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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1940
MUTT AND JEFF.
JEFF, WILL YOU WATCH
WHILE I DELIVER
THIS MEDICINE?
SURE, DOC!
I WANT TO BUY. SOME GOOD COSMETICS!
YES, MAM! WE SELL THE BEST!
IS THIS LIPSTICK I DUNNO! BUT.
KISS-PROOF?/ YOU CAN PUT,
SOME ON AND WE'LL TRY IT!
By BUD FISHER
?
HEY, DOC! GOT ANYTHING.
GOOD FOR
A SHINER?
DRUGS
KENYA INCOME TAX INCREASES
A message from Nairobi suy,
that an Income Tax Amendment;
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Bill is to be introduced into the EVER HAD A MORE PLACID ASSEMBLY TO IN Kenya Legislature which will bring many people with smaller ADDRESS THAN THAT FACED BY SIR KINGS- incomes within the scope of taxa- tion and will increase the LEY WOOD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
pay- ments of those in the higher in-
STATES REUTER'S LOBBY CORRESPON- come branches.
The maximum tax will be 10 DENT. shillings in the Pound, the tax-
free limit will be about £200 a There was no excitement before or during
year and family allowances will
be greatly reduced.
Public subscriptions, to Kenya's
the speech. Members had simply assembled
in by the thousands weekly and unalterable purpose
"War Purposes" Fund are rolling to hear what was necessary for the nation's
the Governor has just sent a sec-
to win the war.
not
ond donation of £20,000 to the
The "get your money ready" get but Sir Kingsley Wood made Chancellor of the Exchequer.with which Sir Kingsley Wood it clear that his was merely an Reuter.
was greeted when he began, pro-interim statement. He did vided the keynote to reception of even attempt to strike a balance the speech,
sheet. Members were ready for any- "Be Back Later" thing and were not going to make a fuss about it.
He simply presented
his pro- After the speech there were posals and then said in effect "It three comments:-
is as much as we can ask for at Firstly, not as bad as expected.[the moment: I shall be back later Secondly, pretty grim.
meanwhile save and give to Thirdly, not sufficiently com-the state." activities of prehensive.
Taken as a whole the proposals organisations The last criticism was heard had a good reception.
after Sir John Simon's last Bud-
GOVT. GRANT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Government is making a grant of $6,000 to the Social Service Centre of the Churches to enable this body to continue its work of -co-ordinating the
various charitable
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delty
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13 Pertaining
to the sea 15 Pronoun
10 Steps for
climbing
over a fence
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measure
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that of his church
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force"
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received
opinion..
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Russian Turkestan
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hours
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gold
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mulberry
VERTICAL
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goddess
2 Ceremonial
act
3 Part of
"to be"
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Mongoloid
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song
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first stomach 27 Preposition 20 To repair
20 Roman
garment
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composition 44 English
river
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Some members felt that more money could have been raised by lowering the income tax limits still further and by making the rate of 18/- in the pound apply to incomes much lower than those in excess of £20,000 a |year. --- Reuter.
VICEROY'S WAR FUND
A SIMLA MESSAGE RE- PORTS THAT THE VICEROY'S "WAR PURPOSES" FUND IS NOW OVER *760,000. SUB- SCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN
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The Secretary of State for India has asked the Viceroy to convey His Majesty's appreciation of the gift to the Maharajah.-Reuter.
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