THE CHINA MATE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1952,
Stormy Debate Over New Taxation
In France
Paris, Dec. 21.
The French Premier, M. Antoine Pinay, to- night put the question of confidence on a clause in the Finance Bill raising the tax on alcohol by 25 per cent.
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The money provided by this additional taxa- tion would go towards additional credits for war veterans and housing..
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The clause was proposed by the great majority of the the leftist radical deputy, M. Assembly seemed in favour of Roger Secretain, who said that more credits for veterans and this extra taxation would pro-reconstruction, these resources vide 11,000 million francs more revenue.
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were best met by additional re- venue from Increased' alephol taxation.
The Government proposed to use 8,500 million franes of the
M. Pinay was led to make the clause n thatter of conadence because he sensed that the over-extra revenue on reconstruction whelming majority of the Na- and 3,500 million froncs on tional Assembly was favourable veterans. to increased credits for veterans and housing.
M. Pinoy, in a speech in the Assembly tonight, said he had filed to balance the Budget without extra taxes, but since
BONN
The Reconstruction Minister, M. Clauditis Petil, sald: "France must choose between drink and housing. I want the women of France to know who drink to housing.". the deputica are who preter
THIRD MOTION
The extra 8,500 millions; hei said, would provide 12,000 new houses.
This is the third mation of
TREATY IN confidence put by M. Pinay: it
DANGER
Berlin, Dec. 21.
It is now clear that German ratification of the European and the Bonn Treaties is in grave danger.
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will be
voted after i am. on according to DO
The an, 48 hours have to elapse between the tabling of a mollen and the vole itself,
The other two voles of con Adence will take place on Mon- day,
Duchess At Palace
The Duchess of Kent, wearing a close-fitting hat, atrives at Buckingham Palace to lunch with the queen after her Toturu from Greece, where she spent a short holiday following her extensive tour of the Far East, Neuterphoto,
British Jews Protest
London, Dec. 21. British Jews today pro "Anil tested against the Semitism" shown At the Prague treason trial and declared that anti-Semitic propaganda might bring dangerous
consequences upon the broken remiants of Jewry in East Europe,
red by A meeting sponsored the Board of Deputies of Although Herr Ollenhauer, various deputies, mostly from
British Jews passed
TO leader of the Socialist Oppost-the wine-growing
solution In of
protest against lon, has agreed to a private southern France, for
statements made, at the putting meeting with Dr Adenauer this private interests before those of
trial in which 11 of 14 26- weck, there is no suggestion the nation.
cused were said to be Jews. that they are likely to sink
Reuter, their differences,
The Socialists have declared
Tonight's debate was particu- Inly atcery: there were shouls of Holadayall" when the Recon- struction Minister
attacked
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Many
deputies, trem, thess wine-growing areas, whatever their political parties, have sid →→Hcutor?
figain that they will oppose the they still vote against the clause N.
treaties in their present form, even if a new Parlament is elected.
ELECTION CALL
Her Ollenhauer's demands for fresh elections before the third reading of the Treaties B was put to the Bundestag yesterday.
During the past few days the Bonn Parliament, the Constitu- tional Court at Karlsruhe, even the President, Professor Heuss,
have been criticised,
Iraq Cabinet
Reshuffle
ZEALAND
APPEAL BY
ENVOY
Bayonets For Planes; Buffers For Ships
SHOWING
TO-DAY
CAPITOL
SOME QUEER INVENTIONS
London, Dec. 21,
The Patent Once has just celebrated its cen- tenary with an exhibition which threw a spotlight| on some curious aspects of human inventiveness.
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The main part of the exhibition was of PRINCESS & CAPITOL
straightforward Inventions and historical docu- ments. Officials with a sense of humour devoted another section to curious inventions.
A Mr Charles Blake, for instance, invented buffers for ahips just 100 years ago. Hu Iden was that I ship had evili- alone at sen, the buffers Would not only break the impact, but would
automatically reverse-the 'engines."
There was a Miss Clarz Louis Wells, who invented a method of tapping vokonic power for the use of Industry.
The idea, rather difficult ip
understand, wor to set up "centres" in
various parts of the world, which would draw volcanle heat into appropriate receptacies, furnished with tubes.
Pillar-Box
Arouses Scots' Ire
London, Dec, 21.
A Glasgow newspaper has received an anonymous fele phone call saying that an official at an ironworks producing new pilior - boxes, carrying the The various wars of the last 11 Belpher, and an Edin 100 years produced some par- burgh magistrate who unvelted one of the now boxes recently had been "threatened with re- prisals," The caller said:
"Mr P.
Ure works,
ticularly curious inventions.
One literally "put the cart before the horse.”
ALUMINIUM DIB
was probably
The idea
one in the days whet were drawn by horses.
the 1914-18
war
of Carron Iron- Balille
And
Jamen of Edinburgh,
follow within
they ever
good Kuns
have already received threatene The inventor of the apparatus ing telephone calls from us in explained that it was always connection with the part they better to keep
in the unveiling ceremony played a gun pointed
of the
II Elizabeth towards the enemy Washington, Dec. 21.
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plilar-box Israel's Ambassador Abba having to achieve this end by
by They have been threatened with Eban, made a bid today
that will reprisals for turning the horse around. with hia direct negotiations
thirty-six hours During
taice country's Arab nelihbours, say someone invented bayonets for
another such cere- part in United that
Nations aeroplanes.
if Carron Ing
mony or if
Ironworks Other queer ideas were a
over makes another pillar-box mediation had bogged down.
hygienic fluminium bit com
with
#th the numeral 'II.' Israel and the Arab Statea plete with trough - tô catch
"Don't treat th tes a joke. are now left along to develop whilever might fall, reversible The organisation which I
repre their own agreements on their trousers and a bell which rahig
ta matter as o relationship," the envoy whenever its wearer snored. said in a radio broadcast.
A German Invented wrist
to "stop
the Bow of bands juice down the sleeves - when
crayfish. eating cray
own
Mr Eban dented a charge talle recently by Mr Charles Mailk, Minister from the Lebanon, the the danger in the Middle East was a threat of aggression from Palestine.
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VACUUM CLEANER One man Invented à rocking chair Vacuum cleaner before the days of electricity.
"It is we who offer 11011
The idea was for a husband aggression pacts," Mr Eban sald, to be able to sit, in his chair, would actuate a suction bellows. fuse them...
LOÁN ISSUE is the Arab States who re- which a rocking motion
IN LONDON
The President had asked the Karlsruhe Court for advice on against the country's election day. whether the treaties called for ་. change in the constitution. When the Court decided to fla decision binding he make withdrew his request. He was Accused of favouring Government
"And yet they say it is they who need assurance against aggression. There is a contradic tion here."-Reuter,
Windsors Arrive
In America
The Duke and Duchess of
Go and the per-
ishtwoon it and
The
the Gove any concerned will be made an example of
of if they do not heed- nk warnbox was unveiled within 30 botins whe in Edininings a fortnight ago and with tar. A gelignito
daubed bomb, three inches long, addressed to the -Postmaster-General, was contained
pus in the box. If about half a pound of explosive,
This was connected to a pipe a detonator, a six inches of with which his wife could clean thitise Wit her carpets.
Oue of the simplest inventions Pope To Attend.
was by Emily Hunter of Leeds. It was for the preservation of ferns.
Miss Hunter said: "My inven-
tion consists in simply ironing the fern in its natural state with 'a hot irah."—Reuter.
A Concert
Vatican City, Dec. 21.. Pobo Plus XII will in week's time make one of his rare excursions beyond the bounds of the Vatican City to attend a special concert of
of the Pope's Music.
Maestro Perosi was con- gratulated today oh his 80th
Empress Of Japan's Don Lorenzo Peros!, the Master
Sister In Italy
Auckland, Dec, 21. A £10,000,000 sterling loan is Baghdad, Dec, 21. to be raised in London for New day in the Cabinet of General print project,
Changes were announced to-Zealand's big Murdpara news. planned to go Nureddin Mahmud, who became into production
within three Prime Minister of Iraq last years, the Prime Minister, Mr
after month
demonstrations Sidney. Holland, announced to
laws.
Mr Holland, back, from the
New York, Dec. 21. Minis- Abdul Rahman Jawdat takes Commonwealth Prime
Conferency in Windsor arrived In the Cunard over the Ministry of Communiters' Economie
Queen Mary today to cations and Works, which Abdul London, said the loan would be liner the Sassoul Khalisi had temporarily raised at a time to be arranged. spend a few days in New York It was not-proposed to go on before--going--to Tallahassee,
the **combined with the Ministry of
market for about a year but Florida, for quail shooting. Even now the way is not Justice.
money would definitely be élébr zor. o straight decision, for Majid Mustafa, who combined
The Duke told reporters they br against by the members of the portfolios es Social Affairs uvallable when required.
Mr Holland said: "As an in- would stay in the Valled
of dication
the price we will States for three or four months. have to funds, the present rate is around.
pay for the London | Reuter. 44 per cent."
the Bundestag, Dr Adenauer's and Economics, resigned today. request for a ruling on whether the treaties can be ratified by a simple majority is still before the Court. No decision is likely this month or next.
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Dr Nad
El Pachachi now becomes Minister of Economies, while Sarid Qazaz, Governor of Mosul, becomes Minister of Social Affairs-Reuter.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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the
The Murupara newsprint, pulp and timber project, to be.
developed on North Island, 13 Look for me by believed to be capable of pro-
ducing 110,000 tons of news-moonlight,, print annually-Reuter.
Scrooge In Taipei
Taipei, Dec. 21.
A local newspaper today complained that many people In Formosa were sending pretty expensive Christmas and New
Year: cards and said this was contrary to the goveranent's austerity programme.
Some greeting cards, it assert- ed, cost as much as the equiva- lent of U.S.$8.00 at the offeint rate of exchange.
That, said the Hua Poo, was much too much money, an ex-
Watch for me by
moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight,
Though hell should
bar the way.
THE HIGHWAYMAN
travagance that could and EMPIRE
should well be avoided.—Asso- cinted Press.
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