THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL
"If I Were Treasurer Of Hongkong"-More Results
21; 1937.
READERS SAY TAX THE LUXURIES
Princess Usha, Devi Holitar, Three year ökl daughter of the Maharaja of Indore, has arrived in Hullywood with her two nurses, secretary and
guard of four men. The little princess is shown with the film star, Gail Patrick, to whom she is reinted.
Blondes Preferred As Brides
SAYS HEAD OF OLD WIDOWERS' CLUB
EMPTY FLATS SHOULD PAY
THE Hongkong Treasu- rer's advisers among "Telegraph" readers have grown in number, and their suggestions are widening
too.
An interesting suggestion is
The Budget League*
Renders "I-I-Were-Treasurer" letters received yesterday have altered the Budget League table of suggested tax in- creases as follows:
Bachelors
Income Tax
****
Per Cent.
Per Cent..
73
Luxury Articles
50
GG
Cosmetics
40
Wine, Beers, Spirits Allens
GO
Horse Racing
40
50
Stoceps
30
.
50
Motor Cars and motorists 25 20 50- Colonial Lottery
Stock Exchange Margin
Appreciations
Death Duties
Other readers believe we should tax tobacco and cigarettes, radle leences, soft-drluks, roadside hoardings, electric signs, win- dows, super tax, lax on dividends, properly owners, inafabed owners. "luxury" clothes, emply flats, domestic animals, perfumes, jewellery, salt, furs, imports, benus share issues, non-members of the ILK.V.D.C. and directors.
WINDOW INSTALLED IN
made by a reader who think NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL
that the Government should fully develop the potential.
mineral and agricultural wealth 850
of the New Territories, the major portion of which is at pre- sont unproductive.
Another reader suggests the nationalisation of public utilities such as telephones, electric light, tramways, bases and ferries.
More renders suggest income
| tax, but stress that the scheme should be a fair one, and that taxation of this sort should fall.on the people-hoth European and Chinese-able to hear it.
The percentage of people ad- vocating taxes on allens is lower;' there are more advocating taxes on slock. exchange appreciation and luxuries,
Minneapolis, Apr. 15. Mrs. Nelle Zraoke Stull, president and founder of the national Widow and Widowers club, is in Minneapolis on what she calls a manhunt.”
She said she was looking for ell-rates on
A.V.K.-Make Inadfords pay empty futa, This, in
YEARS LATE
Paris, Apr. 15.
After more than 850 years of effort, the Notre Dame Cathedral Anally will be completed by the installation of its full complement of stained glass windows.
28,500 New Airplanes
This Year
20,000 FOR WAR
MORE
RADIO BROADCAST
Medley by Ozo and His
Boy Friends
SHOWS IN REHEARSAL Broadcast by Z. B. W on wave- Jengths of 355 metres (845 k.c's), 31.40 metres (0.52 m.es.).
II.K.T.
+
12.30-2.15 p.m. European Pro-
gramme.
12.30 Carroll Cibbons and lis Boy Friends.
I p.. Time Signal and Weather. Report.
1.03 p.m. A Concert.
1.30
A p.m.
Reuter Press, Rugby
Local: Weather Forecast, Time Announcements.
1.40 p.m. Variety,
2.15 p. Close Down.
4-7 nm. Chinese Programme.
7-11 p.m. European, Programme. 7pm. German Music, Wagner-"Die WalkureWaton's Farewell and Magic Fire Musle.... Rudolf Bockelmann (Bass-Baritone)
the Berlin State Opera Orches and
"Tristan und IsoldeFull of tra;
(Tenor) Grace...
Lauritz Melchior and the London Symphony Orches-
the
Sainth's Mor
The windows, to be installed after
the being used in
"Exposition
Behold Church" during the summer, will be tra; Mozart-"The Magic Flute
.Berlin golden sun... devoted to the saints of France--
Choir: Max
Bruch Saint Louis, Saint Denis,
Nidrei-Op. 1 x B Saint
Saint Cassado Genevieve,
Martin.
(Cello)
teethove of Joan Saint
Are, Gregory
"Fidelio"-Leonora's Aria-Abscheu- others who have Agured
hin?... licher, wo French history.
and
in
win-
flowers Test Win Lelder (Sopran) dum, Frida
..Frida Lelder (Soprano), 1.30 p.m.
| Binss centres of France and will una. Closing local Stock Quo
lations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.
The
adorn the "Exposition Church." How- ever, they will be expressly desighed for installation in Notre Dame.
7.35 p.m.
The B.B.C. Wireless New York, Apr. 15.
Part of the Pontifient Section of Military Band.
folly Robbers"-Overture ORE than 20,000 mili-the Exposition, the temporary church
Foreign Parts"- will be located in the Trocadero G (Suppe); "From tary airplanes will be dens near the banks of the Seine, Hungarion Dance (Moszkowski, arr. Here is a further selection from built this year by a world only a short distance from the Amuri-Sommer): Le Reve l'asse (Krier and Malzcard Sword readers' letters:
feverishly preparing for can pavilion. It will cover 20,000 Helmer); Kirkby
square feet. Devoted to the social, Dance--Folk Dance (arr. Sharp); war in the air, estimates by educational and philanthropic work Prairie Flower-March: Lynwood
B p.m. Local: Time Signal, Wea- marked by the Papal flag. the Bendix Aviation Export of the Church, the section will be March (Ord. Hume),
ther Report and Announcements. friend in particular, one a wealthy
Corporation disclose.
In the Inciuled Cleveland woman who can cook."
8.03 p.m. From the Studio, A
These mate-seeking women,
Figures, prepared by general Church" will be 12 national chap- Jazz Medley by Ozo and His Boy
One Friends. mannger Howard S. Welch of of these chapels will be a gift from)
els, each with a special altar. gording to Mrs. Stull, have cx-
1. Japanese Sandman...Ensemble; pressed preference for "the chival-super tax, and would add to exist the Bendix Corporation, show American Catholics, another from 2. I'm an old Cowhand....Vocal: 3. rous Scandinaviang,”
ing duties on beer, spirits, wines, that 28,500 planes or nearly Canada. In each chapel the nation- Lover come back to me.....Piano perfumes and motor-cars. Duties should also be imposed on cosme-half the total number now in colours of the country sponsoring it Solo: 4. Blue Heaven....Ensemble; 5. (Selected)....Double Pianos; 8. ties, luxury articles and jewellery.existence, will be built during
In the decorations of these chapels Poor Butterfly....Vocal; 7. Organ (By Request).... the year and that four-fifths of
Grinder's Swing "Tax." Nationalisation of pub-
national heroes--such as Pere Mar-
Ensemble. lie utilities such as electric lights, them will be for military purquette, whose 300th anniversary
8.30 p.m. The London Symphony gasworks, tramways, buses, ferries, poses.
occurs this year--will be represented
Orchestra. pictorially,
Symphony No. 2 in B Minor (Bero- wharves, godowns, and telephones
On the summit of the church will would bring in all the
lehusbands for two persons," addition to bringing in more re-
vente, would force dower extor bitant rentals. People should also pay taxes on domestic animals. I would support an income tax bad
ac-
Mrs. Stull, a chubby little woman past 50, told about her success in bringing more than 850 couples before the altar during the last 17 years.
talks like a brunette and acts like
revenue total of $011,000,000 will be spent for
will be seen.
"Exposition
"I pick out logical mutes from the information cach sends me and then they arrange their own meetings," she said,
Mr. Welch's calculations show a the resulting marriages are invariably love matches because the patricipants, being in the mood for needed by government. Cover-this equipment, while the added be a statue of the Virgin Mary, and din); 1st Movement-Allegro; 2nd
fall easily."
and Allegretto; 3rd Movement-An- ment should also fully develop the cost of maintenance of air corps per the nearby cupola will be topped by Movement Scherzo Prestissimo dante; 4th Movement Finale- Man"
she said, "still prefer Idle lands of the New Territories, sonnel, and expenses for such non- a giant cross.
airports The pavillon, in addition to the Allegro; Overture in D Minor (Han- blondes. But what they really want which have immense possibilities, recurring capital items as
err. Elgar). sagirt who looks like a blonde, both-in-minerals-and-agriculture and airways," will bring the total church and its chapels, will include
expenditure for heavier-Dian-air ex-ztriking exhibits revealing the world-mpm- London-Shows--In-Re- I would support an income tax,;
wide work of the Catholic to $1,750,000,000. He pre-
Church.
A hearsal. programme of extracts a redhead. And the young men provided it is equitable, and be mansion 1 21.130 of the new planes There will be native art from mission from a new London production be oh, those boys-they want everything in a mate. They want good looks,lieve that government should in will be procured by the United fields, showing the progress of black fore its First Night. Introduced by health, a good Agure, à job. and creapo duties on beer, spirits, States, Great Britain, Russia, France, and yellow children trained by its producer. (Electrical Recording).
9.30 p.m. missionaries in Africa and Aslu.
London-News and An money. Older men, on the other wines, tobacco, porfumes and Germany, Italy and Japan.
The exhibit is under the direction nouncements. hond, want any woman who can motor cars. Government should
of the Rev. de Riviers de Hauny who
A Recital by Richard satisfy their vanity by flattering and also impose additional taxation on
was a former pupil of the Rev. Ernest babying them.
horse racing, club and other "A meal
Dimnet at Stanties College, Paris. ticket, excitement and sweeps, dogs, salt, electric signs,
He has encircled the globe in the a 'cave man' are the things that o
jewellery and furs.
last year in his work arranging for a young woman expects in a husband.
a worldwide, church partlepation, and has discussed the work with the Pope. It was he who organized and man- nged the Catholle section at Puris Just Exposition-the Colonial Ex- position of 1931,
All middle-aged women expect is
ship," she asserted.
A window tax would be a good
The following table of comparative aviation strength, present and plan- ned, among world powers and some of the "buffer states," was given out by Mr. Welch:
Now Avail, '37 Constre, Milit, Civil Milit, Civil
moderate comfort and companion-idea. It would bring in revenue Czechoslovaki
from the owners of palatial build- France Ings, many of which house only Germany....
0
Mrs. Stull admitted that she was staunch. believer of love. She
In nature.
Great Britain
JOD 229 700 .00 5,800 2,093 2,500 700 2,900 1,800 2,000 264 3,600 1,597 2,700 628 3,000 260 2,300 65 3,000 *104 2,100 2,200 204
But what interests Parisians must
9.55 p.m. Tauber (Tenor),
"Pagliocci" (Leoncavallo, Brr. Weatherly)-Such a game, Serenade, Desire"Ali Sleep Song; "Heart's
the Moon hope is ended; I love (Rubens); Melodic (Rubinstein and Bernhof).
10.15 London-Big Ben. Variety and Dance Music.
Vocal-On your toes"-There's a small Holel...Bebe Daniels
and
is the valuable contribution to their Ben Lyon; Fox Trol-Magnolias in National Cathedral that will be made the Moonlight....Ted Flo Rile and the temperary His Orchestra: Humorous-Albert
G&
2,200 51 400
700
30
8
200
of the windows of
0
church.
5,400 1,000 3,000 1,200 68 640 2,600 9,071 1,200 2,040
added, "women won't fall in love one or two people, while others Italy with men for their good qualities have to slum it in small tenements. Japan
Poland but merely because of the way a min
C.T.-Stock - Exchange margin Rumania pats their hand or kisses them good appreciations should have been. 5. S. R. night."
Yugoslavia The happiest marriages," she said. taxed long ago, and Government United States "are second marriages and the only should impose additional taxation real love comes in the second marri on horse, racing, petrol, furs and
"More than two-thirds of the new age. Earlier love
of the puppy other items that are purely luxury American craft, however, will be väriely,"
civil or commercial planes, while al- And child marriages?
most the entire procurement of the "They are deplorable," sald Mcs.
There should be no income tax, other powers will be for military but death "Twenty is the best age for
duties could be in-purposes," a statement given out by both men and women who intend to creased substantially."
the Bendix organization with Mr. wed"
I would certainly avoid
Welch's estimates said. It added creasing taxation on
In that a total of $813,000,000 would be radio re-spent for fighting planes, European ceivers. Licence fees have been nations alone putting $077,000,000 in- doubled during the past five years. to aircraft, chiefly of military type,
S.M.K. My friends and I would during the year. like to make a few suggestions re-
Stull
Mrs. Stull said she had 15,000 offers of marriage personally and des- cribed herself as "the only woman in the world who can keep a secret,"— United Press.
Coronation Chart
Minutely Drawn
By Scotland Yard
London, Apr. 19.
FRENCHMEN FORGET £200,000
Stanley Hollo
and the 'cadsman.On Your Toes"
way: Piano Medley"
...Vivian Ellis: Fox Tr
Two.
Button
Your
Shoc Vocal Dorsey and His Orchestra;
Happy go lucky Carson Robison;
Fox TrotThe skeleton in the Cup- board.
Teddy Foster and His Kings whatcha of Swing; Vocal-Baby Palmer; gonna do to-night?.. Fox Trot-Cowboy...Roy Fox and His Orchestra; Organ Solo-In the Chapel in the Moonlight....Re-
Foort; ginald
Vocal-Impshe. Max Miller
Fox (Comedian); tho Trot-Doing
Voom Voom.. garding increased taxation in provided by Great Britain, Russia,
"The great bulk of this total la TRENCHMEN who have lost or Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, forgotten prize-winning National Waltz-Oh, Mr. Man in the Moon.... Hongkong, We Bolleve that
France and Italy," the Lottery tickets in the last four years Henry Jacques Germany Juxuries should be the first things statement said, “although smaller have presented the State with a total Dance Tempo Orchestra. to be taxed. If people can afford European countries, including some of £200,NOÐ.
11 p.m. Close Down. to bot, or to buy wines, they can of the so-called buffer states, have
Unclaimed lots Include threo relatively big air programmes, part!-| pay extra for them.
cularly in the military field. Asiatic
dozen at £1,000, one of £5,000. DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES one of £10,000.
A general import duty, say one per cent, ad valorem, would inflict countries, led by Japan, will spend $08,000,000; Canada and the United
Parls, Apr. 15,
State profits totalling £28,000,000
Scotland Yard, with characteristic no hardship in the Colony, and States $112,000,000 and Latin Ameri-in the last four years cover half the
would certainly bring in a sub-en. $20,000,000.-United Press. stantial portion of the additional revenue required next year,
British thoroughness, has mapped that part of London affected by the Coronation in such detall that every
lamppost and traffic obelisk is shown P.PTaxes which could be in- 17 per cent. of our revenue is go-
creased includo death dutics, Ing towards defence. spirits, sinck exchange margin ap
"Philatelist."A cheap method
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about
the
cosi of the country's now steel and .concrete forts known as the Maginot
Linc.
Georgia Remembers George V
OGLETHORPE, U.S.A..
Apr. 15. ΠΙΕ university in this little Georgia town, has founded ... memorial.... scholarship in
memory of King Georgo V.
for guidance in policing the aren
The result of their "loping is a booklet printed by the Yard for the preciations, cosmetics and bache of obtaining revenue is that of Yard, and maps on the unusually lors. There should be a bachelor issuing now stamps every five
scale in 1 inch to 88 feet. A master-map for each district con-
tax before any general income tax years. Philatelista all over tains detailed information
A tax on dividenda would also hit world would contribute towards particular and is indexacteristics of the area the right people.
the Colony's revenue, and it would so that an officer G.C.I reading a particular map and coming cont. tax would impose a 50 per cost us nothing. The Philippines acnou a special marking has only to and a 50 per cent. tax on all divi- must make thousands of dollars
master-map to discover donds
above 6 per cent. All annually by this method. particular
ular problem to be over European residents who are not W.R.G. Tax company directors. The route of the royal conch is members of the Hongkong Volun- A man holding one directorship Indicated
with
such exaculude it in tear Defence Corps or the Services should be taxed 10 per cont, of his learn from the map which of mid-street statuary the coach
should have to pay a stiff, Bine Income from that job; 20 por cont.. will pass en route from Buckingham every year. They are the people should be deducted from the It will also be available. to Palace to Westrainster y who will have to be defended if second directorate: 30 per cent. American students desirous of can-
Aubey United Press.
there is over any trouble here, and | from the third and so on."
Unuing their studies in Britain.
consult the
the
come.
ible:to
It will be available to British students who want to take a post- graduate course,
with His Correct
The following wave-lengths and frequenclatu rward by Daventry:
Frequency Wavelength
0,000 $4.49.59 metres 9.610 k.. 01.56 matree DIRK .. 31.80 metres
11.750 k..
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24.12 meiren
15.140 k.. 19.82
Klen OSA
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GBE
GAO
17,700 ko.
GRIE
11.470 kr.
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18,200 ke
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050
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21,540 k.. 4,110 k.. 10.150 ko.. 13,310 k.. (G.9.8., 0.3.0., G.8.D.)
26.28 metres metres 16.86 matrés 18.07 metres 19.05 10.60 metres 40.15 metrom 10.70 metres 14.60 métres
Transmission: 1
(0.8.B., G.E.0....° 0.5,0.)
2 p.m.
U Bon. World Affairs."
Tik by 11. V. Ilodeon.
A
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2.15 p.m. The Twilight Serenadem,' pre- sented by Clarence › WrighLA fantkay in mala und story. 2.15 pm. The Ifanwell Sllyer Band, 8.10 p.m Orowning the King 1.
by the Reverend. Canon A, 0. Deans, Chaplain to his Majesty King George VI 8.25 pm, The News and Anndunermenta, -jan Greenwich Time Sirnat:st 8.80 patte
1.40 p.m. 'In- Dublin'Wi-Fair :: City."-", A·
DANVIa of the Irish capital.
Transmission 2
(0.5.1, 0.9.0.,, G.S.EL.)
6.45 p.m. Big Ben, World »Affaire!
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Nightly Entertainment "GRIPPS"
in the
DINNER DANCES
from
TO-NIGHT
ARTISTES
SZITA and ANIS
WHO WILL ALSO APPEAR AT THE
Special
Tea Dance
on Sunday, April 25th.
from 5-7.30 P.M..
$2.00 per person
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
`talk.. by H. V, Hodson.
A pro
7p. The 1.1.C. Wolah. Orchesten..
Pudding. 8pm.. Yorkshire
gramme of sketch and verna from east of the I'ennina.
8.50 . The Birmingham Hippodrom IN Orchestra,RENINGE
"Shows in
Rakauraa).* \ A, prov KTROKOM; DË, vatracts from a new Landon production before.
Piret Night
0.10 p.m. The News and Announcementa. Greenwich Time Signal: at 5,46 p.nt.
A
Transmission). 3.
(0.5.D., GSP, GAMBIA 10.10 pan. 11 Be British Composers. ** The '3.3,0. 'Empire' ORIMEPALI
Dublin' afe City #1115 mm. in.
panorama of the Trish sopital, Devised by Anna Kelly's; Produced. MASARYK FJohn, MacDonnak.
11:43, Din, Monical interlude VA 11202376 John ManArthur' Quintet. 11.10. mum.-The-Newa kisi Announ dansania,
Ureenwich Time Blansat ́ns/1220.
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