1939-05-31 — Page 23

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NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES

Hongkong Telegraph

FROM FAR AND NEAR PHOTONEWS

TELEVISION'S RECORD TASK

B.B.C. engineers recently undertook the television broadcast of the biggest stage show ever to be televised in the world, and owners of television sets over a wide area saw the complete production of "Magyar Molody," the musical comedy at His Majesty's Theatre.

Picturo on the right shows television cameramon and technicians in the dross circle during the shooting of the second act. Binnie Hale is scen right-contre.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1930.

HAPPENINGS

AS SEEN

By

THE CAMERA'S EYE

BANKS

TUE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CIIINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter 3853

Paid-up Capital camera £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietore £3,000,000 Reserve Fund

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BEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

38 Bishopsgate, F.C,1. Sub-Agencies in London1 117/122, Landenhall Street, E. C. & West End Branch:

1/10. Cockapur street, B.W.).

Manchester Branch

62, Mosley Btreet, Manchester, 2,

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES:

Alor Star Amritar Bangkok

Jankow

1farbin

Rangoon

Salzón

liongkong

Beremban

Batavia

llatlo

Shenghal

Hembay

Ipoh

Singaporo

Calcutía

Raract

Sitiawan

Agencleat

Klang

Citve

Kobe

Sourabaya Taiping

Street

Kuala

Tientsin

Talrilo

Lumpur

Tongkah

Placo

Kuching

((Ehuket)

Canton

Madras

Taingiao

Cawnpore

Mantia

Yokohama

Cobu

Medan

Colombo

New York

Delhi

Haiphong

Itambut g

Peiping

(Peking)

Реланд

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Diness transacted, ・・

and

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened FIXED DEPOSITS recotved for One Year er zharter periode in Local or Other Cure rencies at rates which will be quoted on application.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at ratés obtainable on application. The Bank's Head Ontee in London undertakes Executor & Truslee business, and claim recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, on terms which may be ascertained at any of its Agencies & Branches.

1. A. CAMIDGE,

Manager

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA,

Authorized Capital

$10,000,000.00

The mobile van outside the theatre, showing the cables slung from the build. ing. It was from the van that Mr. Philip Done, the producer, controlled the comoras by telephone, changing over from one to the other as the scenes, reproduced on two icreens in front of him, demanded,

Here are two workmen handling the complicated. system of cables, miles of which were used for the broadcast. They were led in from the van to the cameras, then back to the apparatus in the van.

The two cameras installed in the circle. Three cameras were used for the broadcast, the third being placed in a stage box. Different viewpoints thus obtained gave variety to the reproduction on television screens. Production

entailed 82 change-overs from camera to caption or canters to camera...

Fald-up Capital

Reserve and Undivided

Fronts

• 0,508,000.00

$ 2,003,633.01

HEAD OFFICE:--HONGKONG ......... 10, Des Voeux Road, Central BOARD OF DIRECTORS;~ Bir Shouson Chow, Chairman. Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Barig, Esq. P. K. Kwok, Esq.

Wong Chu Bon, Eaq, Wong Yun, Tong, Eaq, Kan Ying To, Esq. Chang Chung Shek. Ông Fun Pin Wasa

KAN TONG' FO, E1q,"Chief Manager. LI TBE FONO, Esq., Manager. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

Amoy: Batavia

Manila

Melbourne

Seattle

Shanghal

-

Semarang

Ilombay Calcutta Haiphong Hankow

Nagasaki

New York

- Bingapore

Honolulu

Kabe

Rangoon

Kowloon

Salgort

London

San Francisco

Parla Paiping Penang

Sourabaya Swatow Sydney Tientsin

Vancouver

Every dederisúdu of Banking and Ex- change business, transacted. Loans grant- ed on approved, securities.

Current Accounts_opened in Local Cur- rency and Fixed Deposila réceived for nna year or shorter periods in Local and Foreign Currencies on, terms which will be quoted on application."

Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.

ΠΑΝ,

TONO PO,

Manager

-THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Oce:-15, Gracechurch Street,

-London, E.CJ.

Authorised Capitals

Bubscribed Capital

Fald-up Capital

Reserve Fund and flest

BANKERS:

£3,000,000

1,000,000 1,050,000

The Bank of England & Midland Dank, Ltd.

-Bangkok

Bomboy

Calcutta

BRANCHES-

Ipoh Kuantan

Madras

Now York

Penang Tangcoo Bhangbal

Kandy

Karachi Kota Bharu

Kuala Lipis

Simla

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Kuala Trengganu

Here is the camera being operated from the stage box. Apparatus, of course, includes sound synchro nisation, and an interesting point in last night's broadcast was that for 90 seconds, while the duelling scene was being played in a blue light too dim for the cameras to pick up, "stand-ins" performed the scene at Alexandra Palaec. actual sounds being relayed from the theatre stage.

P & O-BRITISH INDIA (APCAR) AND

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(Companies Incorporated in England.)

Rug Cargo On through Bills of Laging for STRAITS, JAVA & BURMA

"AUS- CEYLON, INDIA, IRANIAN GULT MAURITIUS, E. & 8. AFTUCA,

QUEENSLAND PORTS, TRALASIA INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND ILED SEA, EGYPT, EUROPE, ETC.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL, FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL: STEAMERS

(Under Contract with LM; Government.)

All vessois may call at any ports on or of the route-and the route and all sailing are subject to change or deviation with or without notice.

Steamera

RANCHI

**BHUTAN

RANPURA *BEHAR

RAWALPINDI CHITRAL CORFU CANTON. CARTHAGE RAJPUTANA RANCHI

• Cargo only.

SIRDHANA

Tons | From H'Kong about |

| 17,000 10th June 9,000 17th June

17,000 | 24th June 0,000, 1st July

·7,000) '8th July 15,000 22nd July 14,500 3th August 15,500 10th August 14,500 2nd Sept. 17.000 10th Sept. 17,000 130th Sept.

+ Calls Casablanca.

Destination

Bombay, Marselites & London. B'bay, M'scilles, Havre, 'don. Hull, H'bg, R'dam & A'werp. B'bay, Marseilles & London. B'Bay, M'scilles, Havre, L'don, Hull, H'bg, R'damm & A'werp. B'bay, Marseilles & London B'bay, Marseilles & London, B'bay, Marseilles & London. B'boy, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marseilles & London. Bombay, Marecilles & London. Marseilles & London.

All vessels may cull at Malta,

BRITISH INDIA APCAN BAILINGS (BOUTIL)

10,000 3rd June.

8,000 17th June.

8,000 15th July 110,000 20th July

7,000 30th June

S'pore,

Port Sweltenham, Penang Rangoon & Calcutta. DO. DO.

DO.

DO.

Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane. Sydney, Melbourne & Hobart

This section of the interior of the van gives some idea of the intricate apparatus required for the work. The approximate cost of these mobile television unite is £25,000. The two-screens by which the pro ducer saw the action of the play are visible at the far end of the van behind the heads of the assistants. It was from the van itself that the actual broadcast went on to the ether.

A television set was placed in Binnic Hale's dressing-room so that she could follow the action of the play while not on the stage herself, She is seen with Roger Troville, who played opposite her, watching Botty Warren and Jerry Verno as Julika and Jarvis in a knockabout bicycle scene. The show, including intervals, occupied television screens in thousands of homes for just on three hours from 8.15 p.m. until 11.10 p.m. To introduce the actors amil actresses to the unseen audience, captions were flashed on screens in place of programmes.

SHIRALA TILAWA SANTHIA TALMA

10,000 1st July

1. Apcar Line Steamers have excellent accommodation for lat and 2nd Class passengers.

TANDA NANKIN NELLORE

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (SOUTEL)

Regular monthly

to Australia.

BEHAR NANKIN RAWALPINDI "SOUDAN TILAWA CHITRAL

CORFU TALMA!

Cargo only.

7.000 3rd June..

7,000 th Aug.

sailings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and Irkong

Hong Kong to Bydney-10 days.

SAILINGS TO BHANGHAI & JAPAN.

7,000 8th June

17,000

8th June. 7,000), 8th June 000ʻor.j. 8th June 18.000 22nd June 14,500) 6th July: 10,000 6th July

Shanghai & Japan.

Shankhat & Japan, Shanghai & Japan. Japan. Shanghai & Japan. Shanghai & Japan. Japan. CONT

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice, Parcel measuring not more than 8 c.kit, will be received at the Company's Once up to noon on the day previous to sailing unde

For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freight, etc.

Poning MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Phone TILL

And here l'a soune front the musical comedy itselff wali-Binnie Hale in I your number: "4 broadcast, whileh Involved préparations unique in the as yet brief history of television, would not have been possible without the most complete co-operation between the theatre management and the BBC The result was a fine example of the possibilities of this form of entertainment;

Connaught 3.2.

· 6,000, 31st-May

Shanghai & Japan.

apply

́ ́Agenti

DESTROY

Fleas!

Sprinkle KastingV wherever there are fiend-

'and 'sleep in posca-bat

KEATING'S KILLS

BEITLES,MOTHS,FLEAS etczeven Büge BUT IT MUST BE HEATING'S

COUNT THES.

Colombo

Delhi Galle

Howrah

Hongkong

Every

HONGKONG BRANCH

description of Banking

Exchange-Business-transacted:...........

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTÓNSMP

UNDERTAKEN.

and

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be, ascertained on application.

D. DENSON,

Manager.

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.

N. Y. K. LINE

(NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA,) From EUROPE and STRAITS, The Motor Vessel

"YASUKUNI MARU,” having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared by the 6th June, 1930, will be subject to rent.

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Co.'s representa- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays nt 2.30 p.m. within the free storage cf period. For the examination damaged dutiable goods, the con- signees must arrange for a Revenue Officer to be present.

All claims must be presented with in ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.

No, claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns,

No fire insurance has been effected. "IL (NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA.

Hongkong, 30th May, 1930.,

WESTERN OCCULTISM Lecture Scheduled For Theosophical Society-

At the usual weekly public meet ing of the Theosophical Society to-morrow at 6 pm., Jocture will be given by Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ on the Comte de Baint-Germain. This mysterious and fascinating in- dividual, who many, belleve to be the leader of Western Occultism at the present time, has aroused much interest of Intes: [

The Lodge Room of the Manuk Lodge of the Theosophical Society is at BB Chater Road, where there is a

TELEGRAPHS "brary of several hundred volumes

EVERYWHERE

en Theosophy Spiritualism and decuit matters o

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