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MORE AUSTERITY MEASURES ANNOUNCED IN PARLIAMENT Sugar Ration Cut: Savings On Housing Tobacco Imports To Cease

London, Oct. 23.

Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister for Economic Affairs, listed further austerity cuts for Bri- tain when making his first speech in Parlia ment today in his new post of economic "dic- tator." All purchases of United States tobacco had been stopped and raw material imports involving dollars would be cut by another £25,000,000.

By a more rigid licencing of manufactured goods from America, including machinery, a fur- ther £10,000,000 would be saved. The sugar ration would be reduced to eight ounces each person per week, instead of the 10 ounces to which it had been raised in July,

The bacon ration would con- suffered the grave misfortune of Unue at the recently reduced a bad potato harvest. We must rate of one ounce weekly and take strict measures to see that

the meat ration would remain our supplies last out till the next ля at present-one shillings crop is available"-Reuter. worth of meat per week.

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These reductions would £60,000,000 in dollar expendi line,

Sir Stafford also announced a

cut of £200,000,000 in expendi ture on epiful structures, fo- cluding houses, factories and equipment.

these

He estimated that all mensures would improve position no that Britain's dollar defelt at the end of the present year would be at the rate of not greater than £250,000,000

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

NINTH EXTRA RACE MEETING.

SATURDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 1947.

The First Bell will be rung at 2.30 p.m. and the first racó. will be run at 3.00 p.m.

Through numbers (7 races-$14) may be obtained at the Office of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Exchange tickets for the Special Cash Sweep ($2.00) on the Hong Kong Building, all Derby to be run at the Annus Kace Meeting in January 3948. The latter may also be purchased at the Club Branch Office. No. 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE. `· Members are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

and

Badres admitting tion-members to the Members' Enclosite Club Rooms at 310 including takaro. obtainable through the Secretary on the written er, personal Introduction of a member, such member, to be responsible for all chits etc. zate at the RACE COURSE, Office will close at 11 £m Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure WH NOT be an The Treasurers' Compradore and the Secretary's Office at 12.00 noon. Both Offices at Floor, Exchange Building.

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A Umited number of diftins will be obtainable at the Club Hlonse, provided they Are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

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NO CHILDREN WILL HE ADMITTED TO THE PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3 in cluding tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac man, etc., will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

Refreshments will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Public Enclosure,

SERVANTS' PASSES

Passes for Servants will be issued. Private Box holder. ONLY on application to the Secretary, Ist Floor, Kxchange Buliding.

Any persons found loltering'with Servants” påmes ln thele possession will forfeit the same and will be removed from the enclosure.

BY ORDKE,

8. A. SIKAP,

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Britain's Plight

Princess'

Allowance

London, Oct. 23. Mr. Vincent, Towson, the General Secretary, of tha Trades Union Congress, de clared today that Bellain was in a worse economic position no than during the war.

The point has now ar- rlyed in the International buying of this country when we must either have money In our hands or goods in cur hands for exchange," lie told a conference of the National Association ol Operative Plasterers.

Almost every other coun- try was in the same posi-

lon

AS Britain, needing food. raw

materials and capital equipment-Reuter

Harshest Ration To Date

London, Oct. 23.

the The new phase of British austerity announced to- night by Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister for Economic Affairs, calls on Britain to submit, to the harshest rationing yet imposed on the country and to cut its smoking to 40 per cent of last year.

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Str Stafford said that the Br.. fish people were now lying on calorie level of about 2,870 dally, compared with the 3,000 before the w

Stronghold

the

Discussed

London, Oct. 24.

A select committee, re- presenting all the major parties, today was consi- dering the amount to be recommended to Parlia ment for Princess Eliza- beth after her marriage to Lt. Philip. Mount- batten on Nov, 20.

to

As the unmarried heiress the throne, the Princess receiveA £15,000 annually, but the lar- ger establishment necessitated by her marriage and her int- creasing duties were expected to bo recognized by payments from the Privy Purse of 226,000 or 430,000 annually; perhaps even,

more.

.West End jewellers reported today an unusual rush of orders, for remodelling old-fashioned Jewellery, particularly tiaras, into modern pieces to be on dresses and hats at the wed-,

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the informal keynote was struck by the King's per- To close her ruinous £600,000,000 pompous jewellery used at the mission to wear lounge suits, sterling gap between Imports and exports, Britain plans to cut expen- massive functions of yesteryear diture on capital construction by AC now fegarded as out £200,000,000 and try to sell neatly place and jewellers' are £400,000,000 worth of extra exporti verting them to more seasonable

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pieces. United Press.

of

con-

This new austerity, which will hard currency where available. perete forthwith, not only cuts out In some cases, the Government | ding. lasten food imports from all American tobacco imperis but will effect its food savings by stup

dollarping Imports, in others by placing Since countries by £66,000,000 annually imports in store.

An increase of the tobacco prices L'ast

in the lot budget cut consumption by 20 per cent and the Government's There must be an immediate aim is to make the stocks of tobacco further reduction in Britain's last twice as long as they normally dollar expenditure upen food would. which, if not replaced from Some quarters predict that Mr. elsewhere, twould reduce

lugh Dalton, Chancellor of the standard to just below 2,700 Exchequer, will try to force a. sav. daily. he declared.

ing by announcing a further increase Amid cheera Sir Stafford an

tobacco price, nounced that both sides of in-

Some

of the cute will involve the dustry had agreed to postpone Dominions and other countries.

ce-negotiation of contracts with the the coming into operation of the Canada, Australia and other Coni- pre-war Trades Practices Act monwealth countries concerned have for another year. This Act, about been advised of these changes. conditions of employment which While the reaction in these coun was considered to restrict out-trick unpredictable, informed quar put, was abandoned `during, the tere here think that in cases where | war but was to come up for dis- United States dollars, it may wel

the nation concerned in areas of The Department of Agriculture today announced cussion In December with 庭 view to its restoration.

come the release of food to sell for

by

not

Sir Stafford concluded

that Britain was Baying merely fighting for economie survival, but, in every sense, Was the battle of democracy Just as much as she did during the war.

Taft Comes

Out In The

Open

Washington, Oct. 23. Senator Robert A. Taft of

Research

Rice By-Products

Work On

Washington, Oct. 23.

a special project for research into the develop- ment of new and improved uses for rice by- products and better methods of handling both prior and subsequent to processing.

From the standpoint of la- for rice hran oll, its by pro- dustrial uses three main products and derived products. It ducts from rough rice may be has been difficult to keep the considered: hulls, bren and oil in-stored brown rice and polish and milled rice,

"If our economy, and that of Europe, should collapse, our democracy

The principal use of milled rice bran from becoming ran- will, in all pro. hability, collapse. too and

rice would be in the manufac- cld, but experiments have will disappear, and, with it, will go

Lure of starch.

shown that oil from sound rice the Inst stronghold of Western

Rice bran and polish, which meal does not spoil as readily promptly freed of moisture and democratic

civilisation in Ohio today announced his can-is about 10 percent of the as oil in the grain. Europe."

didacy for next year's Repubit-rough rice by weight, contain can Presidential nomination. Deflation

He is 68 years old and son of But the oil, which can be pro-deterioration of oil during the|

a great amount of valuable oil.

It was belloved that if the The Minister for Economie the former

President, William duced only by solvent extrac Affairs said that the object of Howard Taft (1909-18.) the cut in-capital expenditure

Senator Taft keyed his.

tlon, has largely been left in storage of whole-grain-or-bran was primarily to save steel, fuel ouncement to a cautious cam-

tive measures might be do and some dollar imports such as Palgn of avoiding pro-convention as a low cost feed.

veloped and would make rice timber, and, at the same time, primary contests with other Re- There has been virtually no bran a source of high grade to bring about a measure of de- publican aspirants. The an- research on the processing and edible oil and brown rice- flation,

nouncement came in the face of development of industrial uses United Press. determined insistence by many: Influential Republicans that hej the first step and not necessarily would be a weak candidate. His supporters, however, respond The effect of this on housing sharply that Taft already is the would be that whereas 850,000 Party. They insist the 1948 Re

most Influential man in his houses were now under girleṛalion, not more than 140,000.

publican platform must be

an the bran and polish and sold is better understood, preven-

He warned the House Commons that this was

the last one.

of

only

can.

would be allowed for in 1949. largely a Taft platform because The programme for new face was so effective in shaping teries would be cut to an extent the past session of Congress.-- the Party's legislation during required to save 80,000 tons of steel per quarter. This would

Unlled Press. mean starting very little factory building.

Sir Stafford announced an other dollar saving austerity cut - severe reduction in the sup

SPANIARDS PROTEST

Madrid,: Oct. 29... About 300 flag waving students The demonstrated before the Bank of and London and South America in Madrid today in protest agalit

ply of processed eggs. public must expect fower jean attractive cakes, ho stated.

A saving of £10,000,000 was alleged "intervention in Spanish expected from the cuts in Gov salts by Mr. Ernest Bevin,

After marching through the

ernment overseas expenditure. city's main streets, they stretched

"In making these adjust out their nons menta," the Minister said, "We Falange

and sangthai have to take into account

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