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INCOME TAX Committee Appointed Ten Per Cent. As

Standard Rate

On the assumption that the standard rate will be 10 per cent, a Committee has been appointed

to examine the Inland Revenue Bill and to

submit recommendations to Government con- cerning provisions which might inflict special hardship on any section of the community. The Committee is also to examine the bill to de- tect anomalies or conflicts and to submit re- commendations for their removal. A Govern- ment statement to this effect, issued late yes- terday evening, reads as follows:-

Jews To Combat Terrorism

7th March with a notification that it was the intention

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Vicar Of Hastings Warns!!

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Deep Pessimism In Moscow

Moscow, Apr. 2.

Amidst deep pessimism' às to the Big Four con- ference further chances for success, the For-

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"BY THE GRACE OF GOD"

Manchester, Apr, 2. The "Manchester Guardian" editorially wald "today "there is nothing surprising in Gen- eral Franca's ‘announcement

the Caudillo of Spain 'by the grace of God as he re- cently prosialmed himself on his currency is now diạo the unerowned king of a kingless kingdom,"United Press.

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PEDDER STREET 6 P.M. HOLD-UP

Two daring armed robberies were carried out in broad daylight in the heart of the city yester day, the robbers in both cases escaping with loot reportedly amounting to nearly a lakh. Shortly before noon, two men, ber's calmly made their way to the walked into the office of the Po pavement, along which a congest- Wah Jewellery Company at Roomad crowd was milling all the time. 102, Loke Yew Building, first floor, A count of the loss revealed that and asked to be shown some jade the robbers took cash amounting to $57,000 odd, plus foralgn curi They were Immediately follow-rency noten computed at U932.000 ed by two others who produced Gullders 10,000 and

Piastres revolvera and hustled the man- 30,000. A choque drawn on the ager and a fokl into a back room Hong Kong & Shanghal Banking where they were bound and gag Corporation for $3,000 was ged. About $30,000 was taken taken. The number of the chequ from the safe and the manager was given as 005,047. was threatened with a dagger to mako him reveal where the jewel- tory was kept. The robbers de- atcamped when the telephone bell

rang

eign Ministers meet today in an ordinary full Was Stopped

session to consider the form and scope of the future German provisional government.

super-i

reparations,

Ministers abandoned a

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German Food Riots Spread

London, Apr. 1. "Hate training" Army battle schools was stopped during the war because psychiatrists ad- vised against it..

Six hours later, JLEAT a tho

Wing Cheong Moneychangers. No. Pedder Street, China Building. was closing shop for the day t

12 Die In

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Calcutta Rioting

Calcutta, Apr. 2,

pm., a man in European-style for This was disclosed today in tiress walked in and asked a report of the Export Com CN$10,000 to be changed into mlitee

tha

Itong Kong money. When he got Work of the counter he produced

re- The Indian National Psychologister and Psychiatrists in the Services, which was ap accomplices, one in

He was followed by two Ambulance Corps says

Europeati

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In doing so the Ministers will pass over the repara- Lions question, which ended in complete dead- lock, and tackle another question which must observers considered pregnant with potential Hastings, Apr. 1.

disagreement. (Earn. The Vicar of Christ

Following Tuesday's The Inland Revenue ings ar Profita) BL was Church, who contended secret session on published for general informa- recently with ghouls and which ended in total failure, the Tion in the "Gazette" of the vandals, found today he successful sitempt to do some of had a whole new flock of trading in private and decided

pointed in 1042. A foreword dress and the other in a Chinese that 12 were killed and Government to refer it to the sinners-his parishioners on resuming fulldress meetings. At the end of a bleak day, Taxation Committee

states that the recommendations style Bannet suit. who also pro- 53, injured in Calcutta for were "messing around pessimism awept through the

of the report' have been Im-duced revolvers. Together they examination by that body and for an expression of its views, with the Ten Command-conference circles and there

plemented In ⇓ considerable | 10!

forced the four men behind the and nearby Howrah on This has been done and the ments" and he would not was even speculation whether

counter to hand over the day's Tuesday, in the seventh taklags which they were counting. Government has now received be surprised if they are the conference might soon alto-

Additional interest is given to and which, the robbers day of the communal gether end in failure. This an expresalon of the views of visited ́ by divine dis-view, however, wna discounted

the report by the announce bag. The coup took less than rioting between Hindus the members of the Taxation

ment in Parlament last week |tive minutes, and after Herford, Apr. 1. pleasure.

forcing and Moslems, In most quarters. Committee, which

War

Aug-

Admittedly yesterday's ful-

A crowd of youths that new methods of treatment, the shop fokis to keep quiet on

The violence including study by psychiatrists, pain of being shot, the three rob-

WOR marked mented for the purpose of this

ture made the conference's marched enquiry by the inclusion in Its

through the is to be given to future Army

with footing, Results and future extremely uncertain. But town of Brunswick to-offenders. Instead of the pre-Forces, a psychiatrist was at- bomb throwings. charting separate number of all the unoficin

it also was recalled that agree- courses of action design- members of the Legislative

munis at such conferences never day, overturning cars sent system of detention. tached to the new GHQ battle A Government communique ed to wipe out the Jew-Council.

The report, states that early | school to advise the chief until the last possible and smashing the win-In 1942, at the request of Gen- structer on the new forms of is unchanged but is slightly im in-anys the situation in Calcutta The members of the Commit ish underground organi- tce, while agreeing in principle

dows of the Militaryeral

proved in Howrah, zations responsible for that direct taxation should he

It was suggested that Gen. Government offices in recent acts of violence.

imposed, expressed themselves Palestine Government leaders as being in favour of postpone

attempt to get an agreement, one of the first hunger have conferred on methods of ment of the operation of the

might seek a personal confer demonstrations once with Generalissimo Josef striking back at the terrorists tax a future date.

Stolin, going over M. Malotov's who blasted the Halfa dock

head. However, there was no in- area shortly after midnight

dication thus far whether this Sunday.

actually was being considered. - Friendlier Mood ------ the

Jerusalem, Apr. 2. British officials and moderate Jewish leaders

are

Fires still blaze on the docks and the damage is estimated-at US$4,000,000,

ritish leaders say they in

tend to make the whole Jewish community responsible for the

All Except Three The view was also expressed by all except three of the unofficial members of the Committee.

(n) that in their opinion. It was imperative that the standard rato should be low and that it should

act and a Government source | hitherto been possible and that it

BRYA a collective fine might be

levied to make the community to pay the damage."

examination,

In Dancerations

intter

re-

The Rev. R. B. Finn said the people of Hastings went too far when they voted for Sun- duy movies.

"There was a case in Mar- tinique where the people also went

too far. They held a religious ceremony on mock Good Friday and crucified a is. The next day a volcano crupted and killud every one in Sown except a man in a dan.

reon.

"I do not prophesy anything 901 dreadful will happen in Hastings. But, messing, around with the Ten Commandments

come

moment.

George Marshall, in a supremte

tó be held outside the Ruhr.

Troops are standing by "lo doal with this situation necessary."

Ten

thousand neonis -also-de--| --- monstrated in the neighbouring

"No

Headquarters,

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Home battle training.—Reuter.

Nanking Planes Attack Unrra Ship

Chinese

Shanghai, Apr. 2. Government planes this morning machine-gunned and bombed the UNRRA re- Hef ship"Wan Cheng," at Shitchiu, 60 miles south of Tsingtao, wounding three members of the crew, Including the skipper, Captain William Lee, a Briton, whose condition is serious,

The Punjab provincial gov. ernment in Lahore reports Hindu-Moslem disorders along the borders of the Delhi pto- vines.

Both Hindua" and Mbalers "are" said "to" be attacking rivál

villages...Early....kaparts, how- ever Indicats little loss of life.

-Associated Press.

CAWNPORE RIOT

Cawnpore, Apr. 2. Troops were called out today when communal rioting flared up. last night after a 38 hour Jult.

The police were reported to Have seized Brearms from houses after lotors had Ared at and woanded six policemen.

The delegations spent city of Hanover in the pouring only gets the people into trou- evening in a friendlier, mood, rain. They carried banners de Tot exceed 10 per cent.

ule-and Sunday movies breaks seeing movie given by the Rua raunding bread, and marched to (b) that the Bill required more the Fourth Commandment." sians in honour of their guests. the main square, where speak- detailed examination than had

The Vicar took time off for his' The French delegates aloneers addressed them through a should therefore now be referred warning from directing the fill did not share the general pes-microphone.

Committee for farthering in of 14th Century graves simism., They said the proposal Meanwhile, 30,000 Germans

In the church cemetery opened by Mr. Georges Bidault might

staged now demonstrations with these two by ghouls and the scraping of provide a compromise on re

against food shortages in the Meanwhile, David Bon Gur- ion, Chairman of the Jewish mittee and now been appointed week by vandals, who also rip

Com-red paint brushed on pewa last, parations.

towns of Duisburg and Ham- The others wounded were the chief mate, a Cana- In any event, nobody Agency Executive, has urged with the following terms of

burg today. The demonstrators dian named William D. Hanning, and the altar hangings and pected to write a German treaty carried placards reading ped the the Jows to combat terrorism ferenes:

Chinese quartermaster. broke

candlesticks. United here, and there are other ques-Food, No Work" and "We are

The police oponed Bre to die. "even with the use of force-it-On-the-assumption-that-the

The planeethado three General Edgerton has reported perse crowds of Hindus and Press

tlons to be considered: standard rate will be 10 per cent.

an Hungry. No incidents were different attacks immediately the latest incident necessary."

to UNRRA Moslems' who were hurling brick- American proposal for ₺ 40-

reported.

after which the ship up-headquarters in Washington and bats at one another in the busi- year Allied treaty to enforce Between 10,000 and 12.000 anchored and sailed for Teing Reuter.

Ita liaison office In Nankingness area and later arrested 66. German disarmament; the ques people in Duisburg listened in

rioters-Reuter,. tion of Germany's future the drizzling rain to speakers frontlers; the future German

from the German Communist Government; unification of Germany and last but not least.

and Social Democrat parties.

The crowd cheered when a the Austrian treaty.-United

Trade Union speaker said: ¡Press.

"The British are not exercis- ing enough control over food distribution."

Athens, Apr. 2.

today from

There is considerable speculo- *(n) to examine the Bill in de- tion that the British lenders tall and to submit recommendn-

The Royalist newspaper, will insist on the immediate tions in regard to any provisions execution of the four members which in the opinion of the Com- Vradyni, reported of the underground at present ittee might inflict special hard-Volo that emissaries from gueril

under death sentence.

on any section of the coin

Funity.

la bands in Thessaly had begun negotiating on terms for surren

or i There is O Immediate

#rmation.-Associated Press.

conflict between provisions and to submit recommendations for their removal."

The Palestine Supreme Court, "(b) to uxamine the Bill with a der to government troopts. however, has granted a plea by view to detecting anomalies the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv requiring military and prison officinis to show cause why one of the condemned men--Dov Gruner should be executed.

Hearing is set for Thursday in Jerusalem. Associated Press.

Protest Rejected

The protest of the Cunton au- thorities regarding the

sentences in Hong Kong un. twa nien, sald to be mombora of the Po On District Peace Proservation Carps has been refected, It is lostnad."

The men were sentenced to four

The following is the member- Committee:--The ship of the Honourable Mr. A. Morse, C.B.E., Chairman;

The Honourable Mr. M. K. Lo, C.B.E.; J. Y. V. Hunt, Exq.; Kan Tong To, Esq. M. F Key, Esq.; Richard Lee, Eng.; E. W. Pudney, Esq. (also acting as Secretary); A. Ritchie. Eaq: W. N. Thomas Tan, Esq.

A Chirp From Sen. Byrd

Co-

Cecil Hotel Billets Do Not Please

(By Margaret Bradbury)

Now living in the Cecil Hotel, Charter Road, are several disgruntled wives of the Colony's European Police Force section who were "bil- leted there on their arrival in Hong Kong on the "Strathmore" which docked on Tuesday. Requisitioned since Septem- say about our living conditions ber 1946, the. Cech Hotel was is that they are better than in Another declared: used as a billet for 70 naval Stanley."

they can possibly, help. "Surely the Grecce Authorities to vacato the pre-quarters for the wives of its combat Communism in and Turkey be turned over to mises and so make room for 26 European officera than these we

Despite the are living in now ?"! the United Nations and

that polico families. Russin be kicked out of the protests of both the military United Nations if she vetoes it, and the police-husbands-who "If Russia is an enemy and objected to this move for dif ferent reasons the dockyard

Washington, Apr. 2..

the

Coal Output Drop Coul production in the Ruhr minca has dropped by 20,000 tons daily as a result of ab- Kence of German miners on un- official hunger strikes, it Was announced in Essen today.

Keuler.

Senator, Byrd, Democrat of drekyard officers until Wednes- "I won't stay here longer than China's Dairen years hard labour aftor, having | Virgiala, ́proposed today that day of last week, when been found guilty of carryia President Truman's plan to were asked by the quartering Police Force can provide better

arms, shooting and assault, with intent to rob during a running gun fight with a Junk on Feb. 6. The Canton authorities contand ed, that the two men were merely performing their duty.

A Governmenment source auld

THE WEATHER

The autlcyclone over Eastern China and

It was quite clear the men hat peralata in being an enemy officers Inally left the building the Ryukyus fi moving eastwari: An In-

violated British Inwin Brilah territory and there was no ques- tion but that the entanto tran Justified.

"JUST A LITTLE”

the free peoples," Byrd, told the Senate it is better to have on Monday afternoon her outside the family than Inzkid the family."

tener mod extensive depression contrast over Hokkaido is moving rapidly north Today's Forest-Moderate, winde

predominating, comileular 'rather unsettled with scattered ·rain."

Yesterday's - Weather --s,

Maximum codes. Pah Minimum: 66.3 dex. Fah.

Demarche

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tao. Some hours later, the United States, gunboat Wilkie met the Wan Cheng-picked up the wounded and rushed them to Tsingtao for medical atten- tion.

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Captain Leo, who has mother, Mrs. Jassle Price, living in Ryde, Isle of Wight, was reported. In the last message received here to be "bleeding profusely" from two wounds in the leg. Harining was stated to be. auffering from shrapnel Injuries in the leg.

This is the third, time in two

Miners who have taken part in strikes-cstimated at about months that the Wan Cheng 16.000-are to lose their extra has been attacked by Nationalist "points" rations for the next planes and cnly a short while four-week period, it was learn- ago, Major-General Glenn C. el They will thus be deprived Edgerton, Director-General of of the right to buy extra bacon, UNRRA's China, Office visiteu

Lions to the Chinese Govern- culce, spirits and cigarettes. Nanking to make representa ment, in view of the previous Government sesurances to UNRRA that the Chinese. military wouid nüt klader the hon-discriminating distribution. of supplies in Communist arcus.Į Nanking, April, 2. The Foreign Officu spokes.

Earlier, Attacks mán, Mr. Y, Z. Chang, disclosed

The Wan Chong suffered the today that the Foreign Minister. first attack on February 6, Wang Shih-chich, handed 1 when she was 'on route - from statement to: Soviet Ambassader, Apollon Botrov.. on March 31, Shanghai to Shichiu, but expreaxing China's decision to suffered no casualties and• no take over the administration of damage, when bomba dropped by Dalren and Port Arthur areas the Chinese Air Force missed In the Immediate future and in their mark.

Then, on March 25, while the dialed the measures the Chin- ego Government will take to ship was unloading rollof cargo that end.att.

at Shihchio, two Nationalist Mr. Chang fofused to com- Mustang nghiers appeared. After: circling the vessel at an Moscow had asked China to altitute of, approximately 1,000 take, over Dairen. -- United feet, one of the planes descendod Press

to 800 feet and began strafing along the beach where relief supplies were being discharged. was Following the first attack, MP) Tung Pl-w Chairman of Liv Comniumist, Re- llet Committe kiprotested strongly that the bombings was (a) dalīborato attempt to desildichin' to reiler supplies by pany DEK IS UNI and ONBEAN e delvery would

According to one police off-custward. cer whom I interviewed yester "If we cannot get along with day the rooms were still in

state of chaos only a few hours Russia what is the use of us before the boat was due, origin. Parla, Apr. 2. trying to appease her at the The French

voting paper Council table as we have done ally 8 o'clock that morning, and "Paris Presso" sold today in re from time to time in the past, any electric light bulbs and it-tataralis 6.0 mm: squats #28 Inch Tot ment on Tam Agency that hort not yet 'confirmed, that M. Mariss Moutet, French Minister thereby strengthening her hand tinge which were necessary to for Overseas Territories, intended for a futuro showdown with Illuminate the rooms after dusk

to resume negotiations with the us?"-Associated Press.

Vietnam Government, with: Bab Dai, ~formér “Emperor of Annam,

perving intermediary doggy

An official of the Ministry ald that the report

Apparently

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