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LONDON, April 3.

Mr Aust

aborist Chancellor of the Excelin failed to do any just serving the surplus to meet asval con- tingencler. Six millions were valto- gether beyond anything that would be required this year on the basis laid down by Mr Churchill, thus diverting the money from the Sinking Fand. The

Government seemed utterly rogardless Air Ford George, Chancellor of the of the credit of the country. The Exchequer, Introduced his Budget veselects would be most deplemble. He Gerday in the House of Commons:

bagged the Chancellor of the Exche quer to reconside the proposal, which he for one world most certainly resist,

TEA BUTY JAKED,

THE BUSPLUS.

He zid the surplus amounted to 18,000, which was the largest on

The Badget-revolution, fixing the The prosperity of trade during 1911-13 axceeded most sanguine expectes-duty at are pence par 18 was

The principal taxes bad done adopted by the House. tatio well, despite the strike, axcept sugar, swing to the drought, while the tea- duty had only yielded £141,000. This was below the estimate, though it

estimate of the proceeding year. This falling off was due firstly many tea estater being converted Into rubber plantations, secondly to the atrika which caused a lows in revenue

to the Slat of March. PROSPERITY GENERALLY

SHARED, N

NO FRESH TAXATION.

LATER.

raw from Ren end at Malts states that Steam Navigation Compan Syria, bound for Yokohams, sday overda

She collided with the French stoamer Circe near Algiers in a thick fog

The Byria asturboard bow in damaged. She has 94 per ngers on board. The damaged vessel will remain at Malts in order that the necessary may be carried ont

Note-The Syria, ons of intermondiate boats, is well-known in the 6,660 tons and was launched, in 19072 was due in Hongkong on May Tak Ciron is a stoel, servime ateamer of 1,258 tone gross and is owned by the Sosiatio Navale Calonaise-ED" OTMAJ

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Mr Lloyd George has introduced his Budget, which provides for no-fresh taxation. The tax and sugar duties UNSATISFACTORY RETURNS remain unchanged.

The estimated expenditure for 1913, 13 is £186,885,000 and the estimated revenue £187,189,000, leaving a sur plus of £304,000. It has been decided to add the surplus for 1911-12, amount ing to £6,545,000 to the Exchequer balanco..

All classes shazed in the prosperity the country.The Chancellor of the Exchequer then reviewed the work ing of the 1909 hadget. None of the taxer imposed by that budget could EGYPTIAN PUNITIVE justly be described as revolutionary,

The necessarios of life were not taxed.

EXPEDITION.

EDWAR

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salon in 1863 and made pearance in London Tour Surrey Theatre He with great success in the the Stranal Theatre and Theatre, and in the yar Terry's Theatre, where in

he produced The path of

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of English Masons, he became the founder

first Master of the

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DRUGGIST.

Physicians Prescriptions Carefully made up.

PATENT MEDICINES.

(Reuters Service to the China Mail)sequently held are the following

·Royal General Theater Fond, Fre LONDON, April 2 Theatrical Fire Fund Govern WE WANT and if care and

Clement' Daces, Holborn Katate, Charlty on the Council of the Foundling and Char- ACTORS

Hospitala, Female Orphan tet of the Worshiplal Company Master Aalues. Trastes Actor Berrevolent Fund, of Tarters, Taistoe Bere on Charity wide traveller, the decessed had-it- ene times or another rinted India

Sea Poland. Bapt Spain Tealand,

It is estimated that 30,000 colliers were working yesterday. The progressing of the ballot, however, is not so antie. factory as was anticipated. Upsetting preconceived ideas, South Wales,

which

da

till now has been regarded as palands

"Lapina Colony, Maroon, the storm centre, had returned the Sweden, Denmark, largest majority in favour of res Canada, America. st... Ha- bas «ritten a confricatims. on various sub number of sumption, while the North of England, jects was part author of two pings and In especially Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1889 he delivered lecture at the Church

Congress on the Stage and the Church. where the men were considerad reason: ED, 0. M. (Reuter's Service to the China Mailable, shows a majority of four to one London, April 8.:: against rasumption. Many men, how- ever, are not voting. The figures at midnight were: —

Trids had improved and unemployment & BLUSH WITH THE ANUAK!,

Before the strike the diminished.

Lambers of unemployed had reached the lowest point over touched.

HOW THE SURPLUS CAME

ABOUT.

A message from Renter's Cairo agent states that a small punitive axpedition under the command of Major Leveson bas engaged a large force of Annak raiders in the thick bush near Odongo. -

Regarding the surplus, it was due to anderspending, and the nature thereof mart be considered Underspending by the Admiralty, amounting to 11 The Anusks Bed, having sustained millone, could only be in the nature of heavy losses, and abandoned ther - postponement. - This not being s

villages after their positions had been saving, two other contingencies must

destroyed. -be considered, namely, the effect of the

Captains Lichtenberg and Kinshan, strike and the possibility mentioned by Mr Charobil, First Lord of the three Egyptian, oficer and 43 Admiralty, ne to larger sum being Soudanese soldiers were killed, while required by the Navy if the shipbuild an Egyptian officer, and 12 man were ing programmes of other Powers were wounded. accelerated or incressed. Nobody deplored more than himself the anor mods waste of money on armaments, but so much depended on the absolute faviolability of our abores that if we erred in this respect we erred on the ale side. So long as I am satisfied,

I am at the present, that Mr Chur- chill's demands will only secure the minimum margin necessary

CHINESE NEWS.

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TROUBLE, IN TIENTSIN.

(Wah Tea Yat Po'a Seroica).

SHANDBAL, April. 2. Chinese officials and business mon in Tientsin are objecting to foreign for safety,

in the native troops patrolling my duty is to find the necessary finance city, and a strong protest against the It would be premature to say what, or new attitude has been made by the - how much, the very serious contingency various Consuls.

to which Mr Churchill referred, may san. It may mean all, or double. What is to be dons is to provide the

cessary reserve therefore....

DISPOSING OF THE SURPLUS.

It is proposed to presently devate the whole of the surplus to streng thening the Exchequer balance, and if st the

the year it has been un

therson, Parliament Budge the situation

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of thes

Pro

·TIGHTING"AT CHUICHOW.

A conflict has broken out between the Cantonese and Kiangen troops at

results will be ́terious.

Chuichow, and it is feared that the

GMUTINY.

For resumption

90,496

Against resumption... 94,543 In Durham, Northumberland and Cumberland there were hostile majori- ties, but the Midland Federation area is largely in favour of an early return to work.

In Scotland there have been hostile meetings of the man, often disorderly, attacking their leaders. attacki

The Time states that the hope of a general resumption after Easter must | be abandoned. The strike will probably break down piecemeal, but a consider- able period must elapse before the in- dustry is in full going order.

The figures at 3 am, were For Resumption Against

These include

Scotland

Darham... Lancashire. Midlands

́LATER:

98,639 100,189

For Against 8,0537,223

9,987 99,325

3,142 13,020

18,381 11,088:

Northumberland. 5,569 8,276 Yorkshire

1,928 9,826 43,446 30,110 1,353 7,285

3. Wales Cumberland Derbyshire RELIEVING THE SUFFERING

ROYAL GIFTS.

SCOTTISH CHURCH

UNIONS

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

Loxmosy April 3, Proposals for the basis of the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church are at present being considered by the mmittees of both Churches

AGAINST COMPULSORY

SERVICE &

AUSTRALIAN SOCIALISTS

SPENDEDA

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Lotnis, April 2 A Melbourns telegram states that s Socialist has been fined £100, with the alternative of three months imprison ment with hard labour, for preventing his son serving under the Defence Act

DARING JEWEL ROBBERY

AN AUDACIOUS SCHEME.

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LONDON, April

During the week-end a gang has rob

2,638 3,419,

bed a jewellers shop in Be

of jewels to the value of £10,0

Loxnor, April

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FULL REPORTS.

SLATEST:IKEELINGENOE

cluding postage. Tox

ameling ping the tracks $6.50, $9.50, $1200 och "KING GEORGE IV.

sad piercing.

King George has sent to Mr John | walls and forcin The troops at Hangchow have mut inied, and bave burned down many the list of sufferers by the strike.

admin | Bursa-one thousand guiness to be used

house including the Governor's

THE BELGIAN LOAN.

Out of the funds of the Belgian loan.

Queen Mary and Queen.

haye euchigayon a thousa

He Barns bos undertaken: the dis- tribution of the money

received a few days ago, 1 millions THE POISONING CASE. have been remitted to Hupeh Province and one million to Nanking.

DISPOSING OF ASPIRANTS.

SEDDON'S UNSUCCESSFUL.

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