"THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 3, 1939
BUDGET DEBATE IN COMMONS
London, To-day.. THE BUDGET DEBATE ́was continued in the Com- mons yesterday when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury claimed that the response of tax- payers to the Budget had been truly remarkable and was one more sign, if sign were needed, of the determination of the British people to con- tribute in the financial sphere to the winning of! the war.
Something like £888,000,000 would be obtained as a result of the April Budget, and £197,000,000 from the present budget.
EARTHQUAKE IN BEHAR
London, To-day.
There was an earthquake in Behar Provinės yesterday morn- ing.
There were "two shocks, se- parated by about a minute, and the second one shook houses quite severely.
Many people hurriedly left their homes and some were in- jured in the rush for safety. There is no official casualty list. -Reuter.
ADVICE TO LOCAL
Such figures were truly remarkable, yet in a full year taxation under this budget would produce not £107,000,- 000 but £226,500,000.
The new rates of income tax, surtax and death duties were going to 'pro- duce far-reaching changes in the lives of thousands of people.
The increases in indirect taxation, too, would be borne with resignation and even cheerfulness by the general body of consumers.
E.P.D.
The excess profits duty had not been unexpected. It would replace the armaments profits duty, on which the House had spent many hours earlier in the year.
That tax was levied only on arma- ment firms but the new tax would fall upoir all firms whether engaged armaments works or not. It was the right sort of tax for wartime.
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Capt. Crookshank informed the House that at the end of last week a circular was sent out to all depart- ments reminding them that the strict- est economy must be exercised over the whole field of public expenditure because of the imperative necessity of husbanding the financial resources of the country so as to make them avail- FOLLOWING THE REPORT OF able to the utmost for purposes of
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To-day, Mak Wun-hing, 19, and Yu Kong, 23, were charged before Mr. Q. A. A. `Macfadyen with the theft.
Det.-Sgt. J. Johnston asked the Magistrate to take a serious view as many such losses had been reported by motorists recently. On Sunday five reports were made to the police. He suggested that motorists,would be better advised not to leave things in their cars parked in the streets.
The second youth was sentenced to two months' hard labour, while the first was remanded for 24 hours for finger prints.
CHOLERA STATISTICS
No fewer than 27 cholera cases and 23 of typhoid were notified to the Medical Department last week. In the same period, there were 12 deaths from cholera and 18 from typhold.
Tuberculosis "notifications totalled -142 of which 98 were deaths register- tered.
Yesterday seven further cholera cases, five of them in Kowloon, in dicated that the fresh outbreak is not beginning to wane. There were also three typhold cases yesterday, and 40 duberculosis.
He renewed, the Labour "criti- cism of the sugar tax and urged retention of existing abate- ments in respect of chlidren and earned Income.
He suggested that the Chancellor might make up the loss of estimated revenue in these concessions by a tax assessed on capital.
believed the country was generally in Sir Percy Harris (Liberal) said he
favour of the emergency Budget pro- posals.-British Wireless.
TURKISH
MISSION
London, To-day. The Turkish military mission is ar- riving in London to-day to discuss military matters of common interest to Turkey and Great Britain.
The mission is headed by. General Orbay, who spent several weeks here earlier in the year, and is already looked upon as an old friend of Bri- tain.
The Turkish mission is sure of a warm welcome.--British Wireless. SIR HOWARD KENNARD IN ENGLAND
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