1931-10-06 — Page 11

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES

SWATOW TRADING Co.

Established 1910. MANUFACTURERS OF Swatow Drawn Work

AND

ART EMBROIDERIES

ANNOUNCE

The opening of a branch store At Gloucester Building Arcade

shortly.

Watch this space for further Announcements.

SWATOW TRADING Co.

HEAD OFFICE: Fedder St. Opposite Hong Kong Hotel 'Phone. 23303.

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest in Gentlemen's Outfitting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE PERFECT FIT AND

RELIABLE SUITINGS.

WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's Outatiers

64, Queen's Rd. C.

Tel. 21417.

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

1st floor, No. 74, Queen's Road

Central, Tel. 21255.

TANG YUK, DENTIST.

Buccessor to

the late BIEN TING,

14. D'Agollar Stree

TERMS VERT MODERATE Consultation Free.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. 8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay. New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

FRUITS.

AMERICAN FRESH FRUITS

Emperor Grapes

Pearmain Apples

Sunkist Oranges Sunkist Grapefruits Phillip Cling Peaches

EX S.S. PRESIDENT HOOVER Arrived here, September 21.

WING COFFEE CO.

Tel. 25869

139 Des Voeux Rd. C., Hong Kọng."

SPORTING GOODS.

ATHLETIC GOODS

REDUCTION SALE NOW ON Inspection Cordially Invited. THE LIANG YOU CO.. 70, Queen's Rond C. ·

PHOTO-SUPPLIES

Kodaks and Cameras. Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.

ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES

Price Moderate.

A Trial Order in Sollefted..

A.

SEK & CO.

Tel No. 23459.

25A, Des Voeux Hoad, C.

Hoat Hoan

LITERATURE

BOOKS for All

Bibles, Pocket Testamente, Prayer Books and Stationery. General Literature Presentation Books Children's Books a Speciality.

THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT

Agenta for

Wyndham Street.

Next to King's Theatre.

British & Foreign Bible Society The Religious Tract Society and The League of Nations' Society.

GENERAL PROVIDERS.

THE CHINA

MAIL.

RADIO TOPICS.

PIONEER WORK.

Sketch of Station in Singapore.

BOA - CONSTRICTOR

IN BUNDLE.

Shock for Customs Inspector.

RESULT OF SUSPICIONS.

ing suspicion in the official's eyes the owner of the bundle im- mediately hastened to assure him that the bundle contained nothing more, nor less than cooked cold rice, his food for the journey.

its

for the Ardwick Division of Man-

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL

possible to work, on two way tele Settlements (Singapore) Association phony with Perth. Good results on the question of broadcasting, the

Unconvinced, the Inspector de were obtained but as yet the work- A.W.S.M. (Singapore) of which His

termined to pursue his investiga- Ing was not very, reliable. On eer- Excellency, the Governor, is patron,

tion further, opened the bundle tain evenings communication was is still awaiting a reply to its cor-

and was startled to find not cold found very difficult. However, the respondence in the matter. The A Customs Inspector must see much alive snake coiled amongst rice but a very cold and vary work progressed and very soon members have not lost hope that scheduled contact was maintained their request for a dual wave trans day's work and must almost in- which is described as a boa-con- many curious things during his the odds and ends. The snake, Singapore, September 19.

with every continent in the world mitier has not been sheived. A brief historical sketch of the and reception of telephony was re-, In the absence of any official replying among the earthly posses-length and together with

evitably wonder, in his rummag-strictor, measured over 6 ft. in present station VS1AB reveals the ported from as far off as Jamaica to their memoranda the members of sions of travellers, what is com fact that Singapore, mainly through wards the end of 1927 telegraphic the A.W.S.M. (Singapore) are un-ing next, but surely the experi-owner was handed over to the the efforts of the Singapore Har- communication was established with der the impression that no definite ence of the Customs Inspector at Chingleput railway police. bour. Board, can lay legitimate leading Amateurs in Britain. The decision can have been arrived at." the Pondicherry Frontler at Tin- claims to having performed pioneer apparatus was gradually improved Singapore Free Press. work in short wave telephony and and. the act kept up to date. In

divanam station recently must Mr. Thomas Lowth, of Campdale broadcasting in this part of the 1929 crystal control was used. The

have been one of the most Road, Tufnell Park, Socialist M.P. world.

present VSIAB is a crystal con- A marine wireless station, de- startling and novel. The station had its beginning in trolled station. The transmitter signed to replace that at Mourilion, The alert eyes of the Inspec-chester since 1922, formerly accre- 1922 when it was discovered that was constructed on absolutely up to is to be built shortly at La Crau tor lighted on what appeared to tary of the Manchester branch of with receiving valves it was pos- date lines and it is really a facsimile (Var) between Toulon and Hyeres. him to be a suspicious bundle in the Railwaymen's Union and after- sible to work on wireless telephony of a large and up to date shortwave This station will be heard in all the possession of a passenger. wards assistant secretary at Unity į between the Harbour Board and broadcasting station.

the French Colonies, and presum-"What have you got there?" he House, left £5,094, with not per Tanjong Pagar. The Chief Elec-

'demanded. Noticing the grow-sonalty £4,126. The success of the whole of the ably in Malaya also. trical Engineer and the Chairman of experimental work and its develop the S.H.B... were so interested that mont has been due to the Interest Mr. Earle was encouraged to go taken in the work by Mr. G. W. A. ahead and with the assistance of the Trimmer and the electrical engineer Board he made two small trand of the S.H.B. mitters and receivers using the Juggling the Wavelengths, smallest type of transmitting valves Early in 1923 when the station manufactured at that time. Even started working on short these were quite expensive. One set there were no oficial shortwave was installed on the tug Varuna and stations in this part of the world, other acts were fixed up on different Any wavelength could be used be- wharves.

tween 20 and 100 metres. It was Test on the Varuna. found after some experimenting our Sirloin

demonstrations

· Tests and

were that a wavelength of about 33 carried out on board the Varuna metres was very suitable for even- and the Free Press of January 9. ing transmissions and apparently 1924, recalls that while the Varuna the Admiralty who were experi- | was lying alongside the East wharf menting in a small way at that time!

out the those who had been invited on board found

same thing. The were entertained by gramophone station was informed that it would selections played into an ordinary have to shift up a bit and not go telephone receiver in one of the below 35 metres.

During 1926 a 'schedule of experi-¦ wharf buildings, discoursed. finally

carried out with thei through the medium of a receiver ments was and amplißer on board the tug. Government of Hong Kong. The This programme was continued as only Admiralty station in the East the tug drew away from the wharf at that time was the one installed an and passed down to the west of H.M.S. Durban and it la interesting Pulau Brani and Blakan Mati. Oc- to learn that that station was con- LEE YEE.

casionally the music was interrupt-structed on the ship with the help The Ladies and Gentlemen's Haired by the insistent wireless messages of amateurs in Shanghai.

Dressers & Booksellers.

from the Paya Lebar station, a fact Singapore station was next inform- which by reason of the greater; ed that it would have to shift up power of the station as compared still further to 37 metres and then with that of the set-that in use come something in the nature of a on the tug was of twenty or thirty bombshell when official notification received to the effect that watts compared with the five thou- was

We beg. to announce that wo have just opened at 193, Des Voeux Road C. and have a fine selection of new goods

including LADIES'

STOCKINGS AND HANDKERCHIEFS

SCENTS, TOILET WATER PERFUMES.

Our prices are very low. THE CENTRAL CO. 193, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. 27623.

HAIR DRESSERS

No. 12, D'Aguilar Strect. (opposite Queen's Theatre).

LIANG YOU

Gentlemen's & Ladies' HAIR DRESSERS. King's Theatre Building, (D'Aguilar St. Side). Tel. 20315.

200

LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S HAIR DRESSING SALOON.

ON LOK

(AH HING)

10, Wyndham Street, 1st Floor. Entrance On Lan St. Tel. 22317.

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

"Phone 22232,

53, Queen's Road Central

SHOES.

Black or

WAVCH

་-

Sept. 30, June, June,

"

1931, 1918. 1914.

Cia. Cia. Cts.

24 · 12,

28 11

28 12

Chicken

Capona, Sma]}

Capona, Large

Doves

Eggs, Hen

PRICES.

Sept. 80, June, June,

1981. 1918, 1914.

Poultry.

(cooking) -- $

88

#

24 22

Dock

50

20 18

20 18

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24 22

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Eggs, Hen (fresh)

H

46 80 86

Fowls, Canton

18 26 20

Fowla, Hainan

Geese

Butcher Meat.

4 R3

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Prime Cul Corned

Roast

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Breast

Soup

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Sterk

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Steak Sirloin

Sausages

Bullock's Brains “.............

Tongue, fresh..

Tongue, corred

60

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Huray, Bali .* Foot

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Turkeys, Hen

Snipe ... Phonsant

21

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Quall....

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24 13 14

Tripe

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each 75 50 60

Calves' Head & Fai.. TIME, set $1.50 $1.00 $1.00

羊排骨 Ib. 44 26 Mutton Chop

Leg

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Fat or Lard

sand watts of the set at Paya Lebar Singapore would have to confine its Pig's Chitinga

It was apparently Impossible to experiments to. 22 metres. In those eliminato. As the distance between days 25 metres was almost ridicul- the tug and the pending point In-ously short and was considered a creased the clearness of the mes-duylight wavelength only and un sages increased and by the time the reliable at that. But on that wave-) Varuna had rounded Alligator length the Singapore station was Island and in the neighbourhood of able to work quite well except that Raffles Light and had that Island. while hitherto they had about three useful time during the Mangrove Island, Pulau Brani and hours of Blaken Mati in the 11 miles between evening they were confined to only them and the East Wharf it was half an hour. Later the station was

same facilities possible to hear with great distinct- granted the

28 Sheep's Head & Foek. ness the extracts from newspaper amateurs in Britain and they ear editorials and company reports ried on until the Washington Con- which were sent from the wharf by vention regulations came into force

Heart

H

Kidneys

Liver

EX

Mr. F. 1. Robinson, the chief and facilities were granted as set Sueldar Pigs, to order assistant electrical engineer,

was no

nut under the terms of the conven- Sost, Beef There

broadcasting in tion. those days and experimental work! was made doubly difficult by reason

Carrylog on the Good Work, Recently the efforts of VSIAB

Vex)

Matton

Sausages

#

No. 1

Fish,

of the expensive nature of the gear. have been very much handicapped Furthermore, the guarantee of owing to the fact that, although an lengths was so short as to be almost experimental station, it is compell- useless for any sort of salvage ed to work on an amateur wave-Barbel work. The idea was dropped but length, thereby suffering a great Bream

Fish

Mr. Earle carried on with his experi- deal of interference from many Canton Fresh Water ments and using the same set he thousands of amateur stations work- carried out broadcasts in 1924 when ing practically on the same wave Carp the transmitter of the then Amateur length. There are at least ten very Catfish

| Wireless Society broke down.

First Landline Broadcast,

powerful shortwave morse, stations Codfish working in the Philippine Islands. Craba Some time in 1924 or 1925 he' VSIAB is carrying on the good Cattle Fish carried out the first broadcast over work and at present the station is

Dab

輯

Fresh Water

Yellow

#

Herrings

a telephone line in Malaya, Mr. doing its best to provide broadcast Dace.... Howard of the G.E.C. gave a little ing for Singapore and Malaya. Dog Fish Pair speech from his house which was Many local listeners will recall that gals, Conger Brown put through the exchange to the in 1930 VSIAB carried out tests Shoes from $6.00. Harbour Board and broadcast and conversations with the Belgen- Block

Brown

Board station. land and also conducted two way Frogs through Harbour Boots_from_$8.09.

The Children's Booler There was also a speech of Mr.telephony with California.

Garoups Shoce from $2.08. Taylor of the Standard Telephones, tests were heard word for word and

Gudgeon Best styles, most complete stock The experiments continued stead-reported in Hong Kong. of all sizes. Repairing a specialty. ily and more expensive valves were The Broadcasting Question. Ealibut

WONG SIU WOON

obtained and at the beginning of While Government's reply to the Labrus 21. Pottinger St. Phone 21474.1926 when short waves were being Straits Settlements (Singapore) As

Lalked about a great deal, Mr. Earle sociation regarding its decision not

Lobsters Lurned his experiments in, that to proceed with the provision of a direction. The station was at that broadcasting station In Singapore, Monk Flab

Mackerel time operated by the Singapore in being discussed in many quarters,

Mulet Harbour Board with the call sign the Amateur Wireless Society off SE2 and permission was granted for Malaya (Singapore) is still awalt-Parrot Fish

Oysters the station to operate on low powering a reply to its correspondence Perch on shortwaves. All the early ex-with Government on the same mat periments were carried out with ter.

FOR SALE.

Flower and Vegetable

SEEDS

Indication points to a "HEAVY, DEMAND

for needs

THIS SEASON.

To be sure of getting every variety you wish we suggest that you

ORDER TO-DAY.

GRACA & CO.,

No. 10, Wyndham Strest. P. Q. Box 620,

Hour Kout

Lonch

Pika

Pialco

ships whose wireless operators on The Secretary of the Society Pomfret, White writes as follow: "With regard to Pomfret, Black

receiving the Singapore station would notify same by a morse mica

¡Telephone Tests.

sage.

the announcement made in the local Prawna Presa that the Ometals of the Post a and Telegraph Department recently Rock Fleb In 1920 things went ahead very paid a visit to Singapore, and in•Rach quickly. The Singapore station es- formed members of the A.W.S.M. Salmos tablished contact with Perth West (Singapore) that proposals for shark Australla and California and by the broadcasting were being proceeded glats end of 1928 it was found that re-with, I have to inform you that Shrimps gular contracts could be maintained that statement did not emanate from Snapper between America, Manila and Aus- the Amateur Wireless Society of Solen tralia.

| Malaya (Singapore). The position | Tench

In 1927 a start was made with ¦ at present is that although a general Turbok

short wave telephony. It was found reply has been sent to the Straits: Turtles, small fr. wator

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