1930-10-14 — Page 11

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1930.

RADIO TOPICS

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the, Hong Kong Broadcasting. Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 metres:-

5 p.m.-Earopean

Programme

5.30 11.1. tapprox-Concert - Music..

The Mikado-Selection (Sullivan),

Band of 1.3. Coldstream Guards, Bird of Love Divine (Haydn Wond),

Mavis Bennett, Soprano (2572) The Glow Worm-Idyl,

Victor Salon Orchestru (19758). Melody in P (Rubinstein), Waltz from Midnight Sun,

Friend of Mine,

Mark Hambourg, Pianoforte Solo (2007).

Alant Hemingway, Bass 12573). The Waltzing Doll (Potdini),

Victor Concert Orchestra

(2008).

.

Orpheus with his hite (Sullivan),

Mavis Bennett, Soprano (2702).

CABLES & WIRELESS. was, as one of the Home

STRAITS AND HONG KONG *SCHEME.

. For many years the Eastern Ex- tension, Australasia and China

It

.on

papers puts it, "to be an Imperial concern backed by the Empire's Govern- ments conferring the benefits of efficiency, scientific progress and administrative progress, both. the peoples concerned and those who had provided the vast 'capital of Victor Records supplied by Telegraph Co. Ltd.-"the Eastern involved." That those anticipu- Messrs. Moutrie & Co.

Extension" for short-was regard- tions have not been fulfilled iu ob. Evidence of substantial ed throughout the Far East almost vious. 5-5.30 p.m.-Children's Concerti

economies already effected is given Récorded).

as a semi-publie institution. gave Its customers an efficient and in the report, and others, even trustworthy service, it was ad- more far-reaching, are contemplat- ministered on sound and progres- ed. So far as laymen can judge, sive lines, it paid a steady ten per the spirit of effelency and scienti cent.. and it had accumulated fic progress is not lacking, as those substantin reserves, with the re- delegates of the Imperial Press sult that less than thirty months Conference who visited the beam ago its £3,056,060 worth of stock stations at Dorchester and Bridge- The water and saw something of the was valued at £11,867,855. only threat to its continued pres- company's head office at Electra perity came from the growing com House in Londo" 'gladly testified. petition of wireless and the pro- But Government support; if forth- 'bability-nay, the certainty-of its coming at all, has been lukewarm, adoption and development on a while in the case of the British large scale throughout the Eastern Post Office there has actually been Extension's territory. When, how-frletion and something very like ever, on the recommendation of obstruction due, perhaps, partly to jealousy on the the Imperial Wireless and Cable professional Conference of 1928, the Cable part of high officials and partly to Companies Eastern, Eastern the fact that Labour, before it The Flutterer (Chaminade),

Extension and Western-and the took office, was opposed to the Seart Dance,

Hans Barth, Fiunoterte Marconi (Wireless) Company were merger. Examples of this might Sela (20316). united as from Apri! 1. 1928, with be readily quoteil, but in the hope capital of that the difficulties of co-ordina-i Authorised I sing thee songs of Araby,

Derek Oldham. Tenor (2593).

£53.700,000, as Cables and Wire- tlon may be overcome, they are no Ballet des Syphes (Berlioz).

Victor Concert Orchestraless Limited, the threat of mutual doubt better left unrecorded. But

(20563).

cut-throat competition disappeared the principal cause of the fall in and the former shareholders in receipts is 'olsewhere to seek, The Eastern Extension, of whom there late Sir John Denison-Pender, who are a good many in the Far East, so-long successfully directed the once more began to regard their affairs of the cable companies, gilt-edged once described their receipts, very Investment security. Unfortunately, so far as

truly, as the 'barometer of trade; the period ended December 31, and during the period of acute 1929, is concerned, the financial world-wide trade depression through results of the merger have been which we are now passing, cable extremely disappointing. Accord traffic has fallen and continues to ing to the report, which is now fall heavily month by month, as before us, the net profit of Cables the following official statement and Wireless. Ltd., proves to have clearly shows:

total Sophie Tacker, Comelienne

Of the been £1,327,311. (21993),

involved. £52,187,298, January capital Roamin' in the Gloamin' Lauder),

in the form February is £23,042,082 Harry Later (9812)

cumulative March Iit British.

of 52 per cent. Norman Long, Humorous

stock. This stock April preference (2580).

alone is to receive its dividend | May

which absorbs year,

of balance The £1,263,053, £64,207 is to be carried forward. The holders of both the £20,556,647 7 per cent. "A stock and the £8,588,569 "B" stock have to go without any income. There had ac-

6.15 p.m. (approx.)-Operatic. Tristan aml Isolde (Wagner).

Maria Jaritza. Soprano (1863). Metropolitan Opera Chorus (1103).

La Traviata (Verdi),

6.30 (approx)-Variety. Colonel Bogey-March,

5

Band of H., Coldstream Guards (2408), Maurice Chevalier, Baritono

it's a Habit of Mine,

(22007)..

I'm feathering a nest,

ແດ

Katie. Keep your feet on the ground,

Alleen Stanley-Billy Murray.this

Our district Visitor,

Wish Wynne, Comelienne (2532).

Fancy aur meeting,

Lilian Daries, Soprano (2797).

The Story of Lady Godiva,

as

a

Total

1929.

486,307

521,805

THE CHINA MAIL.

"Yes! We go Trail Riding"

Here you see Miss Ruth Sheiden, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who won fume

around the Banff Springs Hotel as the best dressed Trail Rider of the Canadian Rockies. This time of year is of course Trail Riding season in the Rockies when the sure-footed cayuse is the backbone of axcursions into the lesser known and not so accersible beauty apota ni the celties and probably one reason why the Trail Rides are so popular may be found in the Illustration to this story.

SILENT PIANO.

CAN BE TURNED ON OR OFF AT WILL

John Henry and Blowwom.tually been rumours that even the appears to be a. steady increase of amplifier the

Humorous (2485). There's a Rainbow round my Shoulder,

Johnny Marvin, Comedian (21780). Frank Crumit, Comelian (21466).

The Three Trees,

Mighty laka Rose (Nevin),

Sum Herman, Xylophone Solu (20658), Geraniums, Nelle Wallace, Comedienne

(2906).

7.20 p.m. to 8 p.m. (approx.)- Brahms' Concerto in D Major,

Fritz Kreisler and the Berlin State Opera

Orchestra..

8 p.m.--Chinese Relay from the

Ko Shing Theatre.

9 p.m.--Weather Report.

11 pm.-Close Down

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1930

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Tel. 56734.

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17.95 30.34

03.20

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The level and storage of water in on October 1 is as our reservoirs under:-

City and Hill District.

1929 1930.

Like the radio and phonograph,

6' 3"B .£ 550,773 £ 504,471

444,508 Junior's practice pounding of the Tytum

Tytam Byewash.. 17' 9"B

L. Tytam Intermediate 473,334 family plano henceforth

6'11"B 440,423 shut off from the ears of heigh-Tytam; Tuk 501,559

without interrupting the Wong Nei Chung. 10 451,737 bours

1' 487,210

3"B the lesson by means of the new Pokfulum

[Note: B. denotes "Below Over- £2.547,744 £2,314,473 "silent plano" just patented by flow"; A. denotes "Above Overflow":

Max Schumm, Rochester radio denotes "Level with Overflow.") Storage la millions and decimaln of gallons. Only in China, curiousty enough, mechanic and amateur physicist.

By substituting tuning forks for

1929 *. 1980 333.15 384.80 has there been any break in the gen-

4.02 22.37 cral depression for there, in spite of the strings and hooking in a set

audio Tytam Byewash of ear phones through an

105,90 196.00 the persistence of the civil war,

piano pupil or Tytam Intermediate

....... 1,274,92 1,410,00 Mr. Schumm, Wong, Nei Chung dividend on the 64 per cent, pre- both import and export trade, teacher can listen to the notes, in- Tytan Tuk

Pokľulum ference stock might not be forth- proving what far-reaching benefit audible to others. coming this year. These fears, to the trade of the world, would whose ambition is to emulate however, have been dissipated by result from the restoration of Schroter, Zumpe. Stein and others prompt official announcement peaceful and ordered government in piano development, has set to from the directors that they are to that vast country. Incidentally, work on plans for a model after satisfied that the company will be we learn that the company is con- experiments satisfled him of the in a position to pay the full sidering the advisability of erect- utility of his invention.

Besides its virtue of silence, the dividend on the 52 per cent, pre-ing a transmitting and receiving ference stock for 1930 at the due atation at Singapore for wireless tuning-fork plano never will need Once constructed, dates.

communication with Hong Kong, to be tuned. There is no getting away from Bangkok and Rangoon and is pre-tuning forks forever hold their the fact that the figures for 1929 pared to take over the Government pitch, Mr. Schumm explained. And will come as a great shock to the wireless services here in their en- since tuning forks do not need so former shareholders in Eastern tirety, though this project is to great a support as strings, a more Extension for, when the merger some extent dependent on the re-condensed and lighter piano will-6 pm.) was given to all Rider

of а switch was formed, great hopes were en-sult of negotiations for the par- be possible, he said.

A simple turn tertained regarding, its future. It chase of the Hong Kong wireless

the audio current service, now in progress with the directing Colonial Office and the Govern through a loudspeaker instead of head phones can return the instru- ment of the Colony,

But we would not conclude this ment to its familiar status of short resume of the position on a piano, Mr. Schumm continued. note of pessimism. When trade Sound is produced in the speaker phones, through the audio revivea there will be a correspond- or ing rise in the traffic receipts of amplifier attached to the tuning Cables and Wireless Ltd., and forks. Sufficient forks can be con- Lord Melchett, sound and structed to duplicate every note on cautious judge, expressed in mall the modern piano, he said. week the opinion that the nadir in

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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Total .....

1,889.20 2,118.41 Corsumption of water in the City eimals of gallons during the month and Hill District in millions and de

of September.

1929 1930 238.54 350.93* Consumption......

440.320 Estimated population 436,000 Consumption

20.2 head per day ...

Includes 68.03 million gallons from Mainland.

per

18.2

September, 1929. From 1st to 8th Inclusive a 12-heur's supply (6 am. Main Districts. Principal Mains clos-

a 15. From 9th to 30th inclusive hour's supply (6 a.m.-9 p.m.) was riven to all Rider Main Districts. Principal Mains closed 0 p.m.-8

September, 1930.-Constant Supply throughout the City, HI and High whale Level Districts during the month with the exception of the dis- tricts West of Eastern Street where n constant street fountain supply was given from September 8.to 15, 1990.

Mc, Schumm has been working Kowloon Reservoir

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Kowloon,

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the depression had been reached. on his invention for two years.-Shek Lai Pal The board of directors themselves Christian Science Monitor.

look for a gradual but steady Im-

provement from the steps they are GERMAN CONCERT.

taking to reduce the costs

of

operation which amount £4,770,000 or 90 per cent, of the company's total expenditure-not

to

TO BE BROADCAST FROM LEIPZIG.

In the night from the 7th to 8th

Reservoir

6' 0"3 In Reception Reservoir

Storage in millions and, decimals of gallona.

1929

1980

Kowloon

080.40 Reservoir 386.00 Shek Lat Pul

03.00 110.10 Reservoir

33,15 35.16 Reception Reservoir

Total

511.15 629.65 by retrograde stops such as a re- duction in the salaries of opera-.

Consumption of water in Kowloon tors or a lowering of the condi- November, 1930 (0.30 to 130 Hons of the staff, but by the Central European Time) the Gerin millions and decimals of gallons

1920 10a0 substitution of

110.54 less expensive man Short Wave Sender in Konigs during the month of September,

157.75 methods of operation, especially Wusterhausen, Wave 81.88 will Consumptioni

the breadcast an important, symphony Estimated population 172,000 wireless for cables, and

concert of the Central German Consumption

23.2 head per day creation of new classes' of venue.

Constant supply in all districts dur Moreover, former share Wireless Station in Leipzig.

One of the most eminent Gar holders in Eastern Extension and

ing September, 1929 and 1930.

The Government Analyst's report show that the quality of the water: ia satisfactory.

re

the cable companies would do well man

orchestra conductors, Mr.

to remember that but for the Fritz Busch, Dresden, will conduct merger their funds would almost this concert in the sending room Inevitably have been dissipated in of the Central German Wireless Station- The orchestra is the competition with wireless, which

Dresden State Orchestra, and the can always provide & service at a word cost less than the word cost programme will comprise Carl von Weber's "Oberon" Maria by cable, and that although they are now passing through a difficult Ouverture, Richard Wagner's time, that danger at any rate has "Siegfried-Idyll," and Ludwig van From a technical standpoint the been eliminated, so that when the Beethoven's IL Symphony. recovery in trade does come, the object of the night concerts given company will be in a position to by German sending stations is to benefit by it unhampered and unobtain information on the trans handicapped. Straits Times.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

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WAGES EARNS

misslor range and the pureness of reception of the broadcasting. At the same time the German Wire- less desires to promote Interna tional agreement and unity by the ald of artistic performance, which is accessible to, and the property of all. Also, Germans abroad are to be given an opportunity to hear from their home country. This will no doubt be especially achieve ed by the Leipzig Broadcasting Station, particularly by virtue of the fact that the conductorship of Fritz Buach as well as the pro gramme, ensure perfect artistic at tainments.

por

177,040

29.6

Total rainfall: September 30, 1929 67.89; September 30, 1930, 94,76%

CHEAP SETS.

SCRAP PRICES

YORK.

NEW

Owing to wireless users going over to current and displacing their accumulators In America, wireless sets are being disposed of at scrap prices. Ships' officers and crews visiting New York are pick- ing up four and, five-valvo, seta at about a dollar each. The num- her of wireless sets in use, on vessels is now greater than ever. On one vessel that came into Liver, pool the captain, two of the officers, and several of the firemen and anilors had installed wireless sate, and in some cases had exer- clsed considerable ingenuity in doing so. Splendid results were obtained, it was sald, for the sen makes a splendid earth.

Proprietress:- Mrs. Gardiner.

FOR THIS TOAST

SENNEVAL

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IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY. Obtainable Everywhere.

Sole Distributors--

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Donations and Subscriptions must now

"

be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. H. E.

Goldsmith, 525, The Peak.

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