Home television entertainment from six now stations in various parts of Britain is being planned by a group of Beish "financiers. "The" stsiens Which are to be completed within' a Year, will each havea radius. e100 miles." Diferent programmes will be transmitted by cache every. day on ultrashort wavelengths of six {9 soe a half metres. This means that Seventy-five per cent. of the. Pish Buble will be able to look Into flee vised performances. Arrangements {or making home televisrs. for receiving these transmissions of sound and pi tures are ready to go forward large scale. A special study of local requirements 's to govern the choice programmes, and the ce-operation fa prominent entertainment corpora, tion ig assured. "The system is entre:
Beitgh, and all that is needed now forthe service to be pit into apert. tion isthe oficial "sanction of the Postmster-General and' Parliament Parliament will be given an oppor: shortly, funity'"to ive its" opinion maintained. The impression created) by recent events is that behind the splendid facade which the average resident in Shanghai sees there mass of building grievances which demands the speediest possible rectiftation, It does not in the Toast times after long weeks at sea are sub-Jected. Had they no where to go, were there not people willing to tend to them a cordial hand Provide them with entertainment to: offset their loneliness, it requires no articular power of imagination to fancy what would happen to so many Of them. Their duties so often prevent them going to their churel matter whether any attempt to place mission takes the Church to. them, original responsibility is made or not; fortifies them against. temptation, that, in all' the circumstances, might gives them - "human Prove a futile proceeding, but there is an ever-growing ease' in. favour! of considerable reform to be carries out as quickly as possible. The profit of the few canna: be allowed, to stand in the way of changes in the resent system which should serve to minimize the danger of a recurrence of these tragedies. It is a matter which is commencing to lie heavily on the consciences of the more thinking section of the population and unless something is done to allay the disquiet which is manifest the reo sponsibility of those in charge of such matters as these will be greatly intensified. It can be readily admitted that the council has a Tot of matters on its hands which cry Out for immediate attention, but the angers under which the more mar: culate section of the population of Shanghai live and earn their daily bread should surely have a priority of attention. fon ship and imports a little brightness into the lives of men spent 0 Tong away from their homes. It would be a lasting disgrace to Shanghai and standing evidence ack of appreciation for good and valuable work done, if this appeal were to fall on dear ears, There are 80 many demands upon the charity able purse of this port that an extra tone in these times seems like add-greatly to the burden; ut Shanghai has rarely failed to respond heartily to an appeal of this nature and it is in the belief that will not do so this time that this ondorsement is given to the chaplain's Fequest for more assistance,
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