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No. 21.771

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 24th, 1928. 號登拾柒百柒仟密萬式第日伍初月叁辰戊

NEW RADIO DEVE- LOPMENTS.

MISS MACKAY'S LAST LETTER.

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THE

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TO AVOID GIVING PAIN.

BY

STATIONS

TIME-TABLE.

Nat No. AM. AM.

UP TRAINS

01

6410) No, & } No. 13 Xa. 14 No. 15 Nel Noll{Xa, 24 No.28 8638 A.X, AM, JAM. XON 2,3. P.M.) TM; PM | 7.M... | 1.3.

Dep./8.40) 8:05) 8.30 „Dep.6.49

Taipo karkel Dep. 720

Faning

Bhengshui Dep. 735)

Shamoh (Dep.i 8,48,

+

0.00 12.00 1152.333.00 4,80 5,49 780.

08/12.08 1.23, -*** 0.20 12.40 1.34- 312.33 1.47

9.68 10.87 19.37 1.51

10/7/19,41 2,07)

2/12.59 9.06

Kowloom

Yazmati

4.38 5.50 1.88

Bhatin

Dep. 7.01.

4.50 8.01.20

Tripo

M.Dep. 7.15

5,04 6.15 2.09

5,08 619 807

...Dep, 7,80

5,18 8.30 817

5,29 6.55 821

Art. 7,41 8.45 0.13

0,58 12.58 2,12

3.40 5,29 6,41|

Caston

AFT

|11,50. —

5.39

6.47

DOWN TRAINS

STATIONS

No. So, i AM.A.M.

Ja?

No, I

LI

+

Canton ...Dep

8.50

Shamohran Shrungakui Maling Taipobarkat

$11.00 7.18 8.05 10.35 11.09 11.39 2.68

6.31

4.39 5.49

11,46+8.03 1160 8.10 4.50 6.00 1241 821 18,00 | 8.10 12,01

4.48 5.56

Taipo Bhatin Youunti Kowloon

1206 8.26.04 815

8.05

20

795 8.12 10.4% 7.80 5.16 10.47 7,40 8.36 10,57 7.44 8.31, 11.01 7,57 8,44 13,14 8.11 56 11.26 8.179.03 11.22 11.49

No.15, 17X13.3ia 13 Jo. 3

7.M. | F.MP.X. | X A.M.

7.01 7.08

19.80 8.395.17 6.28 19.89 8.51 5.29 6.40 11383,578,96 6.46 -7.047.44

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SENATOR MARCONI'S

PREDICTIONS.

COLUMNS FLASHED

FACSIMILE METHOD.

Hope has, of course, long been abandoned of say news of Miss LONDON, April 4th. Elsie Mackay and Captain Hinch- Now developments in world-wide liffe, who left Cranwell Aerodrome, wireless transminion which will Lincolnshire, on March 13th to fly revolutionize human communica: the Atlantic in their aeroplane tion with incalculable beneficial | Endeavour. effects upon international relations and human welfare were predicted not only by her family and large by Senator Guglilmo Marconi, circle of acquaintances, but also by famous inventor of wireless, in an her father's retainers, and abe is interview with the United Pres missed, too by the many animals Among the developments of wire she owned and loved. One of her less predicted by Senatore Marconi intimate friends said to a press

representatives

wore >

"

"Facsimile transmission by which a reproduction of entire sheets of writing, type-writing, printing or drawing will be flash- ed in a matter of seconds to any part of the world.

Perfection of the present success- fut directive wireless or "beam " system by increasing the speed of transmission, by making several transmissions on the same "beam" simultaneously.

Some of the these developments Auch as facsimile transmission and further perfection of the "beam " system are commercially possible within a matter of months or at most a few years, others are fur- ther in the future.

Promote Understanding Between. Nations.

Mis Mackay is mourned deeply

a

Few people realise what wonderful character Elsie had. Her friends called her the fairy godmother. She had a heart of gold, and spent her life in try ing to help others and in being When she left kind to animals. London at Christinas time for her father's seat, Glenapp Castle.. Ballantrae, Ayrshire, he took with her more than 1,000 presents for the people of the estate.

CTOSE

'To-day... ....

(April 24th.)

Hockey: HK Hockey Club End RN.U.S.C. XL. K.O.S.B., ground, & p.m.

China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. annual meeting, noon.

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, 4 p.m.

St. Peter's Club Extraordinary Meeting, 8.30 p.m.

South China. Command Sports, Sookunpoo, lat day.

The Rev. Dr. T. W. Pearce Inys foundation tons of new wing Morrison Hall.

Queen's Theatre:. "Everybody's Acting."

World Theatre: The Parade. 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15.

Biz

Star Theatre: The General.” Tea Dances: E. Hotel and Hotel Saves 4.30 p.m.;. King Edward Hotel, 6 p.m.; Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-8.30 p.m.

Principal Mails : - Outward: rid Marseilles (Andre Europe Lebon), 3 p.m.; "Outward: Europe vid San Francisco and vid Siberia (Président Jackson), 9.45 a.m. --

Wednesday, (April 25th.) Fanling Hunt: Moet at Stables, 3

p.m.

Elsie adored animals Her great friends were her dogs. S. China Command Sports, Soo- Her favourite was Rumple, kuapoo, 2nd day, :

between an "Aberdeen Lecture at University by H.E. terrier and a pug. Rumple - the Governor on "Elements in an Cranwell with analysis of Thought and its ways went to Elsic. Duff, a big mastiff, was activities, & p.m. her second favonite. Whenever a coal cart stopped outside her home in Seamore-place, Mayfair, World Theatre: "The Big W, Elsie would run out with an | Parade," 230, 6:30 and 9.15. apple for the horse.

For Britain's Benefit. Some of Miss Macky's last letters illustrate her, bolives in making the fight. In October she

"Further great developments of wireless communication will facili-wrote: tate better understanding between nations and lessen the possibility of Marconi. war," aaid Senatore

The more we develop this power of communication the more we lift up and benefit humanity.

I want to finance an Atlantic fight and go myself. I want to do something that is going to benefit Britain and British aviation, and if I could do this without my name appearing I should be delighted..

Sho declared that she would like "I am confident that facsimile to be able to land in Hyde Park transmission will be commercially upon her return so that she could arouse a greater national interest feasible within a short time-per-in aviation.

Her friends declare that she hape within months- perhaps trusted Captain Hinchliffe's skill longer. That alone will revoluand judgment implicitly. On the tionize world communications. It Monday night before she left for will enormously increase the speed Cranwell, whence she was to depart

in the morning, she wrote: cf transmission of human thought

Captain Hinchliffe has told and ought to tend to reduce the cost me that we can leave in the morn-

ing, and, by the timer you get; of communication.

this, we shall be well away. I know we shall get there! "The only reason why Elsie kept.

"

"Instead of transmitting men's thoughts word by word, eentence by sentence, the facsimile method would flash entire columns or pages such close secrecy, about her inten- with

af tions," her friend added. "was dozeni or hundreds

She did not thoughts.

men might her unselfishnese. write their letters. ns they now do want to give any pain."

Визіпсов

for the mail and fash the entire letter to any part of the world within a few minutes, when the system is perfected. Think ahat this will mean in revolutionizing human communications. I think it will eventually be possible to trans- unit 1000 words of text in a minute. No doubt the time will come when texts will be photographically re- duced in site to enable many bun- dreds or thousands of words to be condensed into one page. This could be readily magnified at the receiving cad or read by the re ceiver with a magnifying glass.

"It is possible that eventually messages would be charged by the inch instead of by the word as at present."

£2,400 YEARLY FOR CARUSO'S CHILD.

Queen's Theatre: "Everybody's Acting"

Star Theatre: The General." Tea Dances: E.K. Hotel and Hotel Bavoy, 4.30 p.m.; King Edward Hotel, 5 p.m.; Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 4.30-6.30

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(April 26th)

St. Paul's College Annual Ath- letic Sports, 1 p..

Club Lusitano Concert, 6 p.m. St. Peter's Club Concert, "Cathe dred Hall, 8.45 p.m.

Wah Yan College Opening Cere Queen's Theatre: The Cohens mony, 3.30 p.m. and Kelly's in Paris."

World Theatre: "The Parade," 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15, Widows"

Star

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Principal Mails:- Outward: Europe via Suez (Malta).

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Sze Yan S.S: Co., Ltd., Extra- ording General Meeting, 2 p.m.

H.E. the Governor lays founda- tion stone of new St. Stephen's College, 330 p.m.

Queen's Theatre: The Cohen's

GREAT FUTURE AS A SINGER and the Kellys in Paris."

PREDICTED.

NEW YORK, March 18th. Gloria Caruso, the eight-year-old daughter of the famous tenor, gives every promise of inheriting her father's voice.

Her mother stated yesterday that the best instructors predicted for her a great fature.

World Theatre: The Big Parade." 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15.

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Queen's Theatre: "The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris."

"The

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Star Theatre: The General."! Tea Dances: E.K. Hotel and Hotel Sovay, "4.30 p.m.;

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This statement 918 made by Signor Carusoe widow after the eonclusion of the action in Chan High Speed Beam System.

cery on her daughter's behalf for Senator Marconi sketched the the apportionment of the royalties amazing development of the high from certain records of her iste Gloria Caruso is speed beam" aystem which is now husband's songs. transmitting great volumes of traffic to nad from Canada, Australia, Bouth Africa and India on short ware-lengths varying be tween: 16 and 34 metres. By means of aerial systems and reflectors the waves are concentrated and direct

ed toward the desired point similar to the way rays of light are direct ed by a searchlight

to receive £8,400 yearly from the proceeds of those royalties. It was tated in court that since 1991 the royalties had amounted to £122,000.

"

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