at sea is arranged for the reception of all waves from about

Mr. Everett Bald that the adverse

effect of broadcasting had mani 15 metres to 20,000 metres, using fested itself since 1924, when the

one self-oscillating valve and one

large stations began to issue con-low-frequency magnifier. For spe tinuous dally programmes.

Mr. Hunt points out that April, large liners, a receiver of this type: cial purposes, such as for use in 1928, was practically rainless, in is reinforced by protective and Northern Victoria, and was the one low-frequency, magnifier. For only entirely rainless month record special purposes, such as for use edfu Melbourne. That was before in large liners, receiv broadcasting became general. The or of this type is reinforced rain which tell in May, 1923, was by protective and solactive. hailed with delight as the salvation tuning stages, generally of the best crops. Similarly, in single-valve high-frequend May of this year, rain broke a long plifier before the detect dry spell Although this latter a tuned low-frequency amplifer raft coincided wit great usually called a note filter-after broadcastings ctivity

was the out

* stagez the average, abo

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Rugby, July 22.

A by election in the Bromley divialon, Kent, is necessitated by the death of Col. Cuthbert, James. Conservative member for many years. Last year he had a 7,000 majority over a Libéral in a three- cornered contest: .

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