THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932.
BRITAIN £364,000 ON "HOMO" REPLIES
RIGHT SIDE.
REMARKABLY STRONG
BUDGET FIGURES.
THE MOST REMARKABLE YEAR in Britain's financial history ended at midnight with the revised budget not only balanced but leaving a surplus of £364,000 after providing £32,500,000 for the redemption of debt.
2
TO CRITIC.
TWO LADIES ENTER THE LISTS.
MEN PILLORIED.
Sir, Mr. Hamstrung asks "Why should not men place women on the a pedestal? Are they not centre of his existence?"
In my opinion most of the
BUS COMPANY SUMMONED.
RESIDENT COMPLAINS OF SERVICE.
RADIO BROADCAST
DR. SIIN'S LECTURE ON INFANT WELFARE.
Radio programme to be broadcast
against his Company, (8) fons by Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 355
metres. (846 K,C's),
• 5.00-7.00p.m. Chiness programme. 0.00-0.30 p.m. The sixth of a scries of lectures on "Infant Wolfaro" bý Doctor K. S. Shin, M.D., B.Sc., "Treatment of Emergencies."
7.00-10.30 p.m. Езгореап pro- gramme.
7.00 p.m. Stock quotations; mail notice..
Mr. S. T. Louey, proprietor of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, appeared before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistrney this morning in answer to two summonses
ing to keep bus No. 663 in proper repair and (b) for failing to run vehicles to a scheduled time.
With regard to the first sum- sald on world's troubles to-day-our mur-mons, Sergeant Scrim
Auicides, industrial de- March 4, he noticed that hus No. ders, pressions, and International wara 663 was making a noise like a can be attributed to the incom- machine-gun, the allencar being prehensible transgression of man obviously defective. A few days having actually accepted woman later, it was reported to him by existence. the D.S.P.K., that the same bus He The prehistoric struggle for the was making a lot of nolae. wherewithal to live has evolved went out to look for the bus and into a conillet for the means of later stopped it in Nathan Bond. acquiring modern luxuries. Inter-On questioning the driver, he was. national warfare in the direct re- told that the matter had been re- nult of a straggle for raw mater-ported to the Company, but nothing There's a Blue Note in my Love Song. ial reserves and foreign markets; had been done for the bus. the present industrial depression has its origin in the shortsighted nequisitiveness of a financial oligarchy and it can all be ascrib ed to the luxury-loving. power- grabbing propensities of our women-folk.
The Treasury announcement marks the successful completion of the first stage of the National Govern-na the centre of his ment's programme to lay a sound foundation for future prosperity by first establishing confidence at Home and abroad.
The happy position has been confidently anticipated and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, instead of sitting anxiously at the Treasury awaiting the final figures, is taking his ease at a Dee-side fishing village.
ANALYSIS OF YEAR'S WORKING.
London, Mar. 31.
The Government's financial year
ended to-day and The complete
Treasury returns for the year are published, the statement nccom panying the abstract of accounts, stating:
Post Office Down,
The Post Office net receipt is £700,000 less than expected, and there
The average man's objective to- day is to make as much money as possible, in the shortest possible if possible, time-legitimately and anyhow, if legally impossible
A fine of $5 was imposed. Regarding the second summons, Traffic Inspector Mason said the matter was instigated b Mr. W. V. Curtles, of Sheungshawan, who alleged that from 6.03 p.m. until 6,27 p.m. on March 8 he had to wait before a No. 2 bus passed Public Square Street..
7.05-8.45 p.m. Programme of Vic tor records kindly supplied by Mesara. Tsang Fook Piano Co.
7.05-7.20 p.m. A Selection of Fox Trots.
One Little Quarrel.
The High Hatters.
Dance of the Little Dutch Dolls. Try to Forget.
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. 22873-22870.
She Didn't Say "Yes," The Night Was fade for Love.
Leo Reisman and His Orch, 22860. 7.20-7.50 p.m. A Concert, Plano Solo-Cradlo Song (Brahms).
Alfred Cortot. 1271.
Mr. Loey stated that according Song-Beau Soir (Bourgst-Debussy).
Mary Garden (Soprano). 1439. to the information he had received.
Violin Solo-Andantino (Lemaro- bus left Star Ferry at 6.00 p.m.
Saonger). and another at 6.10 p.m. on the Violin Solo-At Dawning (Cadman),
Fritz Kreisler. 1100. โร H further ahorand why? Because he needs day in question.
tho Giving evidence, Mr. Curtiss Piano Solo-Danao Exotique tage in receipts from aundry money for the retention of
existence woman. said he arrived at Public Square (Horowitz-Demony).
Vladimir Horowitz. 1468. loans and miscellaneous items, centre of his
the Street at 6.03 p.m. Although These two Intter heads wore 1f married, he realises that estimated at £58,200,000 and have preservation of the marital rela-the Kowloon Motor Bus Company's Song-I Love to Hear You Singing
(Glanville-Haydn Wood). The Budget has been balanced, realised £43,723,000. The dit-tionship entails acute competition vehicles were supposed to main-
John McCormack (Tenor). 1425. with a surplus of £364,000 afterference is due mainly to the rewith the affluent insunity of his taina 10-minute service, it was
Violin Solo-Albumblatt Marquerite providing £12.508.000 for the reduction, in the amount paid to mis-single confrere, and if unfettered not until 6,27 that he found a No. (Rachmaninoff-Kreisler).
Fritz Kreisler. 1170. aeen 2 bus. demption of debt.
cellaneous revenue from the ex- by marriage vows, he has
know
8,00 "I've been told by my doctor not enough of modern life to
wenther p.m. Local time; "This result has been achieved change account.
On the expenditure side, the the monetary cost of success where to stand about too long, and it report. notwithstanding a decision to limit
was a very unpleasant orden. I 7.50-8.25 p.m. Orchestral, the amount paid to miscellaneous permanent debt charge as rovised gold-diggers are concerned.
The world, to-day, is fighting am quite sure no No. 2 bus passed Capriccio Italian (Tschaikowsky).
Leopold Stokowski and tho Philn- revenue from the Exchange Ac- by the September budget was
I was standing there," when
delphia Orch. 0040-8050. count to £1234 millions, including fixed at £322 rallions, which in individually and nationally
ndded Mr. Curtiss, comfort and luxury, and
Daphnis et Chloe-Suito No. 2 interest, instead of £23 millions eluted £32 millions for
(Maurice Ravel). including interest, contemplated redemption. The whole of this the motive force behind it all. til next Friday.
sum has been issued and applied
Boston Symphony Orchestra under the illrection of Serge Koussovitzky. in the manner provided.
7143-7144. Operatie.
lust September.
Income Tax Surplus. "The expenditure on supply set- vices is £12 millions less than the September forecast, the reductions realised having been 34% millions as against £12 millions contemplat
Ons bed ed in September. served that not merely were the estimates of the yield of income tax and surtax realised but they towards meeting deficits on other heads of revenue."
Supply Savings.
debt
The
In the
for woman
The summons was remanded un-
air. Hamstrung adds, "Life would be intolerable without them. Without illusions we would all
A Harbour Offco notification states be It would commit suicide." interesting to learn if he
that as from sunset today, the colour hus ever tried living without them. If the light at Siu Chau Wan, on the can assure you, Mr. Editor, the north side of Lyemun, will be green
instead of red, my happleat daya of
life-and
pve taken my fun where I found
On the supply services, a sub stantial saving is shown. original budget estinate of last April was £439 millions. revised financial statement of last September this was increased to
173,800 thousand owing mataly it were spent alone with men In order that cach member of the to the decision to stop borrowing where "yonder, the wide horizonparty may have his "shout"! for unemployment insurance and blame on the sun and the stars,
lics,' where "you can lay
Consequently the neglected wife provided a surplus of £19 millions roads, but before taking into the the long white road and the skies" seeks out her lady friends and is
the accaant the economien proposed in where the thrill of honest ac-
the accond budget. These
hievement, clean sport, elevating The National Accounts show economics were estimated to save that the revenue during the your £70,000,000 in a full year and 622 controversy and a contented mind amounted to £770,968,000 and the millions in the remainder of the pushed women right out of the picture. The men that go down expenditure to £770,599,000. The current year. revised budget forecasted Exche- In fact, the Exchequer issue has to the sea in ships learn to live, quer receipts from income tax of been proved to be £489,200,000 and live happily, with their own £272 millions and from surtax of showing a saving £12,600,000 sex. It la when port is reached, with woman's demoralizing in- fluence around them, that the rat sets in.
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millions. The total expenditure of £770% millions is thus £12% millions less than was estimated in the revised budget.
Relic of War.
of scandal- immediately accused mongerine by the men who seo a
do not overhear the conversation. party of girls talking together but
me to n And this again, brings
i gossip could be analysed I be point where I would like to say that
as much emanates from the males lieve it would be found that just as the females, judging by the amount of information one can ob tain from a husband, picked up at the club or the office.
There can be no over-valuation of anything if the demand exists." | Mr. Hamstrung apparently over
looks the possibility of coloured water being sold as a hair-restorer for a dollar a bottle at the con well-organined A
of
In the case of single people brought up out here, the majority are spoilt from childhood. They are not trained to think for them- selves, let alone "do" for them. selves, so who can be blamed, but
consider that their main object in their parents? The children grow up-to be swelled-headed and to
£73 millions. The amounts re-the revised estimates. ceived in the year are respect- The total saving in the past year Ively £287,400,000 and £76,700,000. has therefore amounted to £34%
Death Duty Surprise. On the other hand, estate Duties have only yielded £65,000,- 000, which is £18 millions less than the budget estimate, while Stamps, which were estimated to produco The Dollar Exchange account, clusion £20 millions fell short by three from which £12,750,000 has been publicity campaign. Woman's Customs and excise revenue was stead of the £23,000,000 contem-hanced, and it is up to man to taken to balance the budget, in-value to-day to fictitiously en- estimated to produce a total of plated by Lord Snowden in £263 millions. The actual receipts September last, is a relic of the shun them till they make up their life is to have "a good time."
minds to renounce'вex-aggrandise- have exceeded this sum by war when American and Canadian ment and get back to service in millions but of this about £2 mil-securities, held in Britain by the common weal. Yours, etc. lions is on account of the new im corporations and private investors, port duties under the Abnormal were mobilised by the Chancellor Importation Act, the Horticultural of the Exchequer In order to meet Products Act and the Import dollar payments.-Renter and Bri- Duties Act,
tish Wireless.
millions.
MORE WUCHOW
IMPROVEMENTS.
NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING.
ROYAL FAMILY AT WINDSOR.
LITTLE PRINCESS'S
BIRTHDAY.
London, Mar. 31. Wuchow, Mur, 30. Wuchow's new Post Office build- The King and Queen this after ing on Ch'ong Tain Lo is rapidly noon motored to Windsor Castle, Their Majestics are ex where taking form under the able direc-
pected to remain in residence tion of the contractors in charge throughout April. of building operations. Reinforc
During their stay, they will be
HOMO.
8.25-8.45
p.m.
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The Magic Flute-Overture (Mozart), New York under the direction of Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of
Die FlederWillem Mengelberg. 1486.
The Bat-You and
You (J. Strauss), Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frederick Stock. 1481. Tristan and Isolde-Preluda (Wagner). San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Alfred Hertz, 6585. 8.45-10.30 p.m.
aro kindly loaned by the Para- mount Films of China, Inc., and "The Vagabond King" These records
played on Western Electric Sound Equipment.
news.
10.30 p.m. Rugby mid-day press
10.38 p.m. Close down
FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT.
WORKER BLOWN TO PIECES.
According to a report issued by the police, the accident occurred at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. The un- fortunate man, Yik Keo, of 286, Main Street, Saiwanho, was on the hillside when a blasting charge was fired and so severe were the injuries ho received that his body was blown to pieces.
Terrible injuries which caused by a stone breaker at Shaukiwan instantaneous death were received
yesterday afternoon during blast- Many people out here have beening operations on the hillside near known to remark that they would Tal Shek Street. not care to take on the respon- sibility of bringing a male relative out here. Why? Because most of them sooner or later get into "bad Men, Wonderful Men.
company" and until they come to Sir, In response to the criti- their senses, cause worry and dis cism of the fair sex, may we have tress to the relative or friend who a word-not necessarily in self-de- was more or less responsible for fence, as we shall never get our their coming abroad. Should a "rights". I know we are accused, "mere woman" discuss this sub of talking too much, but no-one Is jeet and wonder why so many men perfect, thank goodness. If men cannot live healthy, strenuous out- are so superior, why is it they so door lives (most of them wark not easily succumb to the wiles of these more than eight hours a day) and obviously designing creatures? think less of the satisfying of True, there are women and girls thoir animal instincts, this is con- A who live for cluthes and men alone, sidered an indelicate topic. hence the excessive use of make girl is immediately condemned if up, but it takes all kinds to make she Ieuds anything but a "respect- up a world; also there is quite a able" life, but with a man "it is large proportion left who have different"-Yours, etc., many story book virtues, including an efficient household, or efficiency
ed concrete is being used for the visited by, the Duke and Duchess unselfishness and ability to organise
structural part of the bullding, of York, the Princess Royal and which has already reached the her husband, Lord Harewood, and second storey. When completed, other members of the Royal the now building will all a long-Family.
business which passes through the British Wiretena.
office.
In the office as the case may be.
A. N. AFTERTHOUGHT.
Another Retori. ̧
LONG DRAWN OUT STRIKE.
SOME UNIONS WANT TO GO ON..
Enschede, Mar. 31.
An agreemont on the basis of gradual wage reductions has been reached between the employers
Sir feel it my duty nut to and the Religious Unions of the How many unhappy marriages allow visitors to Hongkong to go textile industry, of which 18,000 there are out East! Is it entire-away with the idea that all women have been on strike since ly the fault of the woman? How womon are as bad as "Homo" says. November Inst!
folt need, an the present accom- Princess Elizabeth, who will modation of the Wuchow branch be six on April 21st, will probably many women have had their ideals His nccusations are so sweepingly Although the factories are re- of the Chinesu postal system 18 spend her birthday with her shattered a thousand times-do general that the impression TO- inadequate for the volume of grandparents at the Cnatle they expect too much of their men-mains that every girl in Hongkong opening on Monday, other Uniona folk? Take the case of a girl out that he has met (and I wonder are agitating for a continuance of from Home. She leaves all her how many?) has, to use a common the strike and it is feared that the friends behind and starts a new express "Done the Dirty on him."tuation may give rise to serious
disturbances-Reuter. life. The husband, in most cases,
Every word that "Home" has kas spent several years out Enst and has become accustomed to be writton is probably true about a
"I don't think he is the criminal Ing waited on, hand and foot and certain number of Hongkong girls hos, through carelessness, forgot.may I call them Females for the type, and I think a caution will moot Speale? But in 'addition to the case," said Inspector Shannon in ten the iltuo courtesies that mean "Homo's" friends (now late prosecuting a man named Chan Sing, EG much to a "feminine" girl. (friends) there are many girle in for embezzlement of $185, use this torm as these remarks do
NEW
ATLANTIC FARES.
20 PER CENT. CUT APPROVED.
Fraser
The levelling and widening of the continuation of Naam Waan Lo is now in progress, and the portions of many houses have been razed. A narrow gauge track has been laid for more than five blocks through the centro of the city and over this, by means of dump trucks, tons of earth and building material removed from
Londen, Mar. 81. razod storos and dwellinga is
It is unfortunate that I, being a salesman in a shop dealing in slectric being conveyed. The matorial
Brussels reports state that all thus obtained is being used to the companies represented at the want so little home life and they mere woman, have not that flow of All in a large area of lowland North Atlantic Shipplag Con- consider the girl le not "sporty" If language possessed by "Homo" which for years has been filled ference, which continued. Its ses she dislikes sitting around while the otherwise I should be able to with green, stagnant water and slons there to-day, are now agreed mon havo "just one more", which entertain your readers with the consequently was a great menace on reductions of approximately brings to my mind that unforgiv "Goings on" of some of the men to the health of the community. twenty per cent. in fares British, able offence (to the male mind) of in Hongkong. But that, of course, accusing a man of being weak-will is another story Yours, etc.,
JULIA Our Own Correspondent. I
ed because he must have ten drinks
not apply to some of the up-to-date the Colony who are definitely not Kowloon Magistracy before. Mr. "boyish girl). The men have of his ilk. so much club life out East and
Wireless,
at the
this morning. It appears that defendant was employed fittings, and was in the habit collecting money from customers, Accounts wors rather loosely kept, and when the master checked them up, he fondant promised, to return the miser, but falled: to do a Defen anant was bound over in a suri of $900, for 18 months:
found them to be $185 short. De-
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