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TOBACCO DUTIES

INCREASE.

NEEDED TO OFFSET EXPENDITURE.

LUXURY TAX THE LEAST OBJECTIONABLE.

EFFECT ON PRICES.

raul

Manager "Hongkong Telegraph"

fer The South China Morning Fest, Ltd 1 & 3. Wyndham Steve, Hanaking.

The

Dollar onderdid :—1/31⁄2

ighting Up Lime:7.08 pa

Library, Supreme Courtwater: 9.48 BOL

Low Water: 5.40 p.m.

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881

NO. 23,115 IN WETĦAXF FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930.

SCHMELING WINS WOUNDED TROOPS

ON FOUL.

SHARKEY DISQUALIFIED IN

FOURTH ROUND.

BIG FIGHT FÍASCO.

fight.

IN RIOT.

AMUSEMENT RESORT

ATTACKED.

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN

CHINA SITUATION.

CHIANG AT NANKING

ARMY OFFICER FINED.

LATE FOR KING'S BIRTHDAY RECEPTION.

COMMANDEER

A CAR

$30 PER ANNUM

Itt E OOFY 10 CENTS

GOING HOME VIA SIBERIA.

USEFUL HINTS FOR THE JOURNEY.

LOCAL RESIDENT'S ACCOUNT

OF THE TRIP.

COSTS LESS THAN £70.

Being late for the King's Birth- day reception at Government House was the excuse given by Lieutenant Keith Murray, of the

High Argyll and Sutherland landers, for his having comman- decred a public car without the permission of the owner and From a resident of the Colony driving it afterwards to the venue have received an interesting at present on Home leave, we

New York, June 12. Max Schmeling beat Jack Sharkey on a foul in the fourth round in the World's heavyweight championship The contest was staged at the Some interesting statements Yankee Stadium and was recognised were made this morning to aby the New York State Commission

Shanghai, June 12. Another serious riot, involving Telegraph representative regard-and the American National Box- ing the Government decision to ing Association. Sharkey was a wounded Nationalist troops at of the function.

firm two to one favourite. increase, by substantial per-

Nanking occurred to-day when a All acats were sold before the band of soldiers wounded in the centages, the duties on tobacco.

| fight which was staged before 70,- In official circles it was learned 000 spectators. The receipts are that the increases were neces-expected to reach $120,000. sitated to provide for general Adopting the same tactics which additional expenditure, whilst he employed against Scott, Sharkey in business quarters it was struck Schmeling with a palpably stated that the result will be a decided increase in retail prices. It was added that the increased duties would be very popular with the trade.

un-

Appreciating the necessity for increased taxation to meet expen-. diture demands, the Government) has decided to attain this end by taxing a luxury commodity, and as a result, the duty on unmanu- factured tobacco in Hongkong has been increased 50 per cent, and that on manufactured tobacco, 33 per cent.

Probable Yield.

from

The estimated revenue tobacco this year is $2.400,000, and assuming that three-fifths of

this is derived from unmanufac-

Max Schmeling

was

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PRINCESS HELEN AS QUEEN.

ROYAL FAMILY REUNION IN RUMANIA.

KING MEETS MOTHER,

Budapest, June 12 A happy family reunion has fol- lowed a week of dramatic happen- inga in Rumania, during which time Prince Carol, who on two oc- casions had renounced the Throne, returned to the country and was

Cabiacts and the former boy King, week there has been a change of proclaimed King. During the

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AIRSHIP'S FLIGHT POSTPONED.

NO TRIP TO CANADA THIS MONTH.

ELECTION AS REASON FOR R100'S DELAY.

REQUEST RECEIVED.

since the announcement was made

London, June 12 The Air Ministry" states that that the airship R100 would not fly to Canada before the end of June,

Lt. Murray today appeared be-article on his experiences recent- Michael, has become the Crown fore Mr. Lindsell, summoned only in making the trip from Hong-Prince.. Tientsin-Pukow Railway fight-two counts, at the instance of kong to England via the Siberian To-day Queen Marie returned to a request has been receive com

Traffic Sergeant George.

ing, forced their way into the Great World amusement resort. refusing to pay for entrance tickets.

The soldiers became belligerent and police had to be summoned following a melee between the soldiers and the management of the amusement resort.. The Great World is situated in the centre of Nanking's amusement district and considerable excitement was caus- ed by the riot, in which some of the soldiers and the employees of the. Great World sustained minor in- juries.

Armistice Arranged..

Explaining the first summons, the Magistrate said: This is that you did, on June 3rd, drive public car No. 472 without the permis- sion of the owner or licensee of the vehicle in Garden Road at 9.35 p.m. Is that so

:

Lieut. Murray-Yes, Str. With the driver 7-No.

This route.

contains useful hints to others who may be contemplating the trip. We give to-day the first instalment of the article, which will be concluded in.to-morrow's issue.

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fer.

some Rumania after witnessing the the Canadian Government

Passion. Play at Oberammagan. flight shall be postponed ur She was met at Bucharest by King the elections, which close on üly Carol, Prince Nicholas and Crown 28,

The programme has accordingly Prince Michael.

been altered, and the flight will not

begin until. the last three days. of July, although repairs to

The first-class fare from Hong- kong to London · via Siberia is £67. 10s. Od. and the journey oc- cupies approximately twenty one Did you turn the driver out?-days, but this includes

a three- No Sir. He was not there. I days' stay in Shanghai on account got into the car and blew the horn, of outgoing connexions not being Eventually somebody, came and sat available earlier. An immense in the seat, and I drove off without amount of trouble is saved by book- loss of time."

ing through Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd. or some other well-known Tourist Agency, as they supply through tickets and a useful itiner- ary. Six passport photographs should be taken-three for the Chinese Authorities and the other three for the U.S.S.R., Consul at Dairen.

The Magistrate: The second summons is that you were suppos-. The Nanking and Pukowed to have and to produce a motor Hospitals are full of wounded troops which continue to pour in from the Lung-Hai and Tientsin- Pukow Railway fronts. The ab aence of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has resulted in rumours of the imminent fall of the National Government. This issue, as it "disaffects all residents at Shanghai,.

is keenly watched by foreign and Chinese residents alike.

tured tobacco, and the remaining low left hook to the left groin in two-fifths from the prepared the fourth round, and article, the increased taxation qualified. The fight was scheduled

additional to go fifteen rounds.

should realise 21 revenue of about $900,000.

As a result, for the time in the

A comparative lull is prevailing Peking messages state that the extra the world. Sharkey had piled up Nationalist Commander. General a comfortable lead on points and Han Fu-chu, has completed his negotiations to surrender to the was clearly out-boxing his op-

Shanghai Army. The Shansi oc- ponent when the climax came.

Schmeling slowly slid to the cupation of Tsinanfu will be ground amid cries of "Foul" from effected without fighting, so as to all sides of the ring. Confusion ensure the safety of foreign life reigned whilst

the officials con- and property. ferred, but the announcer announc- ed in loud tones the referee's deci- sion.

This morning, the Telegraph history of boxing a German beat the Täinanfu front and again interviewed a Government official comes heavyweight champion of to ascertain how this revenue is to be applied and whether it will be ear-marked for additional salaries for Government officials, in the event of these being approved by the Legislative Council.

Reasons for Increases,

The reply was:"Increased taxation is necessary to provide for general additional expenditure. No tax can be ear-marked for any particular purpose, but if the new salaries scheme is approved, then

Chiang's Movements.

A later message from Nanking Sharkey was a tearful, forlorn states that Marshal Chiang Kai- and dejected figure, and was rub-shek returned to Nanking this bing his face with his gloves when morning from the Tientsin-Pukow the decision was given. The Ger-fronts: The President travelled man was still suffering great pain by aeroplane.

it will no doubt occasion additional and had to be assisted from the It is understood that his visit

expenditure which it will be neces-ring by his seconds-Reuter's sary to meet from the revenue. American Service. Luxury taxation has been imposed

as the least objectionable form of taxation!"

Effect on Prices.

DOCTOR OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION.

SPEECH BY SIR WILLIAM-

ARBUTH NOT-LANE.

Budapest, June 12. Sir William Arbuthnot-Lane!

TWO R.A.F. PLANES IN COLLISION.

Duke of Hamilton's Son Has

Lucky Escape..

SERGEANT KILLED.

London, June 12. Two Royal Air Force aero- planes crashed at Upavon, Wilt- shire, to-day as the result of a collision.

One was a Bulldog machine piloted by Lord Malcolm Doug- las Hamilton, third son of the Duke of Hamilton. He es- caped by jumping from the ma- chine with a parachute.

The other machine, which was a Horsley, was piloted by Sergeant Frederick Omeara, who was killed. It carried passenger Leading-Aircrafts- man Hagan, who was not in- jured.-British Wireless.

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to Nanking is in connexion with the announced peace movement among the opposing commanders. An important conclave has been arranged to take place at the Nanking H. Q.

driver's licence when called upon Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has to do so by a police officer in

uniform.

4. mess

I

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Shanghai Visaes,

.now

the

air-

ship have proceeded satisfactorily. and are expected to be completed by the end of next week.British Wireless.

Fitness Doubted.

Doubts have recently been ex- pressed in England regarding the R100's fitness to undertake the | trans-Atlantic flight before" she has been further tested. In this connexion the aeronautical cor- respondent of the London Morning Post writes;

The collapse of the tail fairing of the airship R100 during, her re- cent flight, taken in conjunction with the defects in the outer cover- ing that developed during previous The King affectionately. kissed Aights, has raised doubts about the his mother, and later the party airship's Atress for a drove off together in a motor car. Canada and back.

flight to

The Air Ministry stated that the

We left Hongkong on the 4th April and on arrival at Shanghai on the morning of the 7th, we visit ed the Polish and Japanese Consuls, also the Chinese passport office at the native city of Nantao and ob-

The newspapers reported to-day Every time the airship has flown tained from each of them the re- that King Carol intended to pro- some defect has been discovered, quisite visaea to

Prince Michael's and it is suggested in aeronautical our passports. claim Crown The cost was Mexican $2.40, $3 mother, Princess Helen, as Queen.circles that before making a long and Sen 40 respectively. We left The accuracy of this was borne journey she should carry out fur- Shanghai at 10 am. on the morn-out later when a Royal Proclamather home test flights until all trou- ing of the 10th on the s.s. Dairen tion was issued authorising Prin-bles have been definitely overcome. Man, a very comfortable ship.

cess Helen, the divorced wife of After a 5 hours stay in Tsingtao we reached Dairen at 12 p.m. on

affect the airship's fitness for the the 12th. Passports were inspect-

Atlantic flight and that, according ed, and having handed over our

to the official view, she would be luggage to the porter from the

ready for the journey directly the Yamato Hotel, we proceeded to the

The official proclamation is. In-repairs had been carried out and office of the Consul of the U.S.S.R. terpreted as signifying a reversion the weather was suitable. for the Russian visa. He handed to the status quo at the date of All the defects have bean minor us a form to be filled up in tripli- King Ferdinand's death, ignoring ones, but they have indicated an cate containing the usual questions the happenings during King insufficient study of air pressures as to birth, occupation etc., fellow-Carol's exile and hence rendering on the external surfaces of the ed by more pertinent queries us to it unnecessary legally to annul the airship. whether (a) we had been in prison; divorce between King Carol and (b) taken any part in any military Princess Helen.-Reuter. operations against the U.S.S.R.; (e) belonged to any political party; (d) object of journey, etc.

King Carol, to bear the title of collapse of the tail fairing did not Her Majesty."

Yen 6.80 we felt that we were at Having paid the requisite fee of

last securely armed against the officialdom of the chief countries.

through which we were to pass.

Events Ignored.

Bucharest, later.

HISTORIC MASONIC

GATHERING.

During the first flight on De- cember 16 the fabric along the undersides of the hull rippled & great deal, thus indicating that it was not secured well enough, 'dr that the balance of external and internal pressure was not being maintained.

On the second flight ground ob- servers were posted to watch the fabric and modificatións were made

o stop the rippling.

cessories were discovered.

Asked if an estimate could be given as to the amount of addi- tional

revenue that would be

issued a long proclamation ad- derived from the increased duties,

dressed to the Hunan soldiers and Defendant:-I was in we were informed that it would

people requesting their co-opera-jacket and I had no pockets. probably be in the region - of

PEACE MEMORIAL DEDICAT tion to cut off the supply of food was going up to Government House $650,000 to $700,000. The figurej

ED IN CANADA. to the Kwangsi and "Ironside" for the reception and I was rather Dairen and Changchun. of $2,400,000 given as revenue.

troops which have

occupied late. from the marketing of tobacco in

Changsha. The Nationalist C.- Defendant explained that he After 2 night in Dairen

Toronto, June 12. The airshipthen made a 54- Hongkong was, of course, only an

In-C. stated that his Army would had assumed that the man who got spent very ...comfortably at

The most spectacular and most hours' flight and when she returned estimate, and it might not quite was well applauded by the hand-recapture Changsha within ten into the car and sat beside him, the Yamato Hotel, we left impressive fraternal function in to her shed further defects in the reach that amount,

red delegates from twelve coun- days, which will mean the an was an assistant to the driver, and that port. et 9 $201. од the the history of Canada, namely, the fabric covering and engine ac- The tax was to come into imme-tries attending the eleventh con-nihilation of the "Ironside" Army. usually sat beside the latter. "He 13th by the South Manchurian International Masonic Convention, diate effect, and would be madegress of the International League

made no fuss about it. He simply Railway Express with observation is meeting here. Ironside" Progress.

It has lasted.

Air Pressure, “" on the following percentages:- Against Prohibition, including re-

sat there and said nothing, so I and dining car attached, and we five days and been attended by Fifty per cent. increase an all presentatives of Associations of

Authentic

drove off."

The mishap to the fin and reached Changchun at 10 p.m. unmanufactured tobacco and Wine Growers, Wine

newe from Hunan, Dealers,

however, states that the rebels.

The owner of the car, a Sikh, We at once went to the office of 100,000 members of the Mystin elevator when the airship was thirty-three and a quarter per Licensed Victuallers etc.

the Shrine (to which only Knights being moved from her shed in cent. on all manufactured tobacco,

under General Chang Fat-kwal, and another Indian, who was the the Wagon-lits Company in He dwelt on the increase of have made considerable progress proper driver of the vehicle, were Station to get our borth numbers Templar, or 32nd Degree Masons April had nothing to do with the crime in America since the intro-following on a spectacular march in Court. They came forward and on the sleeping car, Changchun- are allowed to belong), represent design or construction, duction of prohibition and exfrom Kwangsi. The rebels will pointed to a Chinese who was also Harbin, which we boarded on aning a million Americans.

Her first subsequent flight was Seeking the views of a repre- plained the medical and physio-attack Hupeh from Kiangst and present, as being the man left in other platform.

The Convention culminated in the one which ended with the tail sentative of a well-known local logical benefits of alcohol. He Hunan. The latest dispatches charge of the car. They sold that About midnight we left Chang- the dedication of an international fairing crumpled up. tobacco Company as to the effect declared that the moderate, and from the Huneh frontier point to at the time this man had knocked chun, and reached Harbin on the peace memorial on the shore of The tall fairing is not a part- of the increased duties on retail reasonable consumption of alcohol the fact that they had penetrated off for a spell at a tea-house, and 14th and after an inspection of Lake Ontario, after speeches by of the main structure of the prices, the Telegraph was inform was a more efficient pioneer to in- the Hupeh frontiers.

they declared they knew nothing passports by the Chinese authori- the Frime. Minister (Mr. Macken- vessel. It is attached aft of the. ed that they were bound to have ternational understanding than A state of high tension exists of the man referred to by Leu- ties we went to the Moderne Hotel zie King), the U.S. Secretary of last ring to complete the stream- a drastic effect in increasing the diplomacy-Reuter.

at Hankow on account of the tenant Murray,

and subsequently called at the State (Mr. H. L. Stimson) and line. The cause of its collapse is prices. Ever since the dollar Sir William Arbuthnot-Lane is absence of the Government forecs. Defendant was fined $5 on each office of the Wagon-Lita Company representatives of the Govern- thought to be air pressure and i started to decline, retall prices a well known doctor, being con- Official circles believe that the of the two summonses. had naturally increased and this sulting surgeon to Guy's Hospital, Nationallat troops will adopt a

(opposite. Hotel) and exchanged dents of Cuba and Mexico. sufficiently strong material. order for European berth sleep-

Reuter. new burden would entail a much the Hospital for Sick Children and defensive measure in the event of bigger rise. in the retail price of the French Hospital, London. He Hankow being attacked.

ing tickets. We departed from Harbin at 10.50 on the same day all tobacco.

is also President of the New

and reached Manchouli-the scene Taking the estimated figure of Health Society.

of the recent Sino-Russian hostili- revenue to be derived from the

ties at 8.45 on the evening of the sale of tobacco, we were told that the Increased duty of

15th and after passport and Cus- 60 per cent. on the unmanu-

toms examination by the US.S.R. factured and 334 per cent, on

we transferred our luggage at a cost of 10 cents Mexican currency prepared tobaccos, would prob- ably bring into the Government

per package to the Trans-Siberian Railway. exchequer an additional revenue of nearly one million dollars.

"It is going to be very unpopular with the trade-in general," was the subsequent comment made.

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Kwangsi Success.

Shanghal, June 13. The Kwangsi forces yesterday NOISE NUISANCE IN captured Changlin, where the Tung Ting Lake enters the Yong- tse.-Retuer,

SHANGHAI,

WARNINGS TO MOTORISTS: SUMMONSES NEXT.

Shanghai, June 18..

YOUNG LOAN LIST:

KING AND QUEEN IN LONDON.

HIS MAJESTY IN GOOD.

HEALTH,

Don't Take Roubles.

OPTIONAL CLAUSE

ACCEPTED:

www.

LITTLE OBJECTION IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.

It has been suggested that the pressure became too great for the fairing only when the speed of the airship was near its maximum that is, about 80 miles an hour. but for an Atlantic crossing bla anded might be necessary for long- periods in order to allow the ves- el to make sufficient headway against strong adverse winds.

London, June 12.

Paria, June 12.

R 100 has not yet flown in a The King and Queen returned to

The Chamber, by 567 to 18, high wind, and her longest flight London from Sandringham to-day.

lasted 64 hours. For the Atlantic voted in favour of the Bills author crossing she may have to ce The King, who looked well and

ising France to adhere to the gen high winds, however favourable sunburnt, will to-morraw hold an Investiture of Knights Bachelor at We steamed out of Manchouli eral set of arbitration approved by the weather forecasts might be In connexion with the police GREAT SUCCESS ACHIEVED IN Buckingham Palace and will also station at 10.20 and obtained routhe Assembly of the League in 1928 before the start, and she must be Manufacturers, together with campaign against, the motor horn.

hold a Privy Council. NEW YORK.

bies from a USSR official on the and the Optional Clause accepting prepared to fly for at least 100 wholesale and retail tobacco firms noise nuisance, over a

hundred

On Saturday, the King and Queen train at the rate of 0.45 to the the jurisdiction of the Court of In- hours if necessary.

A in Hongkong, were notified yester warnings have already been issued

New York; June 12.

will leave for Windsor Castle, pound and obtained a receipt ternational Justice.

The distance to the St. Hubert day morning of the fresh imposito owner drivers and hire car tion, and that it would take im-chauffeurs.

The Young Loan list has been whence they will drive, to Ascot from him for same. On no ac In his speech, M. Briand gave on mast is about 8,500 miles, which closed, it being over-subscribed. to each day from Tuesday to Friday count must roubles be taken into assurance that this would not de will take the airship about 70 mediate effect. The same thing

The next step in the campaign an extent not yet announced but next week to attend the races, which the U.S.S.R. There is no observa- prive France of the right to main hours in favourable circum. would happen to the selling prices will be the isue of summonses described as a "Great success" are among the chlef events of the tion car on the train. The cars tain forces Indispensable to her stances of tobacco, we were informed. Our Own Correspondent.

Reuter's American Service..

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