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LOCAL RESIDENTS.

CENSURING PARTY LEADERS. (leaves Hong Kong to-day at noon The R.M.S. Empress, of Asia

en route for Vancouver riži ports. threa outstanding | Several local residents are included features of the agenda for the in the list of departing passengers.

Among them are:- twenty seventh annual conferenco of the Labour party to be held at Blackpool on the four days con- mencing October 3rd. They are:

Mr. George Hogy. Manager of the National City Bank of New York, en transfer to Shangbai,

Mr. Allan Cameron, Oriental Manager of the C.P.R., on a busi. Proposals for imposing zu al-ness trip to Shanghai. ternative to the Capital Levy; Mr. W. Galloway, of Messrs. A motion in favour of the Jardine, Matheson & Co., for abolition of the Monarchy, the Shanghai. Privy Council, and the House of Lords, and the transformation of the State into a Democratie Be public; and

Numerous resolutions submitted from Various branches urging the censure of' party leaders, one

Lieut Col and Mr. F. Hayley Bell, for Shanghai.

Mr. and Mrs. B. D. F. Beith and family. for Shanghai.

Mr. R. R. Raxburgh, of Thorny- revolts, for Shanghai,

Mrs. A. W. Davison, wife of Capt. Davison, Marine Superinten

dent, of the C.P.R.

Miss Manuk, making the round trip to Vancouver and back,

new surtax

"A SOCIETY SCANDAL

AT THE QUEEN'S.

THE POPULARITY OF "VAMPS."

A FILM FIGMENT,

Jay oca FILM Cɛiric.]

A Society Scandal " is ‘another of the "Glorifying Gloria" series, although like the rest of the it Gloria professes to be much more. as Marjorie Colbert, 4 society beauty, gets herself involved in a divorce. Instead, however, at Uringing the battery of her charais and wardrobe to bear upon the jury, she reserves them for her husband's Atteruey when the ense has gone against her. That sho should lose is reasonable enough' after such a disregard of both stage

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and divorce court conventions. IN A SINGAPORE STREET.

The attorney, a bigh souled young

man from the country, who is play-EUROPEAN OFFICAL'S CHASE

OF ARMED ASSAILANT.

ad by Rod la Raçque, falls an easy

to

ground being that they supported pleas for industrial peace.. In the name of the Hastings And St. Leucards Labour party there appears a motion in favour of the discontinuance of capitalist, Im- perialist, and military celebrations Board of Inland Revenue are such The figures furnished by the en Armistice Day," for the reason that the proposed

victim Gloria in her drawing that the naniversary involves would yield about £55,000,000 a roon despite his professed horror needless mental distress to many persons, and tends to continue bad year, an amount equal to, if not and detestation of her in the court, feeling towards people of other in excess of, the net annual yield nationalities. The motion declares which would have been obtained but then she dressed and behaved from t net proceeds of the to differently that naturally the ibe to the interest of amity Carionl Levy in the form in which peor young man was bewildered. and good feeling among our own people and the furtherance of the

"A Society Scandal professes aims of the international Labour

"to point a moral; that the innocent movement, that the celebrations

can be made to suffer cruelly at the hands

should be discontinued.

CHINESE APATHY,

GUNBOAT SINKS TWO

NATIVE JUNKS.

COLLISION ON SHANGHAI WATERFRONT WITH RIVER JUNES.

SHANGHAI, August 7th.

with that congestion

In the streets of Singapore, one

Meeting might at any moment be brought which so frequently exists on the into unpleasant (nay, dangerous, Bund waterfront between sunrise and perchance "fatal) contact with and sunset, a Chinese gunboat fly- any of the shootings or stabbings ing the Nationalist flag rammed of law and society. that are almost a daily occurrence.

two native junks opposite Foochow Actually the obvious moral is that This fact was emphasised in the beautiful clothes well worn and an exciting experience of Mr. C. stream at 3.30 o'clock yesterday Road Jetty whilst proceeding up alluring manner can tide a clever Dakars, the Third Falice Magie afternoon, sinking both of them, and woman over the stormy seas of trate.

He was on his way to office, it is believed, drowning several of when in Havelock Road, 300 yards the occupants.

should be emphasised that the it was proposed in 1915. Finally,' object of the original form of the Capital Levy-the partial rectifica tion of the grees inequalities of! Tax by Instalments.

wealth which were so greatly in There are likely to be lively reased by the war-will be achieved debates on the subject of the to the same extent as by the original Capital Levy. Several branches proposal through the proposed submit motions in favour of the surtax restoration of the levy to "the

Further Revenues. party's programme, but this is not "Further revenues must be sought the view of the Executive Com-in the reform of the death duties ending when Gloria and her late from the Chinese Secretariat, com mittee, who have drawn up a re-and in the taxation of land values.

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Petty Policies.

outraged public opinion. For the

"

We have said before that "Mins

A large quantity of native cargo

the wooden craft and continued to flent about, for a long time after testimony to the tragedy.

I solution in lavour of surtax on If this be added to the £83,000,000 enemy fall into each others arms ing upon several Chinese attacking carried by the junks was thrown income from property and invest- obtained from the sartax, a total is prefaced by a caption." The another with knives, he left his car into the river together with the ments, the aguual Emposition con- sum of at least £100,000,000 would public will forgive us, they like a and went to the aid of the appar occupants when the gunboat struck templated being £100,000,000. The be obtained without imposing any happy ending." following are the terms of the re-additional burden on any strug-

ently badly wounded man. solution

gting business"

Whether the assailants would have This conference, being of the The resolutions which have been opinion that the existing sinking sent in by the local Labour partion Swanson is wasted in auch plays, fed at Mr. Dakers' approach if the gunboat had passed as silent fund for the redemption. of the touch on a wide range of subjects, and we might add here that the they had been armed with pistols National Debt is being used, to from China to pure milk.

same applies to Red la Rocque and instead of knives is matter for sur-

The gunboat, which was almost hamper the growth of the social

Ricardo Cortez who very ably plays mise, but that is what they did. of the torpedo-boat variety, very services and to continue the burden of the food taxes upon the poor the colours of the party. One sugeast like this in a

Six branches are concerned about the "man in the case." But aand.in the chase that ensued up low in the, water, with exceedingly calls for the imposition of a special

story which, Havelock Road, Mr. Dakers! Malay surtax on incomes over £500 a year white, and green, and a third red despite

gestion is for red, another red,

its weaknesses, offers syce, who was a few paers ahead derived from property and investi meat-as proposed in the minority are into sunshine.

and yellow,symbolising through several chances for emotional act of his master, was able to seize one report of the Colwyn Committee- with the object of liberating sources for the abolition of saxes on necessaries, for the development of the social services, and for re- duction of the debt.

As an appendix to the agenda there is a momorandum on finan- cial policy which gives details of this levy by instalments. It recalls the appointment by the Right Hon. Philip Snowden, when. Chancellor of the Exchequer, of the Colwyn Committee, and the rejection of the Labour party's proposal for

proceeds:

*

that "as

St. Pancras

of the men.

sharp bows, was travelling at about

five or six knots at the time of the collision. It sounded its siren fre ber of the party should be a Privy teresting picture.

Mitcham advocate that no mem. ing. cannot fail to produce an in-

quently when rounding the Garden Councillor, North

The Wounded Man,

Bridge bead and struck a course The Vamp is as much a part of On the way back to the waiting about the middle of the river, de 2 gesture against mili- tariam military and naval titlesmart" as the pow bog. We car, in which the wounded man was viating but little despite the numer should be renounced by members had often wondered for which brought to the Central Police ous river craft in the locality," save possessing them.

members of the audience she was Station and conveyed thence in an when the unfortunate junks, which provided, for box office receipts ambulance to hospital, Mr. Dakers were eventually sunk, failed to show clearly that the vamp is

picked up a bloodstained knife, clear its bows stock "draw." A letter published dropped by one of the fugitives. The latter struck the first junk A few minutes after the occurried it for some little distance and amidships on the port side, car- given by Sir Henry Slesser, M.P., as the clue

In view of the "advice and help lately in one of the Londons gave

It expressed the rence a Pathan civilian brought in almost immediately crashed into the second which was tacking across with the first The Bra

Leaders of the party are the subjects of several motions of cen- sure. One standing in the name of the Typographical Association

states;

the proprietors of the Manchester

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Capital Levy. The memorandum and MF. A. Henderson," jun., to naive opinion that women liked to a fleeing Chinese and a "Malay the river at that point in company Guardian and the Manchester Even see vamps" in order to study the policeman another, and a second The adoption by Parliament of the alternative method of dealing ing News in their formation of a methods of hunting and holding knife was picked up near the scene with the National Debt redemp of such house union being in direct

house union, the aims and objects that elusive prey, man 1 The o the attack by Mr. W. H. Gat- tion by an annual Sinking Fund, opposition to the rules and working young lady who wrote the letter, feld, of the Chinese Protectorate, instead of prompt repayment of half the capital compels a change; gulations of the Typographical and her sisters who flock to see in the form of the additional Association, and has resulted in the the film vamp racst have an extra- office being closed by that trade ordinarily low opinion of masculine taxation which the Labour party

union to its members, this confer- proposed as the Capital Levy. It is as necessary to-day as it was in

ence is of opinion that these gentle intelligence. men are not fit and proper persons

almost cut in two, the second had a great hole knocked in its side and quickly sank, according to the reports available last night. Would Not Interfere.

No information, however, could be obtained from the The apathy with which such street Master's Office and all information incidents

Harbour regarded by the had to be gathered from eyewit average Chinese crowd in Singa- nesses.

are

1018 to lessen the prodigious into be legal advisers to the Labour sonality which counts, and is the Pore," and but for which perhapa |

equalities in wealth, which Capital ism created, the Great War intensi fid, and our huge National Debt helps to maintain. Now that the nation has missed the time

party.

FORESTS.

Yamping is not enough, it is per- explanation of Gloria Swanson's these ruffians would not be so ready AUSTRALIA TO HAVE MORE Election Programme.

popularity, Whatever rubbish she to resort to violence, was emphasis. The writing of contributions by may be acting, she is, trying toed by Mr. Dakers in response to leaders and members of the party, attract her audience, to get into enquiries by a Straits Times repre- PROGRAMME ADVANCED BY for a massive redemption of debt not professional journalists, is con- sympathy with them; the youasentative. "There was a crowd fl demned by several branches, and men in the play to whom she dis-

and has preferred a Sinking Fand, there are advantages in getting our

Aberdare sucks to prevent Labour plays her dresses and her figere Chinese watching the man being Capital Levy got in a single MP.'s from attacking one another get from her more contemptuous attacked," said Mr. Dakers," and payment, but la an annual income public. The National Amal-glances than similes, the latter she not one of them made Lay effort

for the State.

in what is known as the surtax en income from property" and investments"

MR. J. O. ARMOUR'S ESTATE.

DOUBT. AS TO SOLVENCY.

either to prevent it or seize any of the assailants."-Straits Times,

4

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

FURTHER FALL IN PRICES.

The Compagnie de Commerce et

NEW YORK. Despatches from Chicago state that it is questionable whether the estate of Mr. J. Ogden Armour, who died in Lendon recently, is de Navigation d'Extrême-Orient in of the greatest meat-packing con- their report dated Saigon, Septem tune estimated at £23,000,000, but cerns in the world possessed a for- ber 8th, state- when the packing house crash came

solvent. In 1916 the head of one

Our market is still very quiet and

IMPERIAL GRANT.

ADELAIDE S. AUBT.

A grant of £358,950, according to the Premier, Richard L. Butler. has heen granted by the imperial authorities as a nucleus for start- ing aforretation on a larger scale in the fertile south-eastern districts, where the conditions are most favourable for the growth of acft wooda, particularly the pinus in- signia There are already in this beautiful country, which is largely of volcanic origin, a

number of government forests.

the south-east for a long time. It Government have had an eye on Representatives of the British

is here that they expect an opport unity to be able to place migrants from England. The Scottish socie- ties of this splendid area are now portation of families, from Scot

gamated Furnishing Trades Asso- reserves for the audience. The problem for the Labour dation' will seek to secure the con- Government will be to obtain the demnation of the leaders of the sum necessary for this purpose from party for their policy in regard to the same individuals as would have the miners' dispute, and Richmond had to pay, in proportion to their will, call for a vote of censure, on wealth, in the original proposal of the Labour signatories to the the Capital Levy, with the sa Blancsburgh report. Censure upon sort of exemption and graduation the direct and indirect support as were then suggested, but in the given by the Labour party leader- form rendered necessary by the ship to the Unionist Government, establishment of the Sinking Fund in regard to China, is urged by and the other changes that have Lambeth Trades and Labour Coun- since taken place. In the light of eil. The motion regarding Indus the information obtained by the trial Peace; to be proposed by Colwyn Committee, anu from other North Lanark D.L.P., reads: sources, this new form is now found

Thia conference declares that the industrial peace is not the policy plea of certain Labour leaders for and function for which the Labour It is proposed that there should party exists, and is of the opinion in 1921 Mr. Armour is said to have the prices have made a further drawing up a scheme for the im- be a new tax payable only on the that disciplinary action should be declared that he lost money at the drop. The tendency remains the

income that is to taken against these persons who are rate of £200,000 each day for same say, on the income derived from the advocating a policy which is hostile period of weeks, until the gigantic ownership of property and invest to the Jabour movement, as the tower of wealth toppled to a wreck ments. The average rate would be attitude of the Labour movement of a few millions. Six years ago from January lab to August 31st, The total amount of rice export about 23. in the L. The surtax should be to abolish capitalism, not Mr. Armour oxed Armour and 1997, is tons 1.113.149,247 against would be graduated, and it would to co-operats with it.

Company £10,000,000, but the debt only be imposed upon those whose Turning from the past to the has now been reduced, it is said, tons 905.079,985 in 1998. incoine from property and invest future, there are resolutions on the to £3,000,000. In his days of meats was over £500 a year subject of the next election and of prosperity Mr. Armour poured rice No 125broken round planted over a period of 10-years, We quote to-day white Saigon minimum of 50,000 acres is to bo "Broadly," says the memorandum, the next Labour Government millions into speculations that grain: Hong Kong 87.20 per pical and paper pulp works will also be "this would mean that the new Some advocate the preparation of showed failure from the start... of 134 lbs, f.o.b. Baigon, 20.11.11 the state to secure a further 100,000 started. It will be necessary for tax would be paid by the same peo a scheme for insuring candidates

His loss in the goods railway per cwt. f.o.b. Saigon, yen 7.45 per acres of land to carry on the pro- ple who would have paid the £150 deposits at the next election. under Chicago, now in receiver picul of 134 lbs. f.p.b. Saigon, Capital Levy in the original form | The speeding up of the agricultural] ship, is said to have been £4,000,000,

ject, and already 44,000 acres have in which it was proposed Instead campaign in rural areas is urged. and he personally guaranteed near-

White Saigon rice No. 2 silted, been purchased at a cost of £80,000. of once-for-all tax assessed in The drawing up of an election 13 £4,000,000 in the bonds of an Japan quality: Hong Kong $6.50 It is estimated that the expendi proportion to the capital itself," programme which would con- irrigation where which is now on or picul of 134 lbs. fo.b. Saigon, ture on an acre for 30 years work there would be this new aaqual tax stitute a programme of legislation the financial rocks. The collapse 20.10.9 per cwt. fo.b. Saigon, you will be 257. Every acre harvested nesessed in proportion to the in- and administrative action for a of Mr. Armour's fortune was soon 670 per picul of 134 lbs. fo.b. will, on presentday costs, enable the come which the ownership of capital Labour Government," is to be pro- followed by his physical collapse,

Saigon.

state to replant, without involving vields.

posed in a special resolution of the and he has been intermittently ill For September/October · 'ship. | the taxpayer, between six and sever. (Continued on next Qolumn.).

for five years.

unearned

executive.

LISAÍ..

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Several estates have been offered

substantial income is assured from to the Government for purchase

these lands, where onions, potatoes and subdivision into farms, and a

and cereals grow to perfection. A

acres of forest..

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