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SLOVAK AIR RAID CON MISAL

Paris, To-day. While Hungarian troops have begun a new offensive at some points in Slovakia, the Slovaks claim to have advanced

into Ruthenia, according to a Havas report from Bratislava.

Fighting took place in rain all day yesterday.

Slovak aeroplanes raided Misal and blew up petrol and munitions de- pots. Reuter.

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Berlin, To-day. new finance plan, providing for advance pay- ments by trade and industry on future tax pay- ments, was announced in Berlin yesterday. Object of the plan is to enable the Government to

finance extraordinary expenditure.

Taxation bonds will be issued in recognition of ad- vance payments, but no interest will be pay- able.

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Rome, To-day. The precise time of the impor- tant speech Mussolini is expected to deliver to-morrow (Sunday) in connexion with the Fasci celebra- tions, is not yet known.

However, Il Duce is expected to start his address at about 10.15 a.m. (G.M.T.), or 6.15 p.m. Hong Kong Time.-Reuter,

It is officially explained that the incomes from 2,400 marks yearly BETTER FIGHT

plan will serve to finance Reich, Jupwards.

provinces and towns railways, Taxation bonds will increase in

posts motor-roads and other juridi-value according to the length of THAN IMPOTENT

cal organisations.

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time they are held. Thus, bonds taken in payment for taxes falling due after three years will be cre-

An attempt to justify the Hun-obliged to take these taxation bonds, dited at 12 per cent, premium.

Reich loans be issued.

Only in exceptional cases will

garian invasion of Slovakia is made by the semi-official news-

paper, "Esti Ujsag."

HIGHER INCOME TAX

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Kaunas, To-day.

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"It la better to be honourably Secretary Rheinhardt stated yes-defeated by a stronger enemy than terday that taxation revenues had to make an impotent surrender,” The paper, says that occupation

As from May, delivery of bonds, risen from six milliard marks in declared General Rashtikis, com- of the frontier district would which so far have been used by 1933 to at least 17,500,000,000|mander-in-chief of the Lithuanian mean a natural frontier corres the Reich and other authorities as marks in 1938, and will rise still Army, in an appeal to the troops ponding to geographical condi-a means of payment, will be abol-further in the next two years. tions and the common interests ished. of the two countries. Ocean.

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BROADER BASIS FOR POLISH GOVERNMENT

Warsaw, To-day. Reorganisation is proceeding of the Polish Government to broaden its basis in the face of the national emergency,

Certain concessions will be grant ed in connexion with taxation bonds: the drop in revenue result- ing from these will be made good

yesterday.

Herr Rheinhardt explained that In the event of a threat to the the financing of immediate great present Lithuanian territory, he national-tasks will be spread over said, Lithuania would not surrend- decades without costing the Reicher without offering the utmost re- interest. Reuter.

sistance. Reuter.

mainly by additional income tax TIME THE VITAL FACTOR IN THE AIR

and "cuts" in public authorities' expenditure.

Additional income tax will affect

the Cabinet is expected to be M. Witos, the peasant leader, who went abroad

sentence.

Henshaw on time!

to escape a prison CAPETOWN - ARRIVED DEAD ON TIME

His party declined participation DUE ACCURATE, CHECKS BY MY ROLEX

in the Government as long as M. Witos was in exile.

It is believed he will be formally

An interesting newcomer into pardoned. Reuter.

Return Of Tsingtao To Germany Contemplated

BERLIN, TO-DAY.

UNOFFICIAL POLITICAL CIRCLES ARE TALKING OF THE POSSIBILITY OF GERMANY SOON HAVING A COLONY. THEY HAVE IN MIND THE FORMER GERMAN TREATY PORT OF TSINGTAO, IN THE KIAOCHOW PENINSULA. WHICH WAS CAPTURED BY JAPAN DURING THE WAR AND RETURNED TO CHINA IN 19228

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