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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

"WAVELENGTHS" TO DISAPPEAR.

B. B. C. ANNOUNCEMENT,

The B.B.C. announces that it pro- poses to adopt forthwith the prin- çiple of stating the kilocycle figure instead of the wavelength figures in connexion with all its stations, says a London paper of mail week. In other words the measurements used by the broadensting stations shall be stated in terms of frequen- ey, of which the unit is cycles per second, the kilocycle being equi valent to 1,000 cycles,

ARMS HAUL.

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1927.

FOUND IN SACKS OF RICE

AND BREAD.

CONSTANTINOPLE'S HIPPODROME.

FURTHER EXCAVATIONS."

ALARM SYSTEM.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMED ROBBERS.

COURTESY'S SORRY FATE.

STUDENT SIGHS FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

MODERN GIRL'S PHRASES.

"All barriers of restraint an

We see

women with cigarett

A system whereby much of the A good haul of arms and am- The British Academy's Archigo-nativity of robbers and, burglare can munition seized while boing un-logical Mission has issued its re-be overcome efficiently in Shanghai loaded from the s.8. Paul Locat on

will shortly be tried out by the the Shanghai Municipal Police in con July 5 had a sequel before Mr. port on the excavations at W. Schofield and Major C. Willson north-east end of the Byzantine junction with the firm which is at the Kowloon Magistracy yester- Hippodrome in Stamboul, which sponsoring the system, the Oriental docency, formerly hedging abo day, where n Chinese male and fe- have laid bare the foundations of Eletric Protective System, says the womanhood have broken dow malo were charged with being in a massive building, adjoining the N..D. Natos.

While still in the preliminary | unlawful possession of twelve re- Hippodrome. volvers, twelve Luger pistols, A large stone archway, 24ft. stage, definite stops have been taken holders a foot long sticking fro eleven magazines, nine spare parts wide, connects the two buildings. to install a test system in one of printed mouths and driving spor and 3,600 rounds of ammunition, Six rectangular pillars, based on the district police stations, of the cars, at a great pace and in ou all of which was found concealed a marble floor close to the arch- systom which is similar to the rageous attire. This scourge h way, have been found, and also Holmes Electric Protective System been inflicted on the land by t

neglect of courtesy." Support for this step is furnished in sacks of stale rice and bread.

Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for about a thousand coins and five in widespread use in America

This opinion was expressed The local company has for its by the fact that, the Union Interna tionale de Radiophonie, Geneva, both defendants and entered a human skeletons. Between two

of the pillars is a large marble president, Mr Stirling Fossenden, Mr. Gilbert. Harding, of Queer has throughout based its system of plea of not guilty.

A Chinese Revenue Officer said sculpture showing a Nereld and a chairman of the Shanghai Municipai College, Cambridge, during a Di measurement on Trequencies and not on wavelengths. The spacing that he was on the No. 5 wharf, dolphin, forming a panel enclosed Council; for accretary, Major O. Pham University debate, when adtween the exclusive wave, that is Kowloon Godown at 4 p.m. on July in a decorative border. This, lolcomb; for tronsurar, Mr. A. Momotion "that the despotism of c a French liner which in excellent preservation, Clure and for general tunnager, Mr.tom is a standing hindrance to 1. one which is the property of a single 5 Thure was station, and the common waves, alongside and from the stern wit is in the best Graeco-Roman style. W. H. Tousey. Technical superinman advancement" was defeat

After the initial test from which that is those which are used by ness saw some twenty sacks being The identity of these buildings tendent is Mr. Gustav Prokopenko by a majority of 44 votes.

"Mr. Harding was deploring several stations, should be main lowered into a sampan. Witness adjoining the Hippodrome. is not

He declared that tained uniformly, under the Geneva then saw the male defendant board yet established, but they may there is every reason to believe the

form part of the Baths of Zouxip-greatest succoss will result, the neglect of the custom of comm Schente, at a frequency of 10 kilo-the sarapan from the steamer,

The Revenue Officer hailed the pos or of the Kathisma or Imperial system will be enforced in the courtesy. cycles, and if this separation is kept constant interference between defendant and ordered him to Box itself. Indications exist that following way. A series of elec. completo absence of good ta stations is avoided."

place the sacks on the pier for ex-the building had been destroyed intrical wires from the private house, and restraint characterised ev Representatives of Oxford, Ca amination. On one sack being antiquity and restored in later office building or go-down where the department of English life.

protective installation is working, The question of interference is

opened witness found it to contain Byzantine times.

tho telephone. In the Sphondone much work will join with a trunk wire leased bridge, Glasgow, and inbui company.Universities were the princi bound up with the beats between nothing but rice crust. In a se- two frequencies. The frequency end sack the Revenue Officer has been done, and it is now clear

It was not an unusual thi of two stations working on what found, among a quantity of stalo that the base of the Serpent Should a robber entor, for example, speakers.

Columa resis on a water conduit one of the exchango shops which surements of, say, 300 metres and The two defendants were then of late period, and that this con- constant scenes of daring at said Mr. Harding, to ste a yo 1302 metres is, in the former case, taken into custody. The woman duit on the clay surface of the tempts to make off with money, if man lolling" in the drawingr Serpent Column is in an old in- the shop is equipped with the pro- with his feet on the firepl verted Byzantine capital, the sub-tective system, the manager of the while the young lady opened of sight of the robber. This button to open the door, she would. structures of, this: Column not be will simply press a button, nut door for herself. If he did ing of any high antiquity. At the will communicate with the police bably turn round and say. Coloumn of Theodosius a conduit station in the district, notifying the down, don't be a silly ass." has been found identical in type police in charge by means of an

Modern Girl and Her Mothe We saw the modern girl, with that at the Column of Porp instrument similar to the ticker used

We saw the hyrogenitus and running under on stock exchanges. The instru neath its foundations exactly along ment ticks off the address of the at-about that subject the less-salo

tack, and a flying squad of police better. the axis of the Hippodrome.

can immediately go to the scene of mother, and about that not serious enough could be said, then we looked at this monst the trouble.

of the "Flapper". ... Against all Emergencies.

measure Similarly in private houses in Bilt. Mr. Harding also comp stalled nt doors, windows, Homes, etc., with the system

have always been regarded as men brend, several pistols.

1,000,000 vibrations a socond in

the ether, and in the latter case attempted to kick the arms of the The pier, 995,000 vibrations a second.

Revenue Officer Lanigan gave two stations thus beat together and products a frequency equal to their evidence of opening the remainder difference, L.e., 5,000 cycles. Be of the sacks and finding the arms

Wit cause the average, human car can enumerated in the charge. detect easily up to 5,000 vibrationsness stated that as a result of the a second, a heterodyne note will be statement made by the defendants beard, denoting that the two sta that they were engaged to carry If, the sacks, the male accused was tions are beating together? however, a 'separation of 10,000 taken to No. 28, Second Street to vibrations a second, or kilocycles, find the man who had engaged the is maintained, the beating of the sampan, but without auеcons.

At No. 28, Second Street, how twa.. frequencies, will be hardly audible; hence 10 kilocycles spucing ever, the officers found a man who is regarded as the practicable sepa-claimed two sacks of rice, which ration in order that interferonec he stated he had engaged the-de- fendant to move. On being taken may be avoided.

to the Revenue Office he identified two of the sacks, which had been seized. These contained nothing but rice.

Lord Clarendon's Tribute. A dinner in honour of the British Broadcasting Corporation was given by the Forum Club at the Club premises in Grosvenor-place. Lady Guggisberg presided, and in proposing the health of the guests expressed the hope that the time was not far distant when news would be broadcast in the outlying regions of Africa.

The Mission is also excavating near the Golden Gate, at the south

Constantinople. west corner of the triple wall of

OFFICER KILLED IN INDIA.

Speaking of the weight of the MOUNTAINEERING sacks, witness said that some of them which contained only rice were heavier than those which con- tained the arms.

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ed of the deeay in some circle common loyalty to the Crow! Mr. Gilbert M'Allister, of laim is nutumiendly registered at the police station, and carrying the

should gow, speaking in support of custo precautions even further, servants tamper with the commotion, deplored the registered at the police station and one present in ordinary attire ACCIDENTmunicating wires, a broken circuit is evening dress. He was the an investigation can immediately be before the debate had to

other speakers "into absurd News has just been received from made.

The value of the system, which hideous apparel.".

The leader of the oppost Dharmsala, in the Punjab,, that Major H. D. Minchinton, 1st King has been proven in all the large

is specially shown as re let the great dearth of H In their statements to the Poline George's Own Gurkha Rifics, was eilios of the world during the past from Cambridge had compl gard to offices and gudowns. With executions, but he would ha the defendants deny that they killed in a mountain accident on decade, knew what the contents of the June 3.

enter even at dawn on an empty sto Accompanied by two Gurkhas, he such a system it would no longer objection to sucing him exe sacks were. Lord Clarendon, chairman of the

"Mr. P'Almada said that in view left Triund, in the hills a few miles in possible for burglars to

The chief danger of custo beard of governors of the corpora-of the statements and the evidence from Dharmsala, with the inter-olice buildings or shops and spend He would not be the same tion, in responding, said that he of the prosecution he would not tion of climbing one of the peaks the night there while they leisurely again.

of the Dhauls Dhar Range, which collected the valuables inspiring the could not make any definite state-call his clients. ment yet on the subject of Empire In convicting the first defend-rises to a height of 16,000 feet. 1 robbery. This has been known in its stultifying effect on the People were too inclined broadcasting: With wonderful

ant, it was stated from the Bench On the return journey, while cross-Shanghai, and the first indiention of mind. smoothness, he continued, the that the man must have known the ing a precipitous snow couloir, the such a burglary having been gum-

Major Minchin-mitted has on several occasions been cept parrot cries.

the poor be always with BBC. had passed from what might contents of the sacks. He had not whole party fell.

ton broke his back and the others given when thay manager of the shop be styled a commercial company called evidence to the contrary.

The less put in an appearance the following Hon- were severely injured. conducted uncommercially to a 80-

The male defendant was

in limitless quantities.

For the motion Mr. E called Government undertaking con-

injured of the two climbed to the morning. Safes, slow-windows and when by a more turning bottom of the slope, where he was all similar objets containing valu-switch wealth could be pro ducted ungovernmentally. The men

fortunate in finding. Lieutenant alles can be protected with the

electrical system: comprising. and women

even st Bain Smith, R. A., who was also Mr. bred magni-

According to the local complay the M'Kenna (of the Oxford staff had been

out climbing with his wife. ficently to public service,

Smith made gallant attempts to east of the installation varies with Society) and that traditions which they had been

bring Major Minchinton down to the extent of the appliances used, had the customs and su called upon to continue and develop

shelter, but by nightfall had An annual fee of Tis. 70 is inclusive tions, and were afraid of sor under the new regime, and on be-

brought him down only 1,000' ft. in ciber office or private dwelling known power. They com half of his colleagues and bimedi

Soon afterwards Major Minchin for mintenance. Initial cost of in the gravest cruelty in the n stallation, depending on the distance custom," and it was not unt he desired to express warm uppre

Lou died.

fror nearest trunk wire and fun had forgotten custom the ciation of the fact that the entire'

Major Henry Darrel Minchinton ber of safely appliances, ranges could really be accounted ci staff had willingly given to the new

ffe had at one time groat receipt entered the Indian Army in 1908. from Tise to Pis. 250, and it is people." board the same loyal service they. had rendered to the old, and he also press

the Hongkong Telephone He served in France, Mesopotamin thought that Shanghai will be quick desired to pay tribute to the late y

of 'new telephones and Palestine, and in Waziristan to take up the protective iden which for Parliament, as a result by in 1920, when he was awarded the has been under discussion for sonic great changes during the la board for the splended achievements Company

modern manufacture

He was an ex-time and the need for which is years the advent of the

Irish party and the Labour? during what the Prime Minister of had referred to as "four wonderful which contact can be had with the Military Cross.

Following the initial test; il ac- but in neither case were th central without the necessity of perienced mountaineer who had obvious years."

ringing up." The contact is form-climbed famous penks in the Alpa,

He enssful in living up to the expecta- to do anything to lift the ed it was added, by merely remov- Notway, and the Himalayas..

was a member of the Alpine Club tions of the firm sponsoring the of Commons out of the atm ing the receiver from the hook.

Mr. J. J. Weir, of Edi This, of course, is what is known and was employed last year on system, the Municipal Police are of old customs.

stations with instruments University Union. second as the central battery (C.B.) sys-a special survey with the Shaksgan prepared to equip all the 13 dis-

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OPENING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT · AT CANBERRA.

It is recalled that before the Range. Kashmir. new local Company took over the undertaking, there was a plan afbot to instal the "C.B." system. Recently the new company has been considering the virtues of the automatic system, and to discover whether the Chinese report meant abandonment of automatics in favour of the earlier proposed "C.B." a reporter of the S. C. M. Post approached the Company.

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It appears that there has been no considerable importation of central battery instruments, has the final choice of system yet been made. The explanation is that a few private exchanges are using central battery instruments, hence the Importations, but to communicato with Central it is still. necessary to ring..

As to the ultimate choice, the re- porter was informed that Mr. J. P. Sherry,

the - Manager of Company. u on business leave for the purpose of studying the rival systems, and decision will not be made until after his return. Meanwhile, the Company ia duvet- ing is attention to the outside plant. (wires, etc.,), with a view to bringing the communications up to the highest state of efficiency, in readiness for whatever system may be adopted. In the process of making the outside system up-to-date it will have been notic- ed that more and more overheid wires are disappearing. They are being put into underground con- duits. Hongkong's service is im- proving and the aim is to make it thoroughly satisfactory.

This shows the historic ceremony in the Senate Chamber of the now Federal Parliam House at Canberra, the capital of Australia, on the occasion of its opening by the Duke

York,

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