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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SALESROOMS

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

This Buick Branch delivered, during 1923, 24,565 now Buicks representing, a cash value of $39,591,918. In 1924, 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, 1923, to May 16, 1924, deliveries of this Branch amounted to 20,139 Buicks as compared with 16,295, deliveries for the

same

period the preceding year. This representa an increase of 3.844 cara, or a 23~}% 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 tha! a record breaking volume of business is expected for the new season.

Because the value of Büick output has each year been greater that that of any other exhibitor, Buick has held first place in every National Automobile Show in the United States during the last six years. In 1923. Buick sold 218,516 motor cars, representing a value of $302,752.950 nof including war tax or freight. In the New York district alone 12-5/10% of the 88,026 new cars so'd in 1923 were Buicks.

S ́LE AGENTS:

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. Central 1030.

OCTOBER

1924.

WEDNESDAY,

RADIO NOTES, AND NEWS.

Marvels of Tuning Out.

Talk about fine tuning-Dr. W. (Assembly, in this offy, reveal the B. Murray of the city can not fact that a scrios of weekly news only tune in a station to the reports have been dooided upon, exclusion of all others, but he can to bo broadonet regularly from tune out, an instrument in a station WFBH, at Now York orchestra, or a voico in a quartet. City, on 273 motors. that happens to be broadcasted! Dr. Frnost F. Hall, eastern declaras a Minneapolis message. district Becretary of the Presby

At the same time, he says, by a Įtorian Board, started tho bair's broadth turn of a dial, he broadcasting norios recently with can amplify any instrument heja roview of the progress made in particularly llkos, leaving the rest foreign mission work. After this of the orchestra to act as accom-the board expoots to roport panista.

wookly nows from the foreign This is one of the many re-countrica where its missionarios markable achievemente credited are at work.

to this physician. Dr. Murray is

Much of the news to be given an old hand at radio. In fact, he out in this way will concern says has an older hand than Chins, which is to be a special many recognized invouters of the subject for mission study by the modern high frequency instru- 10,000 Presbyterian churchon in

monte.

Eighteen years before Mardoni first sont a massage through the air by wireless telegraph, Dr Murray and C. H. Pryor, formor superintendent of the Milwaukee Railroad, talked acro: B

Lake Pokogama with a wireless tele phone of their own invention. says the physician.

the United States.

WHERE THEY FAILED.

All After the Prince.

Practically every broadcasting Now he has a laboratory davot station in this vicinity, and od to radio. He has built two farther out as well, is casting) receivors that have recorded finos for the Prince of Wales, re- messages from all over the world. ported recont Now York and that are not affected by static or other form of interferance.

RECEPTION AT 6,000 MILES.

message.

Invitations have been sent to I. R. H. from several of these One sot, Dr. Murray reports, stations, but no definite reply has has a 6,000-mile record in recop-boen mado... tion. That's the reception of a Station WIP, at Philadelphia, broadcasting station in Tokyo. Pa., is most hopeful of goiting the Bosidos Tokyo, Dr. Murray has popular young prince to broad- logged Buenos Aires, Honolulu, cast throu.h its microphone. It London, Havana and many other has arranged for broadcasting of [foreign stations.

the Davis Cup tennis matches, which the prince has baon invited to attend.

He board Tokyo on two different Occasions.

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Dr. W. B Murray, Minneapolis physician, is better known as a radio pioneer and Inventor.. He records several achievements not only in radio but in lino telephony and in X-ray work. Ho

is here shown in his laboratory.

Yet Dr. Murray is a physician. But a physician who devotes himself more to the inventive sido than the practical.

For he has considerable incomo from royalties for his iovention of X-ray apparatus.

If ho does, says the WIP an

more than. nouncement, it is likely ho will consent to a short talk from that station.

But ho didn't.

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CORD WILL HOLD PHONE TIPS. Good radio phonos have a

Not satisfied with medical prac- tico and radio, ho, has stopped into the field of tolephony and string attached to the end, where records the parfoction of a multho tips aro. This string has a

definito use. tiple telephone switchboard to

Since the tips are to be used his credit, This instrument on only as connections through the ables one operator to connect shone pluz, there must be some Station WDAF, Kansas City, hundreds of calls without moving way to hold the cord to the plug. it planning to repost its series of from her chair.

PIANO LESSONS AGAIN.

purposo,

piano lessons, after the present 20 Dr. Murray had been chief The string is put there for tha are concluded. This decision operator for the lood! telophono Some plugs have a littlo book

was prompted by numerous company before he took up me to which the cord is tied, so that requests from now fans.

cal practice, That accounts for his interest in telephony, both the individual cord to each p hangs loosely and does not strain line and wireless. He says he the tip. If there is no such book built the first tolophono that was some way should be found by over used in Minneapolis,

which the string may bo tiod.

It means longor life to the phone card.

NEW SCHOOL STATION.

A now experimental station Now he likes to offer his sor with 100 watts capacity is being vices, froo, to the young radio constructed at the University of fans of his neighborhood. He Iowa. The antennae will bol has built many a set for the fans supported by two 75-feet towers. and has shown amateurs how to Tho station will bo the sonstruct theirs. laboratory of the university's "I fix up as many as half a raido courses, and test pro-dozon sets a day for the youngs. grammes may be occasionally tors," he explains. sent out after midnight.

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LATEST DEPARTURE,

Mission News Broadcast.

SANTA CLAUS EARLY. Sints Chus came to the fans of Station WLW, Cincinnati, in the middio of summer this year. Tho Croseley Radio Corporation,) which runs the station, arranged for a midsummar festival with: Santa taking the leading rolo.

-AUSTRÁLIA BUILDS. Australia will orect immediato ty three beam stations, two com

First attempts at broadcasting municating with England by very efficient wireless apparatus foreign mission news have boon alternative routes and one with en its fight in order to keep in undertaken by the Prosbytsțian Canada. If these are successful, constant communication with Board of Foreign Missions, says additional stations will be erected American warships." The ships) a Philadelphia report.

for .commualostion with South were stationed every 20 miles Announcements from the office Africs, the Far East and size. scross the oosan.”

of the Presbyterian-General |where,://

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and BARDWARE."

119 Jervois Stress

"CH' WE'RE

HAVING THE

GRANDEST LUCK WITH

OUR SET -

GET EVERYTHING

YEAH

DO YOU OUT STATIC: MUCH. ?

WE GET

STUFF PROM COAST TO CONST JUST AS LOUD AS IF IT WERE RIGHT IN THE ROOM.-

CENOT. MUCH -

BUT I'M SURE WE COULD IF. WE STAYED `UP

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