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THE HONGKONG: LELEGRAPH

ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SALESROOMS

The anfearoom of the New York Branch of the Buick Motor Company at 55th Street and Broadway. New York, sells and delivers moré cars and more dollars worth of automobiles than any other salesroom in the world: "And its infes are increasing all the time.

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This Buick Branch delivered, during 1923, 24,565 now Bulcks, representing, a cash value of $39,591,918. In 1824, it is expected that about 30,000 cars will be delivered, a business of over $50,000,000. Few if any of the great New York department stores will do as great a -volume of business,

From August 1, 1924, to May 18, 1824, deliveries of this Branch' amounted to 20,139 Buicks as compared with 16,295, deliveries for the same period the preceding year. This represents an increase of 3.844 cars, or a 23-1% gain. Sales of this Branch for the first two weeks of May 1924, were 1,231 Buicks as compared with 945 sold in the same period last year. This is an increase of over 30%. It is no wonder that. & record breaking volume of business is expected for the new season,

Be the value of Buick output has each year been greater than Ay other exhibitor, Buick has held first place in every National Bile Show in the United States during the last six years. In 1923, old 218,516 motor cars, representing a value of $302,752,950 not g war tax or freight. In the New York district alone 12-5/10% 48,026 new cars sold in 1923 were Buicks,

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ONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central,

Telephone No. Central 1036.

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RADIO NOTES AND NEWS.

Dry Cell Tube in Four-Tuner Circuit, For simpllcity and caso in con- ¡ls wohnd au followà; v struction and operation, coupled. For coll A, the primary wind-" with offlaloney and practibability, ing, wind just one turn of bus the single dry sell tube four-tumor wire at the end of a 34-inch tubo siroult is hard to boat. Tag 5 0.16 Inches long.

It has few parts, which can be oasily hooked up, and the whole set shouldn't cost vory much.

The parts are:

Coil Ole the secondary, consist Ing of 65 turns No. 18 DBQ copper wire. It is wound on the other end of the tube, while coil-B, tho O. |stabilizór, made of the same wire, He wound 34 turns about the tubs

between colls A and C.

Ono four-circuit coll, "A. B. and D.

Two variable condensors, CI and C2, 0005 ifd, capacity, with verniers,

One grid look and condonser, H.

The antonna Luning coll, D. consists of 43 turns of No. 18 DSC wire, on a tube 34 inches in diamotor by 156 inches long. It

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A Battery

B Battery

HOOKUP DIAGRAM OF SINGLE TUBE FOUR-TUNER CIRCUIT,

Ono rheostat, 30 ohms.

One dry tube Bookat, E. ·

One fixed condensor, 00025 mfd., J.

One switch lover, seven switch points and two stops.

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is placed above C and at right angles to it.

Coll D would give bottor results If double bank wound, but in any ovont it in to be tapped at the start, and at the 3rd, 7th, 13th, 21st and last turn:

Eight binding posts, Ono phone jack, double circuit if amplifler is to be added.

Bus wire for connections. The entire set may be mounted on a 7-inch by 12-inch panel and on 8-inch by 12-inch baseboard.

The four-circuit coll may be bought at any radio store, but it addition of a simple amplißor can basily bo made at home. It circuit is necessary.

The tubo for this circuit la UV-199, or a C-209, with three dry colis for the A battery and a) tapped 45-volt B battery.

A 100-foot antenna is bost for this set.

For loud speaker use, the

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Promlent among the broadcast announcer of the United States are these two-Stalic," the parrot mascot of station WLS, at Chicago, and "Billy Lag," the rooster that has just rolired from activity at WLAG, the Minneapolis station that has signed off for the last time. "Static," however, remains and is going to learn a thorough radio language for the enjoyment of the fans,

erected in a shod by the super-great jaws, but the sounds madoj Intendent's house.

by the hyona suggested a fresh Zoo Wireless Concert.

The wireless perambulator" brooze and a channel steamer first visited the laughing jack rather than mirth. He worked After broadcasting the Surroy assos (Great Australian King-up some onthusiasm a littlo lator nightingale the laughing jackass fishers they prefer to ho called). and "blasted the microphone" at the London Zoo naturally It was getting dark, and the (the language is that of the camo next.

sleopy birds only omitted squeaks engineers). The power Was In proparing to give the country and flatters. A koper disturbed lessonod, and "Panoh" was also a Zoo concert by wireless, the hom, but they scarcely smiled I passed as perfect for broadcasting British Broadcasting Company Then it was suggested that the purposes. carried out homo irango and whole procession should move off, He licked the microphone and novel experiments in the Gardent and two of the birds promptly caused strango intorforences so a after visitors had loft.

started to abuokle. Everyone fresh position was hastily chusan. i The whole test centred round joined in at the infoolious sound Capinin Eckersley pronounced Jan extraordinary new devisc ovon the busy exporte. (That the whole tost to be astonishing- which has boon christoned "The will be a trouble when the birds ly successful, and in the near Wireless Perambulator." Packet are actually broadcast-human future listeners will be able to Insido a gadgot which looks likt listeners on the spot must learn hear those performers and the a portable refreshment barrow to keep "a straight face." trampoling elephant and the from a big railway station is a The bird's laughter "camo warning of the ratticanake as transmitting apparatus which has through" perfectly, and the par-wall, to say nothing of carefully two-thirds of the power of a roles ambulator loft for the laughing selected "language" . from broud-casting station such 4thyona Bo na to compare chuckles. Parrot House. Plymouth. Above it rise two In the way the sea-lions sang wireless norial masts ten foo their oratorio, which will also be

high. Tho microphone is carriot

broadcast to the country later on.

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fat the ond of novotal yards of flex, "Punch." the star humorist. In the report of the Marconi Captain Eckersloy, chief on among the hyonas, was full-fod Co. it is stated that one of the ginoor of the B.B.C., watched tht and refused to perform at first. throo factors which, adversely oxperiment at the "animal ord,"

in "I can hear the bruto snuffl-afleotout profits

the part while two other orginoors-Mr. ing." ano the report of the year was "earlous Joeños to Walker and Mr. Morrow-operat- Histoner at the head-phones, the Marconiphone Department." ed a special receiving station Bones were waved in front of the Lator on business bepsie good,

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