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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1924. (FEATURE SECTION),

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Just What I Wanted!" That's sure to be the happy exclamation from those who receive a gift chosen from our varied selection of Perfumes, Toilet Waters and other requisites. THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY.

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"RADIO. NOTES AND NEWS.

International Radio Banquet Broadcasted.

In 63 eltics of the United talked from the White House. Stator, Canada and Groot Britain, and Charles M. Schwb, Socrotary 10,000 diners met simultaneously of Labour, James J. Davle and one night last October, in the Senator George Wharton Popper. world's first international radio who made their addresses from banquet to colebrate Foundor's Pittsburgh. Other mombora of the Day of the H. J. Hainz Co., radio | President's cabinot, sanatore and being used as the medium to the congressmon, the Governor of into a unit thano scattered han-Pennsylvania, and state, county quets.

and olty officiala gathored at the

With the banquet in Pittsburgh banquet table with captains of acting as the koy, the entire pro-industry and financo, masters of gramme at the Heinz plant was the professions and leadors of broadcast from the short and long thought.

wavo station of KDKA, the Special direct tolephone line world's pioneer broadcasting connections were made between station of the Westinghouse the White House at Washington Electric Company and was picked and Pittsburgh. This special carried tho President's up on special receiving equip-line mért already installed in the message to Pittsburgh where it various banquet halls and with was impressed simultaneously on loud speakers acting as toast-a public address systom installed mastor, speakers and orchestra, in the banquet hall and also on oach of the scattored banquets the long and short wave trans- enjoyed the same programino asmitting stations of Kdka. was carried on in Pittsburgh. The Wostinghouse, Company.

The offect upon the dinore was made arrangements in the White the same as though all were House for Prosidont Coolidge to meeting under the same roof, hear all the details of the ban-

though the extreme points, the quet, on a radio receiver, as it is that in London, England, were mont, the President was kept

Heinz office in San Franciso and broadcast. Through this arrange-

| 8,000 miles apart.

informed of the progresa of the The dinner started at 6.30 banquet and was ready to stari address at the propor at Pittsburgh; following the un-moment.

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voiling of a memorial to H. J. All other speakers were at the We have shipped hundreds of cases to all parts of the world for which was erected through con- complets system of microphone Christmas and New Year Gifts. May we send a case for you?

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controlled by un operator, patod! in another part of the hall, who also attended to the various. amplifying units and other pick- up apparatus.

The voices impressod on this) pickup installation were carried) 10 the transmitting stations at East Pittsburgh and from there broadcast on the long and short WAVCS, Kdka's repeating station Kfkx. at Hastings. Nob., picked up the short waves there and re- broadcast the banquet proceed- ings over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Const.

To insure the greatest ponsible blanket of radio signals being! thrown over the largest possi- ble territory, the Westinghouse stations Kyw at Chicago and Whz at Springfield, Mass., aleo picked up the short wavo relaying: signal of Kdka and repeated on their respective wave lengths the entire Heinz programme.

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At each of the various citios The initial of the Marconi where the banquets wore hold, Amateur Radio Club of Now specia! receiving equipment pre- York form the name of the fam- pared by the Westinghouse Com que inventor after whom the club pany, under the direction of ans named. * jexperienced, oporator, picked up

the algnals on either wave and, INFORMATION BUREAUS. again amplifying the messages, Besides being broadcasting stu- sont than through an unique loud | tions,

the largo transmitting speaker so that they wore audible studios miust bo information to the assembled guests.

bureaus. For all sorts of uarola- In Great Britain, the pickup ted queries come in from all parta point was in the offions of the of the country. “ Hoin Company at London. Hero apocial receiving equipmoct was REGULAR OCCURENCE. installed and the short waver ro- Station KDKA had boon pon coived. From London, special ducting regular daily broadcante: tolephono connections were made to Buenos Aires and England, to carry the received signals to Those transmissions are being the other headquarters of the sent on short waves and a power) company in Great Britain located input of seven kilowatts. at Liverpool, Hull and Bristol.

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Estimates, of radio businussi Spitzborgen may have the far- during the coming fall and winter thest north radio station soon. point to an aggregate of $250,000- An expedition has started from 000 in salon, says, an American Rouen, Franca, to instal the report. This is about twice the station there, while making polar record of the 1 corresponding

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