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Sung by John Goss & Male Voice Quartet (a) A Dollar and a half a day (b) The Hog's Eye Man (a) One More Day (b) On the Banks of Sacramento

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The

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DAY BY DAY

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STIFFEN

Police and Bandits of

2030.

C. MERTON stood dejectedly

On the outer fringe of the Me-

P.in the rain, his electrically-tropolis, however, the men uiter

The seachlights revealed that the markings were missing. The men had broken the law. Again' the Yard wireless spoke, and from out

Hongkong Telegraph, fight the Protectionist ideas of was opened on Tuesday morning. foot off the ground met in the mid-signs.

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There's always something

I pitch my lonely caraván

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Where my caravan has rested

B-3455

1930.

I'm in the market for you (Film-"High Society Blues")evival of interest in the fiscali will be even more befuddled than at the back of the building. By possible.

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Played by Reginald Foort on New Gallery Cinema Organ A Cottage for sale

.....Gracie Fields

B-3463 Crgin for the Caroline's (Film-"Spring is Here")"

An Old Church Legend ..Reginald Goss-Custard, F.E.C.O. The Minster Bells

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B-3439

B-3454

Salut D'Amour (Elgar)

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Drink to me only with thine eyes

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Fat Flat Fish

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they are to-day.

It must be realised that any fur ther Increase in direct taxation, on top of stagnant trade and un- precedented unemployment, might easily prove disastrous. The

TACT AND CHEERINESS ·WILL second merit which is claimed for BREATH DOWN OPPOSITION, WHEN the proposal is that it would raise ARGUMENT WOULD ONLY the general level of prices and. E. J. Cosson thus lower real wages and enable The latest report of the Depart- British industries to compete on ment of Civil Affairs of Kwang- tung shows that there are 265 easier terms with foreign pro foreigners in Swatow, of whom.50 ducars in the home markets. It is aro British, 28 American, 144

heated suit and abestos-lined tionally informed G.H.Q. of their well to point out, however, that it Japanese, 2 French, 5 Russian, 10 boots offering no comfort to his presence. Passing over the police would do little or nothing for the German and the rest from other depressed soul. It was the dismal listening post from which during hour of 3 am; he had nothing to the hours of darkness was projected do: he was alone and tired, and an invisible ray, contact with which export trades, which are, after all,

New Zealand Perpetual Forests still had four hours' duty to do, completed by circuit and gave the hardest it.

Ltd.. *film, entitled "Forests writes Noel Nelson in the News-warning by means of a buzzer in When we come to analyse the Wealth will be shown at the Chronicle.

the post below of the passing of air. An imperious buzz from the craft above--the machines suddenly achome, however, there are, many, World Theatre on Thursday, Fri-1 considerations which show that it day and Saturday of this week. miniature wireless set inside his found themselves the centre of All bondholders and the general duralium helmet brought the officer tapering fingers of light, drawn would be most unpalatable to the publle should avail themselves of out of his reverie. Another warn- aloft on the paths of the Invisible

see motioning buzz, and then, through the al- rays." masses. In place of direct taxa this opportunity to

pictures showing the operations of most invisible flex running through

Hemmed in by Invisible Raya. tion of wage-earners, it is sug- the world's largest afforestation the officer's chinstraps to his ears, came a strong, matter-of-fact voice:

In accordance with the or- gested that all imported foods be company.

"G.H.Q. calling," it said; "aix men dinances of the Air Board, it was taxed, as well as all manufactured

Ung. Sai-chuen (12), the son of have stolen fifty miniatures from necessary for all plains to carry articles, which will not only make tenants living at No. 86. Caine Pitlochry House, Mayfair, and are navigation lights and to have the the imports dearer but will also Road, was fatally injured on Tues-belleved to be travelling south-west town of their destination painted. raise the price of British manu- day evening, when he fell off the in a Sussex supercharged 50 car, on outstretched wings.

roof of the building in the excite-painted black, with tractor wheels factures. By this means, the realment attendant on kite-flying, and folding body."

London's Steel Walls. wages of the workers will be re-The height down which the un- fortunate lad dropped was more duced, whereas the profits of em-than 50 feet. He was conveyed While the announcer was still of the air on the coast appeared a ployers in the more prosperous to hospital, where he died yester-speaking, P. C. Merton, in accor- patrol a travelling circus of fast

day afternoon.

dance with drill-book routine, had police planes-painted a vivid red trades will be increased. The

run to the nearest street corner. like Baron von Richteften's famous strange thing is that Mr. Simon An official police report issued He was on a main road many miles circus of war planes during the is dead against the Beaverbrook this morning states that Mr. G. from Scotland Yard. Pressing an Great War of the last century.

Kelly, of the C.P.R, has been electric' button hidden behind a Without a sign the two bandit proposals, which he says are full victimised to the extent of $230. brick in the wall, he saw two lattice machines were encircled by the fly. of "incredible nonsense," and yet The money was kept in a drawer like arms shoot out one from ing policemen, the Chlef "sitting" he thinks it would be possible to in the office, and it was found to either side of the road-till the steel on the bandits "tail" and giving have disappeared when the drawer masts twenty feet high and only a jorders by the use of international Lord Beaverbrook or those of Mr. The theft is thought to have oc-die of the thoroughfare with a Realising they were beaten, the

curred between 1 p.m. on the 6th clang.

shepherded Dazzling electric lights bandits,

by the Baldwin, or the hybrid which will and 9.a.m, on the 8th.

shone from vantage points on the police planes, came to earth. To barrier.

their disgust the thieves discovered emerge from the union of the two,

A reminder is, given of the last. At all main thoroughfares similar that when they were first seen a by advocating what looks like a

openair Bannel dance of the sea- barriers, flung into position on fine net held by four police planes diluted version of the same policy. son, to be held at the European G.H.Q.'s warning, automatically had been spread below them, and THE FISCAL MUDDLE.

There is obviously still a great YM.C.A., Kowloon, this evening, locked themselves fast in sockets the miniatures they had thrown deal of confusion on this problem, commencing at 9 o'clock. A con- in the centre of the roads, and the overboard to rid themselves of in- tinuation of the present spell of Metropolis was ringed around with criminating evidence, lay safe and If the Beaverbrook crusade has and we fear that, before the confine weather will enable dancing two-inner and outer cordons of snug in the net.

im- These "catching" measures were troversy is ended, the, electorate to take place on the tennis courts steel. Escape by road was

necessary од account of aerial done nothing else, it has caused a

kind permission of the Hotel com- But the robbers were wily men. smuggling and the general desire pany, the band of the Hongkong Having got away from Pitlochry of aerial rogues to dump contra- issue, so much so that many

Hotel will provide the music. House, they drove their car into a band goods when capture was im erstwhile Free Traders are begin-

cul-de-sac only half a mile distant.minent... Seven Chinese appeared before. Being persons of some ability and Four days later Gloucester ning to ask whether some change.

Spanish Politics,

Mr. Whyte Smith this morning on having the appearance of men about Grauge, in the heart of the Cots in Britain's policy is not called

a charge of having, stowed away town-smartly and stylishly dress-wolds, was raided. The robbera. Senor Alba, in a communique for. There

to be many seem

on the ss. Hai Hing from Singa ed-they walked up to the Hotel arrived by plane and escaped with- shades of thought on this ques-issued after his conversation with pore. Detective Sergeant Poyntz Crillon-Ritz, and asked for sleeping out pursuit. Before carrying out the King of Spain in Paris. has said the defendants were discovered accommodation. Without demur-the raid they dismantled the house tion, from the Protectionist

answered in the affirmative the in- two and a half days after the ship the night warden showed them to aerial, smashed the wireless trans- "whole-hugger" to the politician triguing and peraistent question left Singapore mingling with the rooms on one of the top floors and mission unit, cut the telephone

trouble on board.

paratus, and poured water into the who would like to see some, com-whether the Spanish monarchy can passengers. They did not give any left them-just as they figured he wires, wrecked the television ap promise between the two conflict-be

King evidently been unemployed for But the robbers did not intend petrol tank of the family plane. The gardener used a bicycle of the ing schools of thought. Many Alphonso is on the Throne. Senor some time A fine of $50, or one to sleep.

Alba suggests a general election, month's imprisonment, was im- With the valuable miniatures twentieth-century pattern to carry Lestic Sarony will no doubt be found to agree

carefully eccreted in their pockets, the alarm to the nearest police means posed. giving the Spanish people with the President of the Trades of expressing their wishes. Then

they made their way to the roof station. a long, flat structure, running the Union Congress when he recently he suggests the revision of the

whole-length of the terrace. In the declared that to make a fetish of Constitution by the new Cortes,

grey light the men could see the hundred per cent. Free Trade is so that the monarchy would be

plane park-Moths, Midgles, Mam- moths and liners, standing unat as foolish as to declare that tariffs converted into a democratic and are a cure for all industrial ills. parliamentary regime, such

Climbing into two of the smaller exists in Britain. This policy, trial near the Bonins and a mode- machines--three men in each the Unhappily, the task of finding a

however, rests upon the assump-rate anticyclone, over N. China, bandits took the air. Propelled by men, believe to be English, who formula which will be neither. tion that a democratic-monarchist, The local forecast is:-N.E. winds, silent engines, the planes rose made forced landing in British Free Trade nor Protection is not like himself, could take the reigns moderate; fine to cloudy.

rapidly and headed for the coast.

(Continued on Page 7) an easy one, for which reason it of Government and carry out these seems likely that the matter will reforms, supported by the mass of have to be fought out on strictly democratic opinion in Spain. The scheme may be logical enough, Party lines:

but the massce have a logic of their Some dismay has recently been

own. The Spanish people see in created in Liberal circles as the Alba a victim of the dictatorship. result of a speech by Mr. E. D. Moreover, Senor Alba will have it Simon, one of the promising men that the task of democratising. of this Party, in which he express- Spain should be done by the or ed the view that the whole posi-of a Constituent Assembly, which, dinary Cortes. He will not hear

tion should be investigated with an he asserts, would make matters open mind in relation to changed worse by raising the problem of conditions, the plight of export King or Republic. Give the Crown, trade, and the staggering figures a chance is his motto. But the that with a of unemployment. "In the pre-sceptics object.

Constituent Assembly elections sence of these circumstances,"

could be fought on a clean, definite said Mr. Simon, "a school of Issue. It is said that the King thought has grown up which ad-himself has taken a more gallant vocates a revenue tax of ten per attitude than his counsellors and cent. on all imports to this coun-wiseacres, and remarked recently: try, including foods, but excluding "Let the people have their way: 1 am not afraid of their verdict,” raw materials." He added:"It is

The fact remains that Spain's believed that £70 millions of £80 economic and financial problems millions could be raised in that have to be settled. They can wait way." As one writer has pointed no longer for solution. out, unlike many Protectionist proposals, this idea has at least.

The first summons for not obey the advantage of being definite ing the electric light traffic signals and concrete. It is free from the at Ludgate-circus was heard at the hypotheses and conditions of Mr. Mansion House when Herbert Clark was accused of driving to the. Baldwin's schemes and is not public danger. A constable said founded on the contradictions the red light was showing against which are inherent in Lord Bea-traffic running north and south- the east and west traffic.' running verbrook's proposals. Two great across the Circus. Clark drove on merits are claimed for this sug- from Farringdon-street and when gested ten per cent, duty on im-collided with a motor-van. When the Circus' he half-way, across ports. The first, and much the spoken to he said: "I didn't see the most important, is that it would yellow light change to red." The Lord Mayor said the electric algual- be a new and substantial source ling scemed to be working extreme- of revenue. Such a proposition is ly well. He did not think Clark, not to be lightly dismissed, es-ing light and he therefore dismiss intentionally disregarded the warn- pecially in view of the probability ed the summons. Any deliberate of another heavy deficit at the end disobedience, however, would be of the coming financial year, since severely punished.

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