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OPIUM REVENUE.

DEBATE IN STRAITS COUNCIL

LEFT TO UNOFFICIALS.

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Singapore, Nov. 1. The Colonial Secretary, bofore moving the second reading of the Supply Bill in the Legislative Council, made the interesting an- nouncement that with the sanction of the Secretary of State the item of the Opium Revenue. Replace ment Fund would, in view of what was understood to be the almost unanimous objection of the unoff cial members of the Colony, be left entirely to the Unofficial vote, so that when they came to that item in committee it would be left to the Unofficials.

Duty To Posterity.

BRITAIN'S EFFIGY.

EXHIBITED IN STREETS OF CHENGTU.

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a par with that on liquor consuma- ers, he should favour the contin- uance of the contribution. Ho understood, however, that they could not control their policy in that respect, but he was of the ALLEGED CRIMES PROCLAIMED opinion that the duty on liquors should be very substantially in- creased,

Go On With Improvements.

out necessary im-

and

For in-

The "Shanghai Mercury correa, pondent at Chengtu writes on Octo- Mr. F. M. Robinson asked, were ber 12÷- they justified in hoarding this With streets gally decorated and money only that later it might be a general holiday spirit prevailing, spent on works which were re the anniversary of the founding of quired at present? It was highly the Chinese Republic was fitly dele- pro ble that permanent improva

The business men brated here. ments could be effected in the Colony now at a much lower cost took advantage of the occasion and than after fifteen or twenty years, made elaborate displays in their At night the New Street, and the increased earning power shops. of the Colony as a result of these almost twice as wide as Nanking! improvements would be more than Road, Shanghai, entirely covered the interest which with a cloth owning and hung with equivalent to would be earned from the Invested flags and lanterns, was alive with fund. It would be just as effective sightseers. Literally thousands Referring to the contribution to if they utilised the Reserve Fund, from city and country, men the Opium Revenue Replacement in carrying

To continue women, rich and poor, have visited Fund Mr. G. C. Clark said he felt provements at once. that the Unofficials should state making the suggested allocations the business district during the These events will some reasons for their desire to cut from their annual revenue appear celebrations.

ed to him to involve the cutting doubtless eventually supplant the this out, and he would say that, as

down of vítal improvement Temple-idol processions. he saw it, their duty to posterity:

schernes and necesary public Contrasts are striking in the would appear to be to hand over works, the hindering of their emerging of the democratic spirit to them a Colony which in mat efforts to safeguard the health of in the Chinese Republic. ters of education and public health the people and the delaying of the stance, the Mint was thrown open and general efficiency could hold up its head in defiance of its critics provision of means for their educa for several days for the inspection and had in its coffers sufficient re- tion, in order that in some distant serves to face the gradual loss of the opium revenue. He could not foresee a shrinkage of the revenue from opium entirely bereft of any corresponding gain in, say, liquor; or tobacco revenue, and he belleved when the time came for the opium revenue to disappear posterity would find that they would not be called upon to make up anything like the amount of leeway which some people thought at this point. After referring to various impor- tant public works that needed to be carried out Mr. Clark said he saw no reason why the surplus from the Currency Guarantes Fund should not be pussed over to the Colony's general reserve at inter- vals of, say four or five years, to replace reserves depleted by extra ordinary expenditure оп those works.

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future, posterity might have money of the public, a thing unheard of works which they in former years. The public parks to spend on should now be constructing for were wide open and thronged. them.

A Warning.

Another contrast of a different kind was the hearty" welcome given Sir Hayes Marriott, Colonial foreigners by the big military chief- Secretary, said he would utter one tains at the Foreign Office, and then warning. Although China might their tacit consent to the exhibition be producing opium 20 years hence on the streets of an effigy represent- our sources of opium might be cut away before that time and when ing Great Britain as a criminal with it was suggested that the $30 a list of alleged crimes proclaimed, millions which had been put away However, the "strike down" posters should spent in capital expendi-were not in evidence this time. ture for works that might be very The celebration of the Foreign much needed it had to be remem- bered that was not going to give any revenue to replace the oplum

revenue.

"BROTHERHOOD.”

MOVE BY BRITISH LABOUR EXTREMISTS.

London, Oct. 17. To-day's 'Daily Mall" says the eighteen prominent labourites, in- cluding Mr. Hutchison, a former Chairman of The Party, Mr. Cook,

English and

Office was really interesting. Mili tary officials, high and low, were present, with a good sprinkling of civil dignitaries. Also a delegate from Thibet and all the foreign men resident here. General Liu Wen- huti gave

the opening speech of welcome, and General Den Shi-hen invited all to drink to the health of the Republic. Then followed speeches from representatives of America, Great Britain, France and Japan (the latter a Chinese), after which the national anthems of each of these countries was played by the military band. The usual pic÷| ture was taken, followed by a feast

A Transition Period. Mr. G. S. Carver agreed with those who opposed a further con- tribution in 1928 towards the Opium Reserve Fund. They knew that they would not be faced with sudden deprivation of their oplum revenue. To meet a transi- tory period of readjustment, they had alrondy accumulated over Mr. Ben Tillett, Mr. Tom Mann, Mr. and flow of sociability and fellow- forty millions, and in addition they James Maxton and Mr. Pollitt, ship. One would not take it from had large accumulated surpluses

have formed a / national com- the cordiality of this reception that on the Currency Reserve. They

"war on"; certainly had, however, a further, and very mittes to "cement the brotherhood there was a

Russian there is nothing "on" In this sec- valuable reserve, which did not between seem to have attracted attention, workers."

tion of the great Republic. Large tracts of valuable land let out by the Government on 99 years

ALLEGED MURDER. Icases would be reverting to the Government in the next twenty four years. If the Government ob-

BURMESE PRIEST COMMITTED tained a full annual return by way

FOR TRIAL IN RANGOON. of rent when those leases fell in, It seemed certain that a very large

Phongyi U. Einda, who was ar income would become available at

rested on a charge of murdering af a very-opportune time. He was

Chinaman in 20th Street was.com- not one of those who wished the

mitted by the Third Additional Oplum Reserve to remain where it

Magistrate, Rangoon, to the Righ was, because it seemed injus-

Court sessions for trial. tice to tax the luxury of the poor more highly than that of the well-! to-do. If there were a prospect of reducing the taxation on opium consumers uo as to bring it more on l

They are appealing for funds to send a British delegation of äfty to the tenth anniversary celebrations of the Bolshevik revolution.

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It is alleged that the deceased Chinaman while talking to a friend was stabbed by the accused in the abdomen with a knife, and suc- cumbed to his injuries in hospital.

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