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The
Managing Diracles
China Mail
No. 27,154
BRITISH BUDGET
"RESPECTABLE AND SOLID"
TEA DUTY
ABOLISHED
Income Tax And Supertax Unchanged
THE BETTING TAX REPEALED
Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yester- day introduced his much anticipated Budget before a crowded House of Commons. He intimated that he had a "respectable and solid budget," claimed that the Government had saved £7,500,000 yearly "compared with what Labour Government had saved while they were in office in 1924."
The Civil Supply Services would be reduced by £5,500,000. The obligations imposed by existing Debt Contracts had fallen in four years by £175,000,000, "representing almost exactly what Mr. Lloyd George proposed to spend in two years in trying to win the General Election-a nation's meagre savings to be butchered to make a showman's holiday"-(a sally which provoked loud Minis- terial Cheers).-
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The Betting Tax would be repealed. Income Tax and Supertax would remain unchanged. The Tes Duties would be abolished,
The total estimated expenditure for 1929-30 was £822,584,000 and the full revenue £820,680,000, leaving an estimated surplus at the end of 1929-80 of £4,096,000.
J
ROADS AND BRIDGES CONCESSION
London, Yesterday. Members arrived at the House of Commons early, several before seven o'clock this morning, in order to secure their seats for the Intro- duction of the Budget, in which un- usual interest is taken this year, as it is expected that to some ex- tent it will indicate ment's
the
It is generally conceded that Mr. Llyod George has given the Liberals the initiative in the election battle with his unemployment pledge, and Conservatives are hopeful that Mr. Winston Churchill will to-day give their Party an election cry.
The Totals
The total estimated expenditure for 1929-30 was £822,584,000 and the full revenue £526,680,000, leav ing an estimate surplus at the end of 1929-30 of 24,095.000.
the
HONG KONG,
ESTABLISHED
1846
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1929. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
TWO MORE YANGTSZE TEACHER STABBED BETTER PHONE
SHIPS HIT
CHINESE KILLED
U. S. VESSEL REPORTS BEING UNDER FIRE
GENERAL WARNING ISSUED
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN
SHAMSHUIPO
EARLY MORNING RAID
SERVICE
WORK IN HAND
OPENED...
LINE TO CANTON?
A cutting and wounding affair, NEW KOWLOON EXCHANGE NOW for which there is no apparent in motive at present, occurred Shamshulpo early this morning.
The affair occured at No. 165,
"Your Eyes Are Bale With Bi
N. LAZARUS Hong Kong's Only European Optician
Established Over Forty Years). Manager:-RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist by Canadian Govt. Exam. FLO. (London) (Personal Attention).
COMEDY COMPANY
***THARK". PRODUCED BY BANVARD ARTISTES
A HAUNTED HOUSE Thark is the name of the house that is the cause of all the trouble in this comedy of ridiculous situa- tions. A haunted house in itself is promising material. When it is! invaded on the same night by the
SMUGGLERS' DEN AT CHAIWAN ?
"BACKER'S ISLAND".
REVENUE OFFICERS SEIZED SPIRITS OF WINE
ARE WOMEN PUNISHED LESS
Mr. E. W. Hamilton, First Police of a
The 8.8 "Oahu" (under the Namcheung-street, occupied by a That the management of the Hong American flag) reports being fired Chinese school-master named. Chang Kong Telephone Co, Limited, is indignant purchaser, a party of Magistrate, in the course upon heavily between mileage 9 and Fei. Three men suddenly appeared not deaf to the complaints frequent investigation, an alluring mine who revenue case this morning, referred known as 6 above Iohang; and the 88. in the house at about 5.30 pm. ly made by subscribers, may be "never goes out with strangers," a to Chatwan ... (also "Iping, steaming in company, had The only occupants were Chang Fei evinced from the fact that work reporter whose mysterious appear "Barker's Island"), on Hong Kong'e one passenger killed and another and a small boy, who were then for a better service is in rapid pro-ances and disappearances reduce the east coast, outside Lyemun Pass, asleep, and were consequently taken gress, and that it is expected that household to jelly with terror, and as a convenient place for smugglers. Spirits of wine were seized from wounded, both Chinese.
Shipping on the Middle and Up- by surprise.
at the beginning of next year, long by a butler suitably ramed Death, Only one of the three intruders Kong will have a Telephone service who asks in tones of sinister import two native craft yesterday. Dur- when the gentlemen will have their ing one prosecution, Chief Preven- per stretches of the Yangtze River has been warned of the dan were armed. He carried a dagger, second to node. ger of firing, H.M.S. "Tera" having with which he proceeded to stab the The magnificent new building in call," things begin to happen very tive Officer S. J. Clarke said that women "are certainly taking the suffered three casualties on April 18 school-master several times on the Nathan-road, Kowloon, opposite the quickly.
It would on the President Apartments, was complet-
not be fair to to- responsibility in these smuggling the cases more and more." Whether when above Ichang, evacuating head and face and once
ed recently and the Company has night's audience to disclose
& softer time women "got held-up merchant vessels.-British stomach.
The boy was awakened by the already installed therein a com- story in any detail, but it is per- the Naval Wireless.
sound of the struggle, and the school-pletely new automatic plant,, which missible to tell them in strict con- "inside"" he did not know.
The finshing junk at Chaiwan, had master, of course, put up a hard arrived only a couple of weeks ago. fidence that there is a really funny the first to contain only the neces-struggle for life after he had re-Further shipments are expected, and bedroom scene, of which the crown- & number of jars containing the sary provisions for the protection ceived the first wound. The lad in conversation with a "China Mail"ing point is the vision of the two spirits of wine on which duty (of of revenue, such as the Income Tax, jumped out of bed and at the sight representative this morning, Mr. investigating heroes sitting side by $76) had not been paid and also a
of repeal
the Tea the
and of the three strange men attacking J. P. Sherry, said "Unless something side in bed, round-eyed with fear, number of empty jars.
the taking courage from glasses.
$10,700 Duty Betting Duties, while all the com- his master, he became panic-stricken very untoward happens to
manufacturers, we do not see why R. Heaton Grey and Bardy Rus- Two defendants, a woman and a plicated consequential, clauses would and started to sell.
automatic tele-sell gave be left to the next Parliament.
we can not have
us a place of excellent mau, claimed that they had been fooling. Ormiston Miller, the hired as carriers, ignorant of the "filleted Sheik," was convincingly facts, and that the goods had come doleful, but cheered visibly in the from Macao. The Hicence was in last act, when he was no longer the name of a man who was dead. lonely by himself." Reginald Tip-Deceased was the woman's husband. pett as the butler, C. V. Wallace as! On representation from Mr. Jones (Death), and Thomas Sleigh Clarke, his Worship imposed the as the reporter all acted with skill maximum fine of $500 (or three and spirit. Annie Chippendale, as monthe hard labour). Mr. Clarke · Mrs. Frush, gave, a delightful fro- also said that smuggling... was pression of a thoroughly vulgar very hard to put down. nouvelle riche: her voice, her move-
In the other case, of which Re- ments and her clothes were bao-venue Officer W. Ward had charge, lutely true to type. Josephine the unpaid duty on the spirits of dis- wine Kilfoyle (Cherry Rock) was
amounted to $10,700. The tinctly attractive as the siren who normal value is only about 65 cents was the root of the trouble. The gallon, but as much Chinese other parts were in the capable "amshu" can be made from a gal bands of Kathleen Vaughan, Valon-lon, the duty is $10 per gallon. tine Clemow and Elana Aherne.
Judging by the merriment of the audience the production was a unqualified success, and every seat should be filled to-night
He was quickly quietened, how Budget Resolution
ever, by the man with the dagger The House of Commons, agreed striking him with the weapon. to the Budget resolution, including The point of the dagger scratched. the repeal of the tea and betting the lad's throat, casing a slight duties, and then adjourned-Reuter.
ANOTHER REPORT
Fresh Details of Great Interest
The British
wound.
After Chung Fel had been ren- dered unconscious by the injuries inflicted on him, the three men left, the house without attempting to steal anything.
Immediately after the three iner Wireless report had left the boy went to the Sham- shuipo Police Station and reported the con- the matter.
Government's Expenditure Mr. Churchill stated that the Govern-Government during the past five! election programme, and years had spent 300,000,000 on says:- thus mark the real beginning of the housing. roads and agricultural A steady decline in
The Police went to the house and General Election campaign.
development; also on trade facilities sumption of alcoholic liquor was and the reorganisation of due to the change in the - removed the unconscious school- electricity. They
proposed to tional beverages. After making master to the hospital, where up to increase
of full allowance for trade condithe time of going to press he had percentage grants for the maintenance tions, he could not estimate. for not yet regained consciousness. The and construction
boy also bad his injury attended to of roads and more than £79,000,000. bridgea by from: 33 to 60 per cent.. The exchange, activity and flota- at the hospital. according teclassification and an tion of new companies had yield- The boy dowl hot know any of the The House of Commons was additional grant of 15 per cent. ed 2,000,000 last year and he es- three men who wounded his master, crowded, the Prince of Wales and would be given in respect of all timated a further growth this year, and was also not aware if Chang Fet many Peers, Dominions' representa-schemes in which not less than 50 bringing the total to £2,000,000 had enemies or not. tives, being in the galleries.
men would be above the estimate of last year, and he eitimated a further growth Unemployment
this year would bring the total to The Government's deliberate view £31,000,000. He estimated to re- was that unemployment could only ceive this year $1,700,000, the same be reduced normally by a revival of as from excess Profits duty and industry generally, which was far Corporation profits and £58,000,000 more preferable to setting unem-from super tax. ployed to work on road construction and other forms of public work.
per cent.
of the
Mr. Churchill said that in spite drawn from depressed areas. of injury by the general strike and the folly of 1926 by which the Ex-| chequer had lost at least £8,000,000 they had realised a respectable and Solid Budget and a surplus. The prosperity of the country had been maintained with a steady advance, and it was a good sign that there had been a record consumption of tea and sugar and a notable decline in the consumption of alcohol.
"A Showman's Holiday" Mr. Churchill claimed that the Government had saved £7,500,000
[This was regarded by his heaters Mr.
Total Receipts
EUROPEAN'S LOSS
GOLD WRIST WATCH FROM KOWLOON Y.M.C.A,
FOUND IN A PAWNSHOP
Inquiries were made by
the
The total receipts from taxes Police following a report by Mr. L. Churchill estimated at Jeeves, occupant of room No. 142, As a counterblast to Mr. Lloyd 2674,650,000. From non-taxed re at the European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, George's scheme.]
Tea Duty Remission Explaining the Tea Duty remis-
venue
he expected to receive that between 8.46 a.m. and 9.10 $79,290,000, making the total of a.m. on Sunday, during his absence, ordinary. revenue £753,940,000. a gold wrist (Elgin) watch with a yearly in armaments compared with sion. Mr. Churchill said that al- Ordinary expenditure was estimi gold chain bracelet, valued at $70,
De
the year that the Labour Govern- ment was in office. The civil supply services would reduced by £5,500,000 and the obligations im- posed by the state by existing debt contracts had fallen in four years by £175,000,000, representing al- most exactly what Mr. Lloyd George proposed to spend in two years in trying to win a 'general election- "the nation's meagre savings to be butchered to make a showman's holiday." (Loud Ministerial Cheers).
of taxation.
Betting Tax Repealed
Mr. Churchill announced that the
ated at £741,964,000, so that he were stolen. anticipated a surplus of 11,976,- 000.
No New Taxes
No new taxes would be imposed this year. On the other hand, Mr. Churchill stated that the Tes Duty would be immediately removed at a cost of £6,000,000,
"A Failure"
One tax for which he had been responsible had been a failure. That was the betting tax. It had been more trouble than it was worth. The tax on bookmakers' turnover would be immediately re- of the tes pealed. The bookmaker, in future,
Mr. Winston Churchill
though three-quarters
drunk in Britain was produced would pay £10 a year for certificate.
Both articles were recovered in the Yau Sang pawnshop, Sham- shaipo, yesterday. The pawnbroker states that the articles were pledged by "a European," whose identity has not yet been established.
PRIMATE'S TRIP
WHY HE IS NOT GOING TO-
JERUSALEM
THE ONLY REASON"
London, Yesterday,
BUDGET AT A GLANCE
On basis of existing taxa-
tion Estimated expenditure:
£741,964,000. Estimated revenue: £753,940,000 Estimated
£11,976,000. Betting Tax repealed. Bookmakers to pay licence duty for telephones of £40 per year, estimated to pro-
duce £500,000.
surplus:
Minor concessions in respect of drink licence holders, harbour dues, and tele- phones (rural), Reducing surplus to $10,546,
9.000.
Super lax and Income-tax- unchanged.
Super-tax revenue: £58,000,-
000.
cocoa
Tea duty-Abolished. Coffee, chicory and duties unchanged. Grants for maintenance. of roads and bridges increas- ed from 83 to 60 per cent. Additional grant of 15 per cent, for schemes drawing 50 per cent. on men from distressed areas.
Total receipts from taxes:
£674,650,000.--
Receipts from non-taxed re-
venue: £79,200,000, No new taxes.
Estimated expenditure:
£822,584,000.
Estimated revenue:
£826,680,000.
Estimated
£4,096,000,
surplus:
phones in the entire Colony and over in the Peninsula in the early part of next year"
Craft Without Lights
A Police launch was crossing the harbour from Laichikok when a junk, without lights, was noticed. The latter did not reply when hailed. A slight hitch apparently occur- A seaman on the launch (formerly red during the change of scene in a Revenue Officer, it was stated) saw the third act, but this will no doubt something being thrown overboard be remedied in future performances from the junk. The junk was cap-
WHO'S WHO
The Personnel of the Players
tured and the spirits found. In this case the maximum fine ($500) was also imposed on two men, the alternative (given by Major C. Wil- son, O.B.E.), however, being stx months' hard labour.
In the Chaiwan case the man was
It is always interesting to know, when one goes to the theatre, just discharged because he was an em- who one is going to see and what ployee. Mr. Hamilton said that he the various actors or actresses have did not think it fair to convict a done in the past and, as a result we roki, as distinct from a partner, publish the following with a view there being no evidence against the to showing that the members of the
man.
Banvard Company at present in Orders for confiscation of the Hong Kong have without a single boats and, of course, of the contra- exception a real experience of the
London stage, and that, after all, band, was made in both cases is the hallmark of fame.
NO MERCY
Miss Josephine Kilfoyle, in ad- dition to having understudied Miss Fay Compton and taken a leading SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET AND part with Sir Charles Hawtrey in
NAFTE SENTENCE His Lady Friends," was leading
FLOGGING FOR FARMER lady in "Biddy" an Irish farce, and has also starred in Marie Rose.
Pretoria, Yesterday. When all the necessary plant has: Miss Valentine Clemow has ap
The acting Minister of Justice arrived from Home, there will be an peared at most of London's thea automatic exchange at the Peak, tres with the leading acters and has announced that the Cabinet, Expenditure and Revenue
one in Kowloon (work on this one played a part in the recent success after full consideration, has decided Mr. Churchill estimated the ex-
is now going on) and one in Cen-"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". She that they are unable to recommend penditure of 1929-30 at £741,964,000
tral. Preliminary work preparatory has toured the States and at the the Governor-General to axercise and the revenue, on the existing
of the farmer, A statement from Lambeth to changing the present manual end was selected to play severa! mercy in the case basis of taxation, £758,840,000 giv- within the British Empire, tea from and in addition he would pay a Palace says the only reason why system to the automatic system is important parts on Broadway. Nafte. The lashes will accordingly ing & prospective surplus of Java entered appreciably into the licence duty of £40 for every tele- the Archbishop of Canterbury will now going on, and it is expected
Youngest Film Star
be administered. Reuter. £11,976,000 on the existing baala cheapest brands used by the poorest phone installed in his office. Anot visit Jerusalem is that his host, that within a very short time the Miss Kathleen Vaughan enjoy- [A Capetown telegram, dated people and to retain, for imperial half per cent, would be levied Mr. J. P. Morgan, had been un-Ice House-street Exchange will be the distinction of having been Bri- April 6, stated that a sentence by Bethe!(Transvaal) Circuit reasons, a tax on foreign tea would also on the takings of the totalisa expectedly detained in Paris by moved over to the top floor of the tain's youngest film star and has the
been one of the main causes of the Court of ten lashes and seven years” Betting tax would be immediately exclude from the benefits of the tor which he had been led to be work in connection with the Re-Exchange Building.
popularity of such British films as hard labour on a white farmer, repealed. The bookmaker in future remission the very class the Trea lieve would be a fair equivalent parations Commission-Reuter.
Several Thousands of Lines would pay the present licence duty sury were seeking to benefit. The to the licence duty on bookmak-
The average layman will be az "Handy Andy, The Prince and named Jack Nafte, found guilty of abolition would cost £6,150,000 durers. The yield on these levies of £10, plus 40 yearly duty on
tounded to know that several thou- the Beggar Maid," and "The Old the manslaughter of a native em- every telephone in the bookmaker'sing the present year and he had would be £850,000 in the current
sands lines one of which means a Country". Her stage successes in ployee, has caused a sensation to believe that the year and £900,000 in a full year.
the offices. This was estimated to pro-every reason
telephone in commission--are only clude the role of "Peter Pan and amongst farmers all consumer would benefit by the
Beer and Spirits
country. It is alleged that the duce £500,000 yearly revenue..
connected to a rack not longer than 3 Peter she has toured Britain. There would be a 25 per cent.
thirty feet and about twenty feet in Miss Elana Aherne comes from native was flogged severely, tied by reduction in licences for the retail
a family of actors and has enhanced.
a tree head downwards, height show and sale of beer and spirits, in
Geneva, Yesterday. Our representative was shown its reputation, having had e re and died from shock as a result of Mr. Churchill, defending the silk view of the curtailment of the
The Preparatory Disarmament over the new Exchange where work-markable career of success. With the injuries, which included broken population. The tax was unfair in duties, anid the imports of foreign hours of sale since the war. This Committee opened this morning men are busily installing the new Sir John, Martin Harvey she play ribs and breastbone. General ed Lucie Manette in The Daly Hertzog has ordered a postponement the honest bookmaker and not by to one-quarter and that British exfull year. Harbour dues would be Twenty nations were represented terminating frame. This rack or Way" and was in the original proof the lashes pending investigation.E
frame has horizontal bars juttios duction of "The Farmer's Wife", and out in spaces of about two feet from each other. Each bar forms the terminating base of twenty num- bers
Mr. Churchill admitted that the immediate reduction of 4. in the Betting Tax had been a failure and 1.
a fiasco"owing to the volatile and
elusive character of the betting
operation because it was paid by
his slippery rival.
Minor Concessions
Sik Duties
nd artificial silk yarn had shrunk would cost nearly £2,000,000 in a
ports had increased by 50 per cent. reducedza
The Home production had risen In ipite of the above-mentioned
26,000,000 to Mr. Churchill announced minor from
-51,000,000 concessions, Mr. Churchill estim concessions to drink licence holders, pounds and 21 factories had atd the budget surplus at £4,095,-
a reduction in certain harbour dues been erected in Britain some1000.
to assist the fishing industry, im- proved telephone facilities in rural districts, and said that these con- cessions would reduce the estimated surplus to $10,546,000,00
by foreign firms.
The nig
Financial Position →→
DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE OPENS AT
GENEVA
Beuter.
GEN, PANGALOS
a leg to
over
CONGRESS MEETS
MEN, LONGWORTH RE- ELECTED SPEAKER
"FORMAL" BUSINESS
Abraham Lincoln". She has also been with Miss Violet Vanburgh,
Miss Annie Chippendale is well- known on the London stage As soon as this frame is connected having played with Mrs. with the underground cables, the Patrick Campbell and ther present Exchange in Ice House late Mr. James Welch. She scored stacct will be discontinued and the a great success in "When Knights one in the Exchange Building will Were Bold" at Wyndham Thea tre, a play that received an 88- be brought into use
Trunk Line To Canton
tounding reception. A trunk line to Canton, as has been A Royal Command announced at the Company's annual Mr. H. 1 Corner began his wonder Mr. Nicholas Longworth was re- House of meeting, le also being considered, ful career with Miss Carrie Tubb elected Speaker of the and in all probabilities, this will whilst sull an amateur. He later Representatives and other formal come to fruition as soon as Canten turned his whole attention to act business was comp The closing rate of the dollar on has re-organised its telephone sys.
tem demand, to-day was 1/11 9/16
Athen Yesterday.. ber of employees in the silk and Reviewing the financial position The ex-Dietator, General Fanga artificial silk industries had risen Mr. Churchill said the period of los has been committed to the from 26,500 to over 70,000, the the Government's term of office Assizes on a charge of firing on the home price of artificial silk yarn was a chequered story. There crowd on the eve of the elections, Income Tax Unchanged * had fallen by 25 per cent, the was the industrial disaster of 1926 [The incident referred to occurred The relief rates for agriculturists quantity of available home con- but after two years of quiet, to November of last year.]
sumption had increased by 50 per there had been a sensible improve cent, and the tax produced had ment in the situation. The unv- assured a revenue of over £6,000,000 ings of the smallest class of in- a year
would operate from April 1 instead of from Oct. 10:
Super tax and income tax would be unchanged and the abolition of the tea day would date from April 22. Coffee, cocoa and chicory would be unaffected.
Two Finance Bills Mr. Chorchill also announced that there would be two Finance Bill,
vestors had incressed while the Government had been in power by
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TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
(Continued on Page 9.).
Washington, Yesterday. The Congress met in extra- ordinary session to consider the | Farm Relief Tarii Revision.
Conizens adjourned morrow Reut