ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. K. AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
NOTICE TO MEMBERS
from
the
The following letter has been received
Standard. Vacuum Oil Company-
'It may be of interest to your members to know that our Mr. N. J. de Geest will give" a lecture on motoring matters at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, 5th June, and Mr. W. F. Chan, the Secretary- in Charge, will be very pleased |
of your members would if any care to attend."
·LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
Secretaries & Treasurers. Hong Kong, 30th May, 1936.
PEAK TRAMWAYS. COMPANY. LIMITED.
BIH THI
HYLAND-At Peking on June 3 to Phyllis ince Capell) wife of A. O. Hyland; a daughter. 14474
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Hoxe Kona, Juse 4, 1936,
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JUNE
GOVERNMENT CUTS
EXPENSES
High Dollar Turned Expected Deficit Into Surplus
H.K. FINANCES REVIEWED
Indications of the Government's rigid economy campaign are given in the annual report on finance for 1935, issued at the Legislative Council meeting yes. terday. Expenditure was cut severely and only three heads showed an increase over the estimated figures. -
The report shows how a budgeted deficit of $1,970,452 was turned into a surplus of $138,914, due mainly to the rise in the sterling value of the dollar.
REVENUE SHOWS DROP
Estimates for 1535 were based on a ls. 4d. dollar, says the report, with revenue at $30,585,650, and
in duties from tobacco. perfumed spirit and motor spirit.
Bigher exchange also affected the light dues payable to port and harbour dues.
It was something in the nature of an anti-climax that after being hurtled over 1,600 miles at an average speed of 139 miles an hour, the bulk of the mall brought by the Dorado on Tuesday should have lain almost neglected over- night. Lucky boxholders had their eagerly-awaited airmail an NOTICE IS HEREBY
hour after the Dorado arrived but GIVEN *that* the ANNUAL many less fortunate, did not ORDINARY GENERAL receive their letters until 11 am. expend.ture at $32.556,102. Actual yesterday-17 hours after the matlsgures however showed decreases
to $28.130.550 and $28.291 636
In the list of reasons for de- With a dollar ranging from 1s. creases in expected revenue, the 3 3-8d, on December 13 to 2s. 6d.
depression ly reflected. Vacant on April 27 at an average of 1s:11 tenements caused less rates, peo 9-15. however, large savings were ple were not so keen to bet and made on personal emoluments take sweep tickets, resulting in the when compared with the es-betting tax being lower, and fewer only $10.218.600 of the people attended theatres and gave
being ex-
less to the entertainment tax. $12.701.739 estimated
MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be HELD. at| the HONG KONG HOTEL, » Hong Kong 00 TUESDAY. 16th. JUNE 1936, at 12 NOON for the purpose of receiving the Reports of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30th. April, 1936.
reached the G.P.O.
This type of service will not be appreciated by Imperial Airways whose pilots risked their lives in their endeavour to keep faith with the public. Tuesday's flight by the Dorado was truly remarkable and deserving of plaudits. The malls reached Penang 28 hours behind The TRANSFER BOOKS of
schedule. but by bustling their organisation. Imperial Airways the Company will be CLOSED brought the record weight of mall from SATURDAY, 6th, day of June, to TUESDAY. the 16th. day of June 1936, both days in. clusive.
bags to Hong Kong in 111 hours of actual flying time and only six and a half hours behind time. The
arduous task completed, the mails were handed over safely. to be a lethargic manner. most unfair to Imperial Airways and the public.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS treated in
& SON
tieneral Managers. HONGKONG, 29th. May, 1936. 1407
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SIXTH EXTRA RACE
MEETING 1936 %
LI
The Second day of the above, POSTPONED from Monday, 1st June, will be held (weather permitting) on SATURDAY, 6th
By Order,
That malls which arrived at the O.P.O, at 6 p.m. should not be delivered until 11 am. the next day, is most reprehensible on the part of the authorities and im- medlate precautions should be taken to prevent the recurrence, that is otherwise bound to come.
However efficient the organisa-
timates.
pended.
Many pawnbrokers shops clos- Ing resulted in fewer pawn-
broker's licence.
Some of this under expendi- ture was accounted for by vacancies in office and changes Reduction in postal rates caused in personnel, but by far the revenue from that source to drop greater part was due to the dol-$62.635 below expected and the lar rate rise.
river boat competition cut heavily Pensions cost $1.555 605. es into the earnings of the foreign line of the Kowloon-Canton Rall- against $2,070,000 estimated,
Oplum sales again fel very way. More people bought plat- much below the estimate, the de- form tickets however and reim- ficit amounting to $297.286. Re-bursed the Railway slightly, ceipts from this source have The royalty. by the Kowloon shown a consistent decl na since Motor Bus Company was $14,495 1931 when they were $3 019.724 to less than expected. last year when they were $352714.
ASSESSMENT TAX
The largest individual item of revenue, continues the report, 19 derived from the assessment tax, $8.130,301 being collected. This re- presents 21.56 per cent of the total
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tion, it is impossible to expect 'planes covering long stretches of difficulty country "to arrive pre-revenue, cisely on scheduled time day after The actual revenue for the year day-even express trains cannot fell short of the estimate by $2.- do that especially during the
155,100. Largest decreases occur monsoon period just starting, and
red in Duties, Port and Harbour the faster the air services beccaie,
the more is the Ilkelihood
of
EXPENDITURE COT
Expenses were curtalled prac- tically everywhere and ordinary expenditure at $25.030.588.com-~ pared with $27,364.990 for the pre- ceding year.
The only three departments were expenditure exceeded the es- timate were Military Contribution to defence. Miscellaneous Services and Charitable Services,
4, 1936.
JOURNEYMEN LEAVING
FOR A TRIP
For the second time in the new Germany all over the Reich the.. Journeyman left their home-place for a trip. In the Reich capi tal 120 journeymen have been sent on trip by Dr. Ley. The car- penters wore their traditional costumies.
"CLOSED SEA" IN NORTH CHINA
Ban
On Revenue Cutters And Patrol
Patrol Boats
CHINESE VIEWS ON
TANGKU TRUCE
FIRM JAPANESE
REFUTATION
Shanghai. June 2.
The reported contention of the Chinese authorities that en- try of revenue cutters and patrol" boats in the marine belt in the North China demilitarized zone would not constitute a breach of the Tangku truce was emphatically refuted in a statement to the press to-day' by the military attache to the Japanese Em- bassy, Major-General Seiichi Kita.
"The closed sea concerned," he said, "is clearly situated -within- the' lines produced by Lutal and Tenching respectively, as stipulated in Article one of the truce. It goes without say- ing, therefore, that not only revenue craisers and patrol ships but also any other armed vesals are not permitted to penetrate” these waters.”
He recalled that since, the con clusion of the truce. there have been several violations of the closed sea by Chinese vessels but that the Chinese authorities, as a The military contribution, its result of Japanese protests against Dues. Licences and Internal Re-stated, is based on the estimated these violations, ought to be well venue, Post Office, Kowloon Can- revenue for the year and the ad-
sware that the prohibition is ton Railway. Interest and land justment in respect of the actual
clear. "Declaring that it would sales
revenue of the previous year. One twelfth of that estimate is paid hardly be reasonable for the Nan- monthly. As the actual revenue king Government to attempt to for 1934 exceeded Tevised es revive the issue in connection with timates, the adjustment: provided the smuggling situation, he point- for in the 1935 estimates was in-ed out that in the spring of 1934. sufficient.
a Chinese patrol boat that tried to enter the zone for water and coal withdrew immediately when the Japanese protested."
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JUNE, 1936. The First Bell schedule not being kept. will be rang at 1.30 p.m. and
The postal authorities certainly the first race will be run at 2.00 did well in keeping a staff ready Increases over estimates were p.m.
to deal with the "mall so that box-recorded for Lcensing fees and holders at least could collect their estate duties. More foreign motor letters in quick time, but that vehicles imported jumped flcence efort was nullified by the tardy
fees up to $14.447 above the es- handling of the delivered mall. It timates and a large estate,' duty seems only natural to expect that. on which was $277,511, helped to with the boxholders disposed of for the night, a stäff would have made an early start the next morning in preparing the balance for de- livery about 9. a.m.
S. A. SLEAP,
Acig. Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st June 1936.
DEATH OF SIR ALFRED
WATSON
Government Actuary And Expert In Figures
London, May 11." Sir Alfred Watson, first and only Government · Actuary. has died at his home in Castello Avenue, Putney. He was 66,
The postal staf works..only one shift, often extending over 12 hours, the official reason being that the bulk of mail passing through the Q.P.O. does not war- rant the expense of two saifta
Perhaps that small amount of mail is due to the delayed handling by the small staf, and it is quite reasonable to suppose that were the delivery expedited and local residents assured that a posted letter would reach its addressee within a few hours, a greater bulk Sir Alfred was a wizard with of business would be done through figures. He made an exhaustive the medium of the post.
statistical investigation concern- Pillar boxes scattered through- Ing the effect of occupation out the fast growing Kowloon locality on mortality rates. That suburbs, frequent clearances and work is still authoritative.
rapid deliveries, would encourage He was consulted before the residents to write those business National Insurance Bil was in- and social messags which now are
telephoned. troduced in 1911, and when it be usually
Telephones came law he was appointed Chief are often unsatisfactory but there Actuary to the National Health are few alternatives when a local Insurance Joint Committee. He letter takes almost a day for de- was largely responsible for the livery a mile or so distant. financial side.
In 1917 the post of Government
Actuary was created for him. In that capacity he was largely rea- ponsible for working out and ad- ministering the schemes of social insurance-
three
·
great
health insurance, unemployment insurance, and the contributory
pensions scheme.
Singapore has dealt very satis- factorily with the late arrival of air mails and it is only reasonable to expect that Hong Kong can follow suit.
DOCTOR'S DEATH
Kuala Lumpur, June 2.
His last work, a new national
Dr. J. 8. Webster, a native of life table for Engand and Wales. Shanghal, died here last night in was published. In March, and Bir mysterious circumstances, suggest Alfred showed that the average | ing poisoning.
man on reaching the age of 86- Dr. Webster was in charge of the age at which he himself has group of estates at Banting, near died-could nowadays expect to Klang, F.M.S.— live for about another 10 years. Reuter.
bring revenue from that source over $1,000,000 and $11609 above the estimate.
Principal. increases for the ex- cess of $85,648,02 for miscellaneous was depreciation of sterling funds due to the higher dollar rate.
The Silver Jubilee celebrations
MANCHUKUO® STATE RAILWAY LOAN
Interest Rate To Be Lowered
Dairen, June 3. Following negotiations during several months among the Japan- ese and Manchukuo Governments. and the South Manchuria Railway Company, the interest on the Man- chukuo State Railway toan will be lowered from 7.5 per cent. to 6 per cent, beginning from the current fiscal year, it was revealed to-day. With a formal sanction obtained
the Manchurian 'Because of the truce. he said, from
Affairs the Japanese authorities will keep Bureau of the Tokyo Government, u protocol providing for the pro- close watch on developments.
fected reduction is expected to be Rearming of North China resigned between representatives of The General Chinese Charities venue cutters and customs police the Manchukto Government and Fund was exceeded by $47.482 was reportedly urged by the In- the South Manchuria Railway Co. owing to financial assistance be-spector-General of the Chinese
by the end of this month. ing granted to the Tung Wah, Maritime Customs, Bir Frederick
16. State Rallway loan due to Kwong Wah and Tung Wah East- Maze, in an interview on Monday. the South Manchuria Railway Co. ern hospitals. A special grant of
amounts at present to $350,000,000, in $10.000 was also made to the Liter
tle Sisters of the Poor for build- ing extension,
More metered water services; resulted in an increase of $131,- 978 in meter rents,
More passengers carried by the Kowloon-Canton Railway. the Yaumati ferries and the China Bus Company enabled those bodies to make greater contributions to the government than were an- telpated. The Yaumati ferry company paid $9.782 more royalties than expected.
LESS LIQUOR DRUNK Less consumption and higher exchange accounted for a decrease of $94,985 in the liquor duties and similar reasons caused decreases
DEFENCE MINISTRY
IN FRANCE----
Paris, June 2
cost $42.587, and a special vote of $25,000 for the Hong Kong Travel Association was made.
In every other department big cuts were made. The high dollar rate enabled much to be saved in contracts and sterling commit- ments, «
MEASURE TO BREAK ARAB STRIKE
Jerusalem, June 2.
-Union News.
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VERSAILLES PACT CONDEMNED
Senate Debate In" South Africa.
Captown, June 2. -An attack by the South African France may follow Britain's step With a view to breaking the in creating a Ministry for the Co-Arab strike. the Government has Prime Minister, General James Hertzog, on "the cursed treaty of enacted emergency regulations
Ordination of Defences,
will be given the post of Minister of National Defence, in which he will have control of the Ministries of Marine, War and Air.— Kenter's Bulletin Service.
i
Upon execution of the interest re-
duction, it is believed, the step will go a long way towards adjustment of the finances of the General Direction of State Railways, which is in charge of all Government
allways 'n the, new state.---- Union News.
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NEW AMBASSADOR TO CHINA
Mr. Kawagoe Sailing This Month
on
Tokyo, June 2. It is rumoured that M. Daladier empowering District Commission- Versailles," was a feature of the de-
Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, new ers to order all classes of shops bate in the Senate to-day on the
Japanese Ambassador to China, and businesses to reopen. Failure motion of the Vice-President of the
Senate that the activities of the will sail for Shanghai from Kobe to comply, will involve penalties
The manufacture and import of League of Nations should be limited aboard the Es. Asama Maru explosives in Palestine are also to world peace..
Tune 20, the Foreign Office an- The Prime Minister said he was, nounced to-day.. confident the League would yet at- į tain its high ideals, but he urged the revision of the treaty of Ver- sailles.
SENATOR LONG'S
SHOOTING.
Baton Rouge, La., June 3..
The House of Representatives of
prohibited...i Restez
ITALIAN LOSSES
'Rome, June 3, According to the official final of the late Senator Buey Long. casualties list, 2,766 white Italians has, passed a resolution calling for lost their lives in the Ethlop'an an investigation into the shooting | war,
the State of Louisiana, stronghold
of the Senator on last Septem- The number of native troops
Eiled is given as 1.593- Reuter
ber 8-
Reuter
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NEWS SUMMARY
Causing deep regret to his large circle of relatives and friends, both Chinese and foreign, the death occurred on Tuesday afternoon at his residence in Robinson Road of Mr. Kwck Siu Lau. a prominent merchant and one of the Colony's most wealthy land-owners.