Huang Er-an, the Chinese artist, who paints with his tongue, gave an exhibition of his work recently.
EMPIRE NEWS
INCOME TAX LAW
CHALLENGED
NAIROBI, Kenya. The validity of Kenya'a income-tax law is being challenged by the Earl of Erroll, prominent member of the Legislature. He is resisting in the Supreme Court claim by the in- come-tax commissioner for £243.
Lord Errull denies the right of thr commissioner to demand ur enfores payment on the grounds that the pro- visions of the income-tax ordinance are unconstitutional and, in cunse quence, not binding. His counsel in- timated, that, if necessary, the care would go to the Privy Comment.
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Two Army Posts Now Revived
Two Army posts, those of control of the War Offee, for con- with the Aultition by arrangement Inspectors General of the!
Governineni of India and the India Forces, have been revived by onlee on matters of higher training the Cabinet and the War Offee with the Indian military authorities, is to have a new department of for laison with foreign stats, and "progress and statistics." These for the co-ordination of all training preparations for the dispatch of ur are the outstanding features of expeditionary force, as directed by The direction of the following list of appoint the Army Council.
War Ofcemunoeuvres or exercises ments announced recently. -
will normally be entrusted to the In- General of Inspector
Overseas) nnector General of the Oversen Forces: General Sir Edmund Iron-Forces when the Chief of the Im- skle. Governor of Gibraltar, who 1speriat General Staff is not present. 50.
The Inspector General of the Home inspeelor General of Home Forces will be responsible for the of militia and regular Forces: General Sir. Wolter Kirke, Inspection Director General of the Territorial troops at depols of A.A. and C.D. and Army, who is 02.
of Territorial Army units. In addi tion he will make huself acquainted with Command
defence home
Director General of Progress and Statistics, Way Office; Mr. H. Afscheinez, and maintaln touch with Portington, who is 48. He will do the civil authorities respondible for the work without, pay as a con- A.R.D. dutles and with Regional Tribution to national service.
Corneniastoners.
Covernor of Giraltar: Lieuten- Plotis Inspectors General will be ant General Sir Clive kidell, Atl~! jutant General of the Foices, avhosponsible and subject to the Army Council, to whom they will report and both will have seats on the Selection Board.
13 50.
Adjutant General of the Forces: Lieutenant General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, who is 58.
NEW STATISTICAL
DEPARTMENT
G.O.C. British troops in Egypt: In view of the greatly increased Major General 11. M. Wikun, who jesponsabilities of the War Ofler, and is 58.
of the importance of ensuring that Director General of the Terra-Lorders given and decisions taken are torial Army: Lieutenant General carried out with expedition in ali W. D. S. Brownrigg, who is 49, branches, it has been decided to esta- blish a "follow up" department with- in the War Once and the Secretory of State has appointed Mr. H. A. Fortington to be in charge of the new department, with the designation of Director-General of Progress and Statisties. Mr. Fartington's appoint- The War Office statement, headed ment will take effect immediately "Importanl Army Changes,“. is and will be current for one year. follows:-
The Director-General of Progress
Mujor General G. J. Gifford, who Is 40, succeeds Lieutenant General Brownrigg as Military Secretary to the War Minister.
WAR OFFICE STATEMENT
The War Ofice announces that and Statisties will be responsible to order to forward the military pre-the Secretary of State for War for paredness of the Army, the numert supervising the advancement of all ent strength of which is increasing matters current within the sphere of very, raptelly, his Majesty's Govern war.Omee artivities, for organising tent have decided, with the approval and maintaining a complete system of the King, to revive with certain of reports, returns, forecasts, and Juodifications the two posts of 10 statistics, the purpose of which will Indian-Arab Territorials-A BI!!
pectors General of the forces which he to enable the Secretary of State providing for the establishment of an existed! before the Great War. Indian and Arab Territorial company The Inspector General of the Over-and the Army Council to obtain a in the Mombasa district is to be in-sea Forces will be responsible for the clear view of the main present and
Trends of future
requirements to inspection of higher training (brigade troduced. Every officer must be a
and above) of the Regular and Ter-break up all plans and projects inte their constituten! parts, and to report British subject and every member vitorist Field Armies, for the inspecto the Secretary of State at regular either a British subject or a British-tion of oversea garrisons under the intervals with the object of anticipat- protected person of Indian or Arab
ing and rectifying limiting factors. Face or origin.
INDIA
MOŠLEM VICTORY IN
CALCUTTA
CALCUTTA.
In spite of stubborn opposition the Legislative Assembly has pured the Calcutta Municipal Amendment Bill.
Its main feature is that it replaces point electorates by separate elector- de for Mohammedans and reduces the Hindu majority in the Cafeutta Corporation to toinority. There are for more Hinchus than Mohamme- cans in Calcutta.....
African air. if the invitation accepted they can he assured at a warm welcome.
F
AUSTRALIA
OIL DELAY. BLAMED
ON SABOTAGE
Export Credits
To China
London.
CANBERRA: The scheme of export credits to Members un both sides of the china was referred to in a question House of Representatives 'stated re-in the House of Commons recently: cently that sahotate by oversens in-| terests was responsible for the falluce
Major-General Sir
Alfred Knox
EN
Their Majesties talking workman at the new supreme
building in Ottawa,
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court
July 1, 1939.
Japanese And Shanghai Customs
London
A question was asked in the House! Jof Contmans recently regarding the Japanese authorities, nelion in con- nection with the 'customs at Shang hal
Sir J. Wardlaw-Milne asked the Prime Minister whether he has seen ja copy of the notiftention issued by the Japanese administrative commis- sioner of customs at Shanghai. stat- ing that in future clearances of ver➡ sels sailing for inland water ports will be subject to the approval of the Japanese. authorities; and what action is being taken in the matter? Mr. Butler: A notification has been Issued by the Shanghai customs, up- parently at the Instance of the so- called Reformed Government at Nanking, that owners of vessels wishing to clear for nine speelfed pinces after 1st June must Brst ob- tain a certificate from the competent Japanese authorities. His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo has been in- structed to take the matter up with the Japanese Government and to tasks thut immediate instruction should be sent to the appropriate authorities to refrain from Insistence on military permits, the necessity for which is not recognised as justifiable by His Majesty's Government:
What To Do At Sight
Of a
Brass
Hat?
·
THERE will be no excuse for the Militiaman who posses
the Colonel without saluting
the War Office
has now printed a 30-page booklet entitled, "A welcome to the Militiamen" with badges of rank illustrated and details of who and when to salute.
It is true there is nothing in the booklet to help him identify unyone above the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, the assumption being possibly that the sight of a "Brass Hat" is in itself calculated to impress the most untutored recruit.
The book has a foreword by the War Secretary, Mr. Hore- Belisha, written in a breezy, friendly, conversational style obvi- ously intended to put the Militiaman at his ense. "The first thing" the Militiaman is tok, "which you are recommended to do is to rid your mind of all your previous idens of what life in the Anny is "ke-ideas which as often us not have been provided by comic papers or radio comedians."
THE BULLY-BEEF JOKE "Why. It is dilleult to say, except that being shy and rather self- conscious nation and disilking any
Glasses Stop Bullet
HARTLAND. M. v.
While Mrs. Archie Sishon
whe
to diserver oil in the Commonwealth asked the Secretary to the Overseas standing on the porch of her home, The Government was urged to lake Trade Department whether, under stray shot fired by a pheasant hug- the necessary steps to secure extrac-the schemar of export credits to China, der struck her glasses. Although the tion of oil. Members said it was!
tendered shot shattered one of the lenses, Mrs. Lavailable in quantities.sufficient to purchases and sales
were
jured.
Mr. Puzluf Huq. the Prime Minis-make, its extraction unmerelal for openly" by existing 6:1shtragedisson, reported her eye was not in-
preposition. They emphasised iting interests in Great Britain and ter, suid: "I represent 30,000,000 Masters and I am in favour of sepay importance from the defence point of China: aid, if not, what method was ale electorates, No argument is view, necessary. Hindus are the most com- munally minded peuple on the tre of the earth.**
NORTHERN RHODESIA
AN INVITATION TO GEN. CARMONA
SALISBURY,
FEDERATED MALAY STATES £467,000 GIFT FOR EMPIRE DEFENCE
adopted and for what reason?
Air. K. S. Hudson (Sreretary, Over- seas Trade Department): 1 am not quite clear to what, transactions my hou. and gallant Friend reters. The jquestion of the method of purchme A resolution that the four Federatis primarily a matter for the Chinese ed Malay States should offer £107,-! 800 towards the cast of Imperial Government.
KUALA LUMPUR.
defence was nanonously passed re- bently in the Federal Council.
Sir A. Knos:
chairman is Mr. Serge Karlinski: and why were the interests of British traders in China, who have recently been hard hit, disregarded?
Mr. Hulson: The hon. and Kallunt Member was good enough to send me formed the memorandum which
taste of his question, and I love looked into it and find that most of the statements are entirely unfound- e and a inrge number are deliberate misrepresentations.
Is there any truth in the rumour that the Export Credits It is understand that the Rhodesian
the Chinese The resolution was moved at the Department advised Government has invited Gen. Car
Instance of the rulers of the States Advisory Committee to deal entirely! muna, the Portuguese President, and Dr. Machado, the Colonial Minister.-Pyrak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan with the organisation called Trade that I shall raise this mutter on the
and Pahang
Facilities, Limited, of which the! Adjournment,
lu visit hodesia during their coming
THERE IS NO AVERAGE WOMAN
"We are just different-
and that's that!".
Sir A. Knux: I beg to give utice
display of sentiment, we endeavour our real feelings to- to conceal wards such 2 calling BS the soldier's, by being flippant about it— cracking jokes about red tape, brass hats. belly beof and sergeant- majors."
The booklet, which tells Militiamen they are "on the threshold of a new adventure," adds: "Recruits may bring with them in a sultease articles they feel they may need, such as funily photos, sponge, etc.--but nol too much, or there will be storage difficulties."
Every soldier is asked to make his pay and rutions sufflet. "In this way we shall arrive not only at equality. of status but equality of service."
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