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Broadcasting

IF, as a United Press message indicated yesterday, Ameri- can engineers have solved the problem of utilising ultra-short wave-lengths of frequencies varying from 30 to 300 million cycles a second for ordinary broadcasting purposes a remark- able advance in broadcasting has been achieved.

It is interesting to recall that the late Marchese Marconi told the Hongkong Telegraph some years ago, during a visit to this Colony, that ultra-short waves, then regarded as being available for only quasi-optical ranges, would be used for world-wide communication within a decade.

But ΠΟ regular short-wave stations have been able to go below wave-lengths of five metres except for experimental purposes, the B.B.C. television service in England being the only exception. In this latter case, the range of reception has been limited to approximately 60 miles, that is, a little further than the eye can see. There have been isolated instances of reception on the Continent and, a week or so ago, of reception in the United States and these have proved Marchese Marconi's claim that the path of waves of such terrific frequencies is not governed by the curvature of the earth.

The promise held forth by the discovery announced by the University of Columbia, if sub- A stantiated, will revolutionise broadcasting. It will bring tele- vision and world broadcasting programmes to Hongkong with- out interference, man-made or otherwise. It will eliminate the confusion of a dozen broadcast- ing stations striving to emit programmes on frequency-bandu on which there is only room for six.

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For instance. there is little hope that Hongkong will be pro- vided with television, despite the fact that the recent report of the Television Committee in England has, in the light of the experience gained at Alexandria Palace, planned the construction of additional stations through- out the United Kingdom.

Yet there is no apparent ren- son why Hongkong should not be one of the first parts of the Empire, outside London, to enjoy television. The trans- mitting apparatus is not unduly expensive, and the receiving apparatus, which can be em-

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LAST WEEK-END the distributors previewed for the Press the series of Walt Disney short features which Will comprise the programme commencing at the Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

of the

The seven subjects chosen are without doubt the seven masterpieces of the art of screen cartooning. Only one Academy of Motion considerable offshoot

is made motion picture business, ht only Picture Arts' award each year and it is impossible for. Lae amusement of children, for more than one film to receive has grown until it is a flourish- the coveted gold trophy. It is ing industry in its own right,| safe to predict, however, that commanding the respect of the Jone of the seven shorts which most highbrow and amusing!

will be shown

to-morrow will both adults and children of all

One of the cartoons from "Farmyard Symphony." win the award.

nationalities the world over.

Diancy. A be on the pinnacle he is to-day. Any discussion of the cartoon the The seven films are "Ferdinand

one is that Mickey But Mickey was followed by the Bull" hailed in England must necessarily be quite largely favourite and the United States

as the levoted to Walt Disney, its su- does all the things which the Minnic, and in turn followed by Disney preme exponent. He has made humdrum citizen would like to a long line of livestock: Horace Clarabelle Cow, greatest cartoon film

But Disney Horsecollar, has produced--"Donald's Golf cartoon films so popular, that it but dare not do. Game", which introduces the is difficult to remember that the himself inelines to the former Clara Cluck, Donald Duck, and three cherubic Donald Duck first animated cartoon was pro- view. It is all n question of a number of others.

20 timing," is his own judgment on nephews already familiar to duced, in 1911, more than "Telegraph" readers who read years after a patent for the first the subject. the Donald Duck cartoon strip moving-picture camera had been published exclusively.

in this obtained.

"Brave newspaper each day;

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of success

"Colonel Iceza Liar," which IN ORDER

as he worked, so friendly had pudence. But the credit is not

mouse received. the name Mortimer.

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success..

Then in 1929 he branched out into other work. "The Skeleton to achieve this Dance" set to music based on timing he introduced a tech- the Danse Macabre was the first Little Tailor," "The Whalers started in 1913, was the first "The Fox Hunt", "Mickey's popular series and was rapidly nique which was entirely new. of the Silly Symphonies of which Parrot" and "Farmyard Syn followed by "Aesop's Fables, After the details of the action it has been well said that the is who think they are not sym- phony". The "Telegraph" film "The Inkwell Imp," of Max have been decided upon--but not only really silly people are those Melodies," critic would place this latter Fleischer, and Pat Sullivan's photographed — the music

and recorded. The phonies. "Monkey technicolour cartoon above even "Felix the Cat." Felix was by written

then fitted to the "Frolicking Fish," "Arctic An-

music "Ferdinand the Bull" in enter- far the most popular of the actions are

to the tics," and films of the four sen- tainment value.

silent cartoon creations and, music, not the

In this way every sons of the year soon followed easily outstripping his rival actions. "Krazy Kat," continued in action is made to happen exactly and established their popularity. Still Disney was not content. EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO a triumph until the advent of "on the beat." Thus the jokes

are timed by the music. An- Six years ago, while the studios young artist working on a Mickey Mouse. night shift watched the mice That Mickey should, on his other Disney characteristic-it were still dithering, Disney took creeping out of a hole in the first appearance, defcat his might almost be called his trade exclusive rights in the improved Technicolour process and pro- skirting. Every night they natural enemy, a cat, is no less mark is his habit of capping used to come and cat the remains than one might have expected. each climax. If Mickey crashes duced "Trees And Flowers," the of this into an obstacle, exactly a bar first coloured Silly Symphony. of sandwich lunches in the Perhaps it is because

He tamed initial success that in his subse- later, as the laughter is dying Two years later, the other car- wastepaper basket.

Loong followed.

In the hands of Disney, colour several of them, and one would quent adventures he has always down, the chandelier will fall on

an unqualified even sit on his drawing-board displayed auch irrepressible im- his head.

Disney has, of course, had was they become. This bold young really Mickey's. Disney made many imitators. There are not- Grimm and Andersen, mythology for subjects. Disney then work- of two silent Mickeys, "Steam-boat ably "Betty Boop," "Pop-eye the and the nursery were explored

Willie"

"Plane Crazy, Sailor," and a number of car- ed on the problem of producing a the Silly coloured Mickey Mouse. Disney Ten years ago, striking out which were not very successful; toons modelled on on his own to make

cartoon before that he had made no Symphonies. But none has ac- still was not content. His next experiment was longer cartoon films, Disney was in desperation fewer than 86 other films, which, hieved the same

Suddenly he however adequate, never rivalled ney's first films were a series of films. For eighteen months his for a character.

cartoons called "Laugh, studios worked on a version of thought of his old friend: but the popularity of Felix.

It was not until bis pictures O'Grams," illustrating topical "Snow White," which ran for an Mortimer was too long: so it

with sound events and commissioned by a hour and a quarter and cost £50,- were synchronised became Mickey.

To-day Walt Disney makes that he obtained real success. In cinema owner in his home town 000 and netted £1,000,000.

he came to of Kansas City. September, 1928,

Walt Disney is only 37, what twenty-six pictures a year at a cost of £260,000. Hia profite New York with his first sound- He then made "Red Riding does there remain for him to do? He cartoon, "The Op'ry House," Hood," which took him six Doubtless he will experiment are estimated at £150,000. employs three hundred men, and after many rebuff's succeed- months, followed by six other with stereoscopy, but at present Artists are "cust" to draw the ed in placing it at a small fairy tale cartoons. The com- that is only on the distant hori- characters they can draw best, cinema. It was seen, and a few pany went bankrupt, and Disney zon. In England Len Lye is ex- like actors. But they only do days later it was playing at the then struck out to work on his perimenting with abstract car-

cinema, key-sketches. The intermediate world's largest

the own. During the next four toons in pure colour. Perhaps pictures are filled in by the rank clear, therefore, that Disney's was followed by 26 pictures fea-

Roxy, New York.

It seems years he made 60 cartoons; this Disney will try his hand at those. and file. Apprentices draw

Disney's vision has enabled whiskers, smoke or rain-drops, success was primarily due not to turing Oswald the Rabbit. him to keep ahead of competitors Dainey himself no longer draws the invention of Mickey but to The reason for the continued hitherto, and to boast that over

his brilliant use of sound.

(as opposed to the initial) suc- a million drawings have been At a time when the studios cess of Walt Disney is his con- made of Mickey Mouse, the most were in a state of wild confusion stant endeavour to try new internationally popular hero the the new medium Disney ideas. If Mickey had remained world has ever known. Long: stepped in with a sound tech- just Mickey, Disney would not may it continue to do the same. nique which was, and is, in ad-

A line.

And Disney went to Holly- wood with 25 in his pocket and

a whole lot of debts.

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over

and

IS INTERESTING to vance of, anvthing the studios! examine how the cartoon film, could do. Many theories have which was once a poor and in- been put forward to account for

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success. Dis-

Is Your Name

for JONES,

By Lichty Smith or WHITE, or BROWN)

"This looks like that cheap cement we sold the Government be- fore they caught us!“

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exact order of numerical

THOMAS, Jones, Davies, importance of the first 25 surnames

Evans, and indeed!

Williams, in England and Wales is as follows: Smith, Jonce, Williams, Taylor, Davies, Brown, Thomas, Evana, Recently it was recorded that three Roberts, Johnson, Robinson, Wilson. gentlemen named Robert Thomas Wright, Wood, Hail, Walker, Hughes, have been elected as members of the Green, Lewis, Edwards, Thompson, Cowbridge (near Card) Borough White, Jackson, Turner, and Hill. Council, and that in the Cardiff

We may be entitled to count the pione directory are to be found whites also as of the Smith clan the

derive than 600 because of more

some authorities Thomases, about 600 Joneats, nearly their name, not from the Anglo- 000 Davieses, and 500 each of The Saxon "hwit," meaning white, but Evanses and the Williamsca.

from "hwita," meaning a sharpener, or swordsmith, which would make them of our tolem,

ninties

It is time that we Smiths asserted ourselves. We are the backbone of the nation. No one can beat us for numbers.

Then, if we also allow among us the Smithtons, the, Smyths, the I have before me the results of Smythes, and others who misspell careful analysis of the surnames of our distinguished patronymic, we The motion. It was compiled from a can probably muster even in this study of several hundred thousand country an army of at least a million Jules occurring in the quarterly very strong.

returns by the Registrar-General of Whenever we all combine into the births, marriages, and deaths, and one great Smith Society of the World establishes beyond question the what a League of Nations we may importance of the tribes.

makel "The Smiths say "No"" would be an edict to make dictators tremble Indeed.

First By Name

Not that I wish to speak in any

THE Smithu ara winners.

One in every 73 of the way paragingly of the Joneses. Jones, a genitive form of John, population is a Smith. But the mo through Johnes, Is common numerous after us are not, as you where in England, and superabundant may have believed, the Browns.

every.

Sonesen, and the Robinsons, but the in Wales. Next to John Smith, John Joneses tone in every. 70 of the Jones Is the most common combina- population), the Willamses (one in tion of names in Britain.

The former Registrar-General, whe 115), the Taylors (one in 140), and

complled the list from which I am the Duvieses (one in 102).

The Browns come next with one qualing. anys in his commentary on In every 174, and the Robinsons are li: "The name of John Jones is in

(Continued on"Paga 5.) only eleventh with one iri :270.

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