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Radio Notes & News.

Battle For Listeners-In: Fate of £350,000 Paid for Liconces.

Mr Justico Astbury, in f "The Postmastor-General is THE COLONIAL DISPENSARY. Chaucory División recently order entitled to be heard," said the od that a motion for an injunction judge, "and I will not grant an against the Postmaster-Gonoral injunction against him in hie to restrain him from handing over absence or in the absouca of the £350,000 to the British Broadcast-British Broadcasting Company. ing Company, Ltd., should stand

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Robert The applicant, Mr. Moffat Ford, of East Lodge, Park-Row, Alborigate, was given loave to serve the motion with the writ an tho Postmaster General, but Mr. Justice Astbury informed him that "it is not much use unless you join the British Broadcasting Company if they have a contract with the Postmastor-General."

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what interest you have in this matter," added the judge, addressing. Mr. Ford.

Mr. Ford: As a taxpayer I am concerned in this large sum of public money which is in joopardy.

Mr. Justico Astbury: We are all taxpayers and we might all

be plaintiffs.

Mr. Ford: True, but no one also happens to have thought of it,

Mr. Ford, who has invited tho Postmaster-Goneral to prosocuto him for possesing an unlicensed urystal so, when he oponed his application, read an allinavit in wuich he stated that the Post master-Gonoгal purported by virtuo of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904, to have power to demand 10s. each for licencus from persone having wireless telegraphy apparatus for receiv ing or

transmitting messages, he throutonud to and

tako 011minal proceedings agaiust persons not paying for licences.

"Ho stated in the House of Commone on February 19, 1925." adued the offidavit, "that tho number of annual Wireless conces isstied trom November 1922, to the end of January 1925, was 1,942,000, and the Tovonuo £1,108,000, 01 which £850,000 was | payable to the British Broadcast- Ing Company.

The company received £500,- 000 up to february 1, 1925, leav ing a balance of £350,000. The act of 1904 specifically exempts from licences persons who have receiving upparatus as distinct from transmitting apparatus, and the liconces for the latter amount to only £500,

"As a result of the introduction in Parlament of the new Wirolose Telography and Signalling Bill, when is to be retrospective in its alfact, there has been a greas - croase in the payment of licences.

Tno l'ustmaster-Lioneral has no right to collect the licence dues from persons having receiving up- paratus, and, having wrongiulty collected those heence duos, he

should to restrained from paying over the money to the British Broadcasting Company until the triai of the action."

Mr. Justice Astbury pointed out that Mr. Ford had sworn s andavil and issued his writ only that day JJ

JESSELTON RECORD.

America and Australia.- A record for reception at Jossolton was made when a con- vorsation between "U.S.A. 2 BK." and." AuGAWT" was interceptod on the evening of Fobruary 4th from 8.7 p.m. to 8.28 p.m. using

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Z valve special short wavebet. The former station is that of an amatour situated near Now York U. 8. A. and the other in Australia, boliovod to bonoar Sydney. The former is at lopat 7,000-8,000 miles and the latter about 3,000 milos. ·

Other Australian and New boon Zealand Ramateurs have

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EXPORT OF MONKEYS,

About 50 on Hansa Liner,

The Hanea liner Ookonfola, which arrived in Colombo rosently from Caloutta and is on her way to Hamburg has about 50 monkeys on board. The animals are from Caloutte and aro boing taken to Gormany for the purpose of experiments in connection with thyroid gland.

It will be remembered that in the House of Commons recently Mr. Lansbury drow attention to the number of monkeys which_are exported to Germany and Eng land from India for the purposo of experiments in connection with thyroid gland, and askod what action Earl Winterton pro- posed to take to stop the traffic. Earl Winterton, in reply, satd that Lord Birkenhead had soon certain newspapod reports on the subject and had asked for reports from the Government of and the Customs India authorities in London.

TO CURE TUBERCULOSIS. A now matal salt for the treat mant of tuberculosis has boon in- hoard, using a wavelength of 80-vonted by the Danish scientist- Dr. L. E. Walbum, of the Danish. 100 motros.

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Above is a graphic representation of the system by which representatives of two or more nations may andor stand any smaker at one time, as was done at a recent radio conference in America. Interprotation by radio does it. A shows the amplifier; B, auditory apparatue; 0. window; D, microphones; E, English to Spanish intorproter; F, line to Spanish speaking delegatos: G, Moxican re- presentatives; H, Spanish to English interpretor; I, lino to English-speaking delegates; J, American delegates,

The "Boam" station in England | State Serum Instituto. It is can ho hoard at practically any claimed that prominent Scand- time, either day or night, oninavian physicians have achieved about 90 metres.

Mr. Saraiva, at Macao, bas also listened-in to thare U. S. and Australian station."

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important results after employing the now salt, and in a number of instances they are said to have annihilated the tuberculosis bacilli in less than two months. The salt is used every fourth day About forty-six

Dr. different metals, including alum- intum, are used in the salt. Walbum states that the treatmont is absolutely free from danger and much cheaper than any other metal salt cure,

A Californian motor-cycle eon-in small doses. corn reports that it has recently equipped a number of motor-cycle and side-cas outfits with radio receiving sets. It is stated that it has become quito a fad among Californian riders to have a wire- less installation, which enables both passenger and rider to hear music and nowe, otc, while travelling, or whilst enjoying a zuat in the country.

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