1937-04-20 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

"If I Were Treasurer"-Readers' Views

MORE THAN BACHELORS

HALF

Others Ask For Tax On Alien Residents A lot of Hongkong people believe that they know how to

raise the extra money that will be needed by the Colony's Treasurer this year to finance Government.

Their opinions will be published from day to day in the "Tele- graph." They were submitted in response to an article which ap- peared in Saturday's issue, asking readers to suggest the best methods for raising taxation in Hongkong.

Other readers are asked to: submit suggestions and to mark, with a tick, the items in

the

table accompanying this article, those items they think should be taxed.

So far, most readers have vot- ed for a tax on bachelors and aliens.

Others belleve that wines and CX- spirits, cosmetics, stock change marginwppreciations, and sweeps should have increased taxation.

One reader suggests that Hongkong should derive its revenue from D Colonial Lottery, similar to the State Lottery in Shanghel or the Golden Casket in Queensland,

"Millions of dollars, which could be appiled to hospitals and other public this works, could be obtained in fashion," he writes.

that the

to note

it is interestind's hospital and

whole of ambulance revenue is derived from a and Lottery. The hospital State

in this State is ambulance service recognised as the best in the world.

"Avold

general tenure. trade" seems to be the which hinders

all taxation

Here are some of the opinions:

W--Hongkong should institute

either on Lottery, c

on the prin- A Colonini? cipal races or a straight-out numbers sweep. Millions of dollars have gone Into the Nanking Treasury, and mil- itons of pounds into Queensland Hos- pitals through this system. The Irish Free State has made something like £20,000,000 since the inception of its lotteries. The money need not be but placed into general revenue, could be used for a specific purpose, Buch

as maintenance of hospitals, ele.

The Budget-

League

Here are the suggestions of readers, tabulated to show you how they would

revenue,

Allens

Bachelors

raiso

extra

Per cent.

70

Wines, beers and spirits Cosmetics.....

Stock

Exchange

appreciations

Sweeps : Death Duties Horse Racing Luxury Articles

Income Tax ...

45

45

Margin

40

tes** ******

Other readers voted for tobaco-

co and cigarette taxation, radio and drivers licence Increases, soft drinks, roadside hoardings,

fax, tax windows, super dividends, a lottery, motor tax increase, property owners, matahed

owners, "luxury"

clothes.

on car

New Airways Across The Blue Pacific

N. ZEALAND LINK

New York, Apr. 15. Opening of a new aerial

A Hongkong lottery would receive trade route bringing New support from all over the East, owing

to the Integrity of the Government.

J. M. C-Avold all taxes which hinder trade and make for

Zealand and Australia more within four travel days of officinis. I would institute an income San Francisco was tax, increase taxes on beer, and im- pore duties on horse racing, club and nounced early this month by

other sweeps and cosmetics.

B. W. SAveldke the plague-Pan

hampering

by business

TUESDAY, APRIL 20.

SAY TAX

MY WORD AN ACTOR!-That widely known Irish dramatist. George Bernard Shaw, has agreed to take part in John Drink- water's new screen play, "The King's People," now in preparation In London, which shows British celebrities of the day. Here is Mr. Shaw adjusting his glasses before the cameras click of a Epecial reel in which he appears.

The

Blue Riband Unclaimed

ATLANTIC

TROPHY SHOCK

S a young mechanic, Mr. H. K. Hales, shipping magnate, ex- M.P., pioneer aviator, and original of Arnold Bennett's "The Card," bad a great ambition.

One day he dreamed he would present a trophy for the "Blue Riband of the Atlantic. His dream came true.

But now the trophy is going a-begging.

It should have been claimed by the Cunard White Star Line from the an-Normandie when the Queen Mary won the speed honours of the Atlantic. But the Cunard Company in effect sald "No, thank you," company, has made it clear that the Sir Percy Dates, chairman of the Cunarders will not take part in

American Airways,

taxation on business sules, entertain-which simultaneously start ment, motor cars, tea, petrol, salt, etc. ed survey flights.

Death duties,

wines, tobacco,

dulles an beer, spir

spirits, cosmetics, motor-cars

One of the giant Sikorsky

international marine competition,

* FRANCE STILL HAS IT "In many quarters the refusal of all luxuries should be increased. clipper transport planes, with a

the Cunard Company has been re- Allens and bachelors should pay-more.

crew of six men," is being used-carded as an insult to me," Mr. Hales cost of government.

un eight sald on his return from towards the

can

months tour in Hongkong and the

For East.

C. J. 8.Tax property owners and matshed owners especially the lat- for surveys over the 7,000 mile ter, who can well afford to pay. If route.

Mr. Hales, rubicund, round-faced, they can afford to maintain motsheds,

The night, which is over an un- and ears to reach them, they

blazed air trail, according to Pan white-haired, and 08-year-old, re- afford to pay $10 or $20 per annum

American Airways, comes at the end called the national ceremonies when towards the cost of Government.

A. 8-Luxuries should bear the of three years of preparation. Duc- the trophy was awarded first to the brunt of any new taxation. If people Ing that time on active force of Italian Rex and then to the French

and Normandle. can afford to buy costly things they meteorologists, radio experts

taxation. Per-op

operations engineers have been at can afford to pay fumeries, beers, wines, spirits, tobac- work in the territory making island cosmetics, motor and marine surveys and studies of cos and cigarettes, cars, sporting requisites, yachts, even weather peculiarities. "luxury clothes such as evening

dresses and dinner suits, are among

4,910 MILES

The roule mapped out for the first

"These countries thought. It a great bonour to win the trophy medals and commemoration were struck to mark the ocea- slon," he declared.

The trophy, which is now in the an income flight covers 6,910 miles and. is possession of the Normandie, is made

the first things I would tax.

Expert.

rt Stort with

tax, the rate

to increase as you go divided into four sectors. The first of solid silver, stands nearly four feet up the Peak, hyone living above 2,410 miles from

to high, and Incorporates ornate Agures Alameda

the mid-levels should be made to pay Honolulu is the longest stretch and symbolising speed. twice or thrice as much as people successive steps will be made

Pago living In Kowloon. A tax on the Kingman Reef, number of windows in a house would American Samoa and Auckland, New also be a guot iden; if people can Zeeland, 'afford to maintain palatial mansions

ot

Pogo

In

HORSE 38, NEAR

Omelals of the air line pointed out

RECORD IN AGE Burns, Colorado, Mar. 1.

with 30 or 40 windows they con

afford to pay taxes. It is a shame thut the fastest passage to New that the present system of taxationZealand by steamship now required hits the poor person as much as the nineteen days. They said that the rich.

on

Szita, Anis Provide Sensational Numbers

By "FIRST NIGHT" Real sensationalism was the keynote of the numbers

1937.

RADIO BROADCAST

Studio Recital by Mrs. Neil Mathieson

"WORLD AFFAIRS” · .

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (843 kc's,), 31.49 metres (9.62 m.c's.

HIT.

12.30 D.M. The London Piano- Accordeon Band.

p. Time and Weather. 1.03 p.m. Á Recital by Miliza Korjus (Soprano) and Malcolm Mc- Eachern (Basa).

1.25 pan. Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather Forecast, Timé and An- nouncements.

1.10 p.m. A Variety Programme. " 2.16 p.m. Close Pown. **7 pan. Chinese Programme.

m. Variety.

7. p.m.

Orchestra-O Sole Mio.....Mag- yari Imre and His Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra; Vocal-I'll sing you a thousand love songa....More Henri; Orchestra "Careless Rapture" Selection....

Geraldo and His Or- chestra; Plano Sol

Solo--Plano

Medley No. R.19... Charlle Kunz; Vocal Isn't it n lovely day....Ginger Rogers; Instrumental-You....Car- roll Gibbona (Plano) and His Loy Friends; Vocal Cabin on the Hill- Top....Turner Layton; Orchestra Why couldn't it be poor little me?.

.Benny Goodman and His Orches- ira.

7.30 p.m.

Stock Quotations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report. 7.35 p.m. Songe by Walter Glynne (Tenor).

"Evensong"—I wait for you, Tra- lee; Walter Glynne Medley.

7.50 p.m. Sonata for Violin

and Plano in G. Major (Bach), played by Adolf Busch (Violin) and Rudolf Serkin (Pianoforte).

8 pm. Time, Weather and, An- nouncements.

Waltz

8.03 pm. A Recital by Grace Moore (Soprano).

Musetta's

Song ("La Boheme"Puccfnl); Funiculi, Funi- cula (Denza); "The King Steps out" -Learn how to lose; Stars in my cyes.

8.15 pm. From the Studio. A Light Pianoforte Recital by Nura Kanis.

3.

1. Prelude in D Major; 2. Pastoral in A Major......Lindoff; The 4. Prophet Bird ......Schumann; Bees Wedding ....Mendelssohn; 5. Gopak....Moussorgsky,

8.30 p.m.

The London Palla- dium Orchestra with Essie Ack- land (Contralto).

Orchestral Through Night to Light (Lauklen); Contralto Solos- Gentle Zephyrs (Jensen): The Fairy Tales of Ireland (Coates); Orchestra

Wedded Whimsies (Humorous Fan- tazy), (Arr. Alford); Orchestral Kias me again (Herbert); Contralto Solo-Homing (Del Riego); Orches-

Songa tral--Everybody's

(Arr. Geehl); Contralto Solo Just for to- dny (Seaver),

9 pm. Jack Wilson and His Ver- satile Five, Punch and Judy Show

(Blacic). Zingaresca (Curzon).

Piano Fun (Solo pianoforte, Jacit Wilson), (Pacques). Passing By

(Purcell, arr. Berenska).

9.15 p.m. A Recital by Mrs.

Mathieson (Contralto).

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_____ARTISTES

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4. The Roadside Fire. .Vaughan

Willams; 6. Life and Death..... Coleridge-Taylor.

9.30

p.m. London-News and An- nouncements.

9.55 1.

p.m. The Music of Albert Ketelbey.

Orchestral-The Clock and the Dresden China Figures. Ferdy

and His Orchestra; In the ...The London Palladium

provided by Szita and Anis/mar

Orchestra; Organ Solo-In a Monas-

Garden....Reginald Foort; Or-

at their debut in the Roof Garden of the Hongkong chestrance of the Merry Mascots

Hotel on Saturday night.

I recommend this amazing team as one of the best to step into the spotlight on a Hong- kong dance floor, and, with an ear to the applause that greeted each of their four turns, would say that several hundred local aocialites agree with me.

It takes more than constant practice and a born to dance"

rare thing in patron's.

Where, almost literally speaking,

netual starting date of nir passenger Black Kid, 38-year-old sur-complex to put across the acts W. L-A graduated income tax on and freight service over the new vivor of the days when an auto- Szita and Anis gave Roof Garden all salaries above $1,000, and a tax route had not been determined. On mobile was a

all dividends, would bring in Pan American's San Francisco-Manila enough money for the Hongkong route, service was started six months Colorado, holds the distinction

Buch of being the oldest horse in the there wasn't enough room to swing Government to finance all its under- after the pioneer flight,

a cnt, Szita swung Anla with takings. If there must be increased

Great commercial possibilities for state and possibly in the coun-vigour and enthusiasm that everyono almost present and there was an taxation, the people who can bear it

the new route were predicted by the try. should be made to pay.

record crowd considerably augment- One sald; "Australasia, More readers' letters on "If I were officials.

ed by after-theatre parties from the Treasurer" will be published. to- particularly the Continent of Australin

Philharmonic-expected disaster. morrow. Readers are asked to sub-and

A managerial entertainment ex- mit suggestions.

penso account for broken crockery, broken tables and at least one broken averted only by the

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Tradition says thal horse formerly New Zealand constitutes the ridden by General Custer Ilved to the fourth most important world market age of 45. A Colorado horse known for American trade. At the present as Superior died after reaching 32. time it represents a volume of more than $120,000,000 annually, second only to the entire Far East for the Pacific area,”

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WOR

Raymonde; Organ Solo in a Chinese Temple Garden.... Reginald Foort.

10.15 p.m. Big Ben "World Affairs," A Talk by H. V. Hodson.

10.30 p.m.

p.m. Dance Music.

Fox TrotOn a Coconut Island; Fox Trot-Me and the Moon: Fox Trot-Thankful: Fox Trot-Swing that Music: Fox Trot-Bluin the Blues; Fox Trot Ostrich Walk; Fox Trot No greater love; Fox Trob- Lost; Waltz-Close to mo 11 p.m. Close Down.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES The following wave-langtha and frosßenzine

Frequency Wavelength 6,200 k.o. 40.50 metres 9,810 k. 21.55 metres

are used by Daventry!

25.62 metro 25.25 metrum

Sign

GBA

GSD

dsc

0.015 ..

21.50

ABD

11.350

GE

11,800

k.a.

OSV

15,140 ..

10.88 metres

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17,100 ke

15.30 metres

GSLI

$1.470 k..

GEI

15,900

38.07 Extre 30.00 metre

SJ

CAL

080

1.0. 21.840 k.. 19.06 metres 0,110 ke .49.10 metra 15,180 k.. 10.78 metres

15.310 k.. 10.40 metres Transmission I

(0.0, 0.8.0 0.8.G.) 2pm

Big Ban. Shows to Rabsamali A programme of extracts from A new London production before ite" "First Night!

Names that Are Tatory

1.30 p.m. the

Age has left its stamp on Black Kid.head The animal's hair has long since fallen astonishing accuracy of Szita, who out and blown to the winds with agave many husbands present ideas on sort of fur effect, which nature seems how to treat the wife, when he swung covering, its Ania through the air at a whirlwind place. Black Kid loafs reacefully pace that was almost as fast as

attans above, Three bases are equipped to func about the cerral in the winter time at A woman has just completed tion us operating points at the present the Benton Land & Livestock Co When, after. a season that will

and sollies assuredly be considerably her 120th wedding.

time. For some time, Pan American pany's ranch near here and. She is Mrs. Nelle Flint of Airways has maintained an experi- slowly forth in summer to gather by the Management of the Hongkong mental base force at Pago Pago, whatever sustenance and upkeep he Hotel, Szita and Aris eventually leave they will be able to dis-

for conservat-

Fremantle, Western Australia staffed by an operations engineer, a/desires on the pastures of the Burns the Cotoners that Hong- who occupies the position, unique radio operator and a meteorologist. Hole territory, Aged and decropit, close to for a woman, of deputy-There is a similar station at Auck- the horse waits around the corner kong's evil

land. The Pan American supply with an expectant air and even ism is mythical. They received an registrar of births, marriages steamer North Wind, fitted out as a attempts at times to perform an old ovation that was as deserved as it was and deaths.

astonishing for this so phlegmatle * flying base with weather observatory trick of shaking hands.

place and its people. She still "quite enjoys it after equipment, radio and direction finder, Black Kid gained fame as a tall, fying 120 marriage knots. She told as well as refueling gear and a land-

Jet-black animal · weighing 1,250 Austral News that registry officeing crew, is at Kingman Reef.

pounds three decades ago when he attention. The partnership ended in couples like the ceremony

to be Thèse, stations during the last was the mount of Frank Benton, then 1921 with the death of Benton. "quick, quiet and economical",

Benton purchased, Black Kid in Mrs. Flint was appointed two several months, have been exchong one of the most widely known stock- years ago when her husband died, Ing radio bearings, filing weather re- men in the West. Block Kid and Denver in 1900 after being attracted succeeding him both in his position ports to, Alameda and functioning Benton in an expensive, while Stotson by the animal's gait as he troited and as breadwinner for two small under regular transport procedure. sombrero made a striking partner into the city behind a buggy.-United daughters.

United Press.

ship which never failed to attract Press.

2.46 p.m. Chamber Music, The Griller,

String Quartet

2.25 p.. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Dignal at 8.50 p.m.

1.45 p.m. The 1.1.C. Dance Orchestra. Transmission 2

(0.8.11., 0.3.0., -0.8.11.)"

4.45 p.in. Big Den. Varlely.

-7.5 p.m. The Forum Theatre Orchestra.

7.10 p.m. A Recital of Popular Ballada,

by Roderick Jones "(Baritons), (Continued on Page 4)-

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