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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
New British War Loan
£300,000,000 To Bo
Raised At 3%
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, March 5 (UP).— In the House of Commons to-day Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that a new war loan totalling £300,000,- 000 at 3 per cent. will be issued at par and redeemable at 15 and 19 years.
He said subscriptions must be completed by March 15.
To Do Opened March 12 LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter).-In the House of Commons to-day, Sir John Simon, Chancellor of to Exchequer, announced that a War Loan of £300,000,000 for 15 to 19 years at three per cent, will be issued at par.
The Ists will be opened on March -12 and closing on March 13.
Ten per cent, will be payable on application and the balance on April
15.
RED CONSULATE
IS CLOSED
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
KALGAN, Mar. 6 (Domel). -The Soylet Consulate at Kni- gan has been closed due to the decrease of the number of Soviet residents in the district and the suspension of com. mercial transactions between Inner Mongolin and the Soviet Uniou.
M. Kotov, the Soviet Consul, and his wife left Kalgan for Peiping several days ago. The Soviet Consulate at Kalgan was opence in June, 1934.
March 6, 1940.
Child Fatally Slapped
Woman Sentenced For
Manslaughter
A momentary loss of temper by a young married woman not only resrlted in the death of a child but also in her being sen- tenced to nine months' hard labour by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor at the Crim- Final Sessions this morning. She
was Foo Yuct-ho and the sent- ence imposed on her was for the manslaughter of a three-year- old boy named Tsang Wing-kin, whom she slapped in a fit of
Big Fall In temper.
Revenue
According to Mr. E. H. Williers, Crown counsel, the child wan playing with his brothers and sisters in Sharp Street East on January 20, when the woman's son kicked a ball in ther But Income Tax Yield direction. One of the brothers
push- ed the bell into the drainage as it Up To Expectations had hit him, whereupon the woman became annoyed, caught hold of him City Welcomes
LONDON, Mar. 5 (British Wire- by the hair and slapped him. The LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)-Sir less). The total inlond revenue
brother retaliated by hitting her an John Simon's war loan announcement collected during the current financial the leg with a piece of sugar-cane was welcomed enthusiastically in the sear to March 2 was £514,614,000 and then ran away. elty, says "Reuter's" City Editor. against the estimated revenue of
It is expected to constitute £578.780,000 for the
It
full Ananelal
The woman then turned her atten- stabilising influence in the market year.
tion to Wing-k and slapped him for Government securities.
Income inx so far collected
once on the head.
end. As a result, the Some circles even suggest that it counts for £344,774,000 and with child foll ill and died three days may have a tonle effect on current four weeks still to run. It seems pro- tater in the Queen Mary Hospital, prices.
bable that the estimated Income tax Subsequently, the woman was ar- inter-office dealings after the an-yield for the year, £390,000,000 will rested and she said that because the nouncement were notable for the be fully realised.
elder brother had struck her she had, strength of gilt-edged slocks, with
Surtax his yielded to date £50,- in JI fit of temper, hit the younger War Loan at 100 per cent.
980,000 towards the estimate of £25,-one. At the Magisirney, however, Terms Exactly
she stated that the child was struck by his own brother.
500,000. Right
It is generally believed that the erms and issue price are exactly right in the present market con- ditions for this kind of loant.
nc-
Encouraging Figures Customs and exelse collected so far jamount to 2300,200,000 and to realise the estimate, a further £4,250.000 must be collected before the end of the current month.
It is stressed in offlelul circles that no further war loan will be Issued on terms as favourable as those now The total ordinary revenue to date announced. It is hoped that the is £943,310,790.
banks will give reasonable Assistance At the corresponding date last year. in the shape of temporary credit ar- the revenue collected totalled £834,- rangements for the smaller investors 256,251. anxious to subscribe but who are not in position to complete payment On April 13 of the 90 per cent, of the remaining due after meeting the 10 per cent. application money.
Chancellor's Announcement
The total ordinary expenditure to dute amounts to £1,125,113,438.
The estimated total ordinary ex- perditure for the full year is £1,431.- 127,000.
Slapped On Head
Dr. Lien Tsoong-kya, of the Queen Mary Hospital, said he found an aren of braising in the brain of the child about an inch in diameter.
The cause of death was contusion of the brain due to external violence.
Denies Hifting Child Following evidence by other wit neяACA of the prosecution, Foo told the Court that she never struck the child. She only hit his elder brother, who retaliated with a piece of sugar cane and struck the child by ac-
eldent.
Without retiring, the Jury Ust- animously found Foo guilty. Passing sentence. His Lordship said there;
tho
John Simon, at the outset of the the balance on April 15 next.
LONDON Mar. 6 (Reuter). Sie will be payable on application met could not be a shadow of doubt that)
woman lost her temper and announcement, said that our very large national expenditure had been Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed a result of her loss of temper, a child Subject to certain safeguards, the to do much harm. Nevertheless, as struck the child without Intending so far financed by additional taxation offering to non-resident subscribers had lost its life and she must be imposed last September, by an apexemptions from taxation somewhat punished. preelable ncrease in the volume of similar to those attaching to some of Treasury bil's and the ever-mounting our loans in the last war.
The following WOS the Jury: proceeds of the very successful BaV-
Messrs. J. Wood (Foreman), J. Hung There
will be Post Office and na-Tang, Ile Hung-kwan, A. P. E. da ings campaign since November.
The Government's
tional
Savings Bank issues, to which Silve, P. A. Eins, A. M. O. Remedios appeal For subscriptions to
the minimum subscription of a large loan had will be
£10 and Lau Leung-tsung. necessarily to be delayed until it was
accepted, although no such felt that the market was ripe for its Ppplication must exceed £1,000.
This will afford such subscribers Issuc. The time for this had now an opportunity of lending their save arrived.
Borrowing since the outbreak of is for longer than provided by war had all been for short periods. Bonds.
Savings Certificates and Defence The new loan, however, would be for a period of 15 to 19 years, carry an interest of three per cent. and would be issued at par.
Cheap Borrowing
That rate accords with the Gov- erminent's avowed policy of borrow ing as cheaply as possible, und at the same time it is a reasonable one from the Investors' point of view.
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Hongkong Stock Exchange Omelal Opposition Plaased
Summary Issued yesterday says: Simon loan amouncement was wel-is no rush of selling, though buyers LONDON, Mar. & (Reuter). The The market is a trifle easier. There comed by the Opposition, who put have temporarily gained the upper a few questions on the subject. hand, and are basing their enquiries
Replying to these questions, Sir on lower levels, John Simon said that the suggested issue of a short-term loan at a lower rate of interest, particularly suitable for large Onancial houses, made by
The loan will be repayable in part Mr. Pethick Lawrence, would be on October 15, 1959, but the Treasury borne in mind in respect of possible reserve the right of redemption future occasions. partly or wholly at any time after
There would
October 14, 1945, on three months' future issues certainly have to bel
notice.
but it would not be It is, therefore, to be known as the wise or prudent for him to make any
statement now.
Three Per Cent. War Loan, 1935-39.
To Borrow Much More
He appreciated the point made by The amount of issue is limited to be lenders on this side entering into Mr. Leach about preventing would- £300,000,000 The Government will collusion with some friend abroad to have to borrow considerably more get better terms. than that during the next 12 months,
but a first issue for a limited amount care to see that it was no president's The Government would take good
is convenient to the Treasury from money which would be lent on the several viewpoints, and it is also In terms that he had suggested. the general interests of the lender, People in Britain must pay their
Ten per cent. of all subscriptions taxes.
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HELSINGFORS, Mar. 0 (UP)—A| sensation has been caused by the arrival of a Battalion of Russian siti troops in the Gulf of Finland,
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Finnish patrola detected When and coastal batteries opened fro, while bombers went up and dispersed the invaders who were finally forced to retreat.
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MEXICO CITY, Mar. 8 (Reuter).-- Senor Castillo Majera, Ambassador to Washington, returning here, de- clares that he has brought the Danis for a general settlement with the Sinclair Interests for the settlement A band of armed pirates age of their claims for,
which were up for the properties
Outrage
alleged to have seized a Hongkong
fabing junk while the vessel was on chored in Eau Fau Shan Bay, British waters, on Sunday night.
The agreement would consist of payment of a sum tentatively fixed. and signature of a long-term contract In a report to the Police, Wong under which the Binclair interests Hing, 33, who was released by the would purchase Mexicon oll," pirates, said six or seven men ärmed
with revolvers boarded the vessel,
tled up the occupants, and took capoccupants. The remaining three wo- tive his brother, Wong Yuk-fat, and a men and two junkmen were left be- Junkman, Wong Bhu-kan.
hing,
He was released on Monday to The value of the jurik 'le stated to gether with one of the four women be $1,100.
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