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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932.

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STRIKNG REDUCTION COINCIDES WITH GROWTH IN USE OF WIRELESS DIRECTION FINDERS.

At the Annual Bleeting of the Chamber of Shipping Mr. 19. A. Swater drew attention to the great improvemrat in the figures relating to the safety bath of life and property at sea since wire- Tras had enne tuto prnarul use. Information concerning' wrasele. posted anising during the last 42 years, since published in # Lloyd's List," and dealt with in the following article, striking- ly supports Mr. Souter's tribute to the value of wireless in this

counretion.

In his speech at the Chamber of ! Shipping. Mr. Santer pointed out that during the years 1003 to 1913.

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· Pro-war and Pest-war

Comparisons.

FEATURES

distressing form of ensualty during | WIRELESS IN

the period which saw the world's tonnage incrense from $1,000,000 La 70,000,000 tons, "Lloyd's List" aya that, while some credit must be needed to the general advance

THE SERVICE

OF SHIPPING.

in maval architecture, murinė en- The Hoxe comununity of interest gineering and good, seamanship, the f between the wirelesssand shipping fact remains that it is clearly to Industries was shown in the speech wireless telegraphy thal the mode by the Rt. Hon. $ -6. diminution in the numbers of miss | Kellaway, P.C. - Chairman and

PROGRAMME.

alk sorvice in the interests of ship-purposes, which is already being TO-DAY'S WIRELESS ping and of the wireless industry, | supplied to shipowners. Fleme-

Mr. Kellaway said. in the same way proof transmitters have also been ! that the Hon Alexander Shaw had heen able to do, thus emphasising the identity of interest between the | Marzoni Marine Company and the

shipping industry.

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Arrangement for the Benefi of Shipping. Mr.Kellaway also referred to

ing ships must be mainly attribut-Maung Director of the Mother arrangements the Company Tatarantional Märine Communica-

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very great in- tion' Co., Ltd, as the Annual Meet- had bery shië" to make for the crease in the number of ships futeding of Shareholders; and reference benefit of shipping, the agreement with wireless, and the Act of 1919 le competition of American originade in 1930 with the Chamber of repared practically every wetan in the wireless industry brought Shipping of the United Kingdom going "British ship to be so fitted, out the fact that British shipowners and the Liverpool Stemship Owners' with the result that an immensely are alive to the vital need of keep-

Association, in which the Marconi valuable organisation has been builting this essential service free from Company agreed to make a special reline all the shipowner clients up in the servien of shipping, both any spirms of foreign influence. who undertook to plage at least 75 from the point of view of wiming- [The following article summarisea trutiqu" and of amfety.

the priñerral points of interest,

Mr. Kellaway was able to point out that, though the year had been one of the worst that British shipping bad experienced and the

A Striking Table. The table of figures published by Lloyd's List gives the follow-

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designed for the special use of oil tankörs where, by reason of the highly dangerous nature of the cargo, the ordinary design of spark wiyoless transmitter cannot be em- ployed. Anti-collision, device 11 to 11.30 mi-Stock quotations. has also been developed to be sub- 11.30 a.m.-Chinese programme. mitted to shipowners when bettor 12.30 p.q.-European programme of less telephone gear, in which the I p.m. Local time and weather times return. The short range wire. Į Victor and H..V. records.

Marrosi Company has led the world.

since 1923, has been produced and supplied, to owners desiring this particular method of communica

tion.

Wireless Telephony at Sea. wifeless telephony the Company's With regard to long distance

report.

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, mail

notice, etc. p.m.--Close down.

6 to 6 pm-European programme

of Victor and H.M.V.. records. to 8.30 p.m.-Chinese progragame. 0.30 to 30 p.m.-European "relay"

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per cent of their new wireless basi-capabilities had been continually 10 to 11 pm-Chinese progɔamine..

shown in work carried out by its 6 to 6.30 p.m. apparatus on the White Star liner

es, with that Company for a period of five years, having been supplemented during the last year a Eve years' agreement with the

Buitish Trawlers Federation, Ltd..

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Homeric and the Canadian

Pacific s.s. Empress of Brithia" This appartus provides telephone |

amount of business had consequent

of which Sir John Marsden is Prp.communication ever distances up to by suffered a serious reduction, the

'nearly 5,000 miles, thus giving ser. ! Marconi, Maring Company had oh-sideat. This agreement, while en- tained over no per cent of the avail. able Business, a percentage "which had only once been execeded during the past six years.

Mr. Kellway also reported that the clor collaboration of the Com- pany with the shipping industry bad been strengthened during the rear by the appointment.of another.

wuring an extension of the Come which is a long way ahead of paay's business in respect of trawkanything else yet tried at yes, a

For the entertainment of passen- er gave to the rawler owners special terms that would consider Bers, the Company is now supply- ably reduce the cost of wireless sing to ships a multi-input band: time and business developed. repeater which can give, ne may be 2quired at any lond speaker point, choice of three different pro- grammes operated simultaneously, afacility which, with the increased: popularity of pleasure cruises, is likely to be of great value to the shipowner. #

Technical Pre-eminence in Wireless,

"Lloyd's List" „points out that the loss of British property at sea when these two periods are sub- was 1.91 per cent., while for the divided into five yearly periods the jast four years that figure had been interesting fact is disclosed that riduced to 72 per cent. The table the annual avenger of missing published in "Lloyd's List" dealt steamships for the period. 1004-8) with the number of vessels posted was 11.0, while for the period 1900- missing a Bly's daring the it had rise to 12.4. This rise years 1900 to 1981. The total of this to some extent, of course, reflertsing missing for the years from 1020 class of casualty during the 32 ¦ the "increase in the total of steam genes included in this table was ben, i tonnage afferit, but it is anggested 478 bring sailing vessels and 468 that it also indicates that the con steamships. In 1500 there was al difions governing safety at sen had, ftal of an ersurls on the "posted | regained very much the same dur- missing st, 14 sail and 11 steam:ing the whole of tha but in 108: this total had beep te About thas date, duced to three, two sail and one steady improvement set in, and is [clearly shown when te 1992 31 The number of sailing ships has, |1"riod is sulfivided. For in22-26 of course, begn falling off rapidly the manual average of missing

On the technical sides. Mr. throughout the last 32 years. Theunships was to while for the of the sitation is, 17-el period the average showed

shipowner to the hoard of direc Kellaway said, the pioneer position tors. At the last meeting the no- of the Marroni Company, which it therefore, obtained by taking the substantial drop to 4.2 The de

mination of the Hon. Alexander has held since the days when it was figures relating to steamships. The Urline ta ammual figures" with oc

A significant fact about this Show as director of the Marconi established as the first marine wire- average for steamships posted missensional upward distantions, from ing for the wide period under ve 23 in 1939 to one in 1931, lends still stion of the table is that it coin-Marie Company was announced less company in the world, had been view Was

144 ships per year, further force to these figures madrides with an enormous icrease in and it was mentioned that the well maintained, the policy of the the use of wireless direction fingers Chamber of Shipping and the directors being that however diff Omitting the war years 1914 to 1918, shows how rare this form of mari-

as sek. la 1920 the namier of Liverpool Steamship Owners Asso-cult times might be, nothing must when enditions were not normal, time ensualty is becoming. In fact,

direction Anders in use in the eiation wished to, nominate a cargo be done to reduce the technical pre- this average casualties of this class if the presne trend continues t

137 steamships per "year. I promises soon to breme practical British Merchant Navy would prob. bot owner to represent them, eminence of the of the Company. Following the Company's request. Among recent developments offer- ably have been counted on the therefore. Mr. W. A. Sonter joined ing fresh facilities to shipowners Taking the 10 years inunediatelyly extel,

fingers of one hand. At the end the bourt April 1931. Though is wireless apparatus for short wave preceding the war from 1964 20 1013. the yerly average of missing

of 1923 the number had increased only rent, his appointment had working giving ranges of thousands of miles for ship cernuntention to just qvey 100, and there has been already enabled him to render valu steamships was 12.2, while in the

a steady increase from that time antil. teday, thems are between 1.200 and 1.200 direction faders in British merchant ships.

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Part Played by Wireless.

In asking the question as to what

10 years 1022 to 1981 the average has brought about what almost haul fallen ter Hl.

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Increased Use of Direction Finders.

Reports come to hand almost, daily concerning the use of wiznless diews. fion finders in saving time whitn ahips experience adverse weather conditions and in assisting ships in diheutties, particularly in cases where, sights have been difficult to obtain and the navigator's dend reckoning of his position is liable te efor in many of these cases it is plain to see that has for the assistanet of the direction fuder ! help would not hive renched the chips in distress in time to effect a rescue, and the ships would, thus, | in all probability have been posted missing. The wireless direction finder, therefore, is one of the new scientific instruments which 110- doubtedly justifies its inclusion ia. a ship's normal navigational equip mene,

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HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?

Here are lists" of long-wave and short-wave stations which should be ploked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode. rately good sot suitable for r9- ceiving such signals. Success in picking up these stations also depends very largely upon tay- ourable atmospheric conditions. Readers are invited to add to this list should they aucceed in picking up any "station not in- cluded either of those flats.

LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

WAVE length (Metros) Station

100 Manila 277 Shanghai

345 Tokyo

Cal! Kilo Sign cycle K.Z.I.B. 1,152 K.S.M.8. 1,083 J.O.A.K.

BTO 353 Hiroshima J.Q.F.K. 860 355 Hong Kong Z.B. W... 840 357.1 Bombay V.U.B. 840 381 Sapporo J.O.L.K 890 363 Keijo 370 Nogoya

370.4 Calcutta

J.O.D.K. J.O.C.K. 810 V.0.0. BOB.9 380 Kumamoto J.0.0.X. 790 300 Sendai J.O.H.K. TO J.Q.A.K. 760 J.Ó.B.K. 750 C.M.B. 739 K.Z.R.M. 605

395 Dairen

400 Osaka

410 Canton 180 Manila"

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL SIGN

Dobints (Germany) A.F.K- 0012 Khabarovsk (Rusija) [TEA.97. 56,7

Nauenw Молса 430 Bome 42. Porth 41.8 38.8

Hingapore

KILO

Trax (Hona Kova) OF WORKING

4,434 Mon, Wed.& Fri., op.a. & 2 wa 4,000 610 p.m.

5,000 Tues, Thurs., Ent., B.p.1a.

0800 Sunday midnight

A.G.J.

5,201 Not regular..

B.F.N.

1.M,A

|B.A.G.

V.5.1.A.B.

P.C.L. Koct (Holland) 17. Bangkok (Siam)

HSAPJ 95.2 Sydney

2.B.I. 2155 Melbourne

J.L.Q. 818 Schenectady

W.2.X.A.F. 31,20

Eindhoven (Holland) P.C.J. Sydney 21.28

2.F.C.

An Economic Investment.

At the anal meeting of the MArconi Internasional Marine 67.85 Communciation Co., Ltd., upon which British shipping relies for its wireless equipment, the Rt. Hon. F. G. Kellaway pointed out that that company's wireless research and development engineers are, con- tinuously engaged in efforts to maintain wireless quipment for hshipping_at_the highest possible, 31

level in the belief that the use of sach apparatus will always produce an economic return., The purchase of additional equipment in times of financial stringency may require courage-but-when-such-figures-in-|-18,4- regard to the increased safety of ships and cargoca as those to which we, have referred cap hp produced, it is convincing proof that the proj vision of complete wireles' equip- Iment is an investiment which secures

aubstantial return.

12.M.E. Bandoong

IP.LR Chelmsford (England) 6.S.W.

7,142 Daily 8,30 p.m. & 11 pm, 7,310 Not regular

7.780 Daily 1 p.mm.

8,108 Tues. & Fri., 9 pim.—1 am,

280 Not regular.

9,008 Not regular

0,530 Dally?

5.

· 9,020 | Fri. 3 min. But. U aim, à 10 n.m. 0,690 Net regular

9,677 Midnight daily.

10,528 Not regular

11,020|| Midnight-3 am, daily 11,751 7.80 pan, & 8 am, daily, except

Saturday and Sunday

23,240 Nightly

12,8604 Am. Wed, Fel, Sat, 16.102 Daily U80 p.m. to midnight 10,804 Daily 7 p.3.

25.8 27,8

Nairobi (Koryn)----- Sydney

25.63

24.8 29,85 18.68

Manila

Schenectady

W.X.Q.

Tandoeng

P.L.G.

Kootwijk (Holland)

P.C.L.

17,4

Bandoong

PLE.

10.0

Bangkok

H.8.1.P.3.

16.8

Kootwijk (Holland)

P.C.K.

18,74

Bandoung

P.LE.

100-

Nancy (Francis)

13.08

Pittsburg

W.S.X.K.

19,290 Dally 1,30-7. p.m. 10,951 Daily 8 n.

21,640 Not regular

17,280 Daly 8 p.in, to midnight 17,761 Sundays 7 p.

18,404 Ehelt afternoon,

& midnight

[Allowance must be made for ̈TM** 'summer-time ” in most Euro- pean countries, which is one hour"abead of tras time.]

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Marconi Sounding Device. Mr. Kellaway was also able to the Marcouf Sounding Device Co., announce satisfactory business by

Formed in December, 1930, for the purpose of the manufacture, supply and maintenance of the Echometer Device with which soundings cau be taken automatically. Owing to the depressed condition of the ship ping industry and the necessity of designing and manufacturing an

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Band and Orchestral Music, Bolero "Ravel).-Boston Sym- phony Orchestra directed by Serge Koussevitzky. Gymnopedie No 1 (Satie),~ Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by Serge Konssuvitaky. --7951/7233.

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ly British and Marconi in churác tur. it was, not possible for the Marconi Sounding Devics Com pany to get down to real business until April, 1981. Since then, however, over 340 orders for the device have been received and the apparatus is already installed und working Well on 200 ships of all kinds. This record is a tribute foth to the wonderful performance of the apparatus and the admirable work of the staff; and from this. record of less than twelve months achievement it may be reasonably anticipated that a great future es before tije Marconi Sounding Device Company.

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Shipowners' Alive to American

Infiltration.

For

At the end of the meeting a mut Ter of some importance was raised by u bareholder who asked assurance in regard to the position nt only of the Company but also of national interests in relation to competition of American, origin. This speaker said he understood that companies formed in this coun try and offering wireless material to the shipping industry were fin ancest by American expital, in the one ras,, to the extent of 1,000,001 shares out of £2,000,000 of nominal capital, and in the other case to the extent of 100 shares out of 600. In these circumstances, he «nid, it Peened fareieal for these companies to be regarded as British companies and he wished to know what pre- cautions we being taken to pre- vent technical information, which these two American concerns might btain from any orders received in this country being placed at the disposal of American nava) and military authorities. Mr. Kellaway in reply said the national interest. was a matter for the Committee of Imperial Defence, the fighting forces and the Government. With

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