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COLOMBO WIRELESS.

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the "Hongkong) Telegraph."

South China Athletic Club,

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Many Improvements Effected.

EASTERN TIN GODS.

M'Quigg in the Forbidden City.

In the current Blackwokat Mr. Bince July of last year various Sir, In the special artiolo Improvements have boon affected] J. O. P. Bland continues his do- doaling with football in your and are hoing affected at the lightful "Momoire of M'Quigg."| isao of Saturday, the 3rd. Inst., Colombo Wireless Station. The in which wo have many eldalights "The South China purpose of the improvements is to of Chinose manners and customs was overcome the difficulties which and of the forelgnar's life in! Athletic Club, formed a few years ago out of have been experienced owing to China. He touches many topics, Hora the old Confucians and Diacosan soreening offects. Ever since tho and gives us of his knowledge Boys' School teams." This state-station has hoon installed there in a variety of ways. ment is not correct. The South has been trouble in communicat-he tolls us that the grout M'Quigg Chinn Athletic Club came into ing with aliips to the South and had seen many a starred and East of Coylon, largely due to the ribboned Excellency omarge to oxisteneo as follows:--

Some years ago, a team of Heroening effects of land and the strut and frat his little hour upon Chinosy football players from hill. This screening trouble is those dusty boards and leave his South China were invitod to not poculiar to Caylon and, as is polito andfonco wholly uim tako part iu All-China well-known to wireless engineers, pressed; but the earnest futility Athletic Meet convened at Nan-in some cases Is so pronounced as of the performance and the in- king. The team selectod was to create an are, which is practi-finite variety of its coinia business wireless never failed to afford him ontor. composed of Chineso players, all eally impervious to of whom were boys educated at waves. From the tests which tainmont,

He porcoived none better- various Hongkong schools. They have been mado from time to were not organised as a Club or time it is considorod that the the predestinod olash of irrecun- even as a foam under any numo trouble is not so great in Ceylon cilable systems, implied by the doud intrusion of tophats and gold- when they wont to Nanking, hat, as to leave completely coming from South China, were aroas, Consequently, given ap-laced frousers into the Forbidden the rate of sufflefont power and City; but whereas their Excellen- alled "South China" at

Immediately sensitivoness it should be possible cics ware apt to regard thein- Nanking Games. on their roturn ter Hongkong, Mr. to communicato with ships in solves is heaven-hent makers of momentous history, M'Quigg, liko 1 Kwaisham (one of the soleci-theso screened areas,

It is a well-known phenomenon the Chinese, preferred to consider et players for Nanking could not got away} bandou Tho that shorter was_length_arathis clashing of systems in the returned players, together in an affected by screening to a greater light of conturios rather than He sought and found organisation which he formed oxtent than longer wave lengths, of days.

for tho 'hope and named "The South China and, consequently, it was decide justification Football Club." In this to was to instal modern apparatus which that their venerable civilisation greatly assisted by Messrs. Mok would enable messages to be sent would persist and flourish when Ting, Kwok Shiu-yan, Fung Taijon a longer wave longth than the the last top-hat had been laid to and Leang Koon-ying, the latter normal one of 600 metres. High rest in a museum.

It was not his wont to wear the two being still playors. That Club power transmitting valves of the was only a band of boys and was latest design have been installed inner heart of his philosophy on not properly constituted, the sole for this purpose, and by means his sioevo for dawe to pack at but! object then being to play foot-of them a sorvico of continuous in that, heart he refused to take ball matches amongst themselves, waves of 2,300 metros can be seriously the little Tin Gods of It was composed of Messrs. Pung brought into oporation. Itis necos-Logation Street or to see the dawn Toi, Fung Ping, Leung Koon-sary, under international rogula-of-a new era in their manifold ying, Mok Hing. Pang Teoung- tious, to continue the service of traffics and discoveries.

and 600 metros as many ships aro not' Kan-chuy Lam tsang. others whom Mr. Ip Kwai-sham equipped for the long wavo langth: gathered together. This South or continuous wave reception. China Football Club after a short Consequently the transmission of time came to an end. Sometime the long wavo lengths will bo later, Mr. Ip Kwai-sham sought made at cortain intervals at the the assistance of Mr. J. A. Chuo commencement of the service and the latter revived and ro-these will bo overy two hours and organised the Club, framing its this will be modified later if

With a police guard to keep his constitution, managing its affairs traffic requirements demand it.

young and re-establishing it as the first! The work of fitting up the high angry mother, at bay, a

oxciting Chinese power transmitting valves at the Bolton man had an properly organised Football Club in Hongkong, un-Colombo Station is now practi-wedding at a registry office lust was afterwards der. the namo of the South cally complete, and tests have month. China Rocreation Club, but, this been made which have demons allowed to escape from the build- name was altered by Mr. Chu trated beyond doubt that with aing with his bride by a back door. It was a sequel to a recent to "The South Ching Athletic receiving set of average sensitiv-|

messages police court case which was i ship IL Club."

It was Mr. J. A. Chue's idea can be received from the Colombo adjourned in order that a 20-your- that brought out the Chinese in Station without difficnity all old domestic servant chargod competitive football and be and the way round the South coast with breaking the tornis of a Mr. Ip Kwai-sham arranged of Ceylon, and during these tests probation order, and sald to be in the first match that over fook communication has been kept up incorrigible, might bo, wedded. and with ships the whole distance be- The would-be bridegroom pro- place between Chinose

duced a special license in court Europeans, such first match tak-tween Colombo and Rangoon.

and said he wanted to marry tho ing place under the Captaincy of

To further improve the offici-girl. Mr. Ip Kwai-sham.

But the man's mother did not! Being

Club of mero ency of the station a system of

08 aapprove.

For the marriago at the registry| boy players, the South China overhead wires known Athletic Club was severely handi- counter-poise hus boon arcetod in

usual earthing office the bridegroot asked for capped by lack of funds. Mr. place of the Ip Kwai-shan therefore camo to system: This has increased the special police protection, and two an-arrangement with the Confuci- power radiating from the station sergeants kept watch.

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an Society, with the great help of by over 100 por contTheThe-mother_was_carly_on_the Mr. Young Pik-chee, under which counter-poise system, as installed scone, and expressed her opinion the Society financed the South in Colombo, consists of 52 wires strongly.

Wishing to avoid a scene, the China Athletic Club on condition radiating from a point midway that the Club (which continued between the masts supporting the officials suggested the newly- under its own name and was and aerial and about 12 feet above the married couple leaving by the always remained separata ground. These wires stratch out back way, through disused rooms entity) played in matches under to a longil of about twice the and staircases. Thoy gained a the name of "The Confucians." length of the aerial and to a back stroot, and. hurried away

After a while the arrangement width of about twice the height from the maternal wrath.

The mother was vory annoyed with the Confucian Society camoj of the aerini. The wires radint- to an end and the South China ing from the contra terminate in when she found they had escap od. She starched all the sur Athletic Club, at the suggestion an oval-shaped formation.

A new and powerful receiving rounding stroots foverishly ex- of Mr. Ip Kwai-sham, absorbod the Lam Long Club (another Chi-set has been equipped for greatly pressing strong opinions all the! nese Chib-then much younger improving recoption of ships while, and even searched the than the South China Athletic dosiring to communicato, with police office. Finding the search the dis-Colombo. Owing, however, to fruitless, she burst into tears and and Club) continuance of the arrangement the very inefficient transmitting wont home. with the Confucian Society and sets installed on some ships, the the absorption of the Lam Long, difficulty of receiving messages not yot boon entirely the Club has ever since playodhan

Stops are being Many ships coming into Colombo

fitted 'still

with tho under its real name of the South oliminated.

takon to further increase aro

and Chinu Athletic Club.

sensitiveness of the old crystal detector It bas boon shown that the the South China Athletic Club did receiver, but there are limits sat have no modern methods of am not arise out of the old Confucians in this direction by the pro-plifying the strongth of signal and the Diocesan Boys' School valence of atmosphoric distur- and their transmitting apparatus teams but came to light throughhances. When the signals sont is also in many casos equally the, enthusiasm and energy of out by a ship are not sufficiently inadequate. Satisfactory results Mr. Ip Kwai-sham, who is the strong to give readable results in cannot possibly be expected in HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

DRAFT PROGRAMMES and Don't Forget to Re- real founder, assisted by the the presence of atmosphorios, any such cases. Board of Trado re-

member. Entry Farins for the Third pioneers above mentioned.

inoroase in the sensitiveness of gulations are framed to ensure Vory few know the actual the receiver at Colombo is, of no the safety of ships at son and not facts about the South Athletic avail. If sensitiveness of reception necessarily to moot the com- Extra RACE MEETING to be Take a Little One- Club's formation, so this infor-is increased the atmospheric dis mercial requirements of the ships held on the 24th. May, 1924, mation ought to prove intorosting. turbances are proportionately agents. Ships must, therefore, (weather pormitting) may be Yours oto magnified and no improvement bo fitted out with more powerful obtained at the Race Course, apparatus than spòcifled by Board Hongkong Club and Causeway results, IP LAM-SHANG,

'addition to the ap- of Trade regulations in order to Bay Stables.

Entries close on the 10th. May, One time Secretary of South

paratus already installed a moet the requirements of agents. China Athletic Club.

new and more powerful goner Tho tolograph authorities are 192. Hongkong, May 6th, 1024.

ator has been indented for and fully alive to the need for moot- is expected to arrive very shortly. hg these requirements, especial When this is fitted up it will stillly in an Important port like

the sending Colombo, and they welcome the THE Undersigned. Member of the Hongkong Stock further increase WHERE CROCODILES ABOUND..

Two Malay sportsmon, in the radius of the Station. When all co-operation of ship-owners in Malay Statos, during a recent the improvements which have forwarding particulars of any Exchange, has resumed business under the Firm name Joseph a great bean authorised have been com- troubles with a view to having as Share and Genoral Broker week-end worked

Colombo Station will them oliminated.

has Gould & Co. at No. 10 Ice House Transmitting apparatus erocpdito drive, bagging fifty-plotad,

Mr. Lewis Albort Tobias. is niue in three days in the Klang compare favourably with any river. This river is so infoated station in the East as rogards the boon dosigned for the Colombo Street. that from the latter part of lust use of madorn method and ap- Station with a vlow to its utilia.

JOSEPH GOULD," year to the present date the paratus. Satisfactory and ration at any futuro time, as authorised to sign the firm For

Hongkong, 1st May, 1924, normous number of 700 cru- liable service between a ship and circumstances require it, for wire. Procuration. codilon is said to have been a shoro station can obviously loss tolophony, the additional ap- only be obtained if the ship paratus for this purpose being ra- killed.

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