1934-08-04 — Page 18

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Gorgeous Girls! Comedy!

Gay Spectacle!

ARTHUR ›NAUNTON

Music!

RISCOE WAYNE

"FOR

-IN-

LOVE OF YOU

A MAGNIFICENT. MUSICAL MELANGE Staged in the Picturesque Seffings of Old Venice.

with FRANCO FORESTA DIANA NAPIER

and

Directed by CARMINE GALLONE A Windsor-Sterling Production

1.

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AND

STANLEY LUBINO A RIOT of LAUGHTER

Facing the Music

JOSE COLLINS

and

NANCY

BURNE

DIRECTED BY HARRY HUGHES

HEAR THE GREAT MUSICAL HIT! "I'VE FOUND THE RIGHT GIRL””

A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL.

COMMENCING MONDAY

CHINESE PICTURE.

MRS. MOTONO.:.

Hand and Electric Massage.,

Holder of Diploma and Certificate

COUNT THE....

of Tokyo Denki Rycho Kenkyushio❝TELEGRAPHS"

(Tokyo Electrical. Curo Institute)

and the Hongkong Government

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Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG & TELEGRAPH.

ESTATE DUTY EVASION

COLONY PREPARES FOR ACTION

LOOPHOLE TO

BE FILLED

Refusal by certain persons resident outside the jurisdiction of the Colony to answer claims for estate duty has led the Gov- ernment to draft a Bill further to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1878, in such a way that it will in future be possible to take action against such per

Bona.

It la explained that the Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875, the Crown Sults Ordinance, 1910, and sections 10 and 15 of the Estate Duty Ordinance, 1932, provide cer tain means whereby in Hongkong the Crown can enforce its civil claims, but nowhere is any proce dure laid down whoreby a claim can even be instituted, much less enforced, against a person who is resident outside the jurisdiction. Such procedure is provided in England by sections 37 and 38 of the Crown Sults, etc. Act, 1880, and by other enactments.

The necessity for giving the Crown the same powers in Hong- kong as it has in England has

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4,41934.

POLICE INTERVENE IN JOCKEY CLUB'S

CLAN FEUD

Eight Arrests in Raid

on Teahouse

Some cause, attributda aqueeze" In one form or other, has excites a deadly feud between

DIFFICULTIES

CONCESSIONS BY GOVERNMENT

SLIDING SCALE the lorry drivers and sandal work- ers of the Colony, The trouble FOR TAXES. · commencod: the other day by lorry driver attacking A Bandal

Under the provisions of a pro- worker at West Point, and, as was posed Bill to amend the Batting to be expected, it grow by leaps Duty Ordinance, the Government and bounds unit (according to intends to repeal the section those concerned) it could only be which lays down a definite per- settled by combat.

centage duty on pari-mutuel Accordingly some twenty sandal tickets and to substitute therefor workers and others belonging to a sliding scale to be fixed from the rattan and allled trades, whose time to time by the Legislative sympathy and active support they Council. have enlisted, met at the Tak Hing tanhouse at Wanchat last night,

The duty on pari-mutüel tickets the idea appearing to be that they was fixed by the Betting Duty would move to some convenient Ordinance, 1931 at 85% of the face spot where they could meet the value of each such ticket sold. had also made certain ominous pre-Ordinance, 1933, the duty lorry drivers, who, on their side, By the Betting Duty Amendment

reduced to 2445eur an parations.

But before any disturbance ac- tually occurred the police got wind.

Was

For the year ending March 31st, of the affair, and a lightning raid 1944, the Hongkong Jockey Clob's on the teahouse followed, resulting accounts showed a loss of over in eight men being arrested. The $30,000 Their gross receipts remainder got away.

UNITED KINGDOM

SHIPPING

recently been made abundantly LAST YEAR'S. FIGURES

clear by the refusal of certain por- sona, resident outside the juris- diction, to answer a claim for a large amount of estate duty.

SHOW INCREASE

London, Aug. 9, returns Shipping

show that

an

from the anle of pari-mutuel tickets wore $4,841,930 and the duty paid thereon was $108,648.

It is thought-possible that in the current year the gross receipts from this source may fall below. $4,000,000.

In these circumstances, at the request of the Jockey. Club, it has been considered fair to introduce a sliding scale to govern the pay The amended proviso to s. G'of

ment of this duty, but to introduce the Supreme Court. Ordinance, curing the twelve months ended such a scale into the body of the 1873, by introducing in Hongkong June 30th, the net register tonnage the same procedure on the revenue of ships which entered and left principal Ordinance would be side as was in force in England ports of the United Kingdom total-umbersome, especially as it is not necessarily intended to be final. In 1930 will make it possible for led 342,592,677, representing

Honce the amendment proposed action to be taken against such increase of 14,412,895 or 4.4 per by the amending Bill leaves the cent. over the previous 12 months.

Ships using the Port of London scale to be fixed by resolution of were of a total net register tonnage the Legislature, of 58,084,896, an increase of 3,600,- The Hon. Treasurer of the Old 776, or 6.7 per cent, over the provi- Protestant Church & Cemeteries at;

The existing regulations in respect Macno Restoration Fund, acknow-eus 12 months.

Liverpool, the next largest port, of public places of entertainment are ledges with thanks a donation of $50 from His Excellency Sir William and bad 33,348,783 net register tons, being repealed and new ones in- Lady 'Peel. The amount previously an increase of 5.1 per cent.-British stituted.. The full text of the regula

tions appear in the Gazette. acknowledged was $321.00.

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