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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 15, 1988.

INCOME

National Contribution RUN ONTM DOMESTIC SUPPLIES

Paris, To-day.

Page: 11

TAX BLOW Scheme Surprises France

Some surprise has been created by the appearance of the official "journal” with details of the new national contribution scheme.

BRITISH CZECH MINISTER AMBASSADOR M IN BERLIN

·Sir Archibald Kerr Clark-Kerr, British Ambassador to China, left Kweiyang for Chungking yesterday morning, according to a message from Kweiyang appearing in to day's Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao.

Central News.

In the first place, there is a two per cent. tax levy

on all income, whether from wages, agricul- HINES TRIAL tural profits, pensions or annuities; regardless of smallness of income,

Most unexpected part of the decree requires all in- comes above 10,000 francs to pay a further 30 per cent. increase of the present assessments.

The decrees, also include a pro- vision that savings bank accounts must be exceed 20,000 francs, in or der to encourage the movement of capital.

The sum of 200,000,000 franes will be devoted annually to en- courage an increase in the birth rate, and 14,000,000 francs will be devoted to vocational training of unemployed, especially with a view. to providing specialised workers for aircraft factories. Reuter.

TAKEN IN GOOD PART

Paris, To-day..

The Finance Minister's plan for putting French finances in order continues to be taken in good part by the majority of public opinion as a sincere and necessary effort.

Bulk of newspaper comment deals with the political aspect, es- pecially with Mr. Leon Blum's op- position and M. Pierre-Etienne- Flandin's policy of "wait and see.” Naturally it is the taxes that have impressed the general public. RUN ON SUGAR

For example, to-day, tobacco will cost from 15 to 20 per cent, more, and with the extra 20 centimes a gallon on petrol, the latter will be dearer than ordinary wine.

A number of tobacconists

have

sold out, and there is a run-on- sugar and coffee.

Thrifty people. spent. the week- end catching up on arrears of cor- respondence before the higher in- land postal rate becomes operative. -Reuter.

COMMUNISTS ARRESTED IN PRAGUE

Prague, To-day.

It is announced that twelve lead- ing Communist "intellectuals" were arrested here yesterday in- cluding the editor of the former leading organ of the Czecho-Slovak Communist Party.

The arrested persons are charg- ed with having carried on "illegal Communist activities" since the dissolution of the Communist Party.

The Agrarian paper "Vocér" states in this connection that the leader of the dissolved Communist Party, Gottwald, has left Prague for an unknown destination and: that he is believed to have gone abroad.--Trang-Océan, ¡

Rome, To-day.

The Duke of Aosta, as Viceroy of Ethiopia, has authorised a num- bor of Abyssiniari nobles and other high dignitaries who had fled tho country, to return home-Reuter.

New York, To-day.

Prague, To-day.

The Czechoslovak Foreign Min- ister, Mr. Chvalkovsky, will visit Berlin at the end of this week, state

rumours in circulation here.

Since M. Chvalkovsky is as here- tofore the most likely candidate to prove successful for the presidency, election will be postponed until his return to Prague.-Trans-Ocean.

various "rackets."

The General Sessions Judge Nott The previous trial of Hines, who has fixed January 9 for the open-is a former Tammany leader, was ing of the second trial of Jimmy declared a mis-trial owing to Hines, on charges connected with technicality. Reuter.

SHOULD HUSBANDS AND WIVES HAVE SEPARATE FRIENDS?

I'm Just going

out for an hour, dear. I want to see some

of the boys.

NEXT MORNING

I know it's all right Jim having his own friends, Mother.

It's the modern ideal but it does worry, me- I see so little of him

AT THE DOCTORS

Oh Jim, I wish. you didn't go out · so often in the evenings. I see so little of you these

days

These modem theories are all very wall Ann; but when I was young we'd say that, a man

who stayed out in the evenings usually had a dull, lifeless wife

at home

You say you always wake tired, and feel washed out and dull, that's bound to tell on :

your looks. Your trouble is: Night Starvation. My advice is.

Horlicks at

bedtime

6 WEEKS LATERR

My goodness nicest place "the world is here with you, Ann, by the fireside!

2 EVENINGS LATER

Sorry I can't be home for dinner darling I've got to attend that Sports Club

Committee tonight I'll have a bife

in town

THEN ANN KEAD A MAGAZINE ARTICLE-

·IT SAID:

"Too many wives feed constantly. tired, list- less anti ner tells on their looks frightfully,"

SO HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT

got rid of my tiredness.

thanks to

Horlicks

HEAVENS, THATS ME!

Imst ve

doctor

*mysel

AND' WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT IN HOW ANN FELT AND LONKI

Do

hrad every tired Feet ne

KORLICKS –– a hot co

ditims will end' the

parkle back vó

HORLICKS