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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1936.
THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION.
PROGRAMMES TO BE ATTEMPTED
Lessons
Flying Lessons
London, Mar. 1.
ROYAL YACHT TO BE BROKEN UP
AFTER CORONATION NAVAL REVIEW
Victoria & Albert's Long Service
Loudon, Feb, 29
can be projected. Mr. Cock men-
I understand that the career of. in flying-a series of · floned the necessity for a big ple- the Royal Encht, Victoria and Al- twelve-will be one of the early the course of our talk. He felt she may be broken up in about 18 ture several times, by the way, in bert, is nearing its end, and that that the small pictures, at present months" time. writes B corres promised us, cramped him in many things he would like to do. But large pictures will come, there is
Items in the television programines when they start probably in May. This information, startling in its implication of progress and possi- bilities. Mr. Gerald Cock, B.B.C.
Director of Television, gave me last week when he spared an hour from
a day crowded with conferences and consultations to talk of his į
have their turn. with the best ex-
no doubt of that,
pondent.
If precedent is followed there will be a Coronation Naval Review in May of next year. The King may then embark in the rught for the last time.
ITEMS FOR THE HOME
Meanwhile, the Director of Tele-
The Victoria and Albert was vision proposes to feel his way with built at the instance of Queen Vic present hopes and fears and diffi-educational items for the home. toria and launched by Queen Mary, culties and his very great faith in
"Informative" is the idea. Enter then Duchess of York, in 1890. the future of the new art.
tainment shades into education
Eight months after the launch- Horsemanship, not just riding,, imperceptibly. The subject la aning, as the yacht was being com- but the whole business of becom- enormous one. The whole world is pleted in dock, she suddenly heeled ng a horsemaster. will be the sub-there to experiment upon. Travel, over and lay at an angle of 20 de- ject of another series.
If these occupations, history, architecture, greed. Investigation showed that 1780 experiments go well then golf, painting, sculpture. The best there serious errors had been made in tennis, cricket, and football will is anywhere and everywhere. Talks the calculations for weight and illustrated by still and moving pic-stability, and Sir William White, ponents that can be obtained show-tures, maps, plans, charts, dia- her designer, then regarded as the world's most eminent naval con]~ ing exactly how things should be grams here at least there are
structor, resigned. dore.
ino limitations. Preparation and Everything. at first, will be ex-editing can be done beforehand, perimental." said Mr. Cock. "I do for the Alm camera will be largely want to insist on, to emphasise, the, used. experimental nature of the pro- grammes. We have our own ideas as to what will go over well, but we may be quite wrong in many Instances. There is, too, the dif- ficulty that things which ought to be good many be spoilt by the technical "imitations of the ap- paratus. Yes, for at least a year we shall
be really experimenal. Experiment must always go an, of course, but for many months we shall be just learning to walk-and we shall assuredly fall down again. and again in the process."
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Pirates Journalists-Anzacs.
London, March 1. The Cocos or Treasure Island recently in stamps, announced "The Observer, were duly issued in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 29, and many of the "first day covers" bear, in addi- tlan to the stamps, a sketch of pirates bold busily engaged "in burying a treasure chess, their skull and cross-bones flag unfurl-)! ed on a palm tree.
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Asked to give some indication of the possibility of evising such thngs as the finish of the Derby and the Boat Race, Mr. Coek sala that "actualities"--television is al- ready developing its own language -must play an imporant' part in the programmes.
Of course the ligater side, pure entertainment, will predominate," said Mr. Cock. "I hope to give an hour each day of an intimate kind
NOT SEA-WORTHY As far as possible the trouble was put right, but the Victoria and Al- bert has never been regarded as a thoroughly sea-worthy ship, fit for ocean cruising.
Her last active service was last
of variety entertainment-cabaret. July, when King George, accom- This will be divided into two half-panied by King Edward-then hour portions. You know that we Prince of Wales-spent two days
alloat in her for the Silver Jubile are starting off with three shows
a day, from 3 to 4 p.m., from 8.15 to 7.15 p.m., and from 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. I want to make
each of "these hours as varied, and repre- sentative as possible. There will
Review at Spithead and the sub-
sequent exercises at sea
The yacht is commanded by Rear Admi. Dudley North, in command of H.M yachts, and among her other officers is Paymaster Capt. be few receivers in homes for some L, 1, C. Ricci, who is well known time, and we are hoping for as in the literary world under his pen many receivers as possible in dif- name of "Bartimeus." She has a ferent parts of London-in big complemen; of 363 officers and men. stores and other public and semi- public places--so that everybody who wants to do so can and out wha. television is like.
During the first hour I want to appeal specially to women, catch them whilst they are shopping. The second hour will be designed for men and women together, after business hours, you see. The last hour will be the home hour. Every item will be short. That, I think, 15 essential. A: Arst there will be no fixed times for special items: but later on, as we get out of the purely experimental stage, special subjects will have their own day of
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SPORTS GOSSIP
Golfers Who Got Lost In The Fog
London, Feb. 1.
Many of the spectators at the £100 Golf challenge match at Craham Hurst were surprised at seeing Allan Daley, one of the go forward and Essex players,
place an open umbrella on the ground to indicate the line of the
shot to the green.
"By doing that he has lost the hole," said one excited onlooker, obviously a supporter of the op- posing side."
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formidable opponents in their own district,
Their players are all employed by the Imperial Chemical Indus- tries at Northwich, and are trained by Max Woosnam, the famous Corinthian and Derby County half- back Golders Green, who have been carrying all before them late- ly, are hoping that their Cheshire opponents' high explosives will be only damp squlbs, but I imagine they will have to aght hard for
IRELAND V. WALES? the shot with the umbrella as' a Mr. C. Watson, the secretary of direction mark' he would certainly the Irish Football Association. have lost the hole, but Dailey. tells that he would like to having walked back to the ball, in-complete the amateur internation- structed his caddle to remove the jal tournament by arranging a umbrella before the shot.
match between Ireland and Wales, but gets little response from the Principality Ecials.
But George Greenwood explains victory.
that if Dailey had actually played
LOST IN THE FOG The fog at Croham Hurst was responsible for some amusing ex- periences-amusing for those not directly concerned, of course. A. visitor to an attempt to find the clubhouse, found himself instead walking into a wood in the opposite
direction.
A member of the club, in driving hame to Wimbledon, considered himself fortunate in getting be- hind a lorry.
near Somewhere
Morden he found, much to his astonishment. that he had followed the lorry down a narrow lane into a paint factory yard! The problem was to get out-with visibility practically
me
This season the Ireland T. Scot- land amateur game will be played at Belfast on April 22, with the kick-off at seven p.m. I believe it is an innovation, for an amateur international to be played in the
evening."
VETERAN BILLIARDS STAR After nearly 30 years of cham-
billiards plonship
most people would think of retiring. William B. Marshall, of Wood Green, has such thoughts, however, al- though he has been playing in the championship amateur years,
no
THE CONNECTING LINK "All events of national impor- tance can be considered as sub- jecta for television," he continued. "Such things as the Derby and the Boat Race depend on the use of a connecting link, either micro-wava transmitters, or the special tele- vision cable recently developed by th Post Office. It may be some ime before the television camera the week. and their own time of aly and Ethiopia in view of their FAMOUS DIVER TO TOUR HERE | remarkable feat for a man who
can be used to give flashes from all parts of a football field, for in- stance. As a start he expected to have to do something like a "news real" take cinema pletures of the events and project them in the next available programme.
There are two ways of viewing a scene to be televised. The tele- vision camera-the "electric eye" ---can be used, or an adaption of the cinema camera to take a flm which can be shown within a min- ute of the actual event or stored tor use at any later time.
Long films, the standard attrac- tion in the cinema theatre, will be terribly ring to look at in the small screens of the cathode ray .tube receivers, and they will not 'be used. But the big film will have Its place in the programmes. -Mr. Cock hopes to use both film and dramatic criticism in a new way,
the day.
"By the way, our limitation to three hours in the afternoon and evening rather answers your ques- tion as to the possibility of giving shots of sporting and other tional events when they happen We must 'can' them at Arst and over during our pro- put them gramme hours."
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'It would be difficult to find any part of this," new business" about which Mr. Cock has not thought very carefully. The interval signal is decided upon. There will be a simple clock face showing the number of the next item, the num- ber shown corresponding with the number against the item in the published programme, Whilst it is. on the screen, for a short while so that the audience can discuss the last item or the next, there
a talk on the film or play illustrat will be quiet music. So both visual and sound interval signals are ed by small scenes. Many other
provided for. things lend themselves to this inet- hod of illustrated exposition. New cars, for instance, or domestic and other inventions.
"This machine age," said Mr. Cock, thoughtfully, and left me to imagine all the possibilities.
Then he talked of another idea The smaller animals from the 200 handled and described by author-. "You can't ities on their ways. have too much of animals and the
Zoo. It is a never-falling source of delight.to us all--but I wonde how the beasts will like our light- Ing.
THE ORCHESTRA'S UNIFORM
Mr. Cock has great hopes of his orchestra. It will often have to
be seen as well as heard, and so it will be in uniform-red with black facings.
"Very smart; but why red and black?" I asked.
with
London, Mar, 22, Before the League Council meets to-morrow there will be a meeting of the Committee of probably before noon, when it is expected that the, chairman will be asked to communicate with
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stated readiness to consider, in principle, an arrangement of con- ciation and the termination of hostilities-
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DIONNE QUINTUPLETS' CONTROL
Letter To The King
New York, Mar. 23. The father of the Dionne quin-. tuplets has sent a letter to King Edward VII asking that the bables, who have been made warde of the King. be returned to the custody of their parents."
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Marshall has reached the final stages of this year's competition, a
was a contemporary of Sidney H. Highboard Fry, by whom he was twice beaten in the final once by the narrow margin of 22 points.
I hear that Harold ("Dutch") Smith,
world's the diving champion, is planning an extensive tour of Great Britain The tour, under the auspices of the Alghgate Diving Club, will start
the Immediately after
Olympic Cames and extend to November.
He is unable to make the visit carller as he is employed by the German Swimming Federation to Foach their divers for the Games. This will be Smith's second visit. Last year he was in England just over a fortnight and gave ex- hibitions only in the South.
HELD EVERY U.S. TITLE Smith first started diving in 1925 and at various times has held every American championship from cne metre to ten metres. He won the world's highboard title at the 1932 Olympic Games with 'a record number of points and was second in the springboard event-only two points behind the winner.
Mr. Dionne, who is on noliday New York with his wife, sald they appreciated the help the Govern- ment had given them, but they would like to have their children In 1933, accompanied by. Farid for themselves. He said he wrote Sumalka, the Egyptian champton, letter a month ago, and had had he made a 15 months' tour of the no reply, but he realised that Hia world. They covered 75.000 miles Majesty was "busy Inaugurating and gave displays in 32 different his reign."- Reuter
countries.
miss catches.
CUE OF 18 PIECES The championship this year does not lack personalities.
In addition to Marshall, there are J. J. Ashley, of Burrey, who reached the semi-final last season, and who plays with a remarkable cue, made of 18 pieces of rod cane
glued together Harold Terry, a"
player, from Toa- left-handed' bridge, and Frank Edwards, of Stourbridge.
The retirement of H. C. Coles, the holder, has left the champion- ship open for one of these players --or for a "dark horse" who is busy qualifying in his county competi-
tion,
DUBLIN RUGBY STAR One of the surprise omissions from this season's Ireland Afteen, particularly as the Irish selectors have had some difficulty with reus gard to the centres, 15 J. H. Jewell, who has been in remarkable form as a centre for Dublin University
centre and stand-off half during this season, after playing both at
the last two years.
on Saturday.
WELL CAUGHT, SIR!
He can be brilliant in attack, and M.C.C. cricketers touring New Zealand had a very pleasant week-exploits the dummy cleverly, while end from all accounts, and prob-in defence his well-judged kicking It tends to exaggerate character-ably E. R. T. Holmes and the Hon. has proved of great value. "Because red come out white in
iatics. It makes long faces look c. J. Lyttelton have by this time As both a place, and drop goal direct television and so the or- longer and big noses seem bigger. been telling the other members of kicker, moreover, he has few sup-. chestra, as the public will see it for instances. Of course lighting the side how they caught a giant eriors in Ireland, and his dropped will be in white uniforma
and make-up help to put things trout on Lake Rotorua
goal and penalty goal enabled black facinga. And I hope that right; but we shall have to watch Angling. I should think, would Dublin University to beat Univer- they keep their uniforms clean.
our performers very carefully. And be good practice for fieldamen. Atsity College, Cork, by 10 points to The television camera shows up the television camera requiries a any rate, one couldn't afford to marks that are invisible to the or- quite different system of lighting dinary eye. Colour is quite im- and make up from that which the Lyttelton and Holmes boasted portant. Suppose a woman artist intermediate flm camera calls for the victims during their day on came on in such a horrible com-Yes, there are plenty of chances to the lake, and the former Fm told bination of colour as a Cambridge make mistakes, and we shall make (and its a reliable source) had one blue dress with a bright red cape them."
trout. of 941D. Bhe or coat or other accessory.
to be dressed in black with a white cape or coat The whole colour values would be reversed. And there is another the interesting thing. The black and Peninsula, with a view of Anzac white value of any colour in a Cove, will figure in the design, dress depends a great deal on the The stamps will be on issue from kind of dye used.
a fortnight April 2 until about after Anzac Day (April 25)
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And from that we came to tre possibilities of television in schools and its educational value generally, Mr. Cock's enthusiasm was creased. Television will be a great educational ald-presently.
The schools will have to wait
France, a litte tardily, has de. cided to issue & stamp in honour of the one hundred and fift.eth death of of the anniversary Patre de Roaler, the chemist, who lost his life in the endeavour until pictures at least a yard wide would appear
cross the Channel by balloon on June 15, 1785.
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In April New Zealand will issue two stamps to commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the landing the New Zealand troops
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"And when you have done mak Bome of the other players pre- ing mistakes, though I don't ex-ferred golf, swimming and sight pect you will make many, Mr. Cock seeing to fishing, but pity poor
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Baxter-be spent his day at the The futurel The possibilities | dentist's! are simply overwhelming. Tele- vision will be a great social force. It must be! But we have to get atarted before we talk of the fu- The direct viewing or televisionture, the very blg and, perhaps, ra- càmera plays other strange tricks, ther distant future.
TASK FOR GOLDERS GREEN' The team Golders/Green have to
TAUGHT GAME AT OUNDLE - Jewell, who learnt his Rugby at K. C. Frie's School, Oundle, con- siderably impressed English critics when Dublin University met Ox
·ford at Oxford early in the season. His clever running and kicking were features of the game and his drop-goal and conversion decided. the match in Dublin's favour by 95. One of his runs took htm over 60 yards.
Against Headingley, the next day he dropped a goal, and he also played a big part in Trinity's vic- tory over Cambridge University in
visit in the third round of the FA Amateur Cup next Saturday, LCI Alkali, are an unknown quantity in London. but they are reckoned Dublin,
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