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Monday, March 2, 1931.

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TOKYO FLIGHT.

GENERAL YEN HSI-SHAN LEAVES

FOR JAPAN.

POSTPONED BY FRENCH

AIRMEN.

TWO ANNAS INCREASE ON SILVER.

PERILOUS ROUTE.

SAILS FROM DAIREN,

Tokyo, Saturday.

Paris, Saturday.

HIGHER DUTIES.

silver bullion.

Rates of Surcharges,

A surcharge of two and a half per cent. will be levied on the present customs 10 per cent. [The route would have entailed schedule, and five per cent, on the a perilous journey over the 15 per cent. schedule, including

and the Himalayas,

Tibetan cotton piece goods, and 10 per

PAID IN HEROIN.

cent, on the luxury schedule.

Dearer Petrol.

It is learned that Yen Hai-shan,

New Dehli, Saturday. The French aviators, M. Under the new Budget the in- the Christian General, has booked passage for himself and 40 Moench and M. Burtin, who had creased customs duties include n companions on the s.s. Ural Maru, planned to take off at one o'clock two annas increase an ounce on and is sailing from Dairen on in the morning from Le Bourget March 10 for Japan.-Reuter.

aerodrome in a flight to Tokyo vin [On several occasions last year India, Manchuria and Shanghai, it was reported that General Yen have postponed their trip.

Reuter. IIsi-shan had been offered large sums of money by the Nationalist Government as an inducement to leave the country. It was he who was largely responsible for the Plateau, if the airmen had in- temporary triumph of the anti-tended to fly, as the telegram in- Chiang Kai-shek faction whichdicated, from India direct to Man-

churia.] took charge of the Customs at Tientsin and established a Gov- ernment at Peking. At that time General Yen was reported to have declared that the downfall of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek would be the end of the military movement. The tide turned, how- ever, when Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang joined forces with

Cairo, Saturday, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and The dockers for months have Yen Hsi-shan was practically been paid in heroin while their forced to capitulate or, at any wages have been pocketed by their rate, to abandon the war in the overseers according to Police in- North. General Yen's attitude to vestigation which has resulted in to yield 14 crores, 82 lakhs of The new taxation la estimated the Kuomintang was summed up the conviction of two overseers to- rupees, and includes an increase in the following address which he day. One was sentenced to three on income tax and super tax rang- made to Chinese Press representa-years' imprisonment and a fine of tives in August last year: "Re- $400 (Egyptian) and the other to garding the Party, I am firmly two years' imprisonment and a fine convinced that the Party belongs of £300.

DILEMMA OF DOCKERS IN CAIRO.

OVERSEERS' RUSE.

RAILWAY LOSSES.

Deficit of $10,000,000 Reported.

to the entire body of its mem- The arrest of the Turkish Minis- hers and unless everything in the ter's chauffeur on January 22 on Party is carried on through the a charge of drug smuggling led to co-operation of the majority of the investigation.--Reuter, the members there can never be unity in the Party, The fore- most importance in the adminis- tration is to preserve peace for the people, and pure administra. tion is essential. During recent years no statement of Govern- ment finance has ever been made public. Nobody to-day can realise how much the present Govern- ment has spent of the national revenue since no statement to such effect has ever been made to the people."]

EQUAL FRANCHISE.

BILL PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE

IN JAPAN.

Tokyo, Saturday.

A Government Bill proposing the grant to women of equal fran- chise with men in the elections for

Peers.

Nanking, Saturday. The financial position of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway will be discussed at the Traffic Confer- ence opening on March 1.

The duty on all grades of sugar per is increased by 20 annas hundredweight, whilst there will be an increase of two annas per gallon of motor spirit and nine pies per gallon of kerosene.

Severe Pruning. The Budget, which was pre- sented by Sir George Schuster, Finance Minister of the Execu tive Council, showed a deficit of 14% crores of rupees after severe pruning, including a reduction of 175 lakhs on military experidi-

ture,

ing from two to five per cent.

Retrenchment Committee. Sir George Schuster announced | his intention to appoint a Re trenchment Committee of seven members, and declared that to change the rupee from 18 to 16 pence would be fatal to India's inancial welfare. He vehement- ly emphasised the necessity of caution, economy, and co-opera- tion-Reuter.

[An earlier message stated:- A heavy deficit in the neighbour- hood of 15 crores of rupees is ex- pected to be announced in the Budget speech on February 28.

The fresh taxation is hitting the entire community. It is anti- The year's administration ex- cipated including a considerable penditure is estimated at rise in income-tax and an increase | $10,000,000 and the earnings at in Customs duties and on major:

$13,000,000.

The obligations to be met dur- ing the year amount to $18,000,-| 000, leaving a deficit of $10,000,- 000 at the end of the year. Ministry The Railway urging that effective measures be adopted to meet the situation.-- Reuter.

are

imports.]

PRINCES' VISIT.

ROYAL BROTHERS IN SANTIAGO

DE CHILE.

Valparaiso, Saturday.

de

city, town, and village autonomous Twenty market gardeners in the The Prince of Wales and Prince assemblies wak passed by the Winnipeg. region are planning the George reached Santiago Lower House, and now goes to the construction of an all-year produce Chile after an hour's flight. They market in Winnipeg, to be con-are proceeding south by train in Las! session a similar Bill was ducted by the growers, each of a few days and will complete their introduced by private members and whom will occupy

a stail The holiday before going to Buenos passed by the Lower House, but the cost of the building will run to Aires.-Reuter's American Ser- Peers shelved it.-Reut.

about $95,000.

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