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[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.)

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1929.

CANTON WIRELESS.

GRAMOPHONE OUSTED BY

BROADCASTING.

Dealers in gramophones are ex periencing a pretty severe" alump

MANCHURIA WAR.

SOVIET TROOPS ATTACKING MANCHULI AGAIN.

Shanghal, Oct. 4.

Biggest Battle to Date."

Harbin, Oct. 4. The Sino-Soviet clash of Octo- ber 2 was one of the worst thus

A report from General Chang In their line as a result of the in-Hsueh-Hang was received at the Sir-According to the recent troduction of radio broadcasting Nanking Foreign Office yester Budget speeches, both the Govern-in Canton, the novelty of the new day confirming the news that the or and the Hon. Mr, Shenton are form of entertainment attracting an Soviet troops at Manchull have agreed that more should be done Increasing following to the detrt-again resumed their offensive and for the Univeralty of Hongkong|ment of gramophone sellers.

attacked the Chinese defence line by way of monetary grants, so Even on to the early part of the with their heavy artillery, that the high standard of work present year the gramophone held In view of the present action therein can be maintained. With undisputed reign as king of home of the Soviet troops, the Nanking this sentiment I am in entire ac-entertainment, With the compleForeign Office has wired an cord. However, it has occurred tion of the broadcast station in instruction to Mr. Chiang T60- to me that there is another chan- the Central Park, however, the ping, Chinese Minister at Berlin nel through which the Arts novel experience of hearing voicos ordering him, to make a strong Faculty will benefit and which de- and music with the aid of a box of protest to the Soviet 'Government serves mention as it, if explored, tricks and a few wires strung through the Soviet Minister to tends to popularize our Univer- across the roof soon, caught and Germany against the continued sity.

held public attention and interest. action of the Soviet forces on The Law Society in London For a short while the benefit of the Chinese frontier; and de- grants two years' exemption from radio remained the monopoly of mand that the Soviet Government the five-year‹ articles of the the rich as receiving sets offered should be held responsible for graduates of certain Universities for sale here were of the intricate.all damage suffered by the who intend to follow the so-called | expensive sort...

Chinese-Nom Chung Po.. "lower branch" of the legal pro- It was not long, however, before fession. The requirements for the commercial enterprise brought in B. A. degree here are high; but the cheap sets in which simplicity graduates intending to be articled is the keynote, selling at prices locally are not granted any exemp-which made them available to the tion by the Law Society of Hong-less pretentious classes of the kong. Inasmuch as Group V of public. Ten to $15 would buy, a our Arts Faculty Course include eet good enough to gather in the Jurisprudence and Commercial waves emanating from the Central Law, I think it is becoming that Park- aerials; and radio reception the exemption of two years re- as a pastime became a permanent ferred to should be granted to fixture in Canton's list of home graduates who pass in these sub- amusements. jects in their B. A. final. At pre- sent a graduate of Hongkong starts on the same footing in a The cheapeat gramophone dells legal office AS another articled at a price somewhere between clerk who merely scrapes through $20 and $30. The gramophone it his Senior Local. After all, we self is incomplete;. records have must show a little consideration | to be acquired. Records cost towards the graduates of Hong-money, and one soon tires of hear- kong.

ing the same song or music.

The radio set, however simple its construction, is a complete unit; barring batteries to supply the electrical energy there is nothing to buy to keep the thing working. As long as Central Park station went on the air there was music to be had for the trou- [ble of turning a few knobs.

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TO-NIGHT'S CONCERT.

PROGRAMME AT THE POLICE

RECREATION CLUB. -

The following is the programme of the concert to be given at the Police Recreation Club to-night:

(1) March Heroique. "Szabadi." (Massenet). Played by the band of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Dance.

Price Tells.

The competition was a one-sid- ed one, and the gramophone in short order became a back number with the masses..

Soviet planes made three separate attacks on Manchull, dropped six bombs and machine- gunned the Chinese.

"The Chinese authorities in a statement declare that the clash originated in an attack by the Soviet on the evening of October 1. The severity of the ɓghting abated on the morning of October 3, but the Soviet resumed the offensive with redoubled vigour in the afternoon.

Owing to the seriousness of the situation In the Manchuli vicinity, the customs officials and residents left for Hailar, though tranquillity was restored in the evening, when Chinese troops" forced the Soviet the "adamant defence of the

forces to retreat.

The statement puts the casual- ties of the Chinese 'troops at two hundred dead, while the Soviet forces are believed to have heavy losses. Reuter.

SIND RELIEF FUND.

ADDITIONAL DONATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGED,

Business Getting. Merchants in other lines have unconsciously been helping to spell the doom of the gramophone, Quick to realise the advantages of attracting the public to his doors, Committee announces the follow- The Secretary of the Sind Flood

(2) Overture. "William Tell" (Rossini). Played by the hand, Solo obce, Musician W. Bobinson, solo dute Musician A, McKenna.

the Chinese merchant has beening donations to The Sind Flood" (3) Song. "Roges of Picardy" making free use of the gramo-Relief Fund: Mr. 0. G. (Wood). Mrs. O. G. Womack.

phone to induce the passer-by to Chhatlani $61, Shops Charity (4) "Songs and Dances of the halt, and then peer into his shop. Boxes $73.13, Mr. Bishindas 25, Homelands. Selected and

ar-The gramophone had, however be Messrs. Lee Yuen Chung $20, ranged for military band by Band-come a common, everyday affair, Mesars, J. M. Alves $10, Mr. R. master W. FI. Fitz-Earle A.R.C.M. of which nobody took any notice. Soonderam $10, Mr. S. 3oonder-

(5) Highland

The Music on the other hand, of no ath $10, Sirdar Mohindar Singh Argyle Broadswords" by the pipers visible origin, not only attracted $5, Khan Sahib Nawab Khan $10. of the King's Own Scottish Bor-but aroused an insatiable curiosity $194,13, Previously acknowledged derers.

on the part of the passer-by to $2,600.20, making a grand total of (6) Humorous songs. "He's Not solve the mystery and so, a radio Old Enough to be Old" and loud-speaker, cunningly conceal- "Himazas," sung by Mr. V. C. ed on the premises, or sometimes Labrum.

outside the door over the side- The Avoidance Of walk, never fails to hold a big

""Summer Trouble.”. (7) Miserere Scene from "11crowd of idle sight-seers with re- Trovatore" (Verdi). Played by

sulting custom to the shop.

Your susceptibility to "summer Restaurants and tea-houses have trouble" is increased by intestinal the band, Solo clarinet, Band Sergeant G. Ware; solo cornet, also adopted the radio set as a congestion. The key to the sus- Musician H. Latimer.

means of attracting customers,tainment of good health during Central Park "broadcasts. during the hot season--as all the year the tifhn hour and also during din-

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$2,803.33.

(8) Character sketches by Mrs. F. Bunjé.

(9) Piccolo solo. "Picaroon" ner hour. With music free for round-lles in daily elimination of Brewer). Played by Musiclan the asking to enliven the usual the waste materials which, if A. McKenna.

staid atmosphere, radio

allowed, 'to accumulate in the (10) The Reminiscences of grammes now form a regular part intestinal tract, pollute the blood Tachaikowsky (arranged by Dan of the tea-shop meal. A survey and poison the whole system.. Godfrey junr.) Played by the of these establishments, conduct- In Pinkettes you find a mild yet. band.

ed unobtrusively, showed that thorough laxative and liver „‚re- (11) Folk Songs. "Believe Me" where the radio has been install-gulator which, taken when needed,. (Moore) and "Drink to me Onlyed, there was to be found the big-goes far to avert "summer trouble" (Old English), aung by Mr. R.ger. crowd. MCA. Keown.

(12) Grand Scottish Fantasia.

Blue Bonnets o'er the Border"

God Save the King.

Drive a Trusty TRIUMPH"

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SALESMAN SAM

LET'S STOP AT THIS FARM, A

AN' SEE IF WE CAN BORROW SOME FOOD!

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obtainable are gramophones are offered proximately half their usual prices

at ap-chemists everywhere, 60 cente Just because there is no demand the vial. for them. Dealers would be glad to break even on their stocks, par- ticularly on the more expensive models. The cheapest gradea con- tinue to sell, but not any where like pn the usual acaie.

And so, perhaps, the advent of the radio is, right in our midst, spelling the doom of the gramo phone as far as sales in Canton are concerned. Canton Gazette, .

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