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WHAT MOTORISTS PAY IN TAXATION

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1932.

LESSON SERMON.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTST, HONGKONG

"Matter" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, yesterday.

THE MARRIAGE MARKET

A YUGO-SLAVIAN TRAGEDY

A meeting of Mohammedang Many little-known facts of in-

was held at Kosovska Mitrovitsa terest to the public as well as to

The Golden Text was.-"Evory on August 8 to consider the ques motorists, are revealed in the 1932 man is brutish in his knowledge:tion of the minimum amount to be edition of "The Motor Industry of every founder is confounded by the paid by a bridegroom to the family Great Britain," fasued by the So-graven image: for his molten image of the bride for her trousseau. It ciety of Motor Manufacturers and is falsehood, and there is no breath has hitherto beon obligatory to Traders of Great Britain.

In thom." (Jorámiah 10; 14.)

pay a minimum of about £50, but Among the citations which coma in view of difficult economic enn- prised the Lesson-Sermon was the ditions it has now been officially following from the Bible.-"These decided to reduce the amounts to are the generations of the heavens one quarter. The Belgrade Press and of the earth when they were welcomes this relaxation of the created, in the day. that the Lord Mohammedan custom of paying God made the earth and the for wives, which it considera pri- Tabies dealing with the produe-heavens, And every plant of the mitive and degrading, but there tion of motor vehicles in the field before it was in the earth, and is so far no indication of any top- United Kingdom show that in 1923 every herb of the fold before it dency to reduce the amounts pay- the production of vehicles was grew: for the Lord God had not able among Orthodox Yugo-Slavs 95.000, of which 71,396 were pri- caused it to rain upon the earth, by the families of brlica for vale ears and 23,601 were com- and there was not a man to till the husbands. mercial vehicles.

ground." (Genesis 2; 4, 5.)

The number of motor vehicles in use in the United Kingdom as at the September census of 1931 was 1,588,075, of which 1,103,716 re- presented private cars. 367,452 trucks, and 89,182 hackney carriages,

Vienna, Aug. 10.

By the end of 1926 the total haci

The Lesson-Sermon also included

At the Yago-Slav town of Fec, risen to 198,000, and at the end the following from the Christian near the Albanian frontier, the of September, 1981, it had reached Science textbook, "Science and daughter of a Moslem family fell 226,307 (cars 188,997, and com-Health, with Key to the Scrip in love with the son of a well-to-do mercial vehicles 67,810). It is not tures," by Mary Baker Eddy Moslem family. The son's father antlelpated that the enles of home-The text, "In the day that the paid the daughter's father £50). produced vehicles in the United Lord God (Jehovah God) made the Everything was ready for the cole- Kingdom will abow a decrease in earth and the heavens," introduces bration of the nuptials, when the 1932 of more than 4 per cent.

the record of a material creation tragic news came that the bride- That the home market is now which followed the spiritual-a groom had been victimised by virtually assured to the British creation

80 wholly apart Home Mohammedan's blood re- manufacturer is clearly proved by from God's, that Spirit had venge, all customary there. The tables showing the gross Imports

no participation in it. In God's girl's family, having used up the into the United Kingdom during arcation ideas become productive, money, was unable to repay it. 1931, compared with preceding obedient to Mind. There was no The bridegroom's father did not rain and not a man to till the insist on it, but demanded that ground. "Mind, instead of matter, according to an old rite the bride being the producer, Life was self- should join his harem, The girl stained. Birth, decay, and death fled to her parents, but the bride- arise from the material sense of groom's father things, not from the spiritual. for asking for either the money or the was no solution, her- in the latter Life consisteth not of bride. There the things which a man enteth. and the poor girl poisoned Matter cannot change the eternn! seif, dying a few days later at the fact that man exists because God hospital. exists." (p.543.)

years.

"The figures or read easts and f direct and indirect motor ve hicle taxation," it is stated, "afford some indication of the fact that during the past few years special motor taxation has gone far in the aggregate to pay for the whole of

the road costs of the country.'

It is stated that the average

direct tax on all mechanically propelled vehicles amounted in 1931 to £12 168.. Od., while the average tax per vehicle, including potel, ammunted to £26 89.

FIGHTING ON C.E.R.

ANTI-MANCHURUOS AND JAPANESE TROOPS

came after

PRINCE'S VISIT TO DENMARK.

TO TRAVEL. IN LATEST AIRWAYS LINER

her,

Since the inception of the Royal Fund no less than £277,000,000 had bren paid indirectly, if not direel. ly, by the produce of special taxa- tion of the various classes of road vehicles. Of this, 30 per cent, had

London, Sept. 17. been allocated to road authorities

Peking, Sept. 17.

The Prince of Wales, who left in respect of maintenance grants. Anti-Manchukuo Troops have

The uumber of motor vehicles in occupied several stations on the day for Balmoral to spend few London by the 730 train yester. use throughout the world on De-western section of the Chinese days with the King and Queen Eastern Railway, surrounding the before leaving for Denmark, will Japanese troops, according to

By from Croydon to Copenhagen foreign messages from Harbin.

on September 22 in the new. Additional Japanese troops are Imperial Airways linor "Atlanta," being sent from Tsitsihar to re-constructed by the Armstrong

Whitworth Company. lieve the beleagured soldiers.

The liner, which is 11

cember 31 last was:-

Europe

America

Asia

Oceania

Afrien

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5,680,656 28,144,906 677.743 749,222 R63,916

Total 36,516,442

five-

The Consular Body at Harbin passenger, high-wing. four- has requested the Manchukuo au-engined monoplane, apecially The estimated consumption ofthorities to take steps to cope designed for the high altitude motor spirit In the United King-with, kidnapping and other dan dom during 1931 was 1,025,466,000 rallons, compared with 995,000,000 gera, which have made the popu-

lace very nervous.-Router. gallons in 1930.

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Oct 1

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Oct. 25

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IRELAND'S LOST CHANCE AT OTTAWA

London, Sept. 17. Mr. De Valera, head of the trish Free State, with two Ministerial colleagues, will leave Dublin on Sunday for Geneva to preside at the Council of the League of Nations.

Mr. Cosgrave, speaking in Dublin last night; said the pros- puct at present was that in the new year the British market would ́be regulated by one group of preferences decisively favouring the Dominions, and by a second amail tariff, in favour of Denmark and the Argentine.

work of the Imperial Airways ser- vice in Africa, has a cruising speed of 120 miles an hour, and is expected to complete, the 650 miles journey in 61⁄2 hours.

"Punish the Rebels."

Peking, Sept. 17. For the first four days of his General Ma Chan-shan has wir visit at Copenhagen, the Prince ed to Nanking again urging the will be the guest of King Chris- immediate despatch of troops out-tian, to whom he will carry greet- side of the Great Wall to "punishings from the King and Queen for the rebels."

the Royal Birthday on September

A delegate has arrived with an autographed latter from General Ma Chan-shan addressed to local and lenders asking for funds munitions.--Renter.

Berlin, Sept. 18. M. Litvinoff has come to Berlin to confer with Von Neurath re- garding the disarmament deadlock before proceeding to

Reuter Special.

Geneva.

LEAP YEAR BRIDE

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New York with mel":

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On September 27 the Prince will leave for the Island of Fyen as the guest of Count Wedel. September 20 he will leave Den- murk for Stockholm, spending four days as the guest of King Gustay. The remainder of the visit will be spent at the British Legation.

The Prince will return to Eng- land about October 11.-British Wirclesa.

FIGHTING OCCURS IN SHANTUNG

The Free-State could not be

QUARREL ON ALLOCATION found In either of these cate gories. Ottawa had presented

OF REVENUES the chance of the nation's lifetime. "All right-then I don't leave! For the frat time the nations had You'd promise, Brenda, if you

Peking, Sept. 18.

from Foreign office telegrams been found willing to impose cared for me as much as you said. preferences on foreign foodstuffs. You'd promise if you loved me!" Tsingtao and Tsinanfu state there To this conference the Irish went Her shoulders moved impatient- is fighting in Shantung and up- unprepared, and returned omptyly. "You're being, very foolishparently serious hostilities are pro handed. They had it on the again," Brenda told him. "Ofceeding. General Han Fu-chu, who authority of British Cabinet course I love you. Why do you is at Wel Hsion,is personally direct- Ministers that the United King-doubt me so? It's cruel of you!" ing the heavy movement of troops. dom were desirous of a settle- "Then you will go?"

A representative of Han Fu-chu ment. Surely the time had come "In a week. Yes-I promise!" who arrived at Peking this morn- As he rang for the elevator aing, confirms the reports of fight- to ring out "Let us get down to few moments later Dan Phillipsing and quoted the Chinese press business.”—British Wireless.

assured himself he was the hap-as saying that the disagreement plest fellow in the world.. He over the allocation of military re- was almost able to make himself venues and their respective spheres Ho of Influence is responsible. believe this,

Liu Chen-nion, of at- tempting to extend his control Into Han Fu-chu's territory.-Router,

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MR. JOHN MACHRAY NOT TO BE PROSECUTED

Machray,

(To be continued.)

SENSATION ON WALL ST.

N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE SUED BY BROKERS

New York, Sept. 18.

accuses

AN ITALIAN AIR TRAGEDY.

SEVEN KILLED IN · COLLISION

Spezins, Sept 18.

Winnipeg, Sept. 17. Despite shortages of G$860,000 in church funds, the Anglican Church authorities do not propose to prosecute Mr. John who, it is alleged, has embezzled A law-ault for G821,000,000 has huge sums of money in connexion been filed against the New York Seven Italian airmon were killed with church and educational In-Stock Exchange, its President, in a collision between two flying stitutions, but he is still under in-Treasurer and 40 members of, the boats which crashed into the sex dietmont for theft of the Manitoba Convening Committee, by the well-

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