Shanghai, - March 11. sumer with the greatest of ease- ARRANGEMENTS OF TOUR because it is usually one of the
and We spent two nights and 'a` day | largest,
most famen-like Nanchang, and except for buildings, set amid a cluster of what seemed very short and few humbler homes and cottages of The Provincial Authorities have hours of goock sound sleep, we mud and straw. Also, because it decided, however, to petition the
were fully occupied every minutes the cleanest-looking, and in Ministry of Finance" for "informa-
of the time, and rushed hither appearance is arresting by reason tion regarding the actual amount
and thither with hardly a pause. of the profusion of slogans and cr the Stamp Tax that will be
Our tour of Klangai was original- | instruction pictures painted or turned over to the Klangsu Proviny scheduled to extend for at least hung upon its exterior, and in- cial Government, So thst art
a fortnight, but many of the.mem- terior walls' The size and impos- equivalent amount of the exor-
bers objected that that was too fing character are explained by
the struc- The Institution of Engineers and splendidly the trip could be or- ture. There are ins ancestral Shipbuilders in Hong Kong held ganized by the authorities from halls in every village, even the their Annual Dinner at the Rooms. beginning to end, and attention tiniest, maintained as
tradition of the Institution yesterday even- paid to even the minutest details. requires in a good state of repair. ing.
Page 7 The idea of a journey in an inter- Used but once or twice a year, for tor Chinese province must have the rest of the time they remain A conjured up pictures-based pro- derelict and empty. Therefore, boys and visitors were present at bably on out-of-date impressions the need for rigid economy bas the S.C.AA ground. yesterday of years a30-01 acute discom- caused them to be put into a more afternoon, when the annual Inter- forts, unsanitary food and sundry practical use.
successfully School Sports were risks to one's health. However, in actual fact, it was a pleasant sur-
held in ideal conditions. Page 10
prise for the number of
taxes may be abolished...
In the mean-time, a meeting of the Kiangsu Provincial Supervisory Committee for Revenue Collection was held here yesterday under the chairmanship of Mr. Han Kau Chun. The meeting also decided
Tobacco
to despatch a communication to the Kiangsu Provincial Govern- GARDNER-STRIKE-On Marchment, urging, that the proceeds
16, 1935, at Holy Trinity Cathie | from the
and Wine dral, Shanghai, by the Very Licence Tax and the Stamp Tax, Rev. A.C.S. Trivett," M.A.,' D.D., which have been turned over to Marjorie Charlotte Wenmouth, the Provincial Authorities by the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.'| Central Government, be utilized W. Strike, of Shanghal, sta for the early abolition of the re- Eric Godfrey, son of Mrs. L.maining fliegal levies and taxes in and the late Mr. H. Gardner, the province. of Bournemouth, England. China United Press (by Mail), “
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HONG KONG, March 93, 1935.
"LOOKING IN
"One comment on the report of the Selsdon Committee on Tele: vision is that it has provided for compilers of English dictionaries a lurus classicus, for as far as we can see; it is the only official document which employs the word "looker in a special sense arialogous to that which already familiarly be- longs to the word "Listener." A more euphonious word might in- deed, have been "coined" for the occasion, but it may be mention- ed at this stage that the one adopted "fits in so nicely that we cannot but bow to the inevitable The point is, however, that it is indeed refreshing that the neces- sity had at last arisen to enrich
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In his "Race Notes and Türi. Gossip" 10-day, our racing corres- Ipondent discusses the prospects for this afternoon's racing at Happy Valley.