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NO 23.037
FRANCO-ITALIAN DEADLOCK.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR M. TARDIEU.
NO PROGRESS SO FAR.
London, Mar. 14. Efforts are still being exerted to overcome the difficulties that face the London Naval Conference and although there were fewer
NEW CALL ON SHARES.versations to-day, the
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more
hopeful view uf the situation which was expressed lust night
CHANNEL
TUNNEL COLONY'S BALANCE LEGALISATION OF
PROJECT.
COMMITTEE'S REPORT
PUBLISHED.
LORD EBBISHAM'S MINUTE OF DISSENT.
PRACTICAL SCHEME.
of
LARGER.
IN SPITE OF LESS REVENUE IN NOVEMBER.
EXPENDITURE GOES UP
Although the financial state- ment for the Colony un to the end of November, just issued, shows an improvement in the credit balance, the
revenue for the month showed a marked decline over that of the corresponding period in 1928, whilst expenditure increased, London, Mar, 14. Presiding at the annual share-persisted.
The balance at the end of holders' meeting of the Hong- I is recognised that the chief;
The Economic Advisory Coun-November was $10,284,640.34, kong Telephone Co., Ltd., this immediate obstacle to progress cil, recently appointed by Mr.compared with $10,051,882.60 at morning, Mr. J. Scott Harston is the French insistence that the Ramsay MacDonald, publishes the end of October. indicated that the new automatic italian claim to parity with France to-day the Report of the official The total revenue for November system would be in operation not is not justified and speefal interest Commission which for months was $2,042,211.96, which compares later than the first week in is attached to the fact that past has been investigating and with $3,834,819.51 for the same
month in 1928, April. He added
Briand had a long talk with considering the feasibility that the
There were decrcases under six of the ten results of the operation of the Signor Grandi this afternoon.
Mt. Briand will report the post-constructing the Channel Tun-headings, the principal boing in system during the present year
Miscellaneous Receipts ($92.047 tion to the French Premier, M. would have to be considered be-Tardieu, who is due to arrive in
with The Committee has reported in compared
$1,980,270), fore it would be possible for the London to-morrow night, and on favour of the construction of an Licences and Internal Revenue Directors to ascertain whether Sunday, the Prime Minister. Mr.experimental pilot tunnel at a Kowloon-Canton Railway ($70,266 ($1,237,963 ns against $1,146,883). any increase in the rates to sub- Ramsay Macdonald who is spend-cost of £5,600,000, and if success- scribers would be necessary.
construction compared with $133,475). ing the week-end at Chequers, willful recommends the
The expenditure for the month entertain M. Tardion there at of traffic tunnels at an estimated
$1,812,454, luncheon,
RS against when the problems east of £25,000,000
$1,615,552 for 1928, the chief before the Conference will be fully j
increases being discussed.
$156,296 as against $144,138 for the P.W.D.; $314,006 for Public Works Extra- ordinary, compared with $156,769; and $116,415 for Miscellaneous Services, as against $82,633 last
nel.
A further interesting announce ment made was that definite pro- Kress has been made. in the negotiations for the establishment
A Business Proposition. of a trunk telephone service be-
M. Briand and Signor Grandi tween Hongkong and Canton, and, enferred alone for a whole hour,
The Committee further recom- subject to the. Government s approval of the project, it will and the result was awaited with ends that the work be carried possibly be inaugurated
extreme eagerness since all immeout by private enterprise, without approximately a year's time. Il dinte interest is centred on this special financial assistance from
the Government. intended to make provision, at a question of later date, for the installation of deadlock. lines to Swatow.
in
the Franco-Italian
Signor Grandi afterwards de- Referring to the financial posi-clined to reply to journalists, but tion, Mr. Scott Harston pointed M. Briand admitted that no pro- out that the overdraft at the end gress had been made.-Renter and of the year just ended amounted British Wireless, to over $88,000, and this will be increased as further payments for new plant are made. The Directors have therefore sidered it necessary to make a call of $2.50 on the partly-paid shares of the Company on June 30th,
Chairman's Speech.
con-
The Chairman, after reading the Auditors' report, addressed the meating as follows:
HONGKONG'S NEW GOVERNOR.
AMUSING STORY ABOUT CHAIN-LETTERS.
We
the
of it;
advertise do not want to
im- efforts of chain-letter
suggestion
They are of opinion that the Tunnel could be built, maintained, and operated as a business pro- position, and by creating new traffic and thus increasing trade, would be of economic advantage to Great Britain.
Lord Ebbisham contributes a dissenting minute.
The members of the Committen are Mr. S. R. Peacock (chairman), Lord Ebhisham, Sir Clement Hind- ely, Sir Frederick Lewis, and Sir Henry Strakosch.
Seven Years' Job.
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was
year.
The revenue for the cleven months was $21,186,161, compared with $22,839,138 for 1928, and the expenditure $18,993,115, as against $18,5-15,222.
BRITAIN AND CHILE.
ÉLEVATION OF STATUS OF REPRESENTATIVES.
London, Mar. 14.
two
BETTING.
CEYLON INTRODUCING TAX BILL.
DUNLO
DUNLOP CARRIES THE TRAFFIC,
They're British, too.
LOCAL BRANCH:
Padder Building.
C. 4334
Bulls and Inners
From the Office Butts.
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News drifted out of Albania
The dollar fluctuations show that even a TT rate can become the other 'day describing a revolt intoxicated.
against King Zogu. Anyway, it's
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In view of Its bankrupt condi-
HONGKONG GOVERNMENT ANDtion, shouldn't Chicago in future
SWEEPSTAKES.
PRINCIPLE THE SAME.
be known as Chicag-owe?
to
по
This naval disarmament seenis be a matter of supply and de-manned.
O O
a good name to revolt against.
口口
Travel may still broaden a man but it flattens the pocketbook.
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Silver isn't a currency; it's an endurance test.
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Newspaper heading "Woman Argues with Three Judges." Not
Another Aberdeen story:---An In view of the Telegraph's recent Aberdoninn was born during suggestion that the Government | foggy night, and everything he enough judges. make local sweepstakes a révenue- touched was mist! producing pastime, instead of pur-
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suing its present so-called policy, A naturalist states that grass- which is no policy at all, it is in-hoppers have ears on their knees. teresting to note that the Govern- This may explain why they never ment of Ceylon is shortly intro-wear loud plus-fours.
口 ducting an Ordinance for the taxing of betting on horse-racing, į Radio sets are being installed for the registration of race in the Illinois penitentiary at courses, and for exempting taxablo Joliet Now, will bets from the provisions of the behave! Gaming Ordinance."
why the principle should not be
There seems no obvious reason
extended to sweepstakes.
The Ceylon Bill ensures the legalisation of certain kinds of bets, and the rate of the tax is to be 2% per cent.
"Taxable Bets."
DO
you
guys
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Local conversation:---
"Do you see the difference in exchange?
"No, there's po difference bil it's much better."
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One secret of success is to go off where no-one knows you and pretend that you amounted to
speeches are made when there are
Mr. Baldwin says his best something where you came from.
□□ no reporters present. This only Appropriately enough, the sug→ goes to prove what a number of gested merger between the local embryonic Premiers there are electric companies bas
become a current topic. among our local talpans.
...
The dollar
may be worth less, but that loesn't deter
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The Attorney-General (Mr. G. St. J. Jackson) describes the obr jects and reasons of the Bill in the the shroffs from following terms:-
chasing it. The object of this B is two- fold (1) To authorise the levy of a tax on what are described in the Bill as "taxable beta"; and (2) To prevent betting on horse-racing otherwise than by such bets.
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With the first object. in view, chrise 3 of the Bill contains general power to levy the proposed tax and explains the expression "taxable bets" as bets on a horse- race made by an individual acting on his own behalf, either at a totalisator or with an authorised bookmaker, on the registered race course on which, and on the day on which, the race is run.
One
hardest
of
the
things
about being in Hong ko̟ng society is the :ultivation of a ored expres- sion.
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If you want to be a success-
ful sweepstaker, cultivate a win- ning personality.
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Portrait of a Dairy Farm - black pudding (to-day's special- ity) taken in the dark
☐ = What about Government appointing Commission on ruination?
No Prosecutions. With the second object in view clause 4 exempts taxable bets from prosecution under the Gaming Or- dinance, and removes, so far as betting on horse-racing is con-rice.
section 24 of that Ordinance to
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A Shanghai man has just carved a. hundred words on a grain of Probably he was trying to
H.M the King has approved the recommendation by the Foreign Secretary that His Majesty's repre- sentative in Chile shall in future' be an Ambassador instead of a On the engineering side, the Referring to the accounts, you beciles, who are now active indificulties are not regarded
Minister, as hitherto, and that the will observe that the profit for the Malay again, says the Straits insuperable as there is a large Ambassador from the Republic of year under review, carried to the Times, but the latest effort is chalk stratum peculiarly suitable Chile shall similarly be received at credit of Profit and Loss Appro-worth attention. Here is part for boring.
His Majesty's Court. priation Account, amounted to
The British and Chilean Govern- $302,200,26, which shows an in-
The length with approaches ments are satisfied that this eleva- "Sir Hugh Clifford had to retire would be 33 miles, and construction of the status of the rreuse of $41,295.30 over the preceding year and is obtained after neglecting the after deducting $195,681.90 for in the chain. The Sultan of Peraktion would take from 6 to 7 years, representatives will be to the cerned, the exemption given by start a cereal story.
and it is estimated that the cost mutual advantage of both coun- clubs, resthouses, and hotels; the depreciation; $33,960.00 for pay-won the biggest race within nine could be recovered in the form tries.
In a case concerning a spurious ment to Government of Royalties days after compliance. Mr. C. Hof probable net profits in a period as required by the Telephone Hatry, the London Financier, was of ten years.
The necessary steps will short-effect will be that bets on a horse- $10 note, Mr. Whyte Smith sug- race other than taxable bets will gested that it should be carefully Ordinance; and $474.67 For caught for cheating after neglect.
ly be taken to give effect to His continue to be offences under the examined before being burnt, in writing off Bad Debts. Deprecia- ing the succession in the chain.
Majesty's pleasure in the case of Gaming Ordinance and
no pro- case it were genuine. His Wor- the British representative shows in
of Sir Willam Peel by complying increase
tection will in future be given to ship's nationality is no longer in The Committee's Report says the Santiago. It is anticipated that clubs, resthouses and hotels in eg doubt. $27.107.34 over the previous year was elevated to the postition If and the larger allowance in this Goyarnor and Commander-in-feasibility of the construction of similar steps will be taken by the pect of racing betting.
The eliter the tunne! depends upon the Chilean connexion is necessitated by rea-Chief of Hongkong.
Government regarding of the ground to Son of the capital additions to to a local paper for scoffing
at nature
be the representative of the Republic Lunnelled. Certain geological and in London-British Wireless. general punt made during the the chain of Good Luck had to Year in the normal expansion of vacate the Editorial Chair within to be encountered, but they could engineering difficulties are likely your business.
a few weeks." This
expansion.
probably be successfully will you
We can't answer for Governors, observe. has resulted in
the Sultans and financiers, but the amount of Royalties payable to credulous may rest assured that Government being $2.312.40 in the editorial
remains scoffer excess of the payment for the where he was before. previous year.
Bad debts continue to decrease --even though they were extreme- ly small last year-and this, I believe, is indicative of the vilicacy of your Company system of deposits, to which I have already referred from the Chair on severál previous occasions.
System Account Change. Turning now the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account,
to
LABOUR ASSISTANCE TO COLONIES.
ACCEPTING SUGAR LOSSES
UP TO £500,000,
4
tele-
come.
Element of Doubt.
uver
There must, however, remain an element of doubt regarding the the practicability of constructing tunnel until a pilot tunnel, estimat- ed to cost five and half millions ster- ling, has been successfully driven right under the Channel.
The Committee finds that none of the new forms of cross-Channel communication suggested to them can be regarded as a satisfactory alternative to the tunnel.
The cost of construction of the London, Mar. 14.
actual tunnel is estimated at about Lord Passfied, the Secretary of twenty-five millions sterling. your Directors recommend the State for the Colonies, has adoption of the appropria- graphed to the Governors of the
Competitive Rates. tions shown, and I would like West Indies and Mauritius stating
The Committee consider that on to direct your attention to Change that the British Government is pre- of System Account which pro-pared to shoulder half the Colonial economic grounds the work should vides for the writing off, as at Government's losses, up to a figure be carried out by private enter 31st December, 1929, of those of £300,000 respect of the West prise and should not be accorded asseta which have become ob. Indies and £200,000 in respect of any special financial assistance The Com- solete owing to the imminent up- Mauritius if the Colonial Govern by the Government. proach of the change-over to ments guarantee the lenders in res-mittee believe that the tunnel could automatic working, to which Ipect of half any losses on advances be built, maintained and operated will refer later.
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aware,
to assist the next Reuter,
augar crop.
U.S. DESTROYERS COMING.
by private enterprise at a cost which would permit traffic through it being conveyed at rates not higher than those at present in force on the short cross-Channel route.
Under normal eircumstances obsolescence would, as far as practicable, be taken into aideration in fixing the rates for de- preciation for the various classes of plant but, as you are under the terms of the Company's franchise a limit is fixed as to DUE HERE EARLY NEXT the maximum amount to be
MONTH. charged for depreciation in any one financial year. It was
Information has been received sequently not possible for your by the local naval authorities that
the 39th Div.-U. S. Destroyers will privato enterprise, and if it Company to provide for deprecia-arrive from Manila about 2nd or could carry traffle at competitive tion, in the short period which has 3rd April. The Division will be rates, any resultant advantages elapsed since its Inauguration on composed of the following ships: are uncertain, and at best, slight 1st July, 1925, on a scale sulli- Mc. Cormick, Parrott, Simpson, in extent, whilst on the other hand, clently extensive to enable it to Edsall, MacLeish and Bulmer. have retired, through that ac-
Comdr. S. S. Brown, Divisional count, the whole of the assets Commander, will be aboard the Mc- which have become obsolescent by Cormick. The length of stay will
(Continued on Page 4). be a few days,
con-
TOURIST TROPHY
RACE.
NO HONGKONG ENTRANT POSSIBLE.
Clauses 5 and 6 deal with the
American tourist on way to registration of racecourses, and upper levels:-"Say, d'ya call this the Teak provide that the holders of certi- the Peak Tram or ficates of registration ("certificate Pram?”
១ ០ holders") shall supply information
We go on cutting down naval of totalisators and
but the heavyweight proposed or authorised by them tonnage, and shall set apart places for their boxers get larger and funnier.
7 operation. Clause requires certificate-holders to permit in-
bookmakers
Women who
are slaves to
spection of registered race-courses fashion have light burdens. and to keep accounts and to permalt The Hon. Secretary of the Hong-the inspection and the taking of kong Automobile Association asks copies of their accounta. us to state that it has been found impossible to select a local motor cyclist to represent the Colony in the forthcoming T. I Race in the Isle of Man.
Mr. Cambist will now give hla A simi-tamous lecture on how to stabilise lar provision with regard to the the dollar:-"I may be wrong but accounta 'to be kept by authorised I think I am perfectly wonderful.” · bookmakers appears in clause 9 (2).
Collection of Tax. At the same time, he takes the
Clauses 8 and 9 are opportunity of expressing the warmest thanks of the Association concerns with the imposition and
directly
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Some men never say unneces- sary things, and others tell their wives to use their own judgment.
Two can live as cheaply as one,
to Mr. H. G. Williams, for supply-collection of the tax which will but not as quietly. ing a staff of competent observers be incurred in the case of all tax-
If a baldheaded Indian doesn't and to the Inspector General of able bets, whether made at a tota- Police for placing a course at the lisator or with an authorised book wear a hat, how does he keep his Association's disposal and for maker. In both these
cases the wigwam? supervision during the trial.
tax will be at the rate of 2% per cent, or at such other rate as may
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS.
MR. E. H. TINDAL ATKINSON APPOINTED.
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Some people are satisfied with
We
again
met u
roan last week
who thought St. Francis de Sales was the Patron Saint of Bargain Daya .0 D
To judge by the lisp. talking pictures still are in their infancy.
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It seems as if
the only time
the pedestrian
has the right of way is after he's
picked up by
the ambulance.
· 0.0 Advertising pays. Look how pumelo juice has got into the public eye.
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Said a lively young nurse out in
Padua,.
To her master, "Please sir,
you're a dadus.
I've come down for pins For to wrap up the twins, And to hear you remark, sir,
how gladua.
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"The trouble with most Chinese servants," says a lady writer, "is that they don't know their places.' No, they're always changing them. ☐ ☐ Thie "parrot" disease is terrible. Now we know what is wrong with our, public speakers.
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Is a sugar-cane a veg, Or is it fruity? It's no good to allege It can do duty
In a dual sort of sense, For that might give offence: Why not call it something.
edible but rooty?
The San-i-tary Board must Really state-o.
If It's allied more or leas To sweet potato.
For if it's not a fruit, (And the point is very moot) Why not treat it like an egg And duly date-o?
If that will not suffice.. A name to find it,
Why not boil it.up with spice, And pare and rind It?
It then might often serve
As a really new, hors d'oeuvre For after umpteen gin's
be authorised by resolution of the half a loaf others loaf all the Legislative Council. But in the time.
☐ o first ruce the tax will be known as
Some stenographers Bpell the totalisätor: tax and will be calculated on the amount of the atrociously; some taipans can't stake paid in, whereas In the spell it at all.
□ □ second case it will be known as
First-aid hint:-A Scotsman is
A fashion writer says wasp- the betting tax, and will be cal culated on the amount of the back-lead when you go through his waists are the coming vogue. pockets and the corpse doesn't That means that husbands will be
stung more than ever.
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tax will be move.
Mayor William Hale Thompson collected and made over to Govern-
hasn't said a word about that ment by the certificate-holder, but the betting tax will in the first Chicago financial crisis being the place be collected and made over
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by the bookmaker to the certi-fault of King George. ficate-holder, who will make it Parrot fever is serious but think over to Government after enti
London, Mar. 14. The Home Secretary has ap-er's winnings.
The totalisator Lord Ebbisham's View.
pointed Mr. Edward Hale Tindal Lord Ebbisham signs the report Atkinson to be Director of Public subject to a minute, of dissent, the Prosecution in place of Sir general conclusion of which is Archibald Bodkin, who retires on that even if the tunnel could be pension.British Wireless. built, maintained and operated by
NANKING APPOINTMENT,
Nanking, Mar. 15. Mr. Yeh Chu-tsang, Chairman of the Kuomintang Publicity the evidence submitted has shown there would be a definite detriment Department, has been appointed to established industries such, for concurrently Chairman of the instance, as shipping and agricul. Kiangsu Provincial Government. turo-British Wireless and Reuter, Renter.
fying himself that it represents of the awful results if a plague
the correct amount due,
of squirrel fever should break out Clause 10 requires the exhibin Hongkong. tion during race meetings of the certificate of registration of the racecourse and of bookmakers' per
mits.
(Continued on Page 14.)
We wouldn't mind it!
口口:
A skipper boasts that, in spite of taking many risks, he's never lost a ship. A wreckless fellow!
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Now that skirta may get longer) many men fear that their eyes ase on their last legs,
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Slap the cheeks until they glow."Beards are coming back, advises a beauty expert. But first according to a London paper be sure, of course, they're your They always do. "That's W
Fazora were invented.
own.