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NEW ERA

ATTEMPT

OPENED FOR ON LIFE

TURKEY

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Ankara, To-day.

The 360 Deputies of the Turkish Parliament yester- day

unanimously ratified amid acclamation the Anglo- after Franco-Turkish Pact hearing a speech by the For- eign Minister, M. Sarajoglu. M. Sarajoglu said: "A similar task unites the three countries, and the turning an essential treaty marks

point in Turkey's history.

"Henceforth the

tries' efforts

threa coun- will be

for peace

most effective and fruitful. "The document opens for Turkey a era in all direc~' happy and fertile tions." Havas.

PLANES TO BE FLOWN TO EUROPE

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New York, To-day.

factory A big American aricraft has asked several commercial pilots whether they are ready to accept the task of piloting American bombers from Canada to Britain and France. says the "World-Telegram."

OF HITLER

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Paris, To-day. "Lausanne Ga-

The zette" reports that an explosion took place in the famous Beer Cellar at Munich last night, where Hitler had just spoken. Many were kill.

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Berlin, To-day.

Six were killed and 60 injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after Hitler had left for Berlin, says the official D.N.B. news agency.

The agency claims that the plot was instigated by foreign agents, and a reward of 500,000 marks is offered for discovery of the instigators.

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in the there is something unfair criticisms of imperfection which are levelled against the suggested Income tax. Because Income tax professedly attempts to adjust the burden fairly in a way that no other tax pretends to do it is hotly criticised because it does not reach 100% fairness. I have already suggested that nobody thinks of demanding the abolition of other taxes because they are not free from

thinks evasion, and nobody abolishing the rates because the

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Hitler left the Beer Cellar earlier than ori:

If we are to choose between one kind of tax and another I would ask ginally intended, as he

that we should not make the choice was summoned back to

on grounds merely of convenience of real It is of very Berlin by important

administration. Importance that any tax of the mag- State business.-Reuter.

nitude we are discussing should be levied

conveniently not merely

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discreditable to us all if we were to falter in the attempt to secure that because of ideal of justice equity minor difficulties and expenses of ad- ministration. I would like to close by a per- pointing that sentiment with sonal example. It so happens that none of the alternatives which have been suggested

elsewhere here or would call for any appreciable sacri- fice on my own part; only. an in- The hit me. tax will really come same must be true of many others in the higher income groups. Certainly I could not feel content in alterna- tive taxation

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(Continued from Page 19) people. With merchants who are sec- ond to none in business acumen, and financiers and Bankers who are be- coming more experienced in the hand- ling of their Country's affairs, outside to their traders will have to look laurels.

Hong Kong's phenomenal growth was due to the influx of Chinese at tracted by the cheap facilities of our free port, low taxation and security."

Let us beware lest we find ourselves with little to offer but security.

Let us look over our stock in trade and see what else we have to offer, the answer is Service but it must be at a competitive price.

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Low taxation with its corollary, low cost of living should be the aim of this and future Governments.

cellar

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Washington, To-day. Hitler's "beer cellar" speech is regardod here as removing the last possibility of the Belgo- peace move having any

Reuter.

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Amsterdam, To-day. King's of Denmark, and the Sweden and Norway President of Finland have tele- graphed to Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold expressing adher- peace the Belgo-Dutch ence to

Reuter.

. move.

Helsinki, To-day. Finnish coastguards have de- tained the German steamer from on her way Blumenthal, Finland to Germany with a cargo of timber, for using within neutral less

Reuter.

waters.

her wire-

territorial

Ankara, To-day. Speaking in the National As- sembly, M. Sarajoglu said that Turkey had the wisdom to unite the into solid bloc under

a leadership of the greatest nations at a period when the world is faced with catastrophic events. Reuter.

Lourenco Marques, To-day. According to reliable informa- tion the German steamer Uhen-

of fels was

cargo carrying a opium valued at £240,000 when she left here on October 16.

It is suggested she may have intended to contact in the Atlan- tic with a submarine which would take the opium to Germany. Reuter.

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