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BRITISH INCOME LANCASHIRE'S
TAX RECEIPTS
£21,000,000 ALREADY“
PAID
Satisfactory Returns Revealed
(Renter's Special Service.)
COTTON TRADE
· RECENT IMPROVEMENT IN FAR EAST
Due Largely to Boycott of Japanese Goods
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[тnnovax REVBH'S AGENCY.)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932.
RIVER INDUS PUT HAWAIIAN MURDER CHINA REPLIES TO U. S.
IN HARNESS
DR. BRUENING
MUST GO
LATEST NATIONALIST
SLOGAN
WORLD'S LARGEST IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Nazi Threat to Present Arid Plain Now Fertile
Government
THROUGH RACTER'S AGENCY)
Region
(THROUGH ROUTEE'S AGENCY.] ·
·BOMBAY, Jan. 13:
The world's largest, irrigation
SENSATION
NAVAL AUTHORITIES" TO SURRENDER ACCUSED
On the Demand of the
Civil Authorities
H
{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, President Hoover discussed with.
NOTE
READY TO UPHOLD SANCTITY OF NINE-POWER PACT
TOKYO ASSERTS U.S. INTERFERENCE HAS DELAYED DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
{THROPOM REUTER'S AGENCT.]
NANKING, Jan. 13. Chine is ready to co-operate with the United States in upholding the sanctity of the Nine Power Treaty, would proveed immediately to carry declares Chinwa reply to
system will be opened to-day by the Cabinet the Hawaiian situation the Viceroy, Lord Willingdon and subsequently. Mr. Mitchell, the namely, the mile-long Lloyd Bar-torney-General, aid that the
LONDON, Jan. 13.
LONDON, Jan 13
BERLIN, Jan. 13. Forecasts that the British tax- "Whatever may eventually be
Dr. Bruening must go appror: payor had nobly responded to shown to be our gains from the to be the latest Nazi alogen. patriotic appeal as well as to the presene situation in Manchuria, the
In a speech at Kompton, Doctor national income by prompt pay-Lancashire cotton trade should not
Wilhelm Frick, one of Herr Hit mert; is confirmed by to-night's be mislou into false feelings of that the Nazis will not support ler's chief lieutenante, declared Treasury returna which reveal that security. The event increases in the Income Tax receipts for the our Chinese trade havo resulted Dr. Bruening any longer, and if rage, at. Sukur, by which waters out the tienate's request for an in-American Noto.. - Brat eight-days in January amount from causes ontirely outside the Bruening and his Cabinet had from the 100 miles long River, Indus vestigation of the facts of the
curatrol declares a report by the China and Far East
ed to nearly £10,000,000 0:ore than the corresponding period last year; the figure being ££1,353,000, com- pared with £11,770,000 Inuit year.
The total year's revenue, up to Jan. was £431,064,735 against any expenditure of £307,384,415, com
pared with last year's revenue of Es,432,757, and an expenditure of £109,757,603.
Remarkable Figures.. URITISH WINELESS SERVICE.]
Huasy, Jan. 13. Remarkable figures showing the response which Income Tax payers made to the request for prompt payment of the large instalment which became duo on January 1 have been issued by the Treasury.
Receipts during the first eight working days of this month amount. ed to nearly $10,000,000 more than in the corresponding period last "year, and' surtax receipts were
more than £2,000,000 higher.
Payancats on behalf of Income Tax during this short period amounted to £20,363,000, and from Burt £7,870,000.
The total amount paid in Income Tax during the current financial year is already 28,700,000 higher than last year's receipts for the corresponding period, April 1 to January 10.
are £5,870,000
Surtax receipts greater.
The totals are £97,895,000 and 1990,270,000, respectively.
TRADE RETURNS.
DECEMBER FIGURES HIGHER THAN NOVEMBER
Total for Year Shows Decrease on 1930
industry's
Mr. Eugene Chen is said to have approached the Japanese Consul General at Shanghai for a state ment of Japan's fundamental pro- the i poils ne na preliminary step, butt
promptly ceased his overtures: on.
Case He added the actual fact was tion of China's territorial adminis-
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In pointing out that the preserva- i recuipt of the American Note..
HOLLAND FOLLOWS. BRITAIN AND FRANCE
not disappeared by the time the election is held the Nazis will pre-
(Winds only Hygrwill be harnessed Section of the Manchester Chamber sent their own presidential anadian distributed to a hitherto arid that there had been only seven trative" integrity is a fundamental
date, on whom they could uncondi- plain, and MA area exceeding Lionally rely
the whole of Egypt's fartile region tons of crops annualy, valued at will be enabled to produce 2,500,000
nearly £30,000,000.
of Commerce, when drawing atten- tion to the fact that the improve- ment in the ctton trade with
China is largely due to the boycott A MORATORIUM FOR
of Japanese goods,
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The report add that it would be mistako to over-emphasise the influance of the depreciation in sterling and the appreciation in. ailver.
W
CROWN PRINCE OF
ETHIOPIA
GREETED IN LONDON BY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
(BRITISH WIRDEAR SERVICE.]
Bugar, Jan. 12. The Crown Prince of Ethicpia, with his sister and their suites, arrived in London to-night and wore greeted on behalf of H.M. the King by the Duke of Glouces ler, who drove with them to their hotel, and by ofhials representing the Premier and other Ministars
When the Crown Prince landed at Dover during the afternoon, a Royal Salute was fired from the Castle and the Mayor extended a welcome behalf town...
(Reuter's Special Service.)
Impressin Scenes, e
Wearing Trilby
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GERMANY?
The scheme was started in 1929 at a cost of £15,000,000 and in- NOW! BEING CONSIDERED BYcludes over 8,000 miles of canals,
ANGLO-FRENCH EXPERTS
[TAROVGZ KEUTIR'S AGENCY:]
PARIS, Jan. 12.
A two years' moratorium of the Young Plan conditional annuities; the creation of German railway debentures, bearing an annual in terest of 600 million marks, part of which must be offered to the United States in part compensation, if the United States relieved the Allies of their debts; are
among the suggestions which are now being considered. by Anglo-French tren sury experts, according to Ze Temp.
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LONDON, Jan. 12.
and smart black
from cual.
under which showed a white skirt and tight-fitting white trousers, the Rixteen-year-old Prince Asfiou Wosain of Abyssinia, direct deacca- dant of King Solomon and Queen [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Sheba, arrived at Victoria Station amid impressive scones to-day. Recay, Jan. 12.
The Prince's sister made an British trade figures for Decem exotic figure swathed in a lion's her, issued to-day, show that ex-skin. The members of their suite ports increased and imports de were dressed in smi-Western and greased, compared with the 'preced-serui-Oriental resumes, carrying ing month.
ceremonial staves if ivory. A strik
Exports were about £32,000,000, an increase of 2234,000, and imports £77,000,000, a decrease of over £6,000,000,
Figures for the year show that exports amounted to £53,000,000 and imports £889,000,000.
Compared with the previous year, imports fell £182,000,000, and ex- perts £204,000,000,
GOVERNMENT'S HOME
WHEAT QUOTA
COMMITTEE SET UP TO SETTLE DETAILS
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Reay, Jan, 12,
At the conference to-day between Sir John Gilmour, Minister of Agriculture, and representatives of interested organisations, on the Government's home wheat quota proposals, there was general agree ment that the scheme was workable and it was decided to set up a. committee to co-operate forthwith with the Ministry in settling details
ing scenu was made under the are of cinema lamps with Sir John Simon and the Duke of Gloucester in the middle of the group.
The Abyssinias Royal Party is returning the visit of the Duk of Gloucester, who representeds H.M. the King al King Rastafari's coronation last year.
The Prince and his sister had fon with the Prince of Wales this evening, and tomorrow are, visit. ing the King and Queen nt Sandringham.
Entertained by the King. [BRITISH WIRDAS SKRYJCE)
Ivory, Jan. 13.
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FRENCH CABINET
RESIGNS
·R. SOCIALIST REFUSES PORTFOLIO
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.)
PARIS, Jan. 12. Just before half-past eighs this evening, M, Laval announced that he was going to the lyees to hand in the collective resignations of thu Government.
Minister for Foreign Affairs to M. Laval offered the portfolio of
several of which are larger than the Suez Canal. The Barrage itself is of white limestone and consiste of sixty-six cuft. wide arched space with two steel gates, weighting fifty tons, under each arch.
The Burrage is named after Lord Lloyd, who as Governor of Bombay contributed much to the success of the scheme.
Knighthood Conferred on Chief Engineer.
BOMBAY, Jan, 13. The Viceroy, «Lord Willingdon, during his speech on the pecasion of the opening 'of the Lloyd Bar- rage, paid high tributes to those responsible, particularly Lord Lloyd. He also announced that HM the King has been piensed to confer Knighthood on Mr. Harrison, the chief engineer.
The reremnoy was witnessed by a large gathering, which included several Talpumir (ex-Rulers of Sind) resplendent in their gorgeous. green and gold dresses and head- genr
35,000 Miles of Private Channels.
(BEITISH WIRELESS SERVICE)
Ruday, Jan. 12. The whole province of Sind,' now
M. Edouard Herriot, the Presiden: to become a fertile plain, is prae
"
to his Party.
The Government's resignation followed the announcement that the endorse M. Herriot's acceptance of Radical Socialists had refused to
the Foreign Affairs portfolio.
M Doumer has accepted the Cabinet's resignation.
cases of nsault with violence, of principle of the Nine-Power Treaty, which four victims were American the reply asserts it is an obligation.
wbanen.
LATER.
The Secretary for, the Navy has authorised the surrender of those erased of the murder of a native at Honolulu on the demand of the Civil Authorities."
YU YU JEN COMING TO HONG KONG
4H
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SHANGHAI, Dec. 13. Yu Yu Jo, President of the Control Yuan, left for Hong Kong aboard the President Jefferson this morning, to see Hu Hàn Min.
"YARD" MEN'S
PERIL.
THRILLING ESCAPE IN HOTEL FIRE.
Glasgow: Two Sectiand Yard officers had thrilling escapes in a Are which occurred early one możn- ing in one of Glasgow's best-known hotels.
One, guest-n man-was burned to
for
every
THE HAGUE, Jan. 12.
signatory, including
In response to the American in- Japan, to uphold this principle. The vocation of the Nine-Power Treaty question whether or not the santed its Minister at Washington to the Dutch Government has instruct tity of international treaties is to inform the U.S. Government that bo uphold will have & far-reaching Holland shares the United States effect on future international rela confidence in regard to the mission tions, and if any country is allowed the desirability of, an early and to Manchuria and is convinced of freely to violate trendy stipulations, friendly Betticament, but does not thew the Nine-Power and Kelloge think it advisable to make repre
sentations to China and Japan as Pacts, both of which were sponsor suggested by the United States," ed by the United States, will not especially as the matter is before be able to achieve their objects,
the League of Nations. and the danger of war will continue
JAPANESE BLUEJACKETS to exist.
WITHDRAW
Unless the Nine-Power signa- tories have the sincere intention to
TSINGTAO, Jan, 13.5 uphold the aforementioned
The situation here, which has prin- ciple, the peace of the world wouldbeen tense since yesterday morning, unquestionably be
when a mimber of Japanese resi endangered, dents attacked the offices of a therefore, the signatories, especial- Chinese newspaper, which is ly the United States, should exert alleged to have made an insulting all efforts to translate this principle eated somewhat to-day.
reference to the Japanese Emperor, into substantial fact
In conclusion the Note, hopes that the United States will take further measures for upholding the sacred undertaking of the Nine Power Treaty in an effective man-
ter.
U.S. NOTE DELAYS NEGOTIATIONS
Toxyo, Jan, 13.
The American Note has served to delay the opening of direct nego- tiations between China and Japan, it is stated in authoritative quar ters, which revealed that Nanking was making serious genturen to Japan when the Note was present-
he would have to refer the matter flows through its length is abso- of the Radical Party. M. Harriottically rainless so that the supply dead, his charred body being found was inclined to accept, but said of water from the Indus, which in bed.
The Scotland Yard Jutely vital to its three and a balfi
officers-- million inhabitants.
Detective-Inspector Fred Cherrilled The waters of the river, flowing and Detective-Sergeant. Birch, of Sea, will now be diverted along the the Finger-Print Bureau, who are from the Himalayas to the Arabian
over 35,000 miles of private chan- the room immediately, above that 8,000 to 7,000 miles of canals and in Glasgow for a trial-occupied nels to the rich soil of this thinly in which the body was found, populated region all the year round. The scheme will also do much to prevent disastrous floods,
People have been flocking into Sukkur from all over Sind to ses to-day's ceremony, which marks, the greatest achievement of ope of the most notable enterprises of British India and the one most often over locked, the conversion into fruitful farmlanda of comparatively deso jate areas.
FRENCH COMMUNIST
DEMONSTRATION
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UNEMPLOYED DEMAND THE "DOLE "
THROUGH RECTER'S AGENDY.}
PARIS, Jan. 12.
The Crown Prince of Ethiopia. Over three thousand Communists left this morning for Sandringher were arrested to-day in various where he will be received by H.M. parts of the eity, following a. de the King and will deliver a special momage of thanks for the British for the unemployed. The demon
monstration demanding the dola Mission which, under the Duke of :stration was timed to coincide with Gloucester, attended the coronation the cpening of Parliament, but it of the Emperor of Ethiopia. The was frustrated by the police, whe Crown Prince wil be entertained thronged the Place de La Concord's to luncheon by their Majesties: and the Chamber removing the de- monstrators by larry without diy order,
of a scheme which, subject to Gov-SLAVERY IN ernment approval, will be embodied in legislation.
CABINET MINISTERS
BUSY.
[X4271811 WIRELEAS SERVICE,]
RUGBY, Jon. 12,
The Cabinet meeting to-morrow
will be devoted to reparations and disarmament problems.
ABYSSINIA
UNREST AND RUTHLESS EPRESSION CONTINUES
[an WIREËES SERVICE}
RUGBY, Jay, 13
The report of Sir Frederick The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Leith Rom, the Treasury expert, Simon, yesterday received a dele apon his Paris conversations with gation of the Arti-Slavery and
FRANCE'S TAX ON COKING COAL
TO BE CANCELLED ON
JAN. 18
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} @
LONDON, Jan. 13. Britain's export trade will be appreciably assisted by the report
the French Finance Ministry will Aborigines Protection Society headed decision of the French Govern-
is returning London Ints to night.
appréhension which
be available for Ministers as heed by Lord Lytte who expressed ment to remove on Jan 18 the "
the Bociety surtax of 15 per cent, on British felt at the news of unrest and coking coal, of which Britain ex- ruthless represion they continued ports to Franco over 1,000,000 tons to receive from Liberia.
Yearly.
This evening the Premier discuss Bd the reparatione issue, in the light of the Basle Report, with the The Foreign Surotary entiroly Chanceller of the Exchequer, Mr. eoncurred in the waviness felt by N. Chamberlain the Foreign the Society and undertook that the Secretary, Sir John Simon; the Government and he himself would Abyssinia, to proceed shortly to at the request of the Emperor, of President of the Board of Trade, the deliberations of committee Emperor in carrying out his policy anaist, to the best of their power,
tlint country to try to assist the Mr. Runciman, and the Ministers who are attending tho which the League Council had set
for the elimination of slavery. Lausanne. Confervuce,
up to deal with the question,
Lord Noel Buxton mentioned Mission was in no sense official, the Whilo it was made clear that the that the floriety had delegated him, Foreign Secretary expressed sincere (Oonlinved at food of mert volums.)wishan for its suoocas
"thre
The Cabinet committee which is exaining the question of balance of trade also met to-day..
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Twenty-eight million acres British India alone are irrigated by works constracted by the State since the British Government com- menced her irrigation programme under the stimulus of Lord Curzon,
WEATHER - REPORT.
Yesterday's weather raport. forecast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 5. p.m., stated:-
A strong anti-cyclone is cen tral to the north of Hankow, remaining nearly stationary.
Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, fresh; fine.
SEVERE GALE AROUND BRITAIN
SHIPPING SEEKS SHELTER IN S. COAST PORTS
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Jan. 13.
A heavy gale was experienced in and around Britain last night and severe in the English Channel and this morning. It being especially the North So Much shipping took shelter in South Coast ports.
Shortly after 3 m, the "boots," going his rounds, in dease moke pouring from a bedroom. He rais rd the alarmı, and firemen discover. cd in this room the remains of a visitor who had signed the hotel register in the name of "Munro, Aberdeen."
There were many other guests in the hotôj, who escaped Bix rooms were affected by the fire.
Inspector Cherrill gave à graphic description of his own and his com panion's adventure.
"Both of us," he said, " were asleep in our room. when I wag awakened by the fierce crackling of burning woodwork.
"I immediately roused my com panion and by the eerie light of tongues of flame which shot through the floorboards of our room we pol- lected our personal belongings and documents.
"Through a heavy haze of smoke. we made our way to the door. When we opened it we found tha corridor full of smoke.
At the Window.
"Hurriedly tying · water-soaked towels round the lower part of our faces, we dropped on hands and kness and crawled along the corri- dor trying to find a way of escape. The smoke, however, was too much for us, and we were compell- ed to drop our belongings and rush back to our room, where wo bung out of the window, gulping in fresh, air
No one seemed to be aware that 'we were in the room, and firemen entered and played their hose, on. the flames which were now actually We had to remain leaning out licking our heals.Y of the window until the fire was extinguished."
The main force of Japanese blue- jarkets, which landed following the disturbance withdrew at 8 pm. after the Naval Authorities had warned. Japanese residents against creating disturbancee.
JAPANESE TROOP
MOVEMENTS.
TIENTSIN, Jan. 13. A company of Japanese infantry left Tientsin for Shanbaikwan this morning.
The official explanation is thất the local situation has quietened. they are rejoining their battalion as
It is, however, the opinion of authoritative observers that they Shanhaikwan garrison which is are being sent to reinforca the.
being sorely tried in their efforts to maintain order along the rail- way outside the Great Wall.
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