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WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fore fast and remarks. issued by the Roya! Observatory at 5.40 p.m. stated :-
paid nearly $19,000 tax on leaf
December tobacco between
and In some provinces March last. there is a tax of 10 cents on every empty wood-oll cask catering or leaving the territory.. Throughout At p.m. this afternoon the Kiangai, Honan, Hunan, Hupeh, typhoon was in the vicinity of Shensi, and Serchuen taxation other Tokyo and the secondary about 60 miles to the .N.E, of Nahs, both than legal Customs duties is on the increase. And the amazing thing is are moving north-eastward,
Loca!
Forceant:-S.W. winds, that the same commodity,may have moderate, fine to cloudy, some local to pay more than one tax-eggs |
arriving at Hankow by rail pay | Zikin, consumption-tax, and Wuhan city egg-tax! There is no likin at Changsha, in Hunan; only tung. shui, or consumption-tax, imposed upon all import cargo. The tax on sulphate of ammonia amounts to 54 per cent. of its value, with the
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HONG KONG, JUNE 7, 1929,
VEXATIOUS TAXATION.
result that it is impossible to do business in Changsha with this com modity. Goods which have paid the "embankment-tax" at Hankow, and are sent further up the river, have to bear the same levy again at Ichang. Wanhsien, and Chungking. In Kaangtung likin is being collect- ed on all goods exerpt kerosene, and on silk goods for export likin, has increased by 30 per cent. over last year's figure. Special taxes are also imposed on sugar, wines, and tobacco.
found, on
According to a police report | Quests of Chile,
Bull-Fighting in Malaya, issued yesterday, the body of au The Commander-in-Chief of the There is to be no more bull-fight- unknown Chinese, aged about 45 German Reichswehr, General Wiling in Kelantan. A little surprise Wednesday helm Heye, with his aide-de-camp, that the sport has been carried on years was right hanging from the sea wall Major von Speck, have lately been until quite recently under official at the end of Jordan Road. The the guests of the Chilean nation recognition is permissible, but we Police are of the opinion that it They were invited for the Chilean have it on the authority of a Army manœuvres, which they Government report that bulls will was a case of suicide.
watched with interest, and were fight no more. The Hon. Mr. R. J. Professor Vernon Nash, of the entertained by the Chilean Army B. Clayton, British Adviser to the Department of Journalism of the and the German calony There Government of Kelastan, in bis re University of Yenching, at Peping, have been differences among the port on the administration of the has been paying a visit to Hong Germans themselves because aotte State during 1929, remarks on Keng. He is on his way back to members of the colony demanded H.H. the Sultan's determination to Feping by the P. & O. Kashgar. the hoisting of the old Imperial suppress public gaming and con- the flag outside their clubs, sports tinues "although the sport was not Yesterday afternoon he met members of the Chinese Institute grounds, and other places visited cruel, in that bull. (and not man) of Journalism at ten.,
by General Heye and refused te could refuse to fight or break take part in the festivities if the off the combat at any moment, His, Republican flag were used, as re- Highness has finally decided to quested by the German Minister to probibit all bull-fighting in Kelan- Chile. After the maneuvres General, tan because of "the reckless gam- Heye left Chile for Argentina to bling of some of his subjects or the- see the manœuvres there. The Pre- results of the fights Thus disap- sident of the Republic, General pears the oldest established and labez, is reported to have told mest popular sport in Kelantan General Heye that he was anxious and one which was not without it: to encourage the immigration into good points in that it helped to im Chile of 50,000 German families. prove the breed of cattle.". The far south of Chile is in need
The คนด of $1,300 has been donated by Mr. Lo Sheung Shiu to endow scholarship at Queen's College in aid of any promising scholar who may find himself un- able to pursue his studies through funds. The scholarship lack of will be called the "Sheung Hing Scholarship," in "memory of the donor's wife.
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of more population, and the Gor-"Play Balll" ernment "has been devoting much attention to the problem.
Brighter Cricket.
if
ry good, and it is only in the pitching department that there is. generally a lack of real talent. The matches between the leading univer- sitice of Tokyo evoke a tremendous. enthusiasm, and the recent game be tween the Koio and Waseda teams
Douglas Gifford and the two VERY valuable service has been
Of all the games that have been Chinese who Are charged with
imported into Japan from foreign rendered by the British Chamber of
countries, baseball stands out pre- Commerce Journa! (the organ of
threats against a Chinese "woman were again before Mr. T. S.
i eminently, as the one that Japanese the associated Chambers in China
What happens to all this money Whyte Bmith at Kowloen Magis and Hong Kong) in securing and
The prize Saging of the Week" youth, particularly of the student | publishing evidence of illegal taxa-collected throughout the country by tracy yesterday. The defendants tion by the Chinese authorities. The levies on import and export trade? are alleged to have claimed to be must surely have been achieved by class, has adopted and nationalized. the Japanese physique and tem- facts given are astonishing, and Is any account kept, and is it ren-representatives of the China Light the member of Parliament who has The ball game is peculiarly suited
dered by the collectors to those & Power Company and accused just remarked that "to use
perainent, and competent judges. are described by the Journal as
a little
have pronounced that the leading the most severe condemnation of the whom it is supposed to benefit? the complainant of stealing eleccricket term, it is hitting National Government ever printed. These are questions for the Chinese tricity at her fat in Canton below the belt." It must be great
prose- fun to see a cricket match which teams of the big universities show so far as commercial affairs are people to investigate, when they feel Road. They threatened to concerned. A questionnaire was ao inclined. Foreign merchants are cute her and asked for "squeeze." is every now and then diversified an excellence of fielding that could sent out to various responsible trade not so much concerned as to what Evidence was given by the step-by a plain, straightforward, and hardly be exceeded in snap and ar- son of the complainant and the altogether legitimate punch on the curacy by a major league team in the States. The batting, too, is organisations throughout China, is done with this money as they are requesting information concerning with the legality of the system case was adjourned until Saturnose. Of course, if a disappointed bowler rushes at the batsman and taxation imposed by local author under which it is collected. Dr. day morning.
kicks him savagely about the shins C. T. WANG, the Minister for ities upon trade activities. The re-
Sportsmen in general.
and the umpire at once delivers a yer plien received by the Journal show Foreign Affairs, has pledged the
action on this cricketers in particular, will be diet of "Out of bounds" and "Ofside," for that form of attack to learn that the "re to what extent the National Govern- Government to ment has succeeded in dealing with matter. He has declared it is the interested the likin system. So far from there intention of the National Govern. turfing of the wicket at the Hong is obviously below the belt. But being any indication of this irrement to see to it as soon as pos. Kong Cricket Club ground is now the enraged cricketer can only pull A. S. WATSON & CO., gular form of taxation being sup-sible" that goods having paid in completed, and it only remains to himself together and remember the
pressed, it would appear from the port duty to the Maritime Customs be seen how it will thrive in the rule about the waistline, quite the States is that the game is quite information which has been collect-shall be free from "all other taxes" "dry" days which
unfortunately, experiencing. ed from various parts of the country whether levied in transit or on
interview with Mr. L. S that it is actually becoming worse. arrival at destination. The pledge
the Club, our representative was Possibly the Nanking authorities was vague as to time, but definite Greenhill, the Hon. Secretary of have some explanation to offer of as to intent, and it would be inter- this extraordinary state of affairs, eating to have some evidence from informed that this season the re- and possibly the publicity given to Dr. WANG as to what progress has turfing has been done on the facts will prompt them to make been made along the lines indicated elaborate scale than in the past. unless rain falls very soon, the a statement for the enlightenment by the statement made six months He also expressed the fear that, age. These are the things that of the public.
really matter when China's rela-pitch may suffer very badly. The turf was obtained from the East tions with the Powers are under
Point Bowling Green, and pro- discussion. Promises must stand vided & plentiful supply of water comparison with performances if is available, it ought to provide a confidence is to be established. The billiard-table" wicket. investigations made by the organ of the associated Chambers of Com merce do not, unfortunately, give ground for belief that the National
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There is no uniformity in regard to the amount of tax levied, nor the alleged objects for which the
1noney is collected.
In Kiangsu
varicus taxes are imposed upon shipments of eggs to Shangbai; in some places the levy is supposed to be for the maintenance of schools,
in others it is for the upkeep of a Government has made any really police force, and elsewhere no in-serious effort to deal with this ques dication appears to be given as to tion of irregular and illegal taxa
man
we are
In
attracted a crowd that taxed the accommodation beyond all limits. between. baseball in Japan and One great and significant difference
number of assaults may be delivered, free now,
with safety. When you are really and truly annoyed with a member of the opposing team it will always be possible to
& more
was decided
Box his ears; Pull his nose; Rap his knuckles; Twist his wrist; Tick him, in the teeth! Stop him in the face; Administer the k.o. with a good
straight left on the jaw,
the back of the neck. As long as or possibly bite him severely about such attentions de not trespass below the belt" all will be well. But you mustn't tread on his toes. For that, as they say at Westmins- ter, is not cricket."
The Baltic Balance.
in
from commercialisation Japan, and except in the box office there is no money in it. None of the leading players are "priced " nor, indeed, is there any wagering: common among the tens of thousand who follow the big games..
with. hysterical interest.
Trachome in Japan,
CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO. Kiangsu has to carry a tax of 88.40 ilkin "-yet the evidence we have film sold abroad. This scheme did in the Press of what Russia is do- vision, with the object of settling
The vernacular Press in Japan is. giving great prominance to the who were refused admission by the return of 45 Japanese emigrants, authorities at Rio de Janeiro oa the grounds that they were suffering from trachoma. Whilst all the papere refer to the unfortunate circumstances of these would-be emigrants by reason of their having staked their all on the adventure, quite a number appear to consider American Films in France,
the Brazilian Government is to that Not very long ago General The cinema industry in France Groener, the German Minister of blame, as the emigrants were ex- has been in a bad way for a long Defence, quoted with natural. ap before their departure, and passed "amined by physicians in Japan time, owing to
American "in-proval some comments which had
Indeed a few es medically fit. appeared in The Naval and vadion" of that territory. Some Military Record, the purport of inferiority complex, bint at unfair.
writers, evidently obsessed by the time
to which was that an adequate Ger discrimination. The policy of the ago it
man Navy was very desirable to Japanese Government is to allow where the money goes. The levyition. It may have the desire, but, ration" the supply of films from
maintain the balance of European only emigrants who are in ever simply described as a produce-tax, not the power, to redeem its pledges abroad at the rate of seven foreign sco power, more particularly in
vay unexceptionable, physically, examination-fer, Custeras duty and It is two years ago since CHIANG licences for each first-class French the Baltic. In the situation that socially, and as far as can be surtax, or just simply likin KAI SHEK declared his wish to film shown, Two further licences now exists, Russia has numerical judged morally, to join these par
superiority in that great sea. ties who from time to time proceed Artificial ilk yarn imported into sweep away the corruption of were to be issued for every French From time to time reports appear under quasi-Government
quoted from the Journal indicates not work very well, and it was ing, or intends to do, in the way in other lands. It is certain, there- STRAITS PET case at Souchow, but no less
that film decided CHINA, SIAM,
distributors of new naval construction. What than 824 at several other places, that, far from being swept away, should import only 60 per cent of truth there may be in these state will take proper steps to tighten up fore, that the Japanese authorities SETTLEMENTS, MALAY
Since the
ments we have no means of judg the preliminary medical examina STATES, NETHERLANDS including Nanking.
the system is becoming more ram- the foreign films introduced dur
ing the previous year. Now Reutering. But there is this to be said. tions, which possibly have falled INDIA, BORNEO. THE value of a case of artificial,silk
pant and rapacious than ever.
tells us that a new quota of four when we read of big Russian to detect the malady. Trachoma is PHILIPPINES, Etc.
yarn is approximately 8200, this
foreign to one French film has mobilizations at Harbin or on the unfortunately extremely prevalent local tax represents a duty of 19
been established, and in reply to Afghan frontier, we may put these in Japan, and it is possibly, be this 'move American film interests down 1.5 Мозсож propaganda, cause of its commonness, not consi- per cent. It is alleged that the
have notified French distributors without any justification in fact. dered so dangerous as in countries This Large Volume of approximate- National Government has farmed
that unless this arrangement is It is not in the Bolshevist instinct where it is a rare disease. ly 2,000 Pages gives, in addition the exclusive "right" to impose
withdrawn, no American films will to advertise in advance any pre- to the Usual Lista of Firms, an this tax to a certain individual who,
be put on the market at all. News parations for mischief, thereby Alphabetical List of Residents
of this Franco-American quarrel is said to have guaranteed the Ballpox and seven deaths were
able to do that mischief. The in the Far East containing the Government 140,600 taels on ship reported. Other cases of notifiable will arouse great interest in Eng/inimizing the chances of being Looking Back 25 Years. .
ments to Chekiang province and disease were enteric, five cases and land, where the leaders of the film Russian Navy emerges into the enment officials at Hong Kong is industry are just beginning to Gulf of Finland from time to time a little boy in his teens, & clerk wake up and get, busy.
nod carries out manœuvres. In
at the Harbour Office, who has this country we pay very little een nicknamed the "Assistant The Frince's 77.
heed to these demonstrations or to Harbourmaster.' At the Marine the grandiose talk which usually Court yesterday morning he found necompanies them. But political himself rather in a quandary wher
Baltic conditions amongst
asked to swear a British witness in due form.-Hong Kong Daily Prest, June 7, 1904.
Namas of Kearly
20,000 FOREIGNERS.
Arranged. with the initials as well as Surnames in strict alphabe- tical order so that any name can be found instantaneously.
OF
AND
MANUFACTURERS
IN THE
250,000 taeis an those to Kiangsu, It is further alleged that the National Government actually re- ceives only from 55 to 70 per cent. of this amount, but the accuracy
News and Views.
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"Last week six more cases
of
one death; diphtheria, two cases and one death. There were also four, influenza fatalities.
www.comm
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In
the
super-
One of the most juvenile Gov-
Looking Back 60 Years.
The Prince of Wales went round Rochampion links in 93 strokes. Mr. W. W. Hornell, C.I.E.. With his handicap of 18 this meant
the a net score of 77;s good per- Powers are fraught with the seeds Vice-Chancellor of M.A., CLASSIFIED LIST
of this report is purely the concern University of Hong Kong, will be
formance. The other day Espinosa, of unrest, and the craze in Mos. one of the American Ryder Cup cow for minding the business of all of the parties benefitting. The IMPORT AND EXPORT point which interests and affects leaving the Colony, on long leave team, had a score of 68 on the the world but its own might easily foreign merchants is that these on Saturday. The duties of Vice Moortown course at Leeds another lead to using the Red Fleet as a
A respectable-looking coloured MERCHANTS
such individual now perambulates the the one that will most come home Navy alone counters any levies are being imposed with the Chancellor will, during his ab-ne performance. But of the two factor for mischief. The German
on, by His to the universal golfing heart is the possibility. the designs of streets of Victorin vociferating
He is followed by knowledge of a Government which sence, be carried
Honour, Sir Henry Gollan, Et., Prince's From the great pro their new warships the Germans I scream" has pledged itself to stop such prac C.B.E..
fessionals, who live by and for golf, reveal a much wider oceanic vision
a coolís carrying ice-buckets, and one expects a miracle every now than the Baltic, which, in view of there is reason to believe, he vends tices
From Messrs-Kelly-and-Walsh and then. But the Prince's round their world trade, is only natural. Wines, spirits, and beer leaving
The 2- we have received a new book of must have had that variety, that But nowadays the Baltic is their,
"Hilly
Hong incomprehensible sequence of brilhome cruising ground. Shanghai for the interior are sub- views, entitled ject to tax over and above that Kong," which is the best dollar's liancy and foozling, which marks nual visit of a British cruiser We understand that the right of worth of its kind we have seen. the average player, which is now squadron to that sen is a professed Chinese to sit down at the saloon paid on original importation, the It is most attractive little exhilarating and now depressing source of intense annoyance to the table on the river steamers is $12 levies ranging from 10 to 00 sente album, well designed and printed, him, and which is always the lure Soviet Government. So much the shortly to be brought before the
reason for continuing it! Supreme Court for decision, $8 per bottle. In Shantung there are and just the thing to send home and the torture of the game. So more
to those who know the Colony by it is with all of us. That is why The British Squadron does not native clerk in foreign employ enter Russian waters, and if having entered a suit in Summary imposta levied on export goods, name but not by sight. This little gulf fascinates even when it de
few and blies Russia objects to its presence in Jurisdiction against the Captain known as "peaceTM"""preservation | Budspecishy or tregon wath and why the
moinenta remembered
of any other part of the Baltic, we of the tanng to recovey?"320"ua?” views-will make them fully ́tax," "charity consumer's tax,"
realise more than any written triumph atone for everything, and are entitled to assume that she has damages for being refused a seat. **famine-relief tax,", special con- description what a lovely spot this drag us hopefully to the links once some very good Bolshevist reason at the table-Hong Kong Daily
for doing so.
¡ Press, June 7, 1870. sumer's tax." One firm in Tientain island in.
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