1933-01-03 — Page 28

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TOMA

with

MIX

and his

Pony

TONY

MY PAL the KING

Imagine wildfire TOM MIX as the star of a Wild West show touring Europol He gets mixed up with the boy king of a small-country ... Is hurled into a local political plot... WOWI ... THRILLS - ACTION -- LAUGHS!

With Mickey Rooney, Stuart Holmes, Noel Francis, Produced by Carl Laemmile, Jr., from the story by Richard Schayer. Directed by Kurt Neumann.

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE presented by Carl Laemmit

SHOWING TOMORROW

A CHARMING BRITISH COMEDY WITH DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1933.

INCOME TAX DE VALERA RESIGNS

APPEAL

ENTHUSIASM AGAIN INVITED

·BRITAIN'S BUDGET

CLAIMS

London, Dec. 2. British income tax and surtax payers are being invited to repeat their performance of the cor

responding quarter last year when, In order to assist in balancing the budget, they paid instalments due with unprecedented promptness, contributing £200,000,000 to the Exchequer during three months.

This patriotic effort helped large- ly to the restoration of the nationaj finances.

The amount of income-tax to be paid between now and the end of the financial year on March 31st, if the budget estimata is reached. is £191,419,000 and of aurinx £60,000.

The standard income-tax rate is five shillings in the pound.-British Wireless.

BRITISH TRADE CONFIDENCE

OBJECT LESSON TO WORLD

London, Jan. 2.

CHILE SOCIALIST PROGRAMME

NITRATES COMBINE

1

DECREE

London, Jan. 2.

(Continued from Page 1.) Government's possessing the peo- ple's confidence, which had been vory damaging to the national interests, both as regards external) relations and internal affairs, It is learned from Santiago de For this reason, he was challeng- Chile that a decree has been signed Ing the opposition by putting his for the dissolution of the Cosach confidence in the support of the Nitratos Combine.-Reuter, people to the test. He denied that The presidential decreo for the the dissolution was due to the liquidation of this $300,000,000 will be followed by reorganisation, combine states that its liquidation which is necessary for three prin- cipal reasons, namely, that the Company has become Insolvent, It is at prosent working unconstitu- tlobally, and national Intercats de- mand revision.

GENERAL ELECTION IN FREE STATE

PROCLAMATION BY NEW VICEGERENT.

Dublin, Jan. 3.

Mr. Daniel Duckley, the new Governor-General, has signed a Proclamation dissolving the Irish Free State Parliament, the Dail and the Senate, and declaring a General Election. -Reuter.

prosent differences with the La- bour party, declaring that the Go- vernment's relations with the Labour Party had been uniformly: happy and he hoped that future) relations would be equally so.

The liquidation will be carried out by a Commission of three members, to be appointed respec- tively by the President of Chile, the Supreme Court, and certain shareholders.--Reuter.

WHERE. BRITAIN

LEADS

IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION

London, Jan. 2. The latest figures for world.pig iron and steel production, compiled RELATIONS WITH BRITAIN. by the Shefflelil Chamber of Com- Mr. de Valera added that

merce, show that while the com- British Government was likely to countries have shrunk by one-third no bined output of other producing enter into negotiations for the in the year ending September last,

that

The President of the Fedora-Purpose of reaching a settlement the British output has increased by tion of British Industries, Sir of the present Anglo-Irish dispute over five per cent, during George Beharrel, has issued a as long as they could be convinced period.

message stating that British manu- by representations from the Irish It is stated that the prospects facturers are looking forward to Free State that it was only a of the British iron and steel trado the New Year with hope and con-question of exercising ulcient continue to improve.-British Wire- fidence, based on the success with pressure upon the Irish peoplo, less. which they, compared with others, have so far. weathered the economic storm.

The new election has been called for January 24 and the new Dail will meet on February 8.-Reuter.

The late Mr. Johan Louis

Max Fredericks, late head of the passage department of the Java China Japan Line, left local estate valued at $1,000, Letters of administration to the world." estate have been granted to Mr. WII- lem Honri Lebert, manager of the J.C.J.L

He adds:-"Complete recovery, however, must depend upon inter- a start in this direction within the national action to remove artificial area of the Britsh Commonwealth. restrictions which are strangling and in so doing have given a lead the trade of the world.

the rest of the Great to Britain and Dominions have made | British Wireless,

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INDUSTRIAL

REFORM.

U.S. COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS

of public

control over publie utilities, an increase of the Inheritance taxes, and the sterilisa tion of mental defectives.

It declares that in the best year many millions of families were limited to meagre living and Now York, Jan. 2. National economic and social Church and the family are declin

emphasises that the influence of the planning, the better distribution Ing. Unless, it says, there is a of income in order to increase, the spoeding up in social invention or purchasing power of the masson, a slowing down in mechanicst inven six hour day and a five day week in tions, grave maladjustments - ará order to distribute employment are certain. among the recommendations con tained in the report of the Research Americana bave scanty traditional The report remarks that the Committee of 500 Investigators equipment for amusing themselve appointed by Mr. Hoover three gracefully and wholesomely, years ago, to survey the whole American field.

of a

A foreword by President Hoors declares that it should help all to wh The report advocates the where social stresses are occurring establishment

solvent and, where major effort should unemployment fund, the extension undertaken of old age pensions, the extension constructively-Reuter,

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