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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAIʼH. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933.

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GERMAN SCIENTIST'S

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When Herr Pfenningar poses and writes out a piece of music, It does not have to be play- ed by a band or any musical instru- ment, but the public can hear it Just the same. He writes on the sound track of a "talklo" film.

At a meeting of the German Kinotechnical Society Herr Plen- ninger claimed that he can repro- duce the compositions of others in this way, and alno compose music containing gradations of pitch and intervals which are, beyond the power of any known musical in- strument.

Herr Pieminger does not write direct on to the film but draws the "vibration lines" on paper and then transfors them.

MAKING COWS SING.

the Pro-

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Mr. E. A. Humphries, Technical Director of the ducers' Distributing Company, Ltd., who also draws sound paper for reproduction, explained some of the possibilities which are opened up by the new technique.

Here are some of his suggestions. New musical instruments may be designed to produce sound forms which have been found by trial to be valuable for orchestration. The drawing on paper will come first, and then the instrument, to produce it naturally.

One broadcast announcer with a perfect reproducing voice could be made to serve an indefinite num- ber of stations. The inflections of hia voice would be noted, and the same man could be made to deliver a hundred different stations at the Anme time.

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The phonograph, Mr. Humphriss thinks, may lose its value as legal evidence of a conversation, man might talk innocently before it for a quarter of an hour, and then be convicted on the strength of a single fucriminating sentence, drawn in to conform with his real epecch.

And then animals. It will be possible, it appears, to make a cow or any other animal sing, by reproducting the quality of a no- tural note over any desired range; and parrots, those notoriously perverse talkers, could be made to say anything which their owner wished-on à sound record,

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Booking at Theatre opens Jan. 14th All seats bookable

BY THE WAY

MOTOR NOTES BY “VELOC”

DANGEROUS PRACTICE.

HONKONG'S ROADS.

The rigid oconomy exercised on Why will some people drive at ronds expenditure la slowly but night with the near-side headlight surely emphasising the folly of only? The practice is mort dan- the Government policy in this res-gorous, and it is surprising that pect. This was particulariy em- the seriousness is not appreciated. phasised to the writer recently Only the other night a car dashed" rhen a day's motoring was Indulg-round the corner by the Penk d in with a visitor who had not School, and for a moment, It ap seen in the Colony since 1926. To peared to be well on the left, one who had praised Hongkong's whereas it was suddenly realised

ads in the past, the contrast in time that the Husion rented in

a few years WAB created by the illumination from 'vidently amazing. Pot-holea

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vere at one time few and far bo the near-side light, the off-side ween, the surface of practically lamp not being in use. Surely it very yard of the main roads be- must be clear to any driver that ng excellent, but to-day, the story both lamps are necessary.

s quite different. It is true that)

in excellent re-inforced concrete PERFECT CYLINDERS. oad runs through Kowloon to-day,

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cars,

ut our companion un the tour ex- Local motorists are fortunate in ressed surprise that the road being able to secure thoroughly up- round the Territory, and the to-date service for their onds on the Island Itself, should thanks to the enterprise of the se no generally neglected. The Colony's leading service stations. pkeep of roads is a matter which The latest device concerns cylinder cannot be suspended, unless service, the Dragon Motor Car erious deterioration is not taken, Company, Ltd., having recently, In nto account. When it is remem-atalled an amazing machine known ored that hundreds of thousands as the "Micro" cylinder grinder. of dollars have been spent in build- This particular process ensures the ing roads, and at one time keeping production of a nearly perfect hem in first-class order, it does cylinders as is humanly possible, ocm a shortsighted policy to thereby bringing the engine up to allow them to become as bad

Its highest efficfoney. Several car. hey are in many places to-day. owners have already expressed their The longer the necessary work surprise that the result of scienti-: s delayed, the greater will be the file grinding has so increased the 'ost of reconditioning.

'power, as well as assisted in creat- ing smoother running. The initial EXPERT OPINION.

outlay on the "Micro" process was

It is interesting to note that the heavy, but it seems that the Dragon United States Bureau of Public Motor Car Company will prove it Toads recently asserted that the to have been thoroughly justified.. tife of modern roads, properly de-

igned should exceed twenty years, OIL FUEL ENGINES. but instead of lasting that long,

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many of that country's roads are It is expected that the pre- breaking under the present-day liminary trials of the new vehicular train, and costing about as much ferries will take place shortly, when *n maintenance as the Federal those interested in cold-starting Forernment is spending annually Diesel engines will have For construction. Such a state-portunity of scoing the heaviest Dent, emanating as it does from a Gardner engines in this part of the hody of exports, is well worth world in operation. Each ferry Considering, although even to the will be propelled by a twin set of 'ayman, it is perfectly obvious that Gardner 8-cylinder engines-develop- Velay in maintenance must in- ing 400 B.ILP. at 290 reva, per

renee the burden of the future. minute..

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