1940-07-24 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1940

NEW PURCHASE TAXI Details Indicated By The Chancellor. JUNK HITS FOURTEEN Two Sharply

MINE: TEN KILLED

Sailing over the East Lamma Channel mine- field at 6.30 p.m. last evening, a large junk, No. 5012, struck a mine and was blown to bits.

There were 15 men, women and children aboard the junk and only five were picked by a naval motor-torpedo · boat.

The five survivors included two men, two women and a boy, three of whom are now detained

the Queen Mary Hospital. One of the women was picked up clinging to a plece of wood, but her injuries were so serious that she died soon after admis- sion to hospital.

No trace of other 10 persons has yet been found.

Investigations are proceeding.

SHORTAGE OF TELEPHONES

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

FOREIGNERS DIE OF CHOLERA

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The health situa- tion in Shanghai continues unsatisfac- tory, and foreigners. in the northern port are paying a heavy tribute to contagious sicknesses this year.

Fourteen foreigners contracted cholera during last week, with death. In the

one

ma-

same period six for- eigners contracted typhoid, eight laria and 19 dysen- tery, one case being

mortal. Havas.

JAPAN'S SHIPPING

Differentiated

Rates

THE CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, discussing the new Purchase Tax, in the Commons yesterday, revealed his intention fundamentally to recast the original scheme foreshadowed by Lord Simon involving the withdrawal of the Purchase Tax Bill.

His proposals involved a further widening of exemptions and the introduction of tax at two sharply differentiated rates-one third on luxury goods and one sixth on other limit- led category of goods levied on wholesale val

ue.

In the

Juxury

of

NATURAL

as near to Nature as is desirable are Sir William Crookes' lenses.

Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscape darkened like a rainy day to do that.

Wear Crookes and know what real eye- comfort means.

MMOPTICIANI

STOP PRESS®

What is believed to be Ja heavy action started in class he put avoidance

extra- Chinese territory near the personal

widespread and furs, articles of real silk, lace, vagance but of

Hong Kong border early drastic retrenchment in non- china, porcelain, fancy goods, essential personal expenditure. this morning. The Jap- jewellery, toilet preparations and British Wireless. cosmetics.

The second category included.

SHORTAGE clothing, boots, shoes other than

newspapers,

anese forces in the Shum- chun area, stated in Chin- ese reports to be compos-

HITLER'S ed of some 3,000 puppet

ANSWER

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

As in Japan, Dairen is exper- iencing such a shortage of tele-

childrens, domestic goods, medi- phone equipment that most appli-

and cines, drugs (SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL") cations for telephone service are turned down, while the few avail- Owing to the scarcity of ma-periodicals and books.

de- able phones are awarded by bal-terials and the large home

This Merchant Sales Tax, the lot to persons to whom they are mand for ships, Japanese ship- recognised as indispensable. builders are compelled to reject Chancellor claimed, would be ap-

The "Manchuria Daily News" practically all orders from abroad,

where goods reveals that a scrutiny of 6,525 the Japanese Shipbuilders' Feder-plied at the point applications for telephones made ation reported in Tokyo yesterday. pass. from the wholesaler to the by the Dairen Central Telephone Japan's own shortage of ship-retailer without urtiue difficulty. tam" said yesterday it is Co in co-operation with the police ping is accentuated by the tighten- showed that 2,796 applications ing of control over foreign were entirely invalid, the appli-change which has made it virtual- cants being in no actual need offly impossible to.charter any for- In explanation of these a telephone.

eign ships even in the few cases posals he declared, Actual minimum need was as-when such ships are available.— certained to be.only 276."Havas, Havas.

ex-

GLYN'S HATS

FOR

SUMMER WEAR

We have received a new stock of these well known

hats in lightweight felt

in Grey, Fawn, Brown and Green.

Pork-Pie and Rough Felts in new styles and

colourings.

Panamas and Braid Hats that are extremely lightweight,

Call and see these new Hats

and then try them on.

troops and about 800 Jap- anese, are said to have been attacked the other side of Shumchun by a large force of Chinese The Cairo "Al Mokat troops.

Details are vague but fortunate Hitler received the fighting was said to in advance an appropriate this afternoon. Latest re- be still in progress early basing him-answer to his speech from

Taxable Field

self on unofficial

pro-

but authorita-President Roosevelt who ports stated that the Chi- Live estimates that peacetime explained frankly the at-nese troops had retired. national income had been of the titude of the United States

order of £5,000,000,000 --out-of- regarding the present

which £1,500,000,000 was spent

on rent, rates of interest, income struggle between Britain tax and savings, £1,350,000,000 and Germany. on food, £880,000,000 on services

It is certain Hitler did not ex- such as water, gas, electricity, pect this powerful voice to issue transport, education, domestic from the New World at the time wages etc., £570,000,000 on coal, he was about to deliver his speech. Hitler must realise now he is petrol, tobacco and drink, leaving not facing British alone but all a balance of fourteen per cent. the peoples of the two Americas which he attributed in a rough at her side. and general way to personal expenditure.

The "Al Masri" declares the most important events of last week were the speeches of Mr. Churchill and President Roose- velt,

Adjusting the figures to whole- sale values 'he estimated his tax- able field at £600,000,000 and the yield of the Merchant Sales Tax at £100,000,000 in a full year Mr. Churchill revealed Britain's and £40,000,000 in the current great strength and ability to resist [year,

the onslaughts of war till she'is in a position to dictate its issue." Economic Adjustment The paper says the American In the most significant passages have the same

Republicans and Democrats both - foreign policy, in his Budget statement the Chancellor placed his proposals namely support of the Allied cause against the background of vast, by every means short of war,

Reuter. economic readjustments involved in application of the nation's re- sources' on a prodigious scale to the war and dealt with the pro- blem of avoiding inflation.

HK. FLOOD WATER

DAMAGE

The huge Government expendi-| ture involved an increase in total

Heavy damage caused by the money incomes while the diver continuous rainstorms of June and sion of industry to war needs

early July is costing Government meant a decrease-in-the supply $130,000 for repairs-- of commodities and services on which those incomes could be

Port works damage at $30,000 spent a supply which being and damage to ronds, $74,770 are further deliberately curtalled by the heaviest Items.

orders issued by the Board of Trade, intended to implement the [policy of according to the export

and

The prefix "Special to .telegrams i trade upon national resources used by the "Sunday Herald" place only second to over riding "China Mall" to Indicate news which military necessities and therefore a strictly copyright under the provi of reducing home consumption to slons of the Telecommunications Dr. dinance, 1930, and may not be reprint ja minimum.

ed undar any circumstances, either wholly, or In part, without prior, ar- rangomant.

WILLIAM POWELL LTD. Dangerous Situation

10, ICE HOUSE STREET:

In future our store will close at 5 p.m.

The tendency of money incomes to get out of relation to the sup ply of consumable goods repre-

Printed and Published for the sented a fundamentally dangerous situation. This excess of money Proprietors, The Newspaper Entor- by.. GORDON CADI demand must be checked. by priso - Ltd., taxation and saving and it was BURNETT, Windsor House, Vic no longer a question merely) of toria, Hong Kong,

It is understood that a con- ference was held at Govern- ment House this morning, in connection with complaints laid by husbands on the basis of letters received from evacuee wives in Manila,

Some of the letters recciv- ed made very serious allega- tions.

The Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, asked this afternoon if any statement was to be made following this morning's dis- cussion, replied: "I know nothing about it; or rather, I... have nothing to say."