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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1926.

· RUGBY WIRELESS.

WORLD-WIDE. TRIBUTES.

Rugby, Dec. 28.

High praise for Post Office wire Tess engineers for their work at the Rugby high-power radio station,! appears in the second report of tho Wircleso Telegraphy Commission.

CAPITAL NEEDED.

FOR PHILIPPINES. DEVELOPMENT.

AN IMPORTANT REPORT.

Washington, Dec. 26-Lack of outside capital, adequate labour and Among report of testings from

necessary land legislation is block- all over the world, the South Atlan- ing the balanced development of the tic, Pretoria, Suez, Australia, Nan-Philippine Islands, says Major Gen- tucket, Hongkong, Java, the Dutch oral Frank McIntyre, chief of the East Indies and New York pay tri- Bureau of Insular Affairs in his bute to the clearness, of Rugby's annual report, recently released. signala. Sydney reported Rugby was the only high-power European etation readable through atmospherics. A good strength and note remained constant through

that

No direct reference is made by the general to the independence movement now afoot in the islands, but in commenting upon the dis agreement between Governor Gen- eral Wood and the Philippine legis The telegraph installation has lature he says:

.out

ao far been worked only on an eightThis, perhaps, is not an ide mast aerial with two-thirds of the situation, but it rather assists than power. The station has accommo-militates against an economical dation for sixteen masts.

operation of the government and has rather assisted the rehabilita- tion of the finances of the govern- ment than interfered therewith."

On a small section of the aerial, with an experimental telephony transmitter, a good reliable two

BUGGESTS LEGAL CHANGE. way conversation across the Atlan- been

A "reasonable amendment" of tic to New York has obtained repeatedly for many the land and immigration laws of hours of the day. Experiments the islands, General McIntyre said, will shortly, be made on permitted a "controlled and limit- main telegraph transmitter ed flow of agricultural labour" and a Trans-Atlantic telephony would attract outside labour and re- transmitter to determine whether sult in advantages largely to the simultaneous operation is feasible. benefit of the present occupants of Further installations are contem- the islands. plated, namely a short wave plant and a medium wave plant-British Wireless.

THE YAUMATI FIRE.

UNTRUE RUMOURS OF CASUALTIES.

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TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEPHONY.

OPENING OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

London, Dec. 28.. In view of the satisfactory pro- gress made with the experimental development of Trans-Atlanties telephony, the Post Ofice announces the opening of a pre- limfnry Anglo-American public service in January, at a charge of £5 for every additional minute.

The announcement draws atton tion to the possibility that atmos pherie conditions will sometimes prevent effective conversation and an allowance will be made there- for in the charging-Reuter.

EMPEROR'S DEATH,

BRITISH COURT MOURNING.

Rugby, Dec. 28,"

The English newspapers are publishing long and appreciative memorial notices of the late Em peror of Japan.

"H.M. the King has commanded that the English Court shall wear mourning for three weeks, and half mourning from January 8th to 15th-British Wireless.

"WET" ATTACK.

"

Taking cognizance of the difficul-

NEW BILL IN U. S. ties in passing laws in Washington

. HOUSE. pertaining to those two aubjects,

19-Wet General McIntyre points out that

Washington, Dec.

House of of the congress in the organic law of 1916

members

made authorised the Philippine legisla- Representatives, to-night ture to enact land and immigration their first. formal move toward- laws subject to the President's up-introduction of a composite pro- proval. Since that time, he says, hibition modification measure. "The land laws have not been Meanwhile, Wayne B. Wheeler, Anti-Saloon for the amended in the serious way to at-

counsel tract capital:"

League issued a broadside against those members of congress who half successfully eliminated a

Rumours have been current that

Both the people in the Philip Several Chinese perished in the pines and in their logislature are fire which destroyed five houses fully aware of the necessity of at Yaumati on Monday night. En such an amendment, he says, but million dollars from the treasury quiries, however, fail to corro "there has been injected into the appropriation bill which was to

borate this report, which is a gross consideration of this subject a exaggeration arising out of the political consideration prompted. discovery of the incinerated re-by people in the United States who mains of an unknown Chinese have contrary interests or who be amongst the ruins, yesterday lieve that the introduction of morning. As a matter of fact, no capital would delay the separation reports have been received by the of the islands from the United Fire or Police Departments of any States." person having been missed, and the identity of the Chinese, whose remains were found by firemen is still unrevealed.:

The ruins of the burnt building are in a dangerous condition for passers-by and it has been found necessary to put up shoring and to close part of the street.

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BARRACKS FIRE.

A BLAZE AT VICTORIA BARRACKS,

A store room' on the ground floor of "B" Block of Victoria 'Barracks was the scene of a rather alarm- ing fire last evening. Thanks to prompt action by both the military and the Fire Brigade, the outbreak was quickly quelled, but not wefore the contents of the store room had been destroyed.

It is not yet clear how the fre originated but an alarm of fire was given at about five o'clock, the

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1 THOUGHT FINDS MARK.

have defrayed the expenses of under cover prohibition agents...

Representative Hill of Mary- land, a wet leader, has completed the draft of a bill for immediate introduction, which would amend the prohibition act to permit the manufacture and sale of beverages which "are not in fact intoxicat- ing as determined in accordance with the law of the respective states."

"This thought from the outside has found lodgement in the minds

In an accompanying statement of many of those who at present control legislation in the Philip Mr. Hill said the modification com pine Islands, with the result that mittee would consider this and no serious action has been taken similar bills after New Year and under the authorisation of con-one bill will then be recommend-

ed to the House,

gress."

In another statement. Mr. Economically, he finds 1925 the first normal year since 1915, as Wheeler of the anti-Saloon league the islands during the intervening said: "Elimination of the under cover item is an attempt to starve time, have been more or less ab-. normal in this respect as a result prohibition cat so it can not catch of the war and subsequent reac-liquor mice."Associated Press. tions. In 1925, the United States

A PEST IN" NEW ZEALAND.

War has been declared

on

treasury transmitted to the islands WAR ON BLACKBERRY. $14,500,000 (largely in connection' with the army and navy contin- gents there) for disbursementa therein. The total taxes collected there amounted to about $44,000,-

the 000. The total exports were ap- proximately $149,000,000; the total blackberry in New Zealand.

What in England is a friendly imports about $120,000,000 while. the circulation in the islands was little fruit changes its nature for the worse when it emigrates. In- about $66,000,000.

stead of confining itself to wear |ing entaglements along the hedge-

SEES MISLEADING FIGURES.

These figures are misleading, rows it marches like, an invading

army across country.

During the last few years the

store room of the Block, occupied General McIntyre adds, as

an

nearly 100,000

by the Royal Engineers, being well analysis shows that the progress blackberry in New Zealand has alight. The military soon got in the islands has been "largely

encroached upon busy with three hydrants and, by due to the initiative of the govern the time the Fire Brigade arrived, ment and the actual investment of acres of valuable dairying land, had water playing on the blaze. the government in productive en- and thousands of pounds have short time of the terprises," and to the fact that been spent on vain efforts to de-

Within a Brigade's appearance a big volume of water was being poured into the store and the fire was very quickly. beaten. The Brigade was back at Headquarters within one hour of starting out.

there has been practically no in--

feat it.

The Empire Marketing Board vestment of outside capital there has now granted £2,000 annually. in the ten-year period.

The large balance of trade in for five years for entomological re search by the Cawthron Institute

favour of the islands is accounted at Nelson into the control of no- for in the foreign investments

xious weeds and especially the

factors,

The building was not very much there, the increase on Philippine blackberry, and the New Zealand damaged, but the contents of the deposits abroad, interest paid on store were all destroyed.

Philippine debentures and other Government and the Cawthron In- stitute have each contributed Porto Rico, on the other hand, £1,000 annually for this period.

The" storm troops in the cam- also is confronted with peculiar problems which must be solved.paign are to be insects sent to New Although there has been a steady Zenland to eat up the blackberry.

FRANCE AND CHINA.

AWAITING ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION..

Paris, Dec. 28. M. Briand has made a statement to the Cabinet on foreign affairs particularly on the position in China.

progress in this island, it was fac-population, stressed the opportuni- ed during the year by a depression ties afforded them in the contin- in the sugar industry which caus-ental United States. The Porto- od a reduction in revenues and an Ricans, he points out, are United Increase of unemployment,

States citizens and free to pass situation already acute.

from stato to state without res- triction. A universal training of the youth in Porto Rico would' on-

GOOD SOLUTION.

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