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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

UP

16 Languages

DAVENTRY.

60-m.p.h.. Express

Neatli.

As the Trish express (night bonf train was travelling át 60 mph. through West Wales on its journey. from Fishguard to London an 18- year-old Midland girl, travelling

Women passengers in the train

hearing of the girl's condition went

to her aid, and after calling the guard mude an unsuccesful search for a doctor or a nurse.

on Borough Hill, overlooking this little Northamp-alone, 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 aerials-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 there to hospital, work 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 huge radio propaganda centre at Zeesen, near Berlin.

The two special' transmitters! for foreign language brondensts, he to thing when it is accessary to to help pay for which Government made a grant of; £103,000, ure now finished and in full operation.

The three others are used from theve greater coverage of any par

liniar part of the world.

EIGHT TRANSMITTERS This means thint Daventry now has five 50-kilowatt short-wave tram- mitters and three lower - powered

ones.

There is also a long-wave trans- mifter operated by the D.8.C. for the Air Ministry's meteorological service, Throughout the day five of these transmitters tre in use broadcasting! British programines, news and views in seven different langages to all purts of the world on us many as 16 different wave-lengths.

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

The train stopped at Neath, Glon- org. Att ambulance, was called, and the mother and child were hir

"Bolh came through the play" a ductor at the hospital

ordenl

The Fleet's Films

13y in show on board the air- grafi-carrier Ark Royal in Portsmouth harbour recently the Naval Film

to the Navy. The progromne was Corporation announced its existened made up of a new George Formby fim d new Disney cartoon- nelther seen yet in London; it was certainly a fine omen of the treatment

Here under conditions of constant temperature and humidity are kept the most sensitive apparatus, includ-of this new ing quartz crystals which maintain the station's wavelengths accurate to within one part in a million.

Provision is made for a total of 12 transmitters, but the B.B.C. are not hkely to begin the construction of the four additional equipments for some

time.

Shelters

They Want Before Town

DEEP

Hall

generous

men

given to the Navy by the film nestry under the new arrangement, The Duke of Kent should have been there. had Influenza not

prevented him, but to film version of his speech very had been made, and in this he well explained the nature and purpose organisation. It had the smaller been hired for the ships to see films on board even in the silent days; with the arrival of the talktes the price of equipment in- creased enormously and only those ships whose companies numbered thousand had any opportunity of see- ing a new film at all. But by the new

corporation the Admiralty sup- about 200 plies the

equipmen! to ships, and a ship's company-by a ure on the part of the film-remu buy new films. at the rate of Pd. per man per week for the lower deek and a proportion- ately higher rate for officers. The Navy, therefore, has now became one of the large exhibitors of the country.

there. und your representatives of the film com-

The annual general meeting of, general situation panies were on board to-night to re- ceive their thanks, and the speeches Pinchin, Johnson & Co., Ltd., was directors feel that the position in that

FOREIGN MARKETS of the (absent) Duke of Kent and of held recently at the Hotel Victoria, market is now on the upgrade. Lard Cork and Orrery, the Commin-London, S. W.

Mr. Edward Robson (the chairman) Portsmouth, left

Through the French company we doubt of the benefit and pleasure who presided, sald; My lords, ladies

now move that the are interested in a trading unit in that the men would derive from this and gentlemen,

report of the directors dated March Barcelona. In spite of the most ter new arrangement.

14, 1030, and the balance-sheet of rible conditions that have existed in Der. now submitted to you, be, and Spain, the Spanish factory unit has

and continued operations

throughout the and hereby received

am pleased the Ordinary shares for the year end-you that the factory is Intect, and the business there has operated at a pro- Dec. 3

31, 1930, of 5 p... less in-

of course, 1 has the interim fit, Lome-tax making, with

for the

parent company dividend already pald, 12% p.e. less been tax, for the year, be declared and to reap any benefit from this source. From my references to these three paid to the holders of the Ordinary shares on the register of the company markets you will appreciate how

difficult the position has been, at Mar. 18, 1939.

Mr. and Mrs. E. R. 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

EEP bomb-proof shelters are more important than a new town hall or street widening schemes in the opinion of a large number of Bedford's 50,000 inhabitants.der-in-Chief,

A petition to the Council is being organised and the town canvassed for signatures.

An oflivinl Laitė:

In several roads, it is reported, jhriters, 1,450 shalters. about

buted."

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the same

WHen Changes Sex and that a final dividend us the period, and

Birmingham reports the number of! complaint so far as "negligible."

90 per cent. of the residents have have signed the petition, which we have already been distri states that ordinary town im-1 provements should be suspended until the public has been pro vided with sufficient protection.

Bedford is close to big R.A.F.) stations-Cardington, Cranfield and

Henlow.

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TAIPING.

TRUTH is stranger than Action, and, believe it or not, there is in the possession of a Taiping resident a en which has turned into a cock.

The proud owner, Mr. Lim Koks teng, intends to exhibit the bird at the Chinese charity fair at the Coru nation Park shortly.

Given to him a few months ago,

POWER OF BOMBS The penetrative power of bombs is cussed in a memorandum appear ing in the March issue of the "Jourant of the Institution of Civil Engineers." A-5001 bomb might be expected ACCEPTANCE REFUSED-

to have a maximum depth of pene Leeds authorities are faced with station of 211, 6in. in concrete of change coming over new A.R.P. problem-householders medium strength and a little over who refuse to necept delivery of the zort, in sand or gravel, it is stated.

Leeris Anderez stcel Kelters,

The maximum vertical depta into 150 people have so far refused shel- ters, although they had the entitials the geound which could be reached by a 2,000lb. bama is estimated as that they wanted Lim.

Glasgow children carried a card. being unlikely to be more than 50, board v. of the Anderson suffer 5031.

held meeling recently

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The Housing

by gives of the High Posit

FLIER INVENTS THRILL Corperation housing estate.

CLEVELAND, O. ine Committee has og res

Mike Murphy, stunt fier is con- to suspend erection of the shelters for : the time being, but the High Pessit casting new diet for alfo Air residents want their shelters removed Race fans. He is building a plane, named the "Cheek-to-Cheek," that and damage to gardens repaired.

Southamplun hutseholders appear will require two pilota. One will fly

steel upside down part of the time.

to be taking kindly

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er like a cock and behaved like one.

has The hen

now completely changed its sex.

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Sales Representatives:

Course I did!"

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司公空號亞歐

When I had the pleasure of address-with the hope-which I trust will in mg you a year ago, the prospects the near future be fulfilled-of

satisfactory mere ordered state of affairs, for a continuance of

lieve they will again prove as satis- the hen laid eggs, but after a few trading were quite definite, and a factory a source of revenue us in months Mr. Lim naliced strange that time we had not appreciably felt years gone by.

the bird. It

the effect of the recession in trude

In view of the recurrence of politi- to stopped laying eggs and began grow a prominent comb, until it took-at had in many industries then in|cal tension in Europe in the past week Lone apparent. In fact, for the first or two you will hardly expect me Ave months of the year our sales

to attempt to anticipate very definite- organisation throughout the generally well maintained. Subse- the future prospects. It will per- quently, however, the recession begun haps be ruffleient for me to say that, to make itself felt in our own bussuming the world does not have to face again the political troubles As you may imagine, the unfavour of the past year, or similar troubles

then

business should able conditions that developed were that have so many times been antiel- Inter-pated, intensified by the serious

Improvement. These ensued in the early cutumn. national political disturbances that continue its course of recovery and Joint factors affected not only the home industrial and trading position. but also reacted adversely in many of the overseas markets.

Snail Soup Praised NAIL soup is good for you, suys Mrs. M. E. Bradhurst, of River- hall, bear Witham, Essex a keen collector of fresh-water shells.

She says that during the war a naval captain and his men, captured by savages, lived for 19 weeks on

its.

ALL OVER THE WORLD

SPEY ROYAL

WHISKY

DISTILLED

OVER 10 YEARS AGO BY GILBEY'S

SOLE AGENTS:--

THE CENTRAL TRADING COMPANY

BANK OF CANTON BUILDING.

ness.

RECOVERY FROM RECESSION In November, however, at definite recovery set in, and, commencing with that month, sales not only substantially recovered, but in fact have

shown on

cuch increase in

month to date this year over the cor- responding period of the previous years. Unfortunately for the year 1938 the recovery started too late in make good the falling off in trading in previous mor

months The decrease in profits is due entirely to the conditions to which

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 Justified in antlelpating the future course of events beyond this.

be

Our organisation, technically and industrially, is in a very high state

Hanoi-Kunming-Chungking-Chengtu_Line

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

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

Kunming-Chongtu-Sian-Lanchow Line

of efflelency, and, given reasonably Every Thu. & Sat. from Kunming to Lanchow via Changtu & Sian good work conditions, the future of Every Sun. & Fri. from Lanchow to Kunming via Sian & Chengtw our business should be in the direction

of steady advancement.

Mr. C. G. Heywood (vice-chairman) seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously,

The retiring directors were TC- elected for the ensuing year, and the

The Chairman thanked his co- I have referred, which have affected auditors were reappointed for 1039. equally bath the home trade and also dircelors and staff for their excellent our revenue from, associated com-work during the past year, and said punles overseas.

that the conditions of 1933 and been Your directors have already ramare thon usually Mcult. It re ferred in their report to the improve-Beeted grent credit upon the manage- ment of the position in Shanghal. Ini ment and staff that they had been spite of the most difficult stivalionable to accomplish such satisfactory that has existed there for a long results in spite of those conditions.

me past. It is gratifying to report Mr. R. Paltridge replied, and the that our China Company has been in proceedings terminated after a hearty parsersion of its factory for some vote of Dianks to the chairman, pro- months part, and it is pleasing to note posed by Mr. William C. Howard. that the company is now working at

a proЛ1.

For the past two years the in- STEELE NOW BOXING

COACH

dustrial position in France has been! unsatisfactory, and although profits, have been earned by the French

OLYMPIA, Washi, Company. dividends have been The world's former middleweight rceived from this source.

boxing chamulon, Freddle Streele, has There has been in recent monthis, a | become the boxing coach at St, Mar- Very definite improvement in the tin's college near here.

Lovers Die In A Church

DEAL. the cold wind and rain and had been

A COURTING, couple were found overcome by fumes.

dend recently in, the furnace-room of

Mrs, Hewitt discovered that mom- the village, church at Ripple. nearing that her son had not been home here.

all night, and searched the vilinge for They were Arthur Hewitt, aged 18, him.. sexion of the church, and Eileen Fur- rest, aged 22.

Going at last to the church, she looked through the window of the

It is thought that they had gone furnace-room" and, saw her son and Into the furnace-room to shelter from his sweetheart sented 'xide-by-side,

Lanchow-Ninshia Line

Every Fri, from Lanchow to Ninshia and return Chungking-Kweilin-Kunming Line

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King's Bldg., 4th Fir. Tel. 25552, 25553.

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