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Sweeping Fiscal Reforms Announced In Manifesto
Continued from Pase $
TELEPHONES ON BUOYS
For the purpose of facilitating communication between incogïlýs hand, and facilitate trade on the of reasonable prices for the pr freighters and land, thus speeding other.
ducts, (4) the troprovement of up the discharge of cargoes, the For the successful enforcement transportation and increase of the Communigations Ministry has de- of these reforins, the manifesto poluge of traffic, and (6) the refelded to instal telephone equip stresses the importance of train duction and untication of exportment on buoys in Osaka and Kobe ed personnel, which training and taxes. In addition, the manifesto parts, reports the Malpighi. management have been planned. exhorts the nation to co-operate
Eventually, ten buoys in the two In addition, higher renumeration with the Government in its effort ports will be equipped with such and security for the staff members to restrict the importation of non-faellities. As it is necessary has also been worked out. In short, essential goods and in promoting lay submarine cables to this end, an efficient personnel will bring native goods, about the eradication of corrup· |
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Dealing with the food policy. the manifesto says that China was simultaneous prosecution of the purpose.
and reconstruction and in It is quite easy to make use of self-sufficient in her food supply war
view of the vastly augmented the wireless telephone, an expert before July 7, 1937, and even after
Osaka Communication the outbreak of the war there was national expenditures, the Govern- of the
should Introduce varlous Bureau stated, but because of the no reduction in food production ment because there have been bounteous monopolies with a view to increas risks of the messages being pick- harvests in the last four years. ing the national revenue and ed up by other parties and other considerations, the The present food problem, there controlling the commodity prices. unfavourable fore, is due to inequitable distriba. It is the opinion of the conference submarine cable system has been tion caused by the dimcult trans. that monopolles of a national decided upon. portation, hoarding and the great nature should be undertaken by
10 U.S. MARINES ON TORPEDOED STEAMER
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuter)
10 United States
ly increased demand in certain the Central Government while the localities.
taxes and surtaxes levied on the Although the food question is products placed under state mono- complicated, the two most impor poly by the provincial governments tant factors are production and should be abolished forthwith. prices, a solution for which must After emphasising that the de- be sought. For the two factors are cisions of the current conference A ship with inter related. The man Testo poin 8 shall be carried into force, the marines on their way to England, the AL- out that the present conference's manifeste concludes: "Without a has been torpedoed in
R11 authori- adoption of the measures for the unified fiscal system there cannot jlantic, according to collection of land tax in kind and be a foundation for a modern tative source here.
One American marine is missing of "foodstuff treasury state and, consequently, we cannot
to "borrow talk about concentrating the na- and it is presumed Indstuffs, was designed to tackle tion's strength." Without fixing a were rescued. the problems of production and budget for each helen, the New The ship is said to be the Mars-
the issue notes" with which
prices,
the
others
..!
District System cannot be enforced den, a former Dutch vessel, now and, consequently. we cannot talk serving with Britain.
Navy Department states are expedient about 'local self-government."
FOOD PROBLEM
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measures and In order to seek a Without taxation reformation we there is no immediate confirma- fundamental solution of the food cannot talk about equalization of tion of the report. problem the land polley must be tax burden.' introduced. The manifesto par- "If our food policy cannot be Licularly stresses the reformation enforced and our land policy? of the tenant system the realiza- cannot be carried out we cannot tion of the land for-each-tilier talk about feeding the civilians A new iron and stee) works
lutensive and the and
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fi prosecution of our war of re- October after the installation In short, the manifesto says, the sistance, and it is to be hoped that its machinery. expedient measure to cope with the nation will pledge its support. A large quantity of scrap Iron The food problem is to Lighten Que the provinciaj Ananelal authorities has recently been purchased by food control while the fundamen
to faithfully carry out the reforms, the Chinese authorities from tal measure is to put the equaliza and the Ministry of Finance will war areas and shipped to Slan.-- tion of land ownership policy into exercise its wise leadership in the (Central News). execution.
execution of the task."
CURRENCY-The degree of
the
Bringing the strenuous nine-day
conference to a successful climax, Dr. Kung entertained the delegates at î farewell dinner. (Central
News).
public co fidence in the Chinese legal tender and stability of the Chinese currency market n last four years has surpassed that of many other belligerent coun- tries. While partly due to the great faith placed in it by the people, the Ho's share of the credit should go to the successful execu tion of the Government's policy and measures. However, in the past the Four Government Barks have borne the brunt of the work
carrying Out the
currency polley, and it is to be hoped that there will be more co-ordination between the Central Government and the local and commercial banks in the future wherby the banking Institutions may contri- bute even greater services to the Thu. state.
Week
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 1 to 7 July 1941.
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PERFUME AID
IN WAR DRIVE
of
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LONDON.--Rare And new per- fumes are being produced in the heart of bombed London for ex- port as part of the Government's plan to secure foreign currency.
The man mainly responsible for this wartime exchange of smells leading
Is Mr. W. A. Poucher.
research chemist.
In his laboratory in Piccadilly Mr. Poucher conjures up all the stoperfumes of Arabla from -castor
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queer raw materials.
"Some of the materials
use
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and the formulas are kept locked
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