MARSHAL BLUECHER NOT ARRESTED
London, To-day.
REICH TO CANCEL TAX REMISSIONS
Berlin, To-day.
Political circles believe that the The Moscow correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" is reliably Finance Minister intends abolishing, informed that Marshal Bluecher, as from January 1, certain tax fomer commander-in-chief Red Army in the Far East, has not been arrested.
of the remissions.
has Far
than 2 Couples married more years without children will have to pay the same income tax as bache- lors.
in
The correspondent says he been merely recalled from the East, and now occupies a post the Soviet War Commissariat..
Reports in the last few weeks, mainly published in the Nazi and Polish press, had stated that Blue- cher was in disgrace and had been either imprisoned or shot.-Reuter.
CARDINAL'S STEP
London, To-day. Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster, announced his with- drawal from the League of Nations' Union in a letter to its chairman, Lord Cecil, published yesterday.
Cardinal Hinsley said he felt the League of Nations' Union had ceased to be a non-political society. -Trans-Ocean.
of The deduction of the wages domestic servants from the taxable income of the householder is to be disallowed because there is now shortage of domestic servants Germany. Church taxes also not be deducted from taxable in-
come.
a
im
may
It is hoped that these measures in- will increase the annual 'State come by roughly 400 million Marks. The final decision of the Finance Ministry is still under review. Trans-Océan,
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BITING COLD IN RUSSIA
Warsaw, To-day. Terrible cold has settled over Central Russia, state reports from the Moscow itself Moscow. In temperature was 23 degrees Cen- trigrade below zero.
Heavy snowstorms have brought rail and road traffic to a standstill. -Trans-Ocean,
FOUR YEARS FOR YOUTH
Admitting taking part
in
the
REICH AIR PROJECT theft of $2,400, two Chinese youths,
The
Berlin, To-day.
Chan Yik and Leung Yu, were each sentenced to four years' hard labour two-seater plane "Ar 79" by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams, the Criminal Sessions this will start on Monday from the at Arado airworks, Brandenburg-on-morning. Havel, for a flight to Tripoli and then to Australia via Libya, Egypt, Arabia, India and Java. The ob- ject is to demonstrate the capacity at of this type of plane for long
flights. Trans-Ocean.
The R.M.S. "Empress of Russia" from Manila is due at 8.00 a.m. on Wednesday, and will berth Kowloon.
Mr. J. B. Prentis, appearing for the Crown, stated that accused were Li admitted to the premises of Pak-chuen on the night of October 26 last, by employees who had not been arrested.
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SLOVAK DIET DISSOLVED
Prague, To-day.
After the Slovak Diet had been dissolved in view of the forthcom- ing elections for a legislative Diet, has an administrative commission been appointed to carry on public business.
Parliamentary diets in Bohemia and Moravia are also to be dis- solved, reports the "Moravsky- Slazsky Denik."-Trans-Ocean.
A life banishee, Leung Sang, was sentenced to two and a half years' hard labour at the Criminal Sessions this morning by the Acting Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice E. H. Williams.
Charged with robbery Leung Tin was sentenced to three years' hard labour at the Criminal Sessions this morning by Mr. Justice E. H. Williams.
Mr. Y. A. Razack, of No. 28, Caroline Hill Road, was fined $5 by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at
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