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CORRESPONDENCE.

[The opinions, expressed by 'CORPSE pondents are not necessarily thom of the Hongkong Telegraph."]

MILITARY SERVICE BILL.

To the Editor of the "Hongkong Telegraph."]

TAXES LOWERED.

"The Soldier's Smoke to be

Cheaper.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917.

DESTRUCTION OF RHEIMS DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Cathedral a Hemp of Ruins.

The Daily Chronicle. Special

Mr. Bonse Law, in the House correspondent, Mr. G. H. Perris, of Commons last month, an-[writes:** nounced the following concession on the increased Entertainments Tax proposed in the Finance Bill of 1917-18-

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Tax on 4d, venta reduced from d. to 1d.

Sir.--I attended the Logislative Council meeting this afternoon. It was interesting merely in confirming the opinion generally held that the show is puerile, and I longed for the shade of a certain elderly but robust Manchester City Councilor whose maiden speech, after the in- proposed. troduction of a plausible but un- necessary municipal Bill, made the other thirty-nine more polished councillors shake with laughter. He asked: "Are us a lot of dummies! Not us.". This, damned the Bill

On the second reading of the Military Service Bill Mr. Pollock- very ably expressed the public view that there is no necessity for the monzure, and, in addition, ad- versely criticised it clause by clause. Mr. Dodwell practically said that now it had been limited to the period of the war and six months afterwards it met the views of the Committee of the Chamber of Com morce. He made a strong attack on the waste of time in the Volunteer Bogorves. He contended that the maximum time was occupied in pro- ducing the minimum of results, and he plended for reform,

I understood Mr. Anton to argue that we could not do too much so called military pidgin. As a Gov ernment nominee, a recent and tem- perary resident here in the interests

On seats exceeding 16s, the duty to be 28, for the first 157, and Od. for every 5s, or part of 58, over.

French Front, July 4-The great and beautiful city of Rhaims

now being most literally des troyed. I have for many days urgentis - `sought leurs jenter and examine it.

to

Increase on tickets from 78, 5d. The difficulty was not its posi- to 159. to be éd. instead of In. aetion on the front, for the French trenches are over a mile away eastward, but that for weeks past the German batteries on the hills of Byren and Nogent l'Abbesse | have been systematically "search- ing" the towo, sa they would say, playing upon it day and night, az though high explosives cost nothing or a great assault were being prepared........

On lower priced seats the 2d. tax to begin at 6d. instead of 48. seat.

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With reference to the proposed increase in the tobacco duty, the Chancellor said the Government week and the week before, 15,452 It is reckoned that during last

had decided to make it s great abells fell within the city, many daal lese. (Cheers.) They felt of large calibre and many con it would be doing the right thing taining incendiary stoff, to incream the duty by only half Jon17, when President Poincare the amount proposed. (Hear, cams and decorated the Ostdinal hear.)

Archbishop with the Grom of the j The effect would be that the Legion of Honour, 2,000 abella price of the lower grade tobsooo were thrown in, and the recent would be reined by id. only, average has been over 1,000 a stead of 26. The increased day. At last there has come a duty as from July 18, next, woold quiet interval, and for the fifth be 1ld, in-tead of 14, 101. This or sixth time during the war I would enable traders who had have been able to observe exactly paid the bigh duty to get rid of the progress of this vandaliem, their stocks. Before deciding The charge is very marked to put on the duty at all he had since my last vieit more than a had a strong feeling that soldiers year ago. Yet one's first feeling. at home ought to escape it slis cf astonishment that anything *hould

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of Messrs. Jardine. Matheson and together. Soldiers and sailors but heaps of rabble Co., Ltd., only, and apparently of abroad paid no duty, and the remain after 33 months of such an age which should exempt him position was anomalous. It was hostilities. The explanation is from doing anything military under very difficult, however, to see how not far to seek. Rheime was a the Bill-well, I suppose nothing the exemption could be worked. town not only rich, dignified and but platitudes were to be expected. Speaking on the Entertain full of eberin, bat for the most The Attorney-General made a monta Tex, Mr. Euner Law denied part atcatly built of solid white long speech (as he is paid and told that there was a kill-joy motiva sandstone. to do), glibly passing over Mr. Pol-for the entertainments taxation. lock's objections on the plea that it was his belief that the people mall, neat hole in the stone torture can, in Germany at least, the Government were so charming who could afford to go to places facade of a house, exploding be represented as and considerate that nobody need of entertainment could afford to within and wrecking the whole There is, in fact, no possibility of worry. He sought to show, also pay a little mare, and that was sintsor. Thea & general street socident, sazuyone looking down that Mr. Pollock's arguments based legitimate way of getting a little view gives a misleading ideas of on less stringent measures at home additional revenue. He believed, what has happened, especially the city and the mass of the from a neighbouring hill upon

WANTED. and disewhere could not apply to also, that the additional tax could when it has been a point of pride charch towering above it may WA Hongkong, which quite a dif- be borne without injury either to for the city offisials faithfully

JANTED.-YOUNG LADY ferent place. It seemed to me that the places of entertainment.or the holding to their tasks in scandle. satisfy himself."

for Drapery Department be might just as well have said: people who visited them. If, as lit cellar to get the street olsared

"Rheims and its treasury of Apply-Fairall & Co. This is nothing to what will be had been suggested, he took of Hoon as possible, and generally deliberately destroyed, and the inspiring memories are being done to your wives and families now the tax on seats up to 8d. he to keep up a cheerfal appearance. end is very near. holiday-making further north at might as well abandon the tax Bombardments and municipal; altogether, because 80 per cent, advices notwithstanding, about His Excellency the Governor said of the revenue asme from seats 5,000 of the former 120,000 in that the only point, be need go into at 6d. and below,

habitants still cling to their was the question" of, conscription, and that be had sent out seventy-

Mr. W. Thorne: That shows bomes. Some of them have safe oellars of their own It iar sight you are hitting the working five notices one month, and a small.

to see the others gathering at er number each succeeding month,

night with small lamps and candles, and marching together to the large cellars, where they Cap sleep scarely or listen to the rain of fire and iron from the

Wei-hoi-wei."

classes.

Mr. Boner Law: It is fair, after calling on new-comers, etc, to join all, that the working classes up, and that most of them were should bear some share. unft for military duties. No one

Mr. Baldwin, replying to Mr. tion to get up and tell him he was the question of the payment of Gorman bell on the neighbouring | present socrued to have the gump Hemmerde, promised to look into argaing against the Bill, and that the tax on free seat.

a weekly list in the “Gazette" of

The changes proposed by the

hilla.

The most convinced Protestant

the names of those to whom notices Chancellor were agreed to, and would not quarrel with me for had been sent would have served the classes as amended were passing lightly over the bare, all this pother."

If HE. the Governor and HE the Gonsal had wished to insult

the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce they could not have been more successful, for they calmly ignored the polite strictures of Mt. Dodwell Perhaps I should admire

added to the Finance Bill. The Governmentamendment, postpon- the commencement of the

to October 1 we also agreed tö.

Another month such as the last,

and the greatest shrine of the DON'T SPILL THE POLISH.” ancient piely and chivalry of France, one of her sweetest capitals, with its 10,000 homes, will be no more than the half baried citissäf the Pharaohs or the over the Western world since it Cara. Centuries, have pasEÒ

suffered a comparable misfortune.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

barned walls of the Protectant church of Ebeima to epesk of the mighty and wonderful pile of the WE have

authorised Mr. William Edward Leonard.

September, 1917.

Entertainments Tax from July 1 Cathedral, now in imminent Shenton to sign our firm name peril. Scores of shells have fallen as a Partner from the 1st day of| upon this noblest of Gothic fanes Eight struck it on cas day last week. It anya much for the. their negative cleverness, as they bed through and passed in five work of medieval builders that I wiw no hand raised the structure should not already

have collapsed.

must have known the redwood

Mr. Holyoak, Hon. Mr. Shollim and

minutos.

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DEACON LOOKER, DEACON

& HARSTON, Hongkong. 1st September, 1917.

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

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From SAN FRANCISCO & JAPAN PORTS.

The above named Steamer hay- ing arrived, Consignees of cargo

weight of the Committee's opinion either for or against, nor did I hear owing to the absence of the Hon. anything, so it was passed or not cle is that of the interior. The But the most alarming specia. Menam. C. M. Edu, and G. T. Ed. Passed with that indifference with outer roof went in the early, fire. which one would expect a $75 rote There are now foar gaping holee king, especially as one of the re- maining mombers is in "D" Go,

to go through for repairing the roof

in the inner roof, across which of the Lunatic asylum. and another in the Fulice Reserve.

the summer cloads drift to-day, How sach & depleted Committee

Thus passed the second and third and by which a riotous storm may should have dared to commit its readings of an important axacaded enter to-morrow. In the nave members to a Bill threatening to

Bill which the public have never most of the fallen etone has been deprive them of their civilian rights seen nor and a chance of discussing removed, but the choir is nearly are hereby notified to send in without calling a general meeting in its new form.

filled, and its two historic altars their Bills of Lading for counter" passon my comprehension. We still Everybody agrees that there is no ere baried ander huge blocks of signature, and to take immediate baro only a vague assurance from need for the Bill I admit it has brakon pillars and arches.

delivery of Cargo from alongside. our present Governor that those been radically altered, but I main Ose shell pierced right through Cargo remaining undelivered rights will not be invaded. It is no tain that it ought to be onded and the have from east to west and son 2nd September, 215 P.M., will excuse to say that the Committee not merely amended. If Hongkong burst in the street outside... An be landed at Consignees' risk and secured a modification of the more accepts it without protest, then all ether 12-incher crashed in, baried expense, and delivery must then dmatic provisions of the Bill They. I can say is that a larger building itself five fest deep in the floor. be taken from the Company's

Godown. could have done that and reserved than I suggested the other day is but did not burst. Many coloured Btorage charges will be assess- fragments of the glorious 12th ed on all cargo remaining un- nure generally. Mr. Shewan tells It only takes five members to call and 18th century glass still oling delivered on 7th Sept at. 5 P.M. me he could not oppose the Bill be a general meeting of the Chamber to the window leads of the cle cause the Chamber of Commerce of Commerce, and, if this is called, réstory or lie about in the dust got all they wanted |

and the Committee cannot convince beneath, where they are being Burely His Excellency the Gov- the members that conscription is laboriously collated by a devoted ernor will feel obliged to exempt necessary in view of the Secretary artist,

And so it is being completed. will be landed into the Com All chafed and damaged cargo Messrs. Dodwell, Lang, Parz ani of Bisto'smoently expressed opinion Stabb from their military duties in to the contrary, then a petition to Of course they could at any time any's Godown, where they will stow of their public services in this the latter may induce His Majes in these three years have combe examined on the 10th Septe

by the King to disallow the Ordin-pleted it in a couple of hours had at 10 AM The Committee stage was rapidly anos-Yours faithfully, talked over in undertones, and the

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