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The Famous GARNER

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

British-built

truck-chassis and passenger-bus.

Two of the famous British-built “ GARNER" 2-ton truck-chassis, equipped with pneumatic tyres have arrived and are now on show in our Kowloon Branch Office, No. 1, Canton Road.

One 24-passenger British - built Bus, English pattern, complete with body and equipped with

pneumatic tyres, also of the famous Manufacturer

自编

GARNER" has also arrived by the S.S. “Glensheil”.

Inspection is cordially invited.

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Telephone No. C.1036.

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WHAT TO DO,

AUGUST

_________ RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.

Wireless From Moying Train

HIGH POWER.

An interesting investigation of problems of wirelere transmission and reception was carried out by tha Radio Bocloty of Great

May Solre Costs Puzzle. Britain last month in a special for broadcasting?" promises soon Tho question, "Who le to pay coach attached to the 7.38 pm. to answer itself, says a New York train from King's Crose to New-sorvido report.. aaatio. :

The answer may come with the

The main purpose was to eX-" plore possible causes of "fading" rostion of a dozen or so super- (that is, the gradual and un-country, and gradually forcing the power stations, blanketing the explained weakening of signals), 550-odd stations, out of business the loss of strongtli duo to natural condition, and airo to ascertain

This sudden change in radio is

Clearance Sale

of the latest Parisian

Summer Frocks

AND

Hats

at 25% reduction.

for by two per cent, of the radio now breadcasting and to be paid Les Elegances de Paris, receipts.

?

Agalast this definito troad|

the distance over which signale suggested from TWO HOUTCON: from comparatively small power

The Associated Manufac fatations can be transmitted. The turore of Electrical Supplies, who coach was fitted with an experifthoir Atlantio City convention montal transmitting set using 70ecently, proposed the eroation of watts and a receiving set.

ton giant stations to roplsoo those Arrangements werd medo-to maintain five-niqute transmis sions and receptions with the

2. The Amerloan. Telephone London Station of the Radio and Tolograph Company, which ciety, and, as the train" progress, announces the complation of a ed to communicate with stations 000-watt apparatus. for broad- at Bodford, Newark, Shefeld, casting. York, Bradford, and Nowcastlo. The call sign allotted to the train bet was 62%, and the experiment broadcasting stand two obstruc- | toward. limited ·Auper-powor was carried out on continuous tione. wave using the Morse codo. Mr. Leslie MeMachael, vice-president limits Class B broadcasters to be- One is the presont law, which of the society, Mr. Philip Coursey tween 500 and 1000 watts.. Ooly honorary secretary, and Mr. Maurice Child were among those tora boon parmitted to transmit on special permit have broadcas- who travelled in the specialconcton more than one kilowatt, and

As the train loft King's thon Cross the first messages to purposes. The actual perfection only for experimental "etaud by" wero sunt from of larger apparatus by the biggest the London station (6XX), and company in the fold, however, is until 7.45 the London station conan almost certain tinued to send test calls. For change in the limitations.

sign of a seven minutes the station could got no answer from the train

INTERESTS INVOLVED. owing to excessive and contin-

The othor big obstruction to uous interference and jatoming present, is an increased opposition super-power transmission, for the front neighbouring telephony to the schome from various stations. After an interval of interested sources, boaded by the. sonding. rocoption Was again tried. At 8.3 the train's call sign

American Radio Association. (6ZZ) was received. the signals broadcasting system would not "While it is stated that such a coming Lhrough -with fair intorfore strength. The train was so which take care of local needs." with Incal stations nearing Bedford, and the call re-says Alfred M. Caddoll, secretary ceived at 622 was the signal aont of the association. "experience from the train to a Bodford has shown that amateur station. At 8.9 a furthor coptionally solective revolvers unlese ox. mossago from the train to go on" came through. Tho call sign out stations using a darrior wave

are used, it is impossible to tune) of the train was heard again at of high power. ⠀ 6ZZ, at 9 o'clock and at four minutes to 10, but po messagon built largely on the thrill of get "The radio business has been wore rocolved, the train in each ting distance, and if this thrill case "talking" to a local antateur (and therefore other stations) is station. The signals were decid destroyed by blanketing the udly work at 9 o'alook and when country steadily with high power, at 10 o'clock the 'train was near it might lead to serious con- Nowark its transmissious were sequences in the radio world." hurdly audible.. A message to London with regard to further of tho Radio

According to Pierre Bouchoron test signals was received about Amaries, however, we have too

Corporation half-past 10, but reception was bad, the message farling out Cutting them down to ton high

many broadcasting

stations. liafore completion.

power broadoasters would be not, only more efficacious. but more economical, ho‘adds."

SINGAPORE RADIO SOCIETY.

Public Interest in Broadcasting.

Mombers of the recently form- ed Singapore Radio Society met

of

Only, the more wealthy and proutable arms would be able to take up broadcasting of the super power variety. For the post of a few days ago and passed the an installation is figured between draft rules of the Society, which $40,000 and $50,000 gold, and its have boon framed by the Com- operation would be much higher mittee, on lines similar to rules in than the Class B 500-watt stations use by Radio Societies elsewhere. of to-day.

DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME.

New York Starts. Own Broadcasting.

It was stated that the delay, that had taken place was due to the fact that vory little could ba dono in view of the action of the Governmout. The Chairman said ho was at liborty to say that tho Wireless Committee's report had

New York is ready to broad- been completed and had been cast concerts, lactares and other handed to Government. That entertainment from its roport would be published

station, says an oxchange mos- shortly. He was not going to go. sage.

vers

Own

into the contents of the report Grover A. Whalen, commissioner According to a lotter from. neither was it in the province of

the meating to discuss it, but, the of plante and structures, to Wireless Committee having taken Secretary of Commerce Hoovor,

No. 8, Queen's Road Contral, lat. Floor

Tolephone No. C. 386,

NOTICE TO THOSE WHOSE MARRIAGE WILL SHORTLY TAKE PLACE..

Pictorial records of weddings are highly desirable.

Calf of the MING YUEN STUDIO Gallery Path} und Inspect specimen groups.

Upon receipt of instructions will' will send expert photographer „Jonny ceremony-or-function,

(Octal Photographers o the Hongkong Telegraph)

IF YOU CANNOT FEED BABY YOURSELF-

Give him Glaxo. He will start to grow up. strong and well, because Glaxo contains just the same bone-making, brainbuilding, muscle- producing materials as healthy breast milk

To make Glaxo. Just add the required quantity of hot water (that has been boiled)

you have ready for Baby a perfect food.

and

Remember too, Glaxo has no disease germs in it. Your Baby cannot be troubled with the dangers that come with ordinary cow's milk.

BUILDS BONNIE BABIES.

Claxos

such a definite stop, the Radto applying for a license and call THE HUMAN 200, Booiety should go on with their letters, the now municipal station work. There were hundreds of will be the largest of its kind in

the world.

If Your Receiver Goes Wrong.potential lixtonors in who were If you have a regenerative sot, looking for a certain amount of Some time ago, Now York ox keep this trouble-sheof handy.guidance and assistance. The perimented with a radio broad It tells you what to look for in ease Radio Society would be for the casting station atop. of any of four possibilities--no purpose of aiding amateur ex-par, Municipal Tower, 560 foot above the signals,no regeneration,toocriticalimentors and Hetenere in and give ground, but found so many inter- adjustment, or weak signals.

No Signals Antenna grounded

general support to broadcasting. foring difficulties that the It was also stated in the course station had to be abandoned. "A" battery dead; "B" battary of the evening, in counioction with Further experimenting by Now dead; wrong connections: broken the pißilcity: campaign, that York's engineers finally have re- wire: had soldering; shorted a meeting was being held in sulted in a way out.RS

Kuala Lumpur on august 10, The engineers have found that No Regeneration-Wrong grid under the auspices of the the tall structure itself has a leak; "B" battery low tickler Selangor Chamber of Commerce natural wave length of about 400 loads reversed, broken tickler the Chinese throughout Malaya motors. If Now York, thoy de- connection; not enough turns on having taken great interest in oided, could got a lngher wave secondary bet

broadcasting on the lines of length assigned to it, broadest Too Critical-Too much grid the recent urbeting at Malacon. 10 pould be olfactoi despite the loak; too much plate voltage, too It is also hoped to have a mosing interference of surrounding tall, largo.

asocondary or tiokler in Singapore at which a demon steel bulidingen

condensor.

phono condenser too small; grid etration would be given, with Whalen has therefore, asked wires too olone to panel.a lesture by a technical export. for a wave length of 625 matars;

Wook Signals-Low "A" bat- The Chairman stated, during with would also be well tory: low "B" battery; wrong grid subsequentalsousalon, that only range of other Class connections, poor antenna insulaa few licenses had, boon Lamuted, The

tion.

Dificulfice Overcome mante, and the promotion of the health, education and welfare of the community at: Sign

and they were conditional. He the hoped for an Increased response in from the public, when the report of the Wireless Committee ihra badn published,

In to be hoped the. idad wil not be permitted to die but through thaddition, as has been- with various projecte In S sthorities broadca°z. And olsewhere in sil

Elaborátö2 pláns completion to on of th

being