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NEW TAXATION PROPOSALS

The strange conceits of the poet delight many humdrum lives. Many are familiar with the theme of the monarch's search for the garment of an The absolutely happy man. discovery followed that such a man does not possess one. The formula does not com- mend itself, in spite of the warmth of the weather. The cries from our next-door neighbour are very audible: "They don't molest us, they tax us."

The least that must be said of the new taxation proposals of the Hong Kong Govern- ment is that they are not un- kind. The bureaucracy, claim- ed its critics, is uncompro- mising. It has compromised. It has taken 100% of what was offered in the suggested Business Registration, Tax, and has abated half of what

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1950,

NEW OIL FINDS MEAN WEALTH FOR CANADA

By M'Kenzie Porter

where it will be refined and dis-

Early this year Dr. Theobald A Link told the Canadion Institute of Mining Engineers in Toronto:

"I bellevo that during the naxt ¦ tributed at prices lower than those decade the exploration for and prevailing for imported Texan

Covery of new oll in Western and Oklahoma oil. Canada will be such that the wildest of daydreams will seem like the predictions of an old sobersides,"

All over the world economists

are watching Alberta, where de velopments now taking place pro- mise a fabulous future for that Dominion.

to

ransom had been spent on drill- Ing for Canadian oil. By 1940 all but one company had given up In despair the costly, fruitless: scarch. Then on a small farm South of Edmonton drillers of the Imperial Oil Company pricked the wildcat Leduc.

Flaming beacon

The fire lasted many weeks. But it was a beacon pointing to the future.

od Morning

Under the emergency regulations heavy penalties are laid down for anyone in possession of explosive

material.

.

This would seem to'impose an unduly heavy burden on editors in charge of correspondence columns.

stubble showed, flourishing towns are rling on oll fields around Edmonton. Materials needed for new homes, churches, schools, As sales develop the effect on hotels, stores, factories, skating- Canada's economy will be so great rinks, swimming-pools and social that a tremendous impetus will clubs medn big business to every So great was the, pressure of be given to immigration.

ethn

province.

oll below that it fractured the Canadian ol is per Already petuating here boom conditions Wave Louis St Laurent, the black morass, and immediately Thus employment and high pipe lines sunk to tap it, heaved

maintained.

to the surface in a

Without taxing 'my imagination, tumultous I can see us suckers being known, which no longer United States.

Prime Minister, insists that small burst into flame.

at leant for one year, as the 13 pools of unemployment existing

pur centers, across Canada

Nevertheless, for this relief, arc largely sea- sonal. It's not necessary for him

much thanks. put Into effect big public Since then scores of companies, works projects held in reserve to drilling in the vicinity, have absorb surplús lobour. Private struck all. But do not rush yet enterprise, through oll, will do to Alberta for your first million. the job for

The modern boom is not ac- Of a regions, which companied by the hysterical spe- money is going into Canadian pockets, keeping up the millions of years ago were ocean culation which followed the old demand for consumer

beds. It is formed by the pres- gold rushes. It goods sure of overgrowth on myriad of growth, marked by the most re kepping cash in circulation and

steady sure encouraging the development of shellfish and other dead submarine strained and lovel-headed invest- new Industries.

Alberta all springs from ment in the history of this great Millions have been spent on prehistoric coral reets. These new land of burled treasures. It steel piping, new refineries, new reefs Elle at the foot of the will take 10 years for the full im oil trucks and rail oil ears, and when the Great Lakes tankers, new road Rockies. They were sea shores pact of oil to be felt throughout

prairies were under the country. on new machines and machine water,

Then will be heard again the For 20 years before the dis-old advice, "Go West, Where Your years ago... only covery of Leduc in 1946 a Sultan's man."

exist In tho

The laying of the pipe-line will In 1900 Sir Wilfred Laurler, cost £30,000,000. Another £30,- then Prime Minister, said: "The000,000 is being spent annually Twentieth Century belongs on explocation. Canada."

Coincidentally, a third £30,- Oil, billions of gallons of black,000,000 is being saved each year viscousefuld from primeval sen- on U.S. oll which is no longer shores which now drives engines. needed. lubricates bearings, heats homes and gives off a hundred by-pro- ducts like industrial chemicals, perfume and nylon, is bringing this prophecy true.

All this

A

World magnet Modern historians believe that Canada stands today where the United States stood at the begin-tools. ning of the century. Within al few

years she will be the most powerful magnet on earth for in- tending migrants.

More than any other factor oil will speed the much-needed dou-

bling and trebling of Canada's sparse 13,000,000 population and. perhaps during the next 25 years, provide enough consumers for the huge natural wealth which yet hav scarcely been scratched.

The ich strikes of oil stand on

the frontiers of Canadian civilisa- tion, and they will touch off the development of an industrial belt which will provide a springboard for the opening up and inhabita- tion of the great North West terri- tories

jam.

is

Should Britain export

her

people?

so engaged Britain is safe,

young

A panther escapes in Bangkok, and a tiger prow the streets of Calcutta. Both eventually captured.

But there is no let up in the permanent shop) of sharks in Hong Kong.

Complate.glva.away,

The Nationalists are said to he daring the Reds to take Tinghol Island, and offering them Formoss If they do,

Well, it was an interesting wer while it lasted.

Wenther experts are holding discussions in the Colony.

They are not, however, planning a plenic or other communal outing. You never know-it might relñ.

.

"Communist leader is silent." That's a pleasant change.

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"Chiasso famous fortune taller."

The best avaliable, anyway.

The Rev. Thomas Roberts He did it. Casey is one of the produce them.

The food gro-plate on. Malthus, a thoughtful, liberal, Victory and the Burma Victory long as there is this large pro- architects both of the Desert; wers want these goods, and so curate, working in his study He makes an imaginative appeal portion of the world's population Tell your best truth," at Albury, Surrey, 150 years now. ugo, first put his finger upon

Cahada wants Britons 100 the real pulse of the emigra (though, to be sure, she is not pressure from lion 'problem:

elsewhere to have them). I hope the friendly officer who talked to me at Canada House will for-

Like Kar! Marx, 50 Years later, he was ahead of his time in his social-economic diagnosis.

At the moment Canada buys 80 per cent of her oll from the Unit- ed States. But in 10 years, ex- perts belleve, she will not only be self-sufficient is this vital mo- dern commodity, but will export way, he wasn't so far wrong, д surplus across the border. either. where sells have now passed their peak.

The once agrarlan Dominiou will undergo her own Industrial revolution and become one of the world's major Powers.

Population of the North West will mean

rampart against Bus-

it had demanded in the instan imperialism Itching to ex- creased standard rate of the tend across the Behring Straits

from Siberia. tax on earnings and profits. The money required is

The output from Leduc, Golden Spike,

Redwater and other Cana-

of

By the end of this year a pipe-

ine 1,100 miles long, from Ed- monton, Alberta, to a point at the head of Lake Superlor, just in- side the United States will bring domestic oil within reach of the big industrial provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Tankers will ship it down the Great Lakes to Sarnia, Ontario,

under the

But for the next 50 years, any-By-

Mr. Malthus reckoned that although, given sufficient food, any population could double itself in 25 years, it would no: in fact do so in Britain.

+

The checks

samo

Clifton Reynolds

give mo for saying that he showed no vast enthusiasm to re- ceive discontented Britons.

(Against this set the dramatic Proposal of the Canadian states- man who wanted to take the Elizabeth off the Americans dol- Queen

Queen Mary and the lar-earning run and send them with packed troopship-wise" smigrants to the Dominion.)

Finally, a factor in the emigra- tion argument is the talk of fear that rar, and the atomic "the single blow at the heart” may wipe out the main part of the British nation,

He said it would not happen there because of the checks of war, pestilence, famine, vice, and what he delicately, called "pru- dential restraint" (we call it For which he was rudely and, as usual, ignor- antly assailed by Editor ("Rural Rides ") Cobbett, who always referred to him as "Parson Mal- thug," The

mathematics, however, were fair enough. The population of 1800 was 1,000,000, and he estimated it would be 40,000,000 by now. off the ralis in the next few fears which govern men's decl-

He may go sharply years, but that will be because sions in settling the problem of

prudential restraint" is going Where To Live. a bit too far, too.

50,000,000.

parson's

Well, it is

Hard facts

So much for the hopes and

What about some of the hard

Or, rather, Britain can go on

being one of the world's leading

workshops just so long as she does the job well enough..

Unfortunately she is no longer the only workshop, From the fact above stated that it pays belter in terms of food to pro- duce industrial goods, it follows that other countries want to have a go at it too,

Britons have actually been sup- plying them for many decades with the machinery and equip- ment with which to cut our own throats! It was perhaps inevit- able that they should do so it is certainly too late to stop the pro. cess now.

So, to Go-or to Stay 1-

Telephone dialling

It all began with the scheme for dialling "TIM" to find out the time. After "TIM" came the American scheme whereby anyone could dial for the latest weather forecast.

West German telephone engineers Now, writes Antony Terry, have taken the dialling Idea even further. Simply by dialling diffe- rent numbers on their telephones Germans can now receive:

1. The day's by a 'golden voice' news-girl."

news recorded 2. The latest exchange rate munist "East Mark" on the Berlin between West Marks and 'Coin- open market.

to be found. Perhaps, that dian oil wells which have gush-birth-control). goes without saying. Anyed into life since 1946 is already Government that suddenly providing all the motive power came, forward with contrite and heat needed by the prairie Alberta, Saskat- provinces visage and bent shoulders and chewan and Manitobs. begged leave to forego funds it had previously demanded would hit the headlines. It would be an action in the "man bites dog" category.

Truth to tell, few expected that sort of compromise-or surrender. Indeed, unless we

According to the Report of the facts? are much mistaken, opinion

latest Royal Commission .on If you want to understand the has somewhat-shifted -since

Population (para. 210), if fami-Intractable elements of emigra the Budget debate and is the Colony's annals: even they are now and people get mar-

Hes remain at the same size as tion (or colonisation, as it used leaning much more to the side trimming of sails in view of red and have children at the down to bedrock-which is sim- to be called) you will have to get of conservative Government the possible imminence of same rate as usual, the population ply the question of population. ideas about finance. Nobody democracy in the Colony. It of Britain will fall only very What is the right number of can tell just how the Colony is not necessarily a good de-ally in the next 100 years to people for Britain to support ?

45,500,000.

In March 1944 the above-men- But if 50,000 people emigrate tioned Royal Commission will be affected by the pace fence that Government has of things next door. The done the sensible thing-few every year, as some economists charged by the King:

statesmen advocate, the travelling trader has much appear to expect that of Gov- population in 2047 will be about "to examine the facts relat duty. more to worry about now ernment.

38,000,000.

ing to the present population than the new immigration The prescribed number of

trends in Great Britain; to 6. The times of the last trains so has the teeth are to be extracted, and controls, and

investigate the causes of these and trams in their district. trends and to consider their automatle service however, does Even this luxury array of dealer or merchant who sup- those who insist on adhering

probable consequences; to con not menn that the ever-inventive plies him. The more pessi to the main point wont over-

sider what measures, if any. mistic must be wondering look that. The method is to people who think that the Old Now and again you come across whether the trader has a be a little less painful, that Country has had t and that future at all in China, 50 is all The spirit of con- the best thing to do is to quit,

and.

Now, is this state of, nitajes what Britons want? Do they

need more people in Britain or tower 7 Which is the true pic- ture

rapidly are the tentacles of sideration is even extended assumption that the days when This view rests upon the

dustries like: agriculture

and

Wes

The Royal Commission took

It cer

3. The latest weather forecast. 4. The latest football pool se- Cults complete with winners'

names.

5. A complete list of chemists and doctors on "emergency" night

interest to influence the future rest on their laurels. Within the should be taken in the national German telephone engineers will trend of population, and to next few weeks they will launch make recomniandations.

yet another "automatic" project— a special cinema: service for tele- State trading being extended. to the valuation for purposes Britain was the workshop of the five years, on the job.

phone subscribers in Dusseldort. A specially recorded "golden- Then, too, the Japanese of tax of quarters provided world are over or goon will be:"tainly did not come down on the voice" girl will tell callers what seem to be "standing up" also, by the employers. "Govern- that export markets will, dry up side of those who say "Quit." films are showing, the price of so the best way to serve. Britain if not flexing their muscles, ment proclaims it does not is to relieve It of the burden of kind is for land. Nor does it be- number. All that is needed now The basic struggle of all man- seats and the cinema's telephone and talking about doing their want to be inequitable. It people.

come any easier as the years go in fact is for a Hollywood volce 10 own trade, without foreign will allow a lower rate than Also, and oppositely, you hear] 03.

chip in with the news that every. middlemen

Man must still have standing film is "scintillating and stupen or entrepots..7% on other income and, of labour shortages in vital in-

and sleeping room, and places, dous", There is no need to whistle what are vulgarly known as textiles, you are told that Britain's where he can grow his food. It in the dark just yet: the trade "perqs" where people have to hope lies in more production and is true that the small amount lot life of the port has been full pay the high rates charged in you know that foreign workers land that some of us heed today

are being brought into the coun- Is surprising. of surprises, even up to the public hostelries. The tax try to help the export drive, The most, densely populated end of March. But when payer may elect in other Then from the other end of) place on earth is Gibraltar, where Government says it can't cases to have rateable value the business Britons hear, the cry there are about 10,000 people to afford to take undue chances, substituted for rental value. from the Empire landa "Come the square mile Hong Kong over into Macedonia (meaning comes next, with Singapore ns It is getting a less impatient Here again we see the spirit how Australia, Canada, and runnerup, with nearly 8,000 hearing.

onch. of accommodation-Govern Africa) and helpt på!” a It has not denied itself the ment will not deny respect|

Java with 800 is the most $12 million, but it has divided for innermost feelings pro

densely populated large country, while Belgium with 732 is the it neatly. The. 50% extra:on vided it is not denied the

densest In Europe. England has These young countries, which about 600, France 192, U.S. 40, the standard rate becomes funds required.

tomorrow (it over) must form Australia and Canada: 2. 25%, and will yield half the The public are not invited the source of Britain's resurgence The standard of life that can deficit. The other half will to lose self-control over this, as a World Power, are appealing he won from any area of land de- come from the Business Re but they are told not to be to send them the man-power to fallon. There must be enough to

to the Homeland.us never balore pends upon a sufficiency, of popu gistration Tax Suggested by unduly complacent. There subdue nature, and harness her to permit eficient · "division of Mr. Leo d'Almada in the may be a "paper" surplus the purposes of civilisation labour," Le, alloting of tasks. Legislative Council Govern the contempt is disturbing to deputy Premier of Australia, America in the Mayflower) were Thus Richard Casey, now The people who' want to ments have been known to the statistical mind-but poser: the challenge in his admir too few to perform all the tasks employ strategy and tactles heavy bills may be ahead for able and forcefu, book" Double required to produce the variety in making, the taxpayer more further security measures that the Australling must at accustomed. They therefore lived or Quli #By which Casey frenos pt goods to which even they ward amenable to the tax collector, and the financial discussions least multiply by two their rough Food was their first need, No suggestion of a cunning in London have also to be present population of 2,000,000 and nearly all of them were put-up job has yet assalled kept in mind. The one little or make way for s tebing engaged in producing it. "Nearly

masecs of the For our ears, The only reaction point that some of the most Cab

three-quarters of the world's Spopulation are still, so engaged

Man-power call

so far noted is one of surprise voluble and viglial corres- who command that the Government should pofiden will not fail to note have listened to the Ung is that

addition to

officials and have

public opinion in 119– un

proposnial. It seems to

garded as quifern-

job well done

other people, who prow

exchangey theme for that they could-grow

time it takes to

Yourself.

in

Plump

movie lady outside theatre last night:

"Well, I never died laughing 30 much in my life!"

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Ending his tour of Australia, Ambassador Chang has apparently, been successful in his desire to folks down under. Korea message of goodwill to the

Red China outlaws polygamy. Ulgamy, but....

Other countries have outlawed

A

Describing a local dive, "a bloke remarked: "It's nothing but sink of iniquity, but in that sink -oh, boyl--are there some nice dishes!"

Frank Sinatra has cancelled. his singing engagements because of thront trouble.

Funny I thought that's what made him famous.

"By examining a calmon's scales under a microscope, the scientista can determine its age by counting

rings on tree trunks."

Getting cleverer all the time these scientists.

"For goodness, sake, switch the engine on and DRIVE down ---- averyone will think we're poverty stricken."

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