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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 24, 1939,

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B.B.C. LEADS WORLD IN SHORT WAVES Baby Born In

8 Stations Work In

16 Languages

DAVENTRY.

60-m.p.h.. Express

Nenth

As the Irish express night bớnt- train was travelling at 60 m.p.h. through West Wales où its journey from Fishguard to. London an 10- year-old "Midland girl, travelling

Women passengers. In the train

UP

on Borough Hill, overlooking this little Northamptone, gave birth to a baby boy. tonshire town, the B.B.C. are rapidly completing the biggest short-wave broadcasting centre in the world.

The dozens of acrials already a forest of poles and wires will by the end of the month have been increased to a total of 31 arrays, each array of aerial and reflectors pointing in the direction of the particular part of the world to which the B.B.C. want to send a beam of radio energy.

This impressive series of radio stations has arisen from the original empire short-wave transmitter which was opened in 1932. The extensions begun last year make it bigger even than Ger- many's hnge radio propaganda" centre at Zecsen, near Berlin.

The two special transmitters | for foreign language broadcasts, to help pay for which the Government made a grant of £103,000," are now finished and in full operation.

EIGHT TRANSMITTERS

This means that Daventry now has tive 50-kilowatt short-wave, trans- mitters and three lower - powered Gues,

There is also a long-wave trans- altter operated by the B.B.C. for the Air Ministry's meteorological service. Throughout the day five of these transmitters are in use broadcasting British programmes, news and views in seven different, languages to all parts of the world on as mony as 16 different wave-lengths.

į

hearing of the girl's condition went

to her üld, and niter calling the guard made an unsuccessful rearch for a doctor or a nurse..

The train stopped at Neuth, Glant-. Digan An ambulance was called, and the mather and child were hur-

stai

"Both came through the ardeul splendidly" a doctor at the hospital

said,

The Fleet's Films

By a film show on board the air- graft-carrier Ark Royal in Portsmouth harbour rescently the Naval Film The three ethers are used from Corporation announced its existence time to time when it is necessary to to the Navy. The programme was ave a greater coverage of any parade up of a new George Formby Hentar nrt of the world.

Alm and

a new Disney cartoon-- nelther seen yet in London; It was certainly a fine omen of the treatment to be given to the Navy by the Blin Industry under the new arrangement. The Duke of Kent should have been there. had Influenza not

prevented him, but a film version of his speech Here under conditions of constant had been made, and in this he very temperature and humidity are kept well explained the nature and purpose the most sensitive apparatus, includ- of this new organisation. It

It had the smaller ing quartz crystals which maintain been hard for the men on

to the station's wavelengths accurate ships to see Alms on board even in within one part in

GUARDED.SECRETS Daventry's nerve centre, technical secrets of which are closely guarded by the B.B.C., is in a new laboratory which has been' constructed beneath the aerials.

# million.

Provision is minde for a total of 12 transmitters, but the B.B.C. are not likely to begin the construction of the four additional equipments for soing

tline.

They Want Shelters Before Town Hall

DE

.

the silent days; with the arrival of the talkies the price of equipment in-

res creased enormously and only those ships whore companies numbered a thousand had any opportunity of see- the ing a new fim at all. But by new corporation the Admiralty sup- piles the equipment to

to about 200 ships, and ship's company--by a generous gesture on the part of the Alm-renters--can

Atms tak can buy new the rate of 11⁄2d, per man per week for the lower deck and a proportion- The ately higher rate for onleers. መኽሮ Navy, therefore, has now become one of the large exhibitors of the country. The representatives of the film com-

panies were on board to-night to re-

Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Walch leaving the Union Church after their recent wedding. The bride was formerly Miss Dorothy Dransfield.— King's Studio.

Pinchin, Johnson & Co.

Company's High State Of Efficiency

The annual general meeting of general situation there, and your

EEP bomb-proof shelters are more important than a

ceive their thanits, and the speeches Pinchin, Johnson & Co., Ltd., was directors feel that the position in that new town hall or street widening schemes in the of the (absent) Duke of Kent and of held recently at the Hotel Victoria, market is now on the upgrade.

Lord Cork and Orrery, the Common-London, S. W. opinion of a large number of Bedford's 50,000 inhabitants.der-in-Chief. Portsmouth, left

doubt of the benent and pleasure A petition to the Council in being organised and the town that the men would derive from this

new arrangement. canvassed for signatures.

officinl shelters.

said:

about

400

Birmingham reports the number of complaints so far as "negligible."

In several roads, it is reported, thellers. An 1,030 90 per cent, of the residents have have signed the petition, which which have already been distri

bulcd." states that ordinary town im- provements should be suspended until the public has been pro-

POWER OF BOMBS vided with sufficient protection.

The penetrative power of bombs Is - Bedford is close to big R.A.F. stations-Cardington, Cranfield and discussed in a memorandum appear

ing in the March issue of the "Jourmi of the Institution of Civil Engineers."

A 500lb. bomb might be

Henlow,

ACCEPTANCE REFUSED

Leeds authorities are faced with a

"tum.

no

FOREIGN *MARKETS Mr. Edward Robson (the chairman)

Through the French company we who presided, said: My lords, ladies and gentlemen, I now move that the are interested in a trading unit in report of the directors dated March Barcelona. In spite of the most ter- 14, 1939, and the balance-sheet of rible conditions that have existed in be, and Spain, the Spanish factory unit has now submitted to you, Hen Changes Sex the same are hereby, received and continued operations throughout the

dividend on the

on the period, and I am pleased to tell adopted

Anai and that

Intect, and

and the So you that the factory is the Ordinary shares for they are in business there has operated at a pro- TRUTH is stranger than fiction, Ing Dec. 31, 1938, of 5 p... less, although, of course, i hus not

interim come-tax making, with the and, believe it or not, there is in the vidend already paid, 12 p.c. less/been possible for the parent company

TAIPING.

possession of a Taiping resident hen which has turned into a cock.

The proud owner, Mr. Lim Kok Heng, intends to exhibit the bird at the Chinese charity fair at the Coro- nation Park shortly. expected the hen

Given ต him a few months ago,

Dee.

and to tax, for the year, be declared paid to the holders of the Ordinary shares on the register of the company at Mar. 18, 1930.

When I had the pleasure of address- ing you a year ago, the prospects

any benent from this source. reap From my references to these three

will

how appreciate but markets you dimeult the position has with the hope-which I trust will in

near future he fulfilled-of

mere ordered state of affairs, 1 be-

Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day?

66

Sole1

Paxarosentativest.

Course I did!"

MACLEANS

flanker & Co. P.O. Box 755

ilong Kong

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aid eggs, but after a few for a continuance of satisfactory leve they will again prove as calls- to have a maximum depth of peres months Mr. Lim notleed a strange trading were quite definite, and new-ARP problem-householders tration of 2f1, felt toy a urce revenue

the refuse to accept delivery of the medium strength and over stopped laying eggs and began to that had in many industries then breal tension in Europe in the part week

the effect of the recession in trade cars gone by.

In view of the recurrence of politi Anderson steel shelters. In Leeds 2011. In sand or gravel, it is stated.

grow prominent comb, until it look- The maximum vertical depth into ed like a cock and behaved like one.

come apparent. In fact, for the first cal 150 people have so far refused zhel-

or two you will hardly expect me sales to The ben bas

tive months of the year our completely now ters, although they had told officials the ground which could be reached

organisation were to attempt to anticipate very definite- throughout the

ly that

the future prospects. It will per- by a 2, Chlb. bond is estimated as changed its sex. wanted they

generally well maintained gehaps be sufficient for me to say that, Glasgow children carried a card- being unlikely to be more than 50ft.

quently, however, the recession began board verilen of the Anderson shelter or Goft.

to make itself felt in our own busiussuming the world does not have to face again the political troubits at a protest meeting creently held!

Snail Soup Praised by housewives of the High Posl

QNAIL soup is good for you, says able conditions that developed were that have so many times been antie

As you may imagine, the unfavour of the past year, or similar troubles Corporation housing estate.

The Housing Committee hus agreed

CLEVELAND, O. Mrs. M. E, Bradhurst, of River-intensified by the serious inter-pated, then this business should to suspend erection of the shelters fur

MR Murphy, stunt flier is con- hall, near Witham, Essex, a keen national political disturbances that continue its course of recovery and the time being, but, the High Poss!! cucting a new thrill for National Air collector of fresh-water shells. ensued in the early autumn. These Improvement. residents want their shelters removed fare for His building a plane, She says that during the war joint factors affected not only the and damage to gardens repaired, named the "Cheek-to-Cheek," that naval captain and his men, captured home Industrial and trading position, Southampton householdery appest | will require two pilots. One will ily by savages, lived for 10 weeks on but also reacted adversely in many of to be taking kindly to the sted upside down part of the time,

FLIER INVENTS THRILL

ALL OVER THE WORLD

SPEY

ROYAL

WHISKY

FILLED OVER 10 YEARS AGO BY GILBEY'S

DISTILLED

SOLE AGENTS:

ness.

the overseas markets.

FUTURE OUTLOOK

In other words, if world conditions are reasonably satisfactory, our own business is bound to progress, and I think as a prudent man I should not be justified in course of events beyond this.

anticipating the future Our organisation, technically and industrially, is in a very high state.

Hanoi-Kunming-Chungking-Chengtu Lino

, from Hanoi to Kunming Every Thu. & Sat... Every Sun., Wed, & Fri, from Kunming to Chungking

from Chungking to Chengtu and return Every Wed. & Frl, Every Mon., Wed. & Fri. from Chungking to Kunming Every Wed. & Fri. ... from Kunming to Handi

Kunming-Chengtu-Sian-Lanchow. Line substantially recovered, but in fact of emelency, and, given reasonably Every Thu. & Sat. from Kunming to Lanchow via Chingtu & Slàn have shown an Increase in month to date this year over the cor-food world conditions, the future of Every Sun. & Fri, from Lanchow to Kunming via Sian responding period of the previous our business should be in the direction

RECOVERY FROM RECESSION In November, however, a definite recovery get in, and, commencing that month, sales not only with

of steady adva

years. Unfortunately for the your

• Mr. C.G. 1038 the recovery started too late to seconded the

(vice-chairman)

make good the falling off in trading carried unanimolution, which was

in previous months.

The retiring directors were rc- The decrease in profits is due elected for the ensuing year, and the entirely

the conditions to which auditors were reappointed for 1939, I have referred, which have affected equally both the horae trade and also directors and staff for their excellent Chairman thanked his co- The our revenue from associated com-work during the past year, and said

panies ovETECHS.

that the conditions of 1030 had been Your directors have already re-more than usually dimeult. It re- ferred in their report to the improve-neeted great credit upon the manage- ment of the position in Shanghal.ment and staff that they had been spite of the most difficult situation able to accomplish such sailsfactory that has existed there for a long results in spite of those conditions. time past, it is gratifying to report Mr. R. Paltridge replied, and the that our China Company has been in proceedings terminated after a hearty potsersion of its factory for some vote of thanks to the chairman, pro- months pact and it is pleasing to note posed by Mr. William C. Howard. that the company is now working at

• profit.

COACH

For the past two years, the in- STEELE NOW BOXING dustrial position in France has been unsatisfactory, and although profits

1 have been earned by, the French

OLYMPIA, Wash. Company, no dividenda- have

The world's former middleweight rrcelved from this source.

buxing champion, Freddie Streele, has There has been in recent months n beremo the boxing coach at St. Mar- very definite Improvement in the tin's college near here.."

been

Lovers Die In A Church

:

DEAL. [the cold wind'and rain and, had been

A COURTING couple were found overcome by fumes. dead recently in the furnace-room of Mrs. Hewitt, discovered that morn the village church at ripple, nearing that her son had not been home here,

all night, and searched the village for sexton of the church, and Elleen For-oked through the window of the Going at last to the church, she

THE CENTRAL TRADING COMPANY They were Arthur Hewitt, aged to him,

BANK OF CANTON BUILDING.

rest, aged 22.

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It is thought, that they had gone furnace-room and stw her son and Into the fumace-room to shelter from his sweetheart neuted, side-by-side.

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