1937-04-17 — Page 7

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

APRIL SATURDAY,

17,

1937.

IF YOU WERE H. K.

H. K. TREASURER

How Would You Raise The New Money Needed This Year?

K.C. WON'T MAKE WILL

Said Mr. Alexander Grant, K.C. (in the Chancery Division):

"I have not made will. I always refuse to make a will. I al- ways have said: 'If you make a will it will be left to others afterwards to say what it means and you yourself cannot put them right," .

THE SOMME-AND TWENTY YEARS AFTER

Saved An Enemy's Life; Now To Be His Guest

IN the mouth of "Death Valley" on the Somme in February, 1917, an English stretcher party found a young German student wounded lo had been there helpless for two days.

Heavy shell-fire was making the stretcher party's position more difficult every minite, Hurriedly they discussed whether they could reach safety if they took the German with them, or whether they should put a merciful end to his sufferings,

The boy he was only twenty-was, men persuade his comrades to carry conscious enough and knew enough|bin Lack to the dressing station.

ON the way, the Gorman, Robert English to realise what was happen- Ing. He heard ono of the English-Liebig, spoke

saved his life.

Gun-Proof Premier

Tokyo, Apr. 20.

to the man who had

Now, twenty years afier, the Englishman, Mr. L. M. Baldwin, of Clarence-street. Leamington

Кра

Is to spend a holiday in Germany as the guest of Robert Liebig. Liebig's letter of Invitation says: The real soldier has learned to respect the man on the other side. You did prove to me a comrade, and

A £5,000 secret annexe has been we have become friends.

built on to the official residence of Japan's Premier in the Nagalacho, Tokyo's Downing-street.

The object is to protect the Pre- mler if another rebellion should break out.

The wing was built, under con- stant police guard, by Government architects sworn to silence.

Premier Hayashi moved in to-day. The bullding was shunned by Premier Iirota because Reveral Ministers were murdered there in the military revolt of February 1830.

"There will be no war again for a long time if the English, French and Germans become friends as we two are."

How It Comes

THIS

In Now

is how Hongkong's 1936 revenue of $30,042,983 over $3,000,000 above expectn- tions--was derived:

Dulles

...... $ 0,928,082 638,284 13,837,182 2,201,116 2.058,885

Port & Harbour Dues Licences & Internal ›. Fees of Court, cle... Post. Olee Kowloon Canton Rall-

Way

Kents

Interest Miscellaneous Land Sales

1,245,460 1,032,973. 103,291 077,877 260,230

Legionnaires

Desert

Accused of stowing away in the British scamer Runa after deser- ting from the Foreign Legion, Steve Rulsch, aged 23, n Canadian, and George Holder, aged 20, on American, were sent to prison for four weeks at Tower Bridge Police Court. They hid in the ballast tanks.

NOT ENOUGH WIVES?

There are still nearly 90,000 more males than females in Australia. The total population of the Commonwealth which is 6,789,139 is 36,025 nearer the seven million than it was a year ago— Austral News,

AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE EMPIRE

ON SURONATION DAY

TAXATION

WILL BE INCREASED

YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW HOW

"I cannot conceal my con- sidered opinion that if the sanitary and social services of this Colony are to be raised and developed,

extra revenue will have to be raised."

. So said His Excellency Sir Andrew Caldecott, before his departure for Home yes- terday.

Extra taxation appears almost inevitable this year. Not only must increased sanitary and social services be maintained, but Government must find for new money ($3,000,000) water-works, for defence and for increased salaries and pensions.

Our civil service salaries and pen- slons bills for the next year or so are likely to be all-time records. They reached a record when the dollar was 2s. 3d.,-now the dollar is less thon 18. 3d., and must civil servants are paid in sterling.

The Government will present its Estimates in Council next September. It is already casting around for palatable ways and means of raising new money.

If you were the Government, how would you do it?

Here is your opportunity to show the Government what you would do --before it does what you do not want it to do,

Run through the following list of taxes old and hew. In Die space given, say what you would Increase. Then cut out this form and send it in an envelope to the Hongkong Telegraph, 3 Wyndham Street.

Would you institute any of the following taxation Ímark with tick)—

Income tax, Business Tax, Sales Tax, Super Tax, Unemployment Tax.

Would you increase—

Death duties?

Entertainment Tax..

Wold you add to existing duties on any of these com- modities? If so, mark them with a tick.

Beer. spirits, wines, tobacco, cigarettes, perfumes, motor-Carst

Would you increase taxa- tion for

Radio Beences, drivers licences?

Would you impose duties

on any of these subjects..

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Cosmetics, luxury articles, electria signs, jewellery, furs, windows, road-. side hoardings, water,

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DAVE IRWIN,

New York, Apr. 10.

of Bt... Louls, Missouri, is an Arelle explorer who has spent six months at a time has at the top of the world' and travelled thousands of miles across northern wastes.

He was four hours fate home for dinner to-night because his taxicab was held up-in o snowstorm.

WHEN AT HOME

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