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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AS A CAREER.

GRUMBLING ABOUT THE WAY CANDIDATES ARE

CHOSEN.

THE CHEQUE BOOKIES OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND

THE GREED OF LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS...

A WARNING TO YOUNG MEN.

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A STATESMAN-LIKE BUDGET.

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Mr. Philip Snowden, the former: Labour Chancellor and Mr. Darid Lloyd George, the Liberal leader, formally congratulated Mr. Wia- Churchill, describing the Budget as a "very brilliant achieve ment" and an "extremely fine per. formance particularly in regard to the proposals for the relief of the rates.

In the course of the Budget speech It was disclosed that there will be Periodically there crops up a dis-sticker. Mr.. Fleming," replied no reduction in the standard rate of Income Tax, but the statutory cussion of the way in which Con-the' compositor with much dignity, allowances for children will be rais- servative candidates for Parlia" I bave often asked you not to called to £60 for the first child and £50 ment are chosen, of which the me Charlie. My name is Mr. for others, as compared with £30 and £27 respectively as at present. ground-note is a complaint that Askens," etc., and so forth. I was This will cost the Government money rather than brains is the duly chosch as the candidate of the £2,100,000 this year. qualiñcation preferred by the Cen- Working Men, but owing to the tral Office and the local associa" | Redistribution Act fought ultimately

another constituency. tions.

The charge, if such it can be call

Changes Since The War. ed is met in one of two ways, My Lancashire candidature I owed either by what lawyers used to call partly to the recommendation of the confession and avoidance, or by retiring member, and my Scotch tossing it about between the Cen-selection to the fact that they could

Budget Summarised.

The Government has also decided to increase the duty on foreign films by a halfpenny per foot, which is rstimated to produce £45,000 addi-| tional revenue,

Mr.

Budget according to a new system Churchill balanced the

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Either it is admitted that the ex-to fight a seat where the Fife surplus of £23,702,000. Of this be penses of elections, registration and electors and an English candidate has taken £19,500,000 for various remissions of taxes, leaving a mar customary subscriptions are beavy, failed to understand one another's gin of £14,502,000 to be carried for- and that if the candidate doesn't lingo. I have dared to draw onward in a suspensory fund (aur find the money no one che can or the personal adventures of my youth plus) to which will be added last year's surplus of £4,250,000, making will; or, it is alleged by one group, to show that if a young man really a total in the Suspensory Fund of of complainants that the fault lies wants to get into the House of £18,741,000. This will be used to with the Central Office, who meet Commons, neither want of pencemeet ordinary contingencies in 1929, the demand of a constituency thirst-nor birth's invidious bar is an authorities.

or supplementary demands by local ing for genius by the cynical desinsuperable barrier. patch of a cheque-bookie; or it is Captain Loschy's argument, that declared by & third group that it is the Conservative, party is starved the greedy vulgar local association of talent owing to the faulty selec that foists upon the constituency tion of candidates, is weakened by nobody whom they have previously the changed conditions of life since ascertained will cut up well amongst the war. Why should a young man

It is to be noted that the Budget | them..

of first-class brains and second or Tax of 4d per gallon on imported There is some truth in all there third-class income want to get into motor-spirits comes into operation allegations, which make the contro, the House of Commons! The social this, the Anglo-American Oil Co.

immediately, and in consequence of versy difficult.

prestige is gone, and as an oyster. has announced an advance Money, Birth And Character.

opening career it has, compared and retail, of all leading brands. Wednesday on the price, wholesale The Inte Captain Middleton, a with other trades, become one of of motor spirit by 41d. per gallon. rosy-cheeked sailor, for many years the worst, After 10 years of Kerosene will be advanced by 40.

yearly, by curtailing t the chief of the Central Office, once monotonous trifling and gnawing per gallon.

mechanical lighters, complained to me that he received) jealousy, with the expenses of three

He also proposed a very small almost daily demands from local selections and annual subscriptions,

Debt Repayment.

adjustment in the customs duty on cinema films in order to place sociations for a candidate who must he will be lucky if he gets an Under-

Ruany, April 24th. British Empire Gims on the sang Mr. Winston Churchill, in his footing as those produced abroad Secretaryship of £1,600, which he Budget, statement to the House of by British companies. This was will probably lose in two or three Commons, laid particular emphasis estimated to yield about £250,000 years. It is true that his inside on what the Government had done sterling. knowledge of the surface of politics during the year in the repayment of The Committee appointed under Temperature "Now," said the Captain with may help him in journalism; but at debt. The new sinking fund has the Safeguarding of Industries Bumidity twinkle, I can always supply them the Bar solicitors look askance at been raised to the unprecedented Procedure "bad recommended" a Wind- with a candidate with one of these a junior in the House, while in the figure of 2,000,000. In addition, customs duty on buttons. Therefore qualifications; sometimes with two. City M.P.s are now too plentiful the Budget of last year had borne buttons used for fastening or de weather

of but candidates who combine all to have any front-page value for a the

payment

OD more than corating apparel would be subject Rain £15,000,000 for accrued interest to duty of 33 1/3 per cent. ad

10:00 1001 three do not grow on the hedge prospectus. TOWL" I once bluntly asked the

upon Saving Certificates.

valorem but that would not meta Highest open-air Têmpérature, 24th: 70 Captain what he knew about & I am not thinking of youngsters for the redemption of debt than garments would be charged

He had found £8,000,000 more that buttons already on imported Lowest open-air Temperature, 95th: 68 candidate whom he had plumped of real Parliamentary genius, as fr. Snowden, the Labour Chance duty was estimated to yield £100,000 The into a safe suburban contest were Winston Churchill and Lloyd for of the Exchequer, had done in this year and £200,000 in full year. Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning: B-Blue sky: O-Cloudy; D= he lives in place and has George 20 years ago. motor-car," was the frank reply. As your system of selection, they will future

Whatever 1924. The position for dealing with

Income tax, which would remain M-Mist; O-Overcast; P=Passing n fact, the gentleman's financial find their way into the House of agreed had been greatly improved £235,000,000.

conversions it must beat in the £1 would yield showers; Q-Squall; B-Bain T past did not bear close inspection: Commons as quickly as the bee finds by what had been accomplished in

Thunder. but as he held the seat for over honey. I am asking how the youth, years, and afterwards became in whom Mr. Baldwin so blindly peer, all's well that end's well.

believes, are to be attracted 1. How There was another case, where the are the constituencies to know a Dealing with the general treat

problem of fault lay with the local association, good candidate from a bad one! If meat of the An East End constituency asked two the choice is to be transferred from National Debt, Mr. Churchill said gentlemen to present themselves on the caucus to the local party, they he proposed to return to the policy the same evening for selection by can only judge bathe candidate's instituted in Disraeli's Govern the local 200. One was Henry platform speaking, which is a very ment by Sir Stafford Northcote, Rates," had directly increased the Kong All Goods remaining vadelivered after ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby Matthews (afterwards Lord Lian- fallacious test of "ability. The two and to establish a fixed debt"charg"; cost of production and affected the informed that all Goods are being daff), the most brilliant and accom- best platform speakers in my re- proposed to put the figure competing power of these indus landed at their risk into the hazardens plished advocate at the Bar, and collection were the late Ashmead 23,000,000 yearly, which would tries at Home and abroad. and/or extra hazardous Godowas of the subsequently Home Secretary; the Bartlett and Judge. Rentoul, and extinguish the external and According to the latest ascertain. No Fire Insurance will be effected by Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and other, who shall be nameless, was both were nothing in the House, terual debt in a period of fifty ments every one of the colliery dis Thur. 28m 456 41m 6-48 41 as in any case whatever.

butt. years. Godowa Co, Ltil, whence sullor from a retired milliner, known to be the former, indeed, being

rich, torrentially commonplace, and If you select a working than, like

The total expenditure for 1993 tricts showed a net loss of work- No Claims will be admitted

The expenditure on consolidated millions each year in Local Govern. Sat.

being required to pay several intely loses caste with his own class

fund services was placed at

ment taxation.

Frequently depresed industries Bus 20 because he has ceased to be a work £395,000,000 and the total supply ing man, though he would be all services al £407,000,000. The total left the heavily taxed arena and Was Byron Right?

expenditure compared with at thus threw an increased burden of

Mon. 30m 8 right on the other side. These are fair samples of Byron's Is not Lord Banbury right when estimate of £833,300,000 last year taxation on the industries remain

7 288 0578 Tasa. 1 creed, that cash is king of all. Yet he says that a member who is de- and £838,185,000 actually spent.

9.18 1:4m 31. ing there are examples to the contrary:

Proceeding

7 26 37 Some relief of production Iron Wed. instances where seats have been pendent on the Central Offies or his revenue of the existing basis of

28 30 contested and sometimes won by constituency for his election taxation, the Chancellor of the Er local taxation was urgently needed. nödigates who had neither rank. Peases, and on his salary for his chequer said that the customs and Government Plans Complete. nor wealth; nor the reputation of living and subscriptions, is poor excise revenue, moved forward by godliness" to back their suit fish, a slave bound to do what he two or three millions yearly in withal." Shall I be considered pre- is told, either by his constituency accordance with the growth of eiuding financial fort. In this including petrol, but excluding Įsumptuous if I draw on my personal or the Whip 1 These, are not Lard population and the general mais-1.Parliament he should try to fore heavy eila and lubricating oil. The

Banbury's words, but his substance.tenance of consuming power. experience i

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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.

THE Steamer

"ALSTER"

arrived from BREMEN, HAM-

BURG and Ports, Donsignees of Cargo

hereby

notified that their Cargo in being landed at their risk into the Go. downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloos Wharf and Godown Cod

Kowloon, whore Delivery can be

the lat of May, 1924, will be subject

to Bent.

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THE-BEN LINE STEAMERS,

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Return To Disraeli.

the

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Burden On Industry, The Chancellor then entered upon

what he described as the most con-

troversial part of his talk.

He said that an unsatisfactory

picture was presented by the heavy burden on British industries, in which unemployment taxation, or

Damaged Packages must be left in the the harres, Delivery may be the with aspirates doubtful. Each made the late John Dumphrey, and taka was estimated at £606,193.000 ing and yet the coal industry was

Godown for examination by the Con signees and the Company's Surrerers, Mean. Anderson A. Ads at 10 on the 28k of April, 195%,

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presented within Twp mart be Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised.

Conaiguses are requested to surrender their Bill of Lading to the Undersigned for Countersignature.

MELORERS & CO.,

Agents: NORDDEUTSCHER Lloyd, Brze Hong Kong, 24th Apr. 1928.' [5167

COMPAGNIE DES MESSA- GERIES MARITIMES.

CONSIGNEE NOTICE...

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CONSIGNEES

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Goods have kit the Godors, and his speech, and the caucus, by him a Conservative MP, he immed- Goods remaining andelinged after the large majority and with no hesita 2nd May, 1929, will be subject to Ronk.

tion, chose the milliner. Olsims

against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on er before the 16th

they The 16th May, 1923, not be recognized. *All kroken, shafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Gedown, where they will be examined on the 1st May, 1995, at 10am., by Mears Goddard di Douglas No Fire Lomrance has been affected Bill of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

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He had therefore proposed to the Prime Minister that as the con-

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pass manoeuvre of between Do We Want Poor M.P.87 I have fought four elections, two

Liquor Revenue,

twenty and thirty millions sterling tax would be imposed as from to

morrow. It is estimated to yield. successfully without any recommen- The House of Commons offers a

yearly for a great operation upon. dation or pecuniary assistance from career to men who have either in the revenue from beer, which em- Government had completed their in 1929.

He saw a chance of recovery in Local Government taxation. The £14,000,000 this year and £17,500,000 the Central Office. As two were inherited, or acquired before they are boldened him to repeat his estimate London, one in Lancashire, and one too old, sufficient money to live con of last year. Revenue from spirits,

plans.

My Housewife's Burden. in Scotland, my electoral experience fortably in these expensive, times. on the ather hand, must be expected has been extensive and varied. In am not talking of lawyers who to resume its continuous defteit. cach case my candidature resulted have taken silk they can make

The increased duty upon tobaczy from a specch addressed to a meet the legal and the political trades had more than realised expects during the last hundred, years.

tions.

pose must inevitably become the fiscal burden which the tax on

Legislation required for this or

puc In "order to balance the extra" most important measure of its kind kerasene might throw upon the can BRINGING CARGO Fox DUNKIBK,

ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM,

LONDON, &

sumer, Mr. Churchill proposed to He had to find a substantial reduce existing datics on sugar. ing, large in most cases. I remem help one another. But young men

amount of new revenue to carry. The duty on all imported sugar are hereby

"NONSIGNEFS are hereby informed ber my first invitation most vividly, must not suffer themselves to be

The duty on silk and on imports out, the policy, but he did not súp would to reduced by an amount Cat their Goods with the exception

Cast thair Goods with the exception Shortly after speaking meet allured by the freak successes of the of Opium, Tressure and Vainsblos are of Opium, Treasure and Valuables art ing with my friend and kindest of brief Lloyd Georgian reign. The under the industries Safeguarding pose any one would have much equivalent to a farthing a pound in

showed an increase.

doubt whether we ought to do it. the retail price. By this pears it being landed and stored into the Bo being landed and stored into the Godown patrons, Bir Edward Clarke, I was meteoric courses of Mr. McKenna He expected a yield of £3,250,000 downs of the Hong Kong and Kowloon of the Hong Kong and Kowloon What asked to receive a deputation from and Sir Robert Horns are not likely this year from betting tax against

Coal "And Oil,

was possible also to afford relief to & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, and Godown Co., Ltd., Kovloon, whence the Conservative. Working Men's to be repeated, flecks of dem£2,700,000 last year.

During the 19th century the in- British rafiners, who find long com- may be obtained immediately Club. Borrowing a friend's cham- For all its faked, Whence Delivery may be obtained im- Belize must be sent in to tap on deputation, which consisted of two, the natural protectors of property, be expected to respond to the slow | try.. but the 20th century had seen boet industry had been helped." The yield of duties on tea and dustrial power of this country rest plained that while the Empire mediately after landing.

bera in the Temple, I awaited the cracy the Conservative party are sugar in the coming year mighted on the basis of the coal indue preference and when the homegrown suger producer had been assisted by All Chim?

inst be sent in to me an All Claims before: Wednesday, the 2nd May, or before Thursday, the 3rd May, 1028, a Cockney compositor and a Scotch and it is fitting that Conservative forward movement of consuming us.becoming increasingly dependent the British refiners had been left 1923, or they will not be recognized. or they will not be recognised,

Damaged Packages will be examined Damaged Packages will be examined by bill-sticker. They were good follows electors should be represented by

upon improved liquid, fuel scarcely any of which was found inside the to engage without assistance, in the by the Company Burreyon, Mesars, the Company Surveyors, Messrs unconscious comedians, who had men of some wealth, which is a

struggle against their competitors, British Empire. Goddard & Dongle in the presence

Douglas in of Goddard

The object of the proposal to

domestic and foreign. The reduce views, but to expound their own, of education or ability, or both.

The Government had, therefore, the Consignees at 10 am on Saturday, of the Configues 10 prnce come, not to hear my political good a guarantee as can be found the 28th April, 1928.

The man of type opened the ball Difficulty is the test of character levy a enstoms duty on mechanical decided to impose & new duty of tion of the duty was designed to en Monday, the 50th April, 1928.

No Vire Tamirsace will be effected by by slapping my friend one and and the House of Commons ought lighters and an exdve duty od per gallon on certain kinds of courage the importation of raw

sugar, which would undergo refin only brief and shouting "What not to be too easy of entrance. The hometosde lighters, which would ILESDOS, mean to say is this: If the Hearl of temple of fame should not be in yield £40,000, was to preserve the imported oil. The new tax would being in this country rather than the Agust Salisbury Mairquis Chairlie, accessible, but it should be seated fevenue of the duty from adutches, confined to lighter hydrocarbon oile importition of white sugar refined Hong Kong, 24th Apr. 1928. [6170 Mairquis, rrupted the bill 9g an eminences

No Fire Invaraneo will be effected by us in any case whatever,

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