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HONGKONG, CTOBER 14, 1935
Tax Burden
WE NEITHER. share
nor
have any sympathy with the feeling of outrage which so often arises in the breasts of the well-fed and com- fortable when they are called upon for monetary contribu- tions for a cause in which others are giving their lives. When, therefore, We take
Mr. H. 0. Aluens and his bride. formerly Mrs. L. C. Rodek, who were married at the Registry, Supreme Court, on Wednesday.
Vegetable
Issue with the tax provisions Preparing
in Hongkong's war budget, our quarrel is with the dis- tribution of the tax burden that it envisages rather than Its imposition at this time,
Cultivation: Of Plots, Etc.
Issued by the Nutrition Research Committee, the following
Nga Tsol-Bean Sprouts. Roots:-
is a contermation of the suggestions, which have been made by Mr. F. Flippance, Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, for home vegetable cultivation. Preparation of the vegetable plot HIS EXCELLENCY the in the garden should be by the Governor, in his Budget Day normal methods, ie, by digging speech to the Legislative the soil about 18 inches or more variety. Council announced that in- deep and at the same time incor- .come tax would be resorted to porating the
Lo Pak-Chinese Turnips, early
Lo Pak-Chinese Turnips, late
prepared dressing variety.
as a fund-raising measure in (compost) as mentioned aboVE.
Further work consists of marking preference to a tax on excess
off the beds and sowing the seeds. profits. However unjust this
In the case of the "pot garden." may, on the face of it, appear, for all but the small types of there are local conditions vegetables such as Mustard and which go far to explain the Cress, Radishes, etc., for which 3- efolce. Caught between two 4 inches will suffice, the 'recep- wars, Hongkong has lost much tacles should be capable of hold- of its trade and is likely to ing not less than 9 inches of soil. lose more. Any measure and should be of such size us to tending to drive off the com- contain not less than one cubic mercial and industrial enter-foot of soll.
prises which have taken re- The receptacle should be provid- fuge in this Colony is mani-ed with drainage by punching holes in the bottom These should be festly to be avoided.
covered inside with broken crocks,
! Other:-
Fan Ke Tomato.
Chinese Vegetables Summer Greens:-
In Tsol-Chinese Spinach (Am- arantas).
Nga Tsol-Bean Sprouts. "Sang Tsol-Loose Leal Lettuce.
Roots:
Wa Tau-Taro.
Tai Shu-Yam. Other:-
Ching Tau Kok-Chinese Long Beans.
Pak Tau Kok Chinese Short Beans.
Tung Kwa-Pumpkin. Sze Kwa-Lufa.
THE BURDEN thus passes or small stones and the whole from enterprises to individu- covered with a thin layer of grass
Foreign Vegetables Winter als in receipt both of earned or leaves to ensure good drainage Salads - Mustard and Cress, and of unearned income. It and prevent the soll being washed Radish. Lettuce, Tomato, Water- is in the method of portion down amongst the stones and tress, Celery. ing out the share to be borne choking up the drainage system. Greens - Cabbage, Cauliflower, Sprouts. Kohl Rabi, by different classes of tax- In all cases, whether a garden plot! Brussel payers that the chief cause for oriticism is discovered.
or a "pot garden situations pro- Spirach... viding as much light and air as posable should" be utilised.
THE SINGLE MAN must
TYPES OF VEGETABLES: pay tax on all income above.
For general purposes vegetables $2,000 a year, or $165 a month
the exempt portion of his may be divided into winter and earnings being much less than summer types. This is an impor-
tant distinction as little success
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Roots-Beet, Carrots, Parnips, Potatoes, Turnips.
Other-French Beans, Peas, Mar- row, Leek, Onion.
Foreign"Vegetables-Summer Brinjal. Sweet Corn, Cucumber, Sword "Bean. the traditional £100, in the will be obtained by trying to grow vegetables are commonly used by Of the above, the following United Kingdom.. The inar-winter vegetables in the summer, both European and Chinese rest- ried and family man enjoys and vice versa. It is advisable, also, dents:- additional allowances, but his that Intending home vegetable
Lettuce. Tomato, Cabbage (for- assessable income also starts growers should grow such veget-eigar type), Spinach (all types). at a low figure. All incomes ables as are likely to be of most Beans (all types), Brinjal, Sweet. above the tax-free level pay use to themselves and for this com. Cucumber, Onions.
a tax of 10 per cent.
.. UNEARNED INCOME also is exempt to the extent of $1,800 a year. Above this figure, it also is assessed at 10 per cent.
purpose the following lists have! It is not claimed that the above been prepared in order to show is a complete list but it covers the both Chinese and Foreign veget vegetables produced in bulk for ables. In addition, they have been general consumption as well as classified into types as follows:- other equally well known.
Chinese Vegetables-Winter
To Be Continued)
Greens:-
Kal Lan-Coarse munara. Sang Tsol-Loose leaf Lettuce. Chiu Chau Ka Tsol-Chinese Green Cabbage, large variety.
Kai Tsol Chinese Green "Cab-
Pak Tsol Chinese White Cab-
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THIS SITUATION · Inevi- tably begs a number of ques- tions. Why does the tax on earned incomes begin at such a low figure? Would not the same revenue be collected, bage, small variety. and with more equity, "if the higher incomes were taxed bage. more heavily and the lower onës not at all. Is it not true that all over the world the principle of the progressive income tax is recognized and applied? Why not in Hong- kong?
Pak Tsa Shum-Chinese White Cabbage.
h
Po Tsol-Prickly spinach, Sal Yeung Tsol-Water Cress.
of the Colony, already under- MOREOVER, why is the mined by both the Sino- exempt Agure for unearned Japanese and the European Income so little different war, demands that certain from the that for Income that concessions be made to other-i is the product of personal wise taxable business to avoid | exertion? Why should any a flight of capital. It must portion of unearned income not be forgotten, however,
be exempt at all? And why that the wage-earner of the should the amount of the tax] Colony has also, and far more, be the same in both cases?
pinch. painfully, felt the WHY SHOULD THE land-Rents rose almost as soon as lord and the coupon-clipper the China war began. The be allowed to pay much less cost of living has increased in than he can afford and cer- other respects. Loss of trade
ITALY REFUTES PEACE TALK REPORTS
ROME, Oct. 13 (Eenter)-In Home there is no belief in TO- ports parporting to emanate from Berlin, that Daly, Ger- many, and Russia are consult- ing "prace proposals.”
It was pointed out that there was no freaty between Russia and Italy providing for. consultation on lines of the German-Italian от German- Russian treaties.
A message from London states that Itallanı circles in London know nothing of the report that Signor Bastianini. the new Italian - Ambassador,
is bringing with him an side memoire on the Italian views regarding peste.
LATEST
R.A.
tainly much less than he has meant salary cuts and OUTRAGE BY would be taxed in England, temporary or permanent un- In spite of the fact that his employment. Even time de- property and investments re- voted to service in the Volun- ceive here the same protecteer Defence Force has, to our LONDON, Opt," 13 (Reuter)— tion as they would in the knowledge,
been used by fires, believed by Scotland Yard Mother Country? · And why, prospective employers as a to be the work of the LRA, oc- on the other hand, should the reason for rejecting the ap- curred in seven pillar-boxes in wage-earner, who enjoys nel-plications of otherwise accep- London. ther social insurance nor any table job-seekers.'
The perpetrators carried out
EDITORIAL
"CORRESPONDENCE |
SILENT SUFFERERS
To the Editor, “Hongkong....
Daily Press
noise
Bir-I write this letter to you because I know you have your City office in Marina House and for that reason
have you must suffered, as I have done silently for a few days. from the made by the wretched pile driver. pounding away on the site former- ly occupied by Powell's Building.
In view of the fact that so many ofices
the immediate vicinity of this "Public Enemy No. 1. I wonder if the authorities can force the people concerned to wark during non-business hours. In other words they can do all the pile driving they want from 6 am to 9 am, and then from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m..
are
Of course I realise that this only represents a cry in the wilderness | but I write the letter on the off chance that it might catch the eye of some kindly official who may be moved to do something for the poor office workers.
"PEN FUSHER”
Lady Northcote, wife of Bl Excellency the Governor, lead- ing in Devonian after her vic- tory on the second day of the 8th Extra Race meeting at
Happy Valley on Tuesday...
Mr. Jan Marsman, director of Marsman & Co., Ltd. of China. who is arriving in the Colony to-day. Mr. Marsman has re- business cently concluded a trip through Europe and the United States, travelling by Pan American Airways
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150 GERMAN PLANES IN NORTH SEA BATTLE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1939.
Hello & Goodbye
(BY A. W. HYER)
The American "steamer by which the High Com- missioner to the Philippine Islands from the United States, Hon. Francis B. Sayre, is travelling to his new duties in Manila, has been delayed and will not arrive here until early on Tuesday morning.
However, to-day a well- Steamer Traffic known visitor will be calling
in our port, Mr. Jan Mars- FROM THE NORTH one of the English steamers called by our man & Co., Inc. Mr. Marsman
port recently transporting a large men. The
has recently returned from a number of service tour of Europe and the United steamer, rather a newcomer in our States using Pan American port will continue south with a transportation This business fairly large passenger list. tycoon will be arriving by the Italian
The Canadian commercial. steamer froni his transport carried a small list of offices in Manila.
passengers when she departed our waters the other day.
Air France
Mr. A. Duncan, formerly con- nected with the China Light and
AIR FRANCE'S VILLE de Calcut-Power Co. satied for his hearth
ta arrived at · Kal Tak on and family now in London, A good Thursday at 2 pm.. It was a hec-number of friends were down at tic trip for the crew of three who the shipside to shake his hand had flown from Saigon, via Hanol and offer blessing for "not too to the Colony, and after a half-good a crosing of the Pacific and hour rest, again took to the air at Canada to home! This gentle- 2.30 am. for a return fight to man is "pulling up stakes" so to Hanol, en route to France.
commuter between North China
Mr. H. Mazot, the fairly regular speak and expects in the future-to-
call home definitely. England,
Shanghai bound on a business. Harol and Hongkong, returned trip was Mr. T. L. Knight, Manag- from another of his hurried busting Director of Hongkong Motor ness trip. He tried to say he was
Accessory and Knight and Co. a cousin of the three monkies Though the steamer echoed a bit OSLO, Oct. 13 (Reuter)-German | "see. nothing, hear nothing and with "hollowness he was looking warplanes numbered 150 in the say nothing" and, with a charm-forward to a comfortable and en- battle between warplanes and ing smile, he sold the ideal
joyable ToyRKU. British warships on Monday in the North Sea, according to the crew the Norwegian ashingboa's Kvaloey, who witnessed the acilan.
Five British "warships were at tacked. They weet full speed ahead and zig-zagged the whole time.
of
The Kvaloey found herself in the middle of the action with bombs dropping around" her and the war- ships blazing
away with their anti-aircraft guns.
The Kvalocy, changed her course several times, but the battle fol- lowed her. Finally the planes made off in an easterly direction. while
the warships disappeared westward.·
Regeneration Of Portugal Under Antonio Salazar
INSPIRING TALK ON GREAT
NATIONAL LEADER
"An achievement for which history can show but few prece- dents are the words in which the London "Times" described the first class financial miracle performed by Antonio Salazar, Dictator of Portugal, when in 1929 he presented the astounded Nation, not only with a balanced budget; but also with a surplas of nearly £3,000,000. "The budget electrified the whole world, for it was the first time in 100 years that the budget of Portugal had been balanced.
Lient. R. Legendre, a French Naval officer quietly returned to i
Mr. F. M. Ballard was sailing for a trip to Vancouver and Mr. and
to Shanghai.
Hongkong from a short visit i Mrs. A. C. Kollstead were en route- Hario1, This young gentleman. too, was non-communicative.
Returning from a short business! Call 边 Indo-China was Mr. R. Lasala. executive of John Manners and Co., Ltd.
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South Bound
Mrs. C. B. Demmink is complet- ing a splendid trip having visited in the south and many ports South Africa. This very nice tourist is on her way to Vancou- ver and still finds she has plenty of zest for the ports of call ́along"
IN GAY SPIRITS and a charming the coming voyage.. Hongkong
wife to say adios, Mr. C, von was indeed outstanding. Sickle, official of International Harvester, went flying on another business Journey to North China. It is all in a day's work for this genial American businessman,
Hanoi and
the
Mr. F. A. Hine, connected with Imperial Airways" Engineering Staff, went down to Fert Bayard with a tooth-brush and an over- night bag. Repairs to the damaged R.MA. Delia French port call him south.
Mrs. H. Thompson was quietly excited over the coming journey to Hanol. Earnestly and efficient- ly friends tended to her departure maybe they thought the lady tra- veller was dying to Europe instead of the short hop to Indo-China.
Pan American Airways
THURSDAY, 8.40 AM the China
AIRPORT NEWS Imperial Airways:
SOUTHBOUND Sunday: Hanol, Bangkok, Dorado-7 a.12.
NORTHBOUND Sunday. Bangkok, Hano!," Hong--
kong.
Dorado-4 p.m.
Air France:
NORTHBOUND Wednesday: France. Fanol
Hongkong. Service-5 p.m.
SOUTHBOUND
Thursday: Hanoi, France: Service-6 am..
Clipper got under way for San Fan American Airways: Francisco, via Manila:
well- Mr. May Audrey the known buyer and owner of the
Since then the financial stabli-¡cracy....nothing leas that or- Far Eastern chain of "Maizee's" ization of the country had pro-ganized democracy." gressed steadily and. by 1934 -the Portuguese nations's floating debt.
RIGID CENSORSHIP
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Specialty shops was returning south to the main branch in Manila. The fashion expert came. on a visit to her local establish- ment and saw the fall fashion season comience in Hongkong. "Business is splendid," she report-
EASTBOUND
Wednesday: U. 8. A.; Manila
Hongkong. California Clipper-2 p.m.
WESTBOUND Thursday: Mania, USA.. California Clipper-8.30 am.
TRAFFIC CASES.
Fines
had been completely wiped out. There are, it is true, several the country made self-supporting, points of similarity in the Italian' unemployment reduced to but a and Portugese systems. Both have minimum and considerable econe-dictators; both are Corporate mic reconstructions carried out, States, both have banned polticaled with a smille "and so is Clip- such as roads, railways, airports, parties and instituted a rigid press per nying, especially for business,"
ranging from $5 to $10. harbours, etc., and other under- censorship, both stress the author- she added.
were imposed on several motorists takings condusive to the develop- tarian nature of their respective re-
at the Central Court yesterday," ment of the country. The new gimes But it would be a graveing home was Mrs. Mary Harris, Mr. R. & D. Forrest in connection. Another Manila resident return when they were summoned before constitution
established in mistake to take similarity for iden- the wife of Major. Harris, USA, with offences committed on was March 1933 in which Portugal tity: to concentrate on common This attractive lady has been visit night of the black-out on Septem-- the. became the first "Corporative Re- accidents and to miss the essentialing in the Colony during the past ber 22 They were: C. G. Beicluna, public."
This is a brief "outline" of "the address" given by the Rev. Father! W. McDougab to a group of Uni- versity students and others at Ricci Hall last night. Among those present were Prot W."Robertson, Mr. John Whyatt and Mrs. Whyatt; Į Mr. J. G. Ozorio, Mr. Figueiredo, Rev. Father Kelly, and other dis- tinguished persons.
NEW SYSTEM
difference.
"Equally necessary was ine press censorship lasuzuted by Salexar," went on Father Mc- Dongah" I know of course that people like Professor Laski will have no interference with the press on any account. But they _are_ illogically and absurdly ad- vocating a freedom, which is dangerous to the well being of civilisation."
week; now she returns south with
of 1 Shouson Hill, Cheng Ta a "new lease on life," and thus shej
man, of United Publicity and compliments Hongkong!
Advertising, Company, C. “T. Mr. Robert Schlee. of Bhanghai Suen, of the China Assurance was in a hurry and made use of
Corporation;. C. 8. Kwok, of 7 Pan American Airways' quick way Gleneally, Lai Yan, of Star Tart to reach Manila for business con- Co., and V. E. Ferrier, of Messrs. ferences. He will be "returning ; North shortly. Imperial Airways .
Gilman's.
"H-B÷Joseph, of Exchange Build- {ing, was "fined $5 for · parking in excess of the time limit at Chater: CAPTAIN B. A DYKES in the Road on September 27..! Salazar, born in 1889, was the Denebola arrived in. Hongkong F. A. Paterson was fined $5 for Continuing. Father McDougah went on to describe the working of a small farmer and like from Bangkok on Friday at 4 pm. falling to keep to the left side of of this new system of Corporativeman of the people. He was read large round marble blue eyes, a Road Central on September 24.
other European dictators, helia | A very, very young lady with the road while driving in Queer's Government. The Estado Novo, ing for the priesthood when he white silk dress and blue and which the new! constitution brought about,
is essentially
stitution insists on the funda- mental principles of political
went off to Coimbra to study law white knit bootles arrived
in
a Christian State and the con-ity professor of political economy first call. We speak of little Miss
and eventually became a Univer- Hongkong "en bassinete on her COLONY HEALTH
before his keen interest in politics M. Robinson, the seven-month-
morality. Al political parties have eventually brought him to be Por- been banned and the country is tugal's leader in the regeneration united into one vast National of the country,... Union,
Each Industry, trade or pro- fession is organised into its own corporation and manares
FRIENDLY HOCKEY MATCH ON SUNDAY
its own affairs. Their promo tion and formation is the duty of the State, and it is this "coporatism" that constitutes of the other benefits that he SURELY, if we must be their plans under the cover of the
Salazar's greatest contribution black-out and hundreds of letters would have in England be taxed, the assessment should
were damaged, forced to begin paying taxes fall more heavily on the real in some boxes, portions of rubber
bar to statecraft
There are many people who call E. A. Alves, H. Soares It. Zeyler, on incomes which there would estate interests and others balloons, similar to those used by all this Fasciam, but it is not. Ita Xavier RJ Reed (Captain), not be taxed at all. M who have not so far suffered the LRA extremists before the is rather democracy, in the words A. N. Other; R. M, da Bilve. F' 0. AS WE HAVE POINTED from the general decline in ontbreak of war, were found by of Herr Kunschak, "The basis of Reed, 8, A. Reed, B. Xavier and OUT, the economic position the prosperity of the Colony the Police,
the Corporative state is true demo- J. H Franco
BULLETIN
old baby of Mr., B., Rabinson; who One case of cholers, one case of accompanied the young traveller, enteric fever one case of dysentery, The baby had many gurgles and 126 cases of tuberculosis, 4 cases of strange verbal noises to express diphtheria, and one ease of puer her appreciation of the plane ride peral fever were notified to the on Imperial Airways from Ginga Health Department on Oct. 12. Dore. This pleasant family have
come to join Mr. Robfrison,... en-
The following will play for the gineer of Imperial Airways, who! Many residents in Argyle Street, Nomads Hockey Club in a friendly lately arrived in the Colony. Kowloon, lost brass name-plates/ hockey ixture against the Radio | - Captain, L. J. M. White and First costing $2 each, on Thursday- and Postal Sports Club to-morrow, Onteer J. A Samuels, crew of the afternoon. The plates were i or the latter's › ground, bully-off damaged RMA Della; came from position at tinn, But were found at 4 pm
Fort Bayard.
anting by bim non nt the Thres Chinese, passengers com- victims were Mr. H. C. Macnamara, prised the remainder of the pas the well-known barrister, May 02 senger lust, but their names were de Saille-Roberston, Mr. L-Gold- not divulged. Mall averaged 112man. Mr. T. Lawrence and Mr. T Ellos from all Empire ports,
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