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{THE HONGKONG TELEGRA

NOTICES.

GOLOFINA

CIGARS.

"PERFECTO Actual Size

The Wonderful increase in the

Demand of GOLOFINA Cigars

Demonstrates Beyond QUESTION

Their Superior Quality.

SOLD IN TWO SIZES:--

PERFECTOS & BOUQUETS

Obtainable at all Tobacconists.

WARREN.

Els Advertisement is inen d by British Varricia Tobacco Co, Lal

NIPPON

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1919.

ASAHI DEER

ASAHI BEER

“MAND PRIZE.

ASAHI

BEER

LAGER-BEER

·SPECIALLY, BES WED

BREWERY

FOR

COMPANY

BOLS AGENTS

Mitsul Bussta Kalsha

Telephone 20 → 130

CEO. P. LAMMERT.!

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR,

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

THE Undersigned has received instructions to sell by Publia Auction on

WEDNESDAY 22nd January 1919.

commencing at l·l ́am. at No. 2 B Nathan Road, (Kowloon);

A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture.

(full particulars from catalogue)"

On view from Tuesday, the 21st last.

Terme: Cash on delivery.

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

THE Undersianed has received

instructions to sell by Pub-

lie Anction en

THURSDAY,

the 23rd

Janua y 1919.

commencing at If am.

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell.

Street,

A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture

Tapestry & marocco, onvered! eouches & chairs, blackwood armchairs, desk, flower stands, teapoys tables & stools, teak overmantels, teak bookossen & desks. Japзuese water colours, vassa, ornaments, carpets, ruza sto, etc.

Teak eitension dining table & hairs, teak sideboard with be- velled mirror, dinner waggon, ice chest, dianer & dessert serv ces, electro-plated & glass ware; cutlery, etc., etc

etc., etc.

Duble brass & brass mounted iron bedsteads, teik single & proceeded to deraonstrate double wardrobes, dressing tables, by means of his charts and washstands, chest of drawers appliances the principles of direct and alternating

currents the theory of continuonso scillations Poulson's arc, "detectors, sending and receiving apparatus, Hertzian oscillations, spark systeurs and

Also Silver Te:net

1 Pianola Piato 1 Gent's Bicycle

And

1 Grand Piano (în good condi- tion) by Card and Collard. On view from Wednesday, the 22nd Inst.

Catalogues will be issued.

Terms: Cash on delivery."

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer

ENTERTAINMENTS

VICTORIA THEATRE.

20th. 21st. 22nd. January,

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American Gazette No. 21.

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MATINEES

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Booking at ANDERSON'S.

TEL.

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THE

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TO-NIGHT

at 5:15 & 9.15 p.m.

WILLIAM FARNÜM

IN

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"A GILDED FOOL." “A

"THE LITTLE MONTE CARLO.”

Wiffles Singing Lessons,

ETC., ETC.

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The leading Hotel in the Far Earl.

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Marconi. Lodge and so on. Those but he thought it would never dis. he said. It was now possible for HE Undersigned has received THE BEPULSE BAY HOTEL

able

their

一生

by

TUESDAY the 28th January instructions to sell Public Auction on

1919,

any other interesting details which would be impossible to explain to the lay mind without WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY,of electrical waves not

the use of the diagrams and included away. in ordinary light and which less telegraphy presented were

The problems that wire instruments which made the speakers explanations delight- fore prolaced by electrical very great, but more difficult fully clear. Conclading, the means. Turning to that idea problems had already seen solvedSpeaker referred to the advantages LECTURE BY PROFESSOR the man in the street immediate-in wireless telegraphy. Radio tele of wireless telegraphy at sea.

ly thought of such tames 39graphy has a great future before it

Collisions at sea were absurdities, mea have done a lot of varnish-place ordinary telegraphy except channel at full speed in the a steamer to go down a crowded ing and polishing, and without in a few isolated cases. The lecture on wireless tele- their work we would have been conditions might require mess-

Later, thickest of fugs with the captain graphy, delivered by Professor unable to signal sy rapidly and ages to be transmitted at the rate asleep on the bridge without a œmmencing at 2.30. pm. Warren at the Helena May In-with such Buccess 86 we of thousands of words per minute.

risk of collision. Its course stitute plast evening proved to be were

at No. 27 Belilios Terrace. to .do to-day. He thought the older form of might be serpentine but it most interesting, and although But

work was telegraphy would accept the con

wonld be safe. Still, pieces of Household Furniture.

A Quantity of Valuable the speaker dealt with a highly only polishing. Noinvention was dition quite casually." In fact apparatus of this description are (Fall particulars from catalo ue) technical subject, with the aid the work of one man or group there seemed to be no theoretical not yet enforced on ocean going of diagrams, electrical appliances of men, but if he were asked to limit to the speed at which mess steamers and as they cost money 27th inst

On View from Monday, the and one or two simple demon-name the founders of the science ages could be transmitted if we shall have to wait until the strsting devices, his explanations of wireless telegraphy he would necessary.

government in 50 years time has

Terms: Cash on delivery. were anciently lucid as to en- mention such names as Helm-

With radia telegraphy the Then it would be possible to caught up with the present. able the layman to gain a clear holtz, Hertz, Maxwell, Kelvia, dificulties in the idea of the principle of the etc. much of whose work in this exceptionally high sending speeds of way make the passenger pay. fall was done over fifty years seemed at present to be very The Hon. Mr. P H. Holyoak ego. The second error or, par-great. The waves used in wire presided, and in introducing the tial error in the prevalent idea less telegraphy consisted speaker state that the subject about wireless telegraphy is vibrations of some kind which upon which Professor Warren that it is marvellous. It is were propagated with a great was to lecture had engaged the but not as marvellous as a table, velocity about 186,000 miles per attention of the whole world, since in terms of our modern con second through the ether. the Titanic disaster. The poss-ceptions. But the common idea Dealing with methods of trans ibilities of wireless telegraphy is at error in its view of what is mission, the speaker said the relatives of soldiers buried in A proposal that after peace, were only just being realised and the marvellous part of wireless International Morse code it had as vast a future as any telegraphy. Did they consider almost universally used for wire-visit the graves at the nation's Was France shall have free passes to body could conceive. Now wire- it wonderful that if they shouted less telegraphy just as for expense, is to baconsidered by the less telegraphy gave travellers on in one room they were beard in telegraphy with wires. the sea and those living in distant the next? If they found that sending speed is about 25 words)

The Government. parts of the Empire an opportun-conversation had to be carried per minate by hand or about 250 ity of communicating with each on regularly between two words per minute automatic. other. The science also possessed rooms between which it was In all cases some form of aerial great commercial possibilities. inconvenient

to shout they or antenna was used to radiate

science.

of

Professor Warren said that in fitted up a speaking tube, to con- the electric waves. Genérally, the short time at his disposal he fine the sound waves. Now in though not always, the same only intended to deal very briefly the electrical world the develop antenna is used for both sending with a limited portion of the sub-ment has been the other way and receiving. Ia the earliest ject. It was difficult to decide about. In wireless, telegraphy wireless stations the apparatus what portion to deal with, bat he they directed electrical waves by was of the simplest and consisted would to try and give them an means of

pair of of a plain aerial, possessing both exposition of the way in which wires much as they direct inductance and capacity separat electric waves were produced ed sound waves in a speak-"ed from earth by means of a spark and how they were usedling tube. In wireless telegraphy gap. An induction coil was used for signalling acrces space.they sent out electrical waves to charge up the antenas until

a

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer.

then thanked the speaker on The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak

THE KAISER'S FUTURE. behalf of the audience who made in England that the ex- The suggestion which has been hearty round of applause. accorded Professor Warren a

Kaiser should be sent to his palace at Corfu has created a good deal of interest. Indeed, it is stated upon excellent authority that the ex-Kaiser has himself been thinking of this solution of had the suggestion conveyed to residence, and he has already the problem of his eventual

authoritative quarters.

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