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TAXING BETTING.

A STRAITS COMMENT..

The threat of the Government to consider a tax on betting in

STUFFED FOWLS.

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Three Shanghai, hawkers, who in the England is a sign that the revived live fowls in order to make thom who are alleged to have stuffed of the British Empire prosidential address which he do- controversy on this subject, the livered at the annual meeting of beginnings of which appeared a appear bigger, in which case they the Geographical Association in fow mails ago in the papers, has would bring a bigger sale price, the London School of Economice. had an effect. There are people appeared in the Mixed Court last Professor J. L. Myros was in the who point out the enormous week and charged with misrepre

sentation. chair.

amount of time spent in the un- omployment of Mr. Ormsby-Gore said that productive

Inspector Fensham, of the bearing in mind the economic making bats, receiving them, Health Department, said that" axiom that the wealth of a coun-paying them, advertising the re-whilst passing the Elgin Road try depended on the trade and sults of "infallible systems," and market he saw the chickens being productive skill of its population, carrying on race meetings. The sold by the accused and they ap- it was evident that the British susceptibilities of those who own peared to be ill. Closer examina- Possessione in Amercia and Au-raco-horses and claim that it tion disclosed the fact that they stralasia were quite inadequately keeps up, the breed of horses," had been foroibly stuffed. populated; and this was equally, have some claim to consideration had bad some men up before the though not so apparently, true of in England, and in countries court on a previous occasion for a Africa. As an indication of the where the horse has not been dissimilar offonce, said the Inspeci efficiency of production, he drew placed by his petrol-consuming tor, and of the 24 chickons then TWO THINGS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE CHILDREN'S attention to the following figures successor, but betting by the mil-seized 11 of them had died as a CLEANLINESS AND FREEDOM FROM CHILLS. of exporta per head of the popula-lion is simply a form of gambling, result of the over feeding, tion for the year 1924:--

British Malaya. £23 78. 10d. Canada, 23 68. Id; Australia, £20 48. id.; Qroat Britai £18 48. 1d.: Union of South Africa, £10 48. 2d.; Gold Coust, 4 38. 4d. Kenya and Uganda, £1.18.2d.; Nigeria, 158. 5d.; India, 148. Gd. Tanganyika Territory, 129, 8d.

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the war and since the manufacchanical agency. That is also turing plant of the industrialized difficult and it is not unreason- countries had increased enorm-able, therefore, to consider some ously, but the primary production form of taxation which would re- of the world had not increased induce the evil. Book-makers the same proportion, and the con- have now an opportunity of quot- sequence was poverty and unom-ing the odds (as the members of ployment in industrial. countries. Lloyds do against the Govern The proportion of fully manufac-ment introducing a bill to tux| tured goods in the exports from betting on horse racing. There Groat Britain to different coun- are still old-fashioned people in. tries wast-India, 95.5; Australia, this part of the world, says the 94; New Zealand, 87.5; Canada, Singapore Free Press, who think 84; Spain, 75; France, 43: Italy, that' there. are too many "race 40; Germany 40.

meetings, and too much energy

In the distribution of tho pro-wasted in wagering on them, in duction of the main commodities Malaya. Probably no Governor of world importance, it was a will ever have the pluck to tackle. striking fact that the United the question, and that applies! States produced more than half also to the. Home Government, the world's production, of coal, There is no reason, however, why iron, steel, cotton copper, mineral sensible people should not do as oil, and tobacco. She was by far many do-the golf links show the largest producer of wheat and that give the races a pass, and tho second largest producer also refuse to have their businese (second to Australia) of wool. In interfered with by not closing. export of wheat Canada held the The strongest remedy for exces- first place. Russia had, in the sive betting is to boycott the last few years been, an importer means furnished for its indulg of wheat. The present dependence. ence of the British Empire on thei United States for so large a pro- portion of certain essential raw materials and foodstuffs, as well as such luxuries as tobacco, was, one of the essential facts of oconomic geography to-day. There were only a few commodi-

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"-tho tester The wool exporting not produc-"good" and the tasted answers ing) countries of the world were, "Bad," or the tester says "black' in order: Australia, Argentina, and the tested answers--or should Uruguay, Union of South Africa. Janswer, interposed the speaker-i Emphasizing the fundamental im- white."

portance of transportation, he "Now let me put a test to you." said the parts of the British Em- he went on. "What is the op- pire worst off in this respect were posite of clumsy?" East and West Africa.

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