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REIEN TWELVETREES
WILLIAM FARNUM
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BILL BOYD
THE
BAINTED DESERT
HELEN TWELVETREES
and WILLIAM FARNUM Dirtied by HOWARD HIDDIN
FIGHTING MEN-DARING
WOMEN-LOVE-LAWLESS- NESS AND THE DESERT'S TREACHEROUS BEAUTY :
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The Greatest Chinese Singing & Talking Picture ever produced, with English Titles
66
'HAPPY
STARS'
"
Empire Day Attraction
A Brand New British Super Production
Y LUANHUTTER
/esents
Release by United Artists
77 PARK LANE DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY BETTY STOCKFELD
KOMOR & KOMOR
(New Premises York Building).
With
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPE.
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1832.
BROKERS ALLEY VETO ON TARIFF Geneva's
FURORE
GOVT'S STAMP
PROPOSALS
SLAUGHTER OF
PROPOSALS Pet
HOOVER JUSTIFIES Schemes
PREDICTIONS
CONGRESS POWER
Washington, May 11.
BRITAIN ON NEED FOR ECONOMY
Genova, May 11. That the League of Nations
INNOCENTS As predicted, President Hoover has votoed the Democratic tariff When the combined Stock and bill, which provided for the must economise like its consti- Sharebrokers' Associations meat restoration to Congress of all tuent members is the burden of a British memorandum drawing at- this afternoon to discuss the power to alter Import duties. Government's letter Intimating The Bill also requested Preal- tention to the progressive In- creasea in expendituro by the proposed new taxation on share dent Hoover to initiate a move- contracts, they will be more ment for an international economy Longue organs.
the The memorandum suggests that exerclaed in mind meaning of the letter, than any eliminating discrimination, unfair to "an extension of the League's thing else, said a prominent trade practices and other trade activity to matters which though sharebroker this morning. barriers, and to prevent retalia-of Interest and importance are
between nations not of immediate necessity." lee House Street cannot under-tory mensures
The Memorandum nsks for an stand the letter, he said, for there and economic wars. is deflaltely no evasion of taxa-) The B provided that any immediate investigation, and a tion by brokors.
agreement, treaty or arrangement report to be submitted at the next "The Government is obviously entered into as a result of such meeting of the Assembly-Reuter.
NO SPECIFIC ECONOMIES curious regarding the decrease in conference, and having the effect stamp revenue for this year, but of changing any American tariffs,
London, May 11. must first be approved by Con-! the cause is easily explained.
In the House of Commons; Sir "Last
year we had on ex- gress,
Simon said the British The President was empowered John tremely successful time, contracts!
no pro- each month amounting to $30,000 to negotiate for reciprocal tradej Government had made
policy of pounts for specified reductions in or more, which, of course, meant a agresmenta under
mutun tariff concessions.
the expenditure of the League of big income in stamp revenue.
The Bill passed both the House Nations at the Council Meeting of Representatives and the Sen- on Monday but had proposed that "Now the market is dead. Halfate before the Presidential veto a small expert Committee should be appointed'io examine the whole the brokera here have nothing to was invoked.-Reuter.
question of League expenditure, with the help of the Supervisory Committee. British Wirclean,
the conference with n vlow to over lowering of excessive tariff rates, these increases are probably due
DEAD MARKET.
do, and at the moment are pro- bably not algning up more than $200 worth of contracts a month. The result is that stamp revenue derived from this source has de- creased, and, for the first three months of this year, has probably of been only one-sixth of that last year.
"I am afraid, the remarkable amount of business done last year, which brought in a such hand-
hax revenue,
Home
YANKEES BLANK
ST. LOUIS
SLUGGERS HAVE AN OFF-DAY
were
REPRESENTATION AT LOYANG
QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS
New York, May 11. the Only three ball games. Apoilt Government, which has overlooked played to-day and for the second home
London, May 11. the natural reaction from trade de-time only this season, no
No need has arisen for British pression, and is still expecting a runs were hit. ̧
at Lo- similar income from decreased New York Yankees scored their diplomatic representation business.
second win over St. Louis, on this yang, the temporary headquarters occasion bringing off a shut-out. of the Chinese Nationalist Govern- In the National, St. Louis Car-ment, stated Sir John Simon, in re- dinals and Brooklyn ran neck and ply to a question by Mr. A. C. More neck for eleven Innings, but in the ing, one of the members for Pres- three ton, in the House of Commons to-
day. twelfth Brooklyn brought men home to win well.
!
STRONG RESISTANCE.
the "It is not true to say that Government has failed to collect stamp duty upon each share tran suction. The Government gets its duty elther way.
The results were:
Cincinnati St. Louls
"The Government cannot expect to tax transactions between brokers. We should strongly resist such an effort. All contracts made between dients must be alamped before the transaction is an accomplished fact, but to suggest that brokera who New York put through the denla between the clients should also be liable to taxation, is impossible.
REVENUE SUFFERING.
"The existing state of affairs
National League
4 Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn
American League
3 St. Louis
Ice House Street is the result of the Shanghai and Manchuria trou- ble.
Sir John pointed out that the Chinese Government had never been entirely transferred to 1 Loyang. Several of its important 6 members, including Mr. Lo Wen- kan, the Foreign Minister, through whom contact with the Chinese Government was maintained, con- tinued to realde at Nanking.-Ret- tcr.
The Royal Observatory reports that "We feel that it is a matter the anticyclone has passed into the Pacific and another has developed to
is due entirely to the depressed which will automatically adjust it-the north of the lower Yangtazo Val- quite certain ley. depression is situated over state of the market. Business to self. We are not
dead, no contracts are being made, what the Government means by its South Manchuria. and consequently stamp revenue is letter, but it will be discussed this mullering. Our own depression In afternoon."
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THAN
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BEBE
EVER!
BEN LYON alias FRENCH GERTIE
FREN
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