GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1929, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

DECLARED INSANE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right) (Received this clay at 8.30. n.ni.) LONDON, May 13. Rossak was declared insane and was removed to an asylum, tho Thirrot murder charge not proceeding. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. LONDON, May 13. In view of the, backwardness of British attempts at wireless telephony Australiawards tlie Australian press has invited Doctor Ivoomans, Chief of the Dutch Radfo Laboratory, to indicate the factors off success of the repeated Dutch conversations Javawards and Sydneywards. Koomans says he used a directional beam wave-length of 18.4 and 38.08 metres, 32 killowatts power. He recently had 'an outstanding success in daytime with a neu transmitter of 16.3 metres, unfading in any wave-lengths and no atmospherics on the two lower ones. He admits it is virtually impossible for Dutch nighttime to get efficient communication. EXHUMED BODY. POISONING PROVED. > _ May 13.. In connection )vitli 'JjJio /Mastcrton. poisoning case Wi May jjhiji.rtlie Coroner found that death was due to ajr-:sonic-.poisoning, -ndiWftifstered at It is home, but.pvhethcr;.hjfi.lfolly;vadminis- , Gored there was instiffifiunt'evjdon'ce p determine. PURCHASE E()R.;LIBRARyK \ f • .. . , r .-LONDON;' mf' .l3.| Tl,lord on behalf of the Commonwealth Mitchell Library bought for £7600 all Sir Joseph Banks letters except the first lot of letters written in Rio do Jancrio, which the dealer, Quariteh, bought for £320. CHINESE AIRMAN.- • RECORD ELY. ('Received this dav at 0. a.m.) ... SHANGHAI, May . 13.5 Captain Cheinyonlin.,arrived at Amoy piloting an Avro-Avinn t-'o-enginofl ,aeroplane, (roiip : England.G uous welcome was accorded the aviators' on 'the,, ocqasifln, :.pf t tl)s- ;grejitesl ' long distance flight in Chinese history, xno flight from Croydon occupied two months. I

w.o'gill TL 'WILKINS. ! • ...;; ;. ;y< 1 ■ /-. (; ; . ’ FRI EDR TO 11 SH A FEN,' May ; 13. ; ’ . Sir D-Wilkins who will he a passenger on the Graf Zeppelin, which leaves on Wednesday on a trans-Atlantic flight, hopes to return to London within a month.