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THURSDAY'S RADIO.

HEARD PERFECTLY AT THE PEAK.

We have received the following letters for publication

ACTORS CHARGED.

BAIL PROVIDED BY.

{ADMIRERS.

The dressing rooms immediate- Sir, I beg to encroach on a fly adjoining the stage in the three small space in your paper in principal Chinese theatres, the which to express my gratitude to Koshing, the Taiping and Kau!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

BIRD SONGS ON GRAMOPHONE.

Nightingale's Trill as

"Nightcap."

Shall I call thee Bird, Or but a Wandering Voive" Bird-lovers will be afforded ant

the Electrical Department of the Feng, were raided by Revenue excellent opportunity for becom- Hongkong Hotel for the splendid Officers under Senior Revenue ing acquainted with the songs of beginning they made in the first officer (i. Walt, yesterday, for their woodland favourites if a official radio broadcasting pro-illicit opium. The raids were surproject now being considered by gramme given in this Colony. cessful in yielding quite a good the Gramophone Co., Ltd.. is was a radio enthusiast in England To-day, before Mr. J. R. Wood, adopted, says a Home paper.

At the beginning of the year, I haul of the drug.

It is intended that character- wild birds should be recorded for were fined ie songs and calls of various the gramophone, so that would

22 YEARS AGO.

and so heard many of the concerts a number of actors radiated from Marconi House, on conviction. It was stated that London, and other places. I as the bail of some of these actors sure you that the first programme was furnished by admirers of the and transmission in Hongkong other sex. compared very favourably with those I have heard elsewhere.

Some people, I believe, were: disappointed with what they heard on Thursday night, but the fault must have been in the open- tion of the receivers, because on top of the Peak "Yes, we have no bananas," the amusing speech by Mr. McWhirter and all the other items were perfectly reproduced. Yours etc..

L. B. S. Hongkong, Oct. 28th., 1923,

field naturalists may, with ease and certainty. train them- selves to recognise the different; species by their respective

notes,

That this will prove a difficult matter they are well aware for. before the war, such records of the song of the nightingale, the blackbird and the thrush were! profured.

ITEMS FROM THE TELEGRAPH FILES. Detober 19, 1901. - At the Statutory meeting of Wm. Powell.

"Captive birds had to be em- Ltd. Capt. Tillett, the chairman, Ployed owing to the necessity of announced that the capital of the the singer being quite close to the Company had been fully paid up the company to a pressman, "and trumpet," explained an official of with the exception of 75 shares much difficulty was experienced

The 'nion Insurance Society fof Canton, Ltd., declares a divid-in accustoming the birds to the

end of $23 per share for the year

sound of the recording needle on. the way. equivalent to 46 per cent. ziven

Lane, Crawford's advertise football bonits at $5.50 per share.

Sir, I have heard it said by some of those who attended the demonstration of wireless broadcasting which was

on Thursday evening that the results heard by them at the various advertised centres did not appear to be particularly success- ful I see also a similar report in

several

"Each record took weeks of patient effort before! success was achieved."

I heard these records myself. and the tones were so faithfully

and Shanghai Bank shares stood reproduced that at a short dis

October 21, 1901. Hongkong In justice to the energy and at $630. and Union Insurances attance away, they could easily be

your issue of last night.

enthusiasm which has been dis- played by the Manager of the

$325.

mistaken for the notes of the living bird.

¦

Hongkong Hotel Electrical De October 22, 1901. The death is An amusing instance ofan partment in bis Kuccessful persistently reported" of Com-error of this sort was told me by endeavours to improve his broad-mander De Wer, the famous Boer the official cast set, I feel I must advise you General.

"A relative of mine." he said. T that I heard the whole concert at Mr. E. A. Ram, to Miss Mabel ingale records that he, on several The marriage is announcer of was so charmed with the night- the top of the Peak so loudy and Zoe, of South Norwood, Park, successive nights, put them on clearly that it was necessary tols the wedding of Mr. J. before going to bed—as a sort of) have my instrument, a 2-valve | one with

loud Co

Hastings, solicitor. to Miss Dor speaker),

soother." mistuned to curtail the volume thy Edmunds, of Birmingham. of sound which in a pair of head

A syndicate in Canton has phones was too great to bel

decided to reclaim a portion of pleasant.

the river above Shameen at a cos: of four lakhs of dollars.

was

October 23, 1991.-America asks China to recognise the concession rights of ber-citizens in Tientsin.

The whole programme extraordinarily well done and the reproduction almost perfect. A Scottish friend of mine heard and translated for me every word of Mr. McWhirter's most amusing speech, which is, I think. in itself sufficient testimony to the excellence of the modulation.

Those of us who have followed in ramp. the nightly progressof this broad-

A new island appears in the sea of Japan. suggested as a suitable place for Hongkong's insolent colies,

To his amusement, on picking: up the local newspaper one morn- ing he read a letter from an old; woman living close by describing- in glowing terms how, she had heard the nightingale singing re- peatedly in her garden."

LONDON STREET CRIES. As only ten out of the 29 loca! authorities ATE in favour of revising the London by-laws with, The Hongkong Volunteers are the idea of more effectively sup pressing street shouting, the Lon-

A new bat for re-ident in the don County Council does not

casting from its very inception Hongkonz Hotel opened for propose to proceed further withi and understand what difficult business. Some talk of a counter the subject. attends successful transmission supper being provided, but so far will, I knew, join me in a vote offants the u-ual fragments thanks to M. "Orchid for his biscuit and well-fingered piece- worthy efforts.

of chee-e in evidence.

I trust you will be good enough

to insert this in your paper and

thank you in anticipation. enclose my card. Yours etc.

- R.D.R. Hongkong. Oct. 26. 1923.

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New car for the Peak Trantway Company arrive from England:

October 24, 1001-General! Buller is removed from his com-) mand and placed on half-pay.! Sir. May 1. through the General French is pushed upone: mehum of your valuable paper. The death is reported from the congratulate the Hongkong Hotel|G.C.H. of Edward Robinson, Co. on their first endeavour to barrister, after having practisert give a radio broadcast concert in for 14 years in the Colons. Hongkong?

Mr. E. C. Wilks re-ign- from By your criticismi- last night's the Dock Company and com edition of the Flongkong To tryphences business as a Consulting it appears a few listeners-in were

Engineer.

disappointed owing to the item- News reaches Hongkong that not being received clearly. May Mr. H. E. Pollock, K... has been I suggest that this is probably appointed Attorney General for due to the users not being quite ijl, at a salary of £500 a year acquainted with their sets 7

and practice allowed.

I heard the programme on a crystal -et on board

October 23, 1991 Casks off well-known ship in harbour eight dozen pints of Guinness and heard each item quite Stout are advertised at $2 each. clearly and distinctly. and Mr. A. M. Marshall. of the was quite satisfied with the pro- P. and O. Company, succeeds: gramme. I thought it an ex-Mr. E. A. Hewitt as Agen: at cellent effort on the part of the Shanghai...

promoters to fill in some of the Yuan Shib-kai is appointed monotonous hours so frequent in Viceroy of Chihli. Hongkong.

I think if listeners-in will be patient and experiment a little in the way of taning their recei- vers when the experimental broad- casting programmes are given for that purpose 16 o'clock each evening. I believe) they will enjoy: the next programme advantage.

to

full

Yours etc. SATISFIED LISTENER-IN,

Hongkong, Oct. 27th, 1923.

HONORARY SURGEONS TO THE

KING.

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Start at one square shown in the drawing, and move to another square, either horizontally, diag

It is announced in the London onally, or vertically. Moving Gazette that the following Major- from square to square, trace a Generals, late. R.A.M.C., are ap-word of twelve letters, using each pointed Honorary Surgeons to square the King: H. A. Hinge, C.B.."jumps" may be made

once. No "skips" or C.M.G., D.S.O., vice Major- General 8. G. Moores,

Yesterday's answer: C.B., If the little Indian was the son CM.G., late E.A.M.C., rotired of the big Indian, but the big and C. E. Pollock, C.B., C.B.E., Indian was not the father of the D.S.O., vice Lieutenant-General little Indian, there can be but one Sir T.H. John C. Goodwin, K.C.B., answer to explain the relation- C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.C.S., late ship. The big Indian was the R.A.M.C., retired.

mother of the little Indian!

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