1928-10-27 — Page 7

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THE HONGKONG

DARING DRAMA OF LIFE INA CONVICT LABOUR CAMP!

HONOR BOUND

WILLIAM FOY DUESENTATION

COMING TO THE

STAR

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A BROKEN DOWN SYSTEM. This is condition for disimarjin wel: ductors give many names, but which few of them really Enderuan inalzogdy weakness-a breakdown,, as it wrie, ofthe vital forces that sustain thos

em. No atter whatmas bulintaminen (they are almost nulatársak, kie symptoms are much dr sama; the more prominent belog sleeplessness, sems of prostation e -wearies, deparision si aplikta and want of anergy for all she ordinaty stairsoftifs. Now, what siano is absolutely essen elalta oli anche se la creased vitality-Vigo, vital strength and energy, to throw off se mobid lendinga, and an night securele alio day disha anay be more certainly secured in a course of THE NEW FRENOH REMEDY.

THERAPION NO.3

than by any other known combination. Somely is taken in socordance with thedictions- panying, wetlikethattered bealth-be restored THE EXPIRING LAMP OF LIFE LIGHTED UP AFRESH, and a new latenceimparted in place of what ked anately seemed worn-out, card up,and valaeli sɛ. Thiswonderful meditate ni is matitable for allugen Dostulos vad conditione, In eitherton; andit atical eragina x disease or der anfeturnt whose main feature is werkness, that will not bespeedily and permaernity overcome by the recuperativaeuvence, whichiides:lue trattinen oblivion everyiling and had proeded it for this itempted numerous clasifhumanament Boy Chemor libera returning from DERM.CollarorackMd. N. VS. Landog

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Just received

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TELEGRAPH,

LOURDES CURES.

LESS THAN ONE PER CENT.

OF THE PILGRIMS..

Remarkable cures to which per sonal testimony was given `ŵere' quoted at the Westminster Cathe dral Hall, when the Rev. Felix

Lourdes.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1928,

BRITISH NATIONAL | OUTRAGE REVENGED.

REVENUE.

£17,382,742 * DECLINE IN

·SIX・・ MONTHS.

ARAB RAIDERS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PUNISHED.

Casablanca, Oct, 20. The troops requisitioned to punish the tribesmen involved in the recent holdup which occurred Rankin described what he and his SEVERAL WINDFALLS. at Wadzem in the hinterland, re- part that the job has been success- friends had seen achieved at The Government Revenue Re- fully 'accomplished, Senor Zu- During last year, he said, overturna for the six months ended on billaga, however, is still appar- 7,000 doctors had visited Lourdes. September 30, show ordinary re-ently in the hands of the bandits. of £279,212,047, while Ho has been able to communicato A point that had to be remember-venue ed was that no true Catholic evor the ordinary expenditure charge- with the French authorities as to

revenue was the amount of ransom required." went to Lourdes saying he was ablo against such bound to be cured, and the actual £325,257,144, to which must bo The French press are becoming percentage cured was scarcely one Fund, making £355,179,414, and ber of fatal affrays in their pro-

ndded £29,922,270 for Sinking agitated over the increasing num leaving a shortage below income lectorate.-Reuter of £75,967,367,

per cent

Several doctors who had had personal experience of the resulta obtained gave evidence. One instanced the cure of a patient auffering from cancer, which had been testified by two eminent

surgeons,

Emphasis waR fald by other speakers, medical men, on the elaborate care taken by the

[A report from Casablanca, dated For the corresponding six October 22, stated that while months of last year the revenue croening dangerous ground, neces- esitating low speed, a lorry con- was £298,594,789 and the penditure was £881,686,264, plus taining the driver and two Spanish £21,178,353; for Sinking Fund, merchants, Señores Fomares and showing a deficit of £66,109,818. Zubitaga, found its way blocked Although the Revenue Returns by two donkeys. A couple of au- for the first six months of the Arab horsemen appeared and thorities to verify the authen- financial year may not appear very opened fire on the lorry. Senor 38 they Pomarea was wounded and the ticity of the cures Any alleged encouraging, inasmuch cure was immediately inventiga-show a decline of £17,382,742 for Led by a special medical board, the period as compared with the and thero were numerous cases of corresponding six months of last patients who were mest indignant year, this result does not neces- an unfavourable because their cures were nct ne- arily imply cepted as miraculous, and because outcome in relation to the Chan- the Lourdes authorities Inalated on collor's expectations of April last. Mr. Churchill's Budget was the fallents having proper medical japers before they reached framed upon intelpations of a Lourdes.

falling-off in Revenue from se- veral sources, and for the whole year he prepared for a reduction of no less than £21,000,000 in the receipts. The falling-off to date, although exceeding 75 per cent. of the estimated decline for the whole year, may be made good, to some extent, in the second half of RACEHORSES, BURNED: the year, which is always the more

productive.

The Rov, F. Rankin emphasised the reluctance with which. the Church had accepted the ovidence that the spring at Lourdes had been miraculously revealed by the Virgin Mary,

INCENDIARISM FOLLOWING CHICAGO TAXI-WAR.”

Cary (Indiana), Oct. 2, The racing stables of Mr. John Hertz, the owner of Reigh Count,

last night. Reigh

Count was

saved, having been, blindfolded and led from the blazing building, but a number of other thoroughbreds, valued at more than £40,000, were burnel ta death.

Budget Estimates.

ex-

The Chancellor has been

regarda ceptionally fortunate as certain branches of revenue, not- ably, the Estate Duties, where there is a gain of £6,700,000, ul- though he had anticipated a reduc

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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1 What American poet was also

ambassador to England! 6 Where is Mount McKinley? 11 KIR.

12 Practical unit of electrical ro-

sistance.

driver Immediately accelerated but the lorry was soon brought to a standstill as its petrol tank was holed. The Arabs prevented the 14 Skin.

10 Wept. three travellers from escaping and 16 To wander about. shot the driver dead despite his 18 Too appen that he was the father of 19 Morindin dye. four children. They carried off 20 Burdened. the others, after taking their 29 You and I. money. Senor Pomares, seeing the 23 Aug. police in the distance managed to 24 Group of matching articles. fall from his horse but was again 20 Tubes carrying fluids of glands. wounded. The two bandits then 27 Opposite of lower.

31 Electrified particle. escaped carrying off Senor Zub-20 Silkworm.

33 Proposition of place. taga. Two police irregulars were killed, apparently by mistake, by 135 Which is the highest Asian bullets fired by another party of police.]

JAPANESE TROOPS.

ALL EXTRA MEN TO BE WITHDRAW.

Peking, Oct. 26.

winner of the Inst Kentucky Dertion of £5,300,000 in the receipts It is officially stated that by and the leading three-year-old in America, were destroyed by fire from this source during the cur-November 1 all extra Japanese. rent year. Those branches of retroops sent to North China (except vunne, which may be considered Shantung) on the approach of the to reflect something of the state Nationalists to Pelting, will have of trade, are by no means good, returned to Japan, leaving as may be gathered from the sum normal garrison-Reuter. mary which is given below of the movements in the varions yields, as compared with the Chancellor's estimate of the increase or erease to be realized in them in

It is thought that the fire was due to incendiarism, and the police oxpress the opinion that it was an outgrowth of Chicago's "tax-war," which flared up a week ago, when a respect of the full year. Laxi-driver was shot dead, Mr. Hertz is the head of the Yellow Cab Company, of Chicago, two, of Contem whond garages were bombed on Sun-Motor Veh, duty day night.

LETTER GOLF.

To get LEAK From TIRE put a tack in it, or by Letter Golf, take six strokes.

TRE

LEAK

Excise

Etate Duty....

Stampa voka Land Tax, &c., Income Tax Super-Tax

1'roEta

Excess Buty Curun. Praf, Tax Post Ofire **** Crown Landa From Sundry

Miscellaneous Or

dinkry

Special

Budzet Talimata.

ine, or dec.

+10,447,000

J

Artual

Inc, or doc. to date.

4,376,000 5.318,000

192.000 1,982,000-an 408,260 .4,310,000 4 6,700,000 970,000+ 2,260,000

70,000

40,000 17,688,000 -20,800,000 600,000 - 4.170,000

tho

af-

Was

Activity on the Stock Exchange and in the property marketa is reflected in a yield of £2,250,000 more from Stamp Dutics during the last, six months, whereas the Chancellor expected less than £1,000,000 increase for the whole ycur.

Decline in Income Tax. The Income Tax figures appear somewhat disturbing, for they show a drop of £20,869,000 rendy, whereas the estimated de- 640,000 cline for the whole year 1,600.000 smaller than this at £17,083,000. 30,000 The amount received for the six +2.318,002 months, however, is normally much less than one-half of the 42 total expected for the year,

that there is room for recovery.

It is only natural, too, that the decline for the last six months should be heavy, for last year Mr. Churchill received an instalment of Schedule A tax in the period, but this time there was nothing to come, as he collected it all in

year's stilo.

€,200,642

1,000,000 270,000 2,200,000 30,000

1,698,000

17,849,000 8,320,000 -21.127,000 -- 17,382,742 The Customs 'revenue, it will be seen, shows a movement in the right direction, as It has yielded an increase of £4,376,000, as com- pared with the Chancellor's antici- pated increase of £10,447,000 for the full year.

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January to help him over lust

A

Excise shows just a small de- eline up to date, although the The expenditure side of the Chancellor had expected to get half-yearly statement shows £3,300,000 more from this source saving of £6,32110 on ordinary than for the previous year, and expenditure and an increase of the greater part of this increase £8,743,917 in respect of the Sink- was to come from the Excise dutying Fund, provision for which for levied on existing petrol stocks the full year was put at £65,000,- as on April 25, so that either the 000, or the same as for the pre money has been coming in very vious year, so that in this respect slowly or the yield on other bran- the Chancellor may be regarded ches of Excise Duty has been be as having something in hand. low expectations.

His estimate of Supply Service The Exchequer proportion of indicated an expected reduction of the Motor Vehicles Duties is down £12,670,000, and up to date there on the six months, but this is a reduction of £4,834,076, BO doubtless merely a matter of ad- that here the position is not un- justment, for the amount appor promising, though it is to be noted B-You must have a complete tioned to the Road Fund is just that up to date revenue shows a word, of common usage, for each

cver £1,000,000 higher, Reference shortage of £46,016,097 below the

the jump. Slang words and abbrevia-has already been made to

ordinary expenditure, excluding tions don't count.

yield of the Death Duties; which Sinking Fund provision, whereas 4-The order of letters cannot be have brought in £41,750,000 of the at the corresponding date last changed.

One solution is printed on an- total of £72,000,000 expected for year the shortage was no

the year already.

than £34,991,465.

1-The Idea of letter golf is to change one word to another and do it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus to change COW to Hen, in three strukea, COW, HOW HEW HEN.

B-You can change only one letter at time.

other page.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

THIS IS ANY UNCLE

HARRY THAT IVE

WELL,BETTY-I'M VERY GLAD TO MEET YOU#OUR BEEN TELLING YOU - ) LITTLE PARTY IS »

GRONING, ISN'T IT?

ALL ABOUT,

BETTY!

FRECKLES AAS BEEN SAYING THE NICEST. THINGS

ABOUT

YOU!

TELL HIM

AON BOBO AND I FOUND YOU IN THAT BIG-DARK CANE!

Who Is This Other Man?

YES-AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM

AND WAY YOU ARENT. WITH YOUR

FATHER OR MOTHER!

WHAT IS IT

DIGGINS?

ISHT HE

ANICE

FELLA?

ISHOLD

MY DADDY VIAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BY SOME CANNIBALS!

SAY

More

mountain peak?

39 To accomplish...

30 To fondle.

41 To cut off as a syllable.

43 Coat of an animal,

43 Plant from which a bitter drug

is secured,

45 Sheltered place.

40 Disagreeable amell.

47 On what "bay" does Mount

Vesuvius risa?

48 Specifically,

Vortical

1 Which is the highest of the

Canadian peaks?

2 Figuro in the shape of an

ellipse.

3. Married.

4 Half an em.

JACOB & COS

5 Titled person.

Last word of a prayer.

7. Measure of aron.

8 Iniquity.

To recognies.

10 The common viper.

13 Hasters.

16 Prisoner.

17 To scorn.

20 Riches.

21 Rallway station.

23 Billiard red.

25 Two Aves.

28 In what country in the Faji

Mountain!

30 of what "Inko" docs Niagara

Falls form the outlet?

2 Dry, shrivelled up.

34 Tissue.

36 Measures of cloth,

37 Paradiso.

38 Combat between two persons.

40 Highest part of anything.

142 Lawyer's charge,

44 Delty.

40 Room (abbr.)

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