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MORE CUSTOMS DUTIES

Increased Purchasing Power of the People

London, Dec, 22.

Customs and Excise duties in 1934-35 increased by nearly £3,500,000 over the previous year. The net revenue was £388,900,000 against not quite £286,500,000,

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in their report issued to-day, state that a larger in- crease would have been shown if the rates, of duty had been on the Rame basis throughout the two years and if there had been no dis-

Επ turbance the clearances of dutiable commodities arising from budgetary anticipations on the part of traders.

POSTPONED CLEARANCES The liquor trade, in particular, hoped in both years for some re- duction in the duty on spirits, and clearances postponed

of spirita from before each Budget until after wards. The temporary loss to the Exchequer happened to be much heavier in 1934-35 than in 1933-34. "It is rarely possible to measure closely the actual extent of budgetary movements of this kind," it is stated, "but it may be aurmised that the shift of spirit révenue from 1934-35 to 1935-36 was probably not far short of

£1,000,000."

As regards rates of duty, the re- venue of 1933-34, it is pointed out gained" over £2,000,000 from the higher beer duty in force before its reduction by that year's Budget; on the other hand, that year did not benent by a full twelve months yield from the new duty of one penny per gallon on heavy all, which did not come into operation until April 25, 1933.

Again, in 1934, the silk duties were revised and in general re- duced as from July 2, with con- sequential changes in the draw- backs, and this is estimated to have cost, the Exchequer in 1934-35 ap- proximately £2,250,000.

MIGHT HAVE BEEN £7,000,000

"Assuming that these various factors had not been in operation, and ignoring the effect of the various changes in detall in the duties imposed under the Import Duties Act, 1932, it is probable that the Customs and Excise revenue in 1934-35 would have shown an in- crease on 1933-31 of over £7,000,- 090, or about two-and-a-half, per

cent."

The main contributors to this national expansion were:-

Beer, about £2,000,000 after allowing for the high duty in force before April 26, 1933;

Tobacco, about £3,000,000; Petrol, about 22,000,000; and Entertainments about 2500,-

000.

"It will be observed that these stema directly reflect variations in the purchasing power of the people," state the Commissioners, "and the "revenue increases just noted support the evidence, avail able from other quarters, of the Improvement in this respect which took place during the year under

review,

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SCIENTIST OF THE AIR

TEST PILOT MADE A DIRECTOR

Flt. Lt. Bulman's Achievements

London, Dec 24; " The recent appointment of Flt.- Lt. P. W. B. Bulman to the Board of the Hawker Aeroplane Com- pany, for which he has flown dis test pilot for many years, is a re- minder that among all the world's test pilots there are few of grea- ter experience or achievement.

Yet outalde deronautical circles his name is but little known, for of necessity most of his work must be carried out in secrecy,"

Speed, climbing, altitudes at

disclosed. tained must not be Manceurres at high speed by him are done not for show, but for scientific analysis,

Among the tanks of the test pilot. is that or bying an aeroplane in such a manner as deliberately to try to force structural failure. ready at any instant to leave by parachute,

RAF'S HUGE MILEAGE

Death Roll Of 43 In 1935

London, Dec.. 14. Royal Air Force machinas have flown at least 50,000,000 miles in

The the

months. past twelve mileage done by pilots is probably more than double that figure,

Despite the great distance covered, the death-roll was only 43. Although this is an increase on the law record of 31 for 1934, It is an improvement 'on previous years.

Civil fiying fatalities have fallen from: 43 to 32, in spite of const- derably increased mileage.

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

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New Yorki January 14,

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Of all the classes of air pilot the test pilot is the most skilful, the most reliable, the most scienti- fc. He has not the incentive of public applause, and he la·less Taking two-year periods as the known than some of the senior best basis for comparison, the air line pilots who, against their 1834-35 record shows a steady im- will and contrary to the unwrit-provement on the past. ten rule of their occupation, have got into the public eye.

The test pilot should be an au- thority on aeroplane and engine. of them all, I belleve, Ft.-Lt. Bul- man is the only one who has quali- Bed for a Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

He is close on 40, a sturdy figure; inclined to baldness. He looks, and is, a problemsolver. He puz the "Fury" Fighter and "Hart" Bomber through their tests some years ago.

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ouin. PL (8) in of the projected new squadrons Even in these days of scientific have been formed, or will be com- Cons, Gas NY (2) aeroplane designing there are in-pleted by the end of the year, but Cont Ou 25...... evitably certain detalls which can- some of these new squadrons have Corn Frod (3) 45 not be finally settled until the test.

more Douglas"Aircraft ... not been in existence for of actual flying has been applied. than a few weeks, and have not Du Pont (2.60z) . 1461 From Brst to last the designer yet contributed much to the total Elec. Bond & Share 187 consults the test plot.

flying. A big increase will be Met. Bond 35 P1 (5) And his experience, must be such shown next year, when some 50 Misc. Bond $8 Pr (8) that he can discuss technical de-

more squadrons will be formed, Fox Film "A... talls not only with the designer, The year has been one of full Gen. Elec. (80). but also with the engine manufac-activity, for, in addition to the Gen. Foeds (1.80) turer. Moreover, he must be an au- Air Force display, the air exercises, thority on air tactics.

and big-scale Army manoeuvres, After the first trials of a new

there was the Royal Review at machine, to test its controllability Duxford and the preparations för on the ground and its simple responses to control in the air, a long series of specific tests have to be made, and in these no mere verbal report is sumcient; throughout them the pilot is tak- inig notes, jotting down figures, re- cording the evidence of numerous instruments.

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These notes are written on a knee-pad, and they have to be exact, the plot often carrying on his work in conditions which would incapacitate many people.

The notés' are not merely occa stonal. In many tests the pilot is writing rapidly and continuously, at the same time plicting the ma- chine and watchful for any ab normal sensation or noise..

CROWN PRINCE OF

ITALY'S GIFT

London, Dec 22. The Crown Prince of Italy led the week-end donations of sold to the State by sending his Collar of the Annunciata to the melting pot. This Order, whose insignia consists of a gold chain and me- dallion, is the highest in the gift of the Crown.

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GERMANY AND AIR AGREEMENT

THE BRITISH MOVE

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BANK'S RECORD GOLD STOCK

London, Dec. 14 The Bank of England announced the purchase of £250,412 in bar gold. Such purchases have be come increasingly frequent recent- y and they may be connected with the expansion in the", note circulation, which is almost cer- tain to reach unprecedentedly large figures at the height of the Christmas spending season."-Yes- Berlin, Dee,, 10. terday Bank return showed a Great impurtancë does not ap

holding of coin and bullion of "In the same connection, it may

The Prince made this gift as also be noted that the clearances

commander of the Volturnd divi- pear to be attached here to the £200,062,992, but the return is AIR FORCE TESTS of tea increased last year by about

sion. All the other officers of the visit of Sir Eric Phipps, the only made up to Wednesday, and British Ambassador, to Herr von if yesterday's purchase be added 1 per cent. (it is doubtful how far The power of the engine has to division are reported to have Neurath, the Foreign Minister, the total holding is £200,313.404. this applies to actual consump be selentineally determined, and sacrificed their decorations. and their reception by Herr Hitler This is a record. tion), although the revenue did not throughout a fight its revolutions Milan's gifts of gold

on Friday. At this meeting there was an exchange of views on the show any increase due to the fact and the propeller revolutions have stated to have reached a total of that the quantity of tes paying to be watched. Temperatures and over one tan, exclusive of the pro- possibility of the limitation of duty at fourpence per pound (that barometric pressure have to be ceeds of wedding ring day." The armaments, and the negotiations

In E "article" entitled · The is foreign tea) decreased; and noted, for they affect the mamount of allver collected in that concerning an air Locarno pact al further, the clearances of sugar chine's aerodynamic responses, be city is put at 7 tons aid of scrap proposed in the London agreement Abyssinian Pesco Bomb and an increased by about 5 per cent, al-aldes the work of the engine. metal at over 20,000 tons. Among were résumed, usage

English Move in Berlin" the thougti the revenue actually fell by Controllabilty at all speeds, from yesterday's donations was the col-There is a marked abspace of "Prankfurter Zeitung declared

comment on the meeting in the nearly £500,000, this fall being due minimum to maximum, not only fection of motor racing trophies German press in contrast to the that the tactics of the British to increased suppiles of Empire in straight dying, but in stunts, won by the Alfa-Romeo work, attention devoted to the discussions in a conteste politics: Murm, are Government, whíchchag been caught and homegrown sugar, which pay has to be observed, for it is a very which yielded 221b of gold and between M. Francois Poucet, the shown by the step taken by the low rates of duty, in displacement different thing to put on rudder 1201b of silver.

French Ambassador, and Her

British Ambassador probably to of full-duty foreign sugar. ·

or elevator at 60 miles and at 300 The public collection of wedding Hitler recently. In one of the few alter the balance of the diplomatic "The only large fall in revenue miles per hour.

rings was resumed to-day. In articles dealing with the interview

wenles weighed down by Abyssinia last year, besides that under sugar

Rome all approaches to the Victor its suggested that the British and silk, occurred under spirits,

Emmanuel monument were guard- move was intended to divert Eng The conversation, the paper and amounted, after allowance for

by hundreds of troops and lish public opinion from the dietates, covered a broad field, but Budgetary postponements, to about

police, but the mutaber of people agreeable development in the Abyei can be guessed that in these | days of: Geneva's confusión”: the £1,000,000.

who came to drop their rigs in sinine dispute

SPIRIT REVENUE The spirit revenue has been declining for some years," it is commented, "but the drop last year was no doubt accentuated by the mildness of the winter."T

The Budget estimate of the re- venue from the Ottawa duties in 1934-35 was £7,500,000 and the ac- tual figures were slightly in excess 7,526,154. For the year 1933-34 the figure was. £7,704,895, 15

FALL IN RECEIPTS FROM ENTERTAINMENT DUTY

When all is done the machine is sent to Martlesham Heath to un dergo tests by Air Force testers with whom the designer's test pilot

confers.

Such a test pilot as Fit-Lt. But man is one of the most valuable

servants of science.

BRITISH TACTICS

the urn at the monument was Germany is as Herr Hitler stat question of Germany return to man compared with Wednesday's ed in his May speech, ready the League was not raised nor supplement the Locarno Treaty by did England sasociate heres with crowds,

Ninety-five mothers who have un sir pact and is prepared to the attempt made by M. Layal to given birth to 616 children during negotiate upon the abolition of obtain from Germany & declaration the heaviest classed of artillery and favour of the Franco-Bussian comparative figures of receipts the past 100 years were received tanks. Apart from any ideal agreement which for good for for

by Signor Mussolini yesterday. The motives the Nazis may have, it lovil, will be ratified shortly,

Reflecting upon the cagerness from Entertainment duty

occasion, was the 10th anniversary well known that Germany does not (1935) (1934) £479,500 2602,700 of the Fascist organisation desire unrestricted international with which, the paper sta tay July.....

visit, the put of the doubts whether her financial August £584,000 £882,200 founded to foster the "bigger fa competition in armaments because

His the Beptember £839,400 £860,500 miles" movement

Statistics published iye Italy's resources could ratand the strain October 2681,700 £878,000

the Locarno towers is over the November 2889,100 841800 population at the end of Novem Germany's main differences with arantees of ecurity ter lou During the three months ending Set 25, 43,488,000 compared with

1935, and 12 to the Borier Union, to which she November, 15 per cent. of the duty 42,821,000

217,000 at Jan 1, 1934 Thus, the is inflexibly opposed, and the ques nereagh the last 11 moths is tion of collective, security more than double that in 1934 The

Mr. W. B. Morrison, Financial was derived from theatres and Secretary to the Treasur In a music halls and 67 per cent from written reply, gives the followini

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