demonstration of the _possibilities of the wi and telegraph was given on Monday at the Y.M.C.A. by Professor C. H. Robertson, of the Lecture Department, to an attendance of between two and three hundred Chinese. Professor Robertson had fitted up all the necessary apparatus for the sending and receiving of messages and he carefully explained the uses of sending and receiving stations. He spoke of the valuable services which may ko rendered ships at sea by; means of wireless and gave practical demonstrations of how the messages are sent and received. In conclusion he announced that 2 series of lectures, for students who wished to go into the subject more in detail, would be commenced later this week and said it was hoped ultimately to organize science clubs in the Settlement.
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