WIRELESS PROGRESS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11549, 28 January 1932, Page 3

WIRELESS PROGRESS

SHORT WAVEBAND ULTRA SHORT WAVES.

• LONDON, December 12. The present «hort-wave band i s o-cnerallv understood to lip Rom 12 •metres 'to 80 motres wavelength, and this band is coming into ln.iveadmr use for broadcasting owing to the” great distances oyer which the programmes can be broadcast on these short waves. Large numbers of American stations broadcast on 'wavelengths from 20 to 60 metres and there is a steady lilcreaye m aM parts of the world in the .installation of short-wave stations. Dr it itsli Empire short-wave programmes will in a short time be broadcast from England at suitable hours for all parts of the Empire. At present a great many over.seas listeners in various parts of the Env pire are principally dependent upon America and other countries for their programme’s, owing to the unsuitability either of the wavelength or of the time of British transmissions.. A new series of wavelengths has now been brought within the range of practical use by recent work which has been done by Senator Marconi qnd Ids staff. Successful transmissions have been made in Italy ever a distance of 25 miles with a wave’ength of 50 centimetres, o r only one hundredth part of the average short-wave use of the present time. The first transmissions on these ultra, short waves were made over a distance of eleven miles, and Senator Marconi has stated that he anticipates that they are useful for distances up to about one hundred miles and that the equipment necessary in connection with them is of very simple character. As the hundred miles could la* increased by relaying to much greater distances the possibilities of the dew wave hand are verv great. It is probable that one of their main uses will be in. giving efficient telephonic communication to ismall islands where the cost cf laying s.ubmarino cables has been prohibitive or where the cost of communication by submarine cable is too high to be generally employed. The opening up of a new wave hand also will tend to help very considerably in preventing further overcrowding of tiro wave hands at present iu general use.

Once upon a time toasted tobacco was quite a novolty. People knew all about - toasted cheese, and toasted kidneys—but toasted tobacco ! To-day every smoker knows that toasting tobacco (rather a costly and elaborate process) rids it of most of its nicotine, thus removing a common cause of throat irration. It takes out every bit lof “bite’’ and seals in the flavour of the world’s finest tobacco. Tb is'tho delicious mellow richness of /the New Zealand product that distinguishes it from the imported brands some of which contain far more of the poisonous nicotine than is .wise for anv smoker constantly to inhale. But the immense popularity of the New 'Zealand goods has had the usual result. It has brought a number of imitations into the field. So when buying remember that the genuine toasted article is.confitied to four brands: “Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3. Cavendish and Out, Plug No. , 10. They range from a mild aromatic to a full-flavoured tobacco such as the old smoker always prefers. —227.