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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 1, 1939.

LATE NEWS

H.K. REVENUE

SOARING

Kam Ranh Closed To Shipping

ו'

Polish Stand

Warsaw, Mar. 31. Sources closely connected with the

More and more money is both com- All ship, except French naval Government to-day sald, "If Ger- Ing into, and going out of the Govern- | vessels, are forbidden lo moor in the many does not respect our frontlers ment Treasury na month succeeds Bay of Kam Bank or in the Bay of, we will light."

month. During February, for Binha Ba, except at specifleled points, Omcial "circles greeted Mr. Cham-

Insinnce, revenue was up by $280,- 000, while expenditure increased by half a million dollars.

While the Treasury's credit balance depreciated during the month by $300,000, it yet remains at the im posing figure of $14,221,825.07, ac- cording to the statement of revenue and expenditure up the end Di February

.09 published in the "Gazette" this morning,

Total revenue for the month was $2,057,050.51, as compared with $2,- 068, 302.31 for February of last year. From January 1 to February 28, the Colony's total revenue was $6,030,- 348.83 as compared with $0,426,500.- GD a усиг лко.

says an official notice to mariners inberlain's declaration as a proclama- the Indo-China Gazette.

tion of "equal peace" for the cast and All vessels are prohibited from west na compared with the Locarno

line Nock of paring beyond a Nau, Points of the Mul-hon-Ian look-

DaPact having favoured the west,

The Government and the public. out. Pointe of the Lookout, and are gratlled at Britain's recognition Pointe Mutuam,

In principle-United PreAN>

The warning to ships is published In the Hongkong Gazette to-day on the authority of the French Consul here.

Swiss Precautions

Zurich, Mar. 31.

It is learned that Switzerland is

LADY LOSES FINGER

Mrs. R. B. Wood, of Wongnelchang Road, Happy Valley, had to have one of her lagers amputated at the Queen Mary Hospital yesterday after

Nearly all revenue heads show taking emergency precautions to she had caught it in the door of a car, Increases for February, one of the guard all frontiers against a surprise most important being an advance of attack, nearly $200,000 on duties, and an in-. crease of $80,000 from licences and roads other Internal revenue.

POST OFFICE INCREASE The Post Office showed an interest- ing increase of nearly $20,000, total- ling $214.270.48 for the month, but rent of Government property, land and houses showed a decline $3,000, the total being $52,778.30.

So far revenue for the year amounts to about one-fifth of the estimates for the whole of the 12 months, which i suggests that the catimates will be fully realised by the end ber next.

are

The Taishon will return to Hong- to- being kong from Maçao at 6 p.m.

morrow, instead of 0.30 as formerly scheduled.

All frontier mines are loaded while

and bridges especially guarded,

It is understood tha the precau-? tions are much more extensive than thosa Preas.

ol

Inst September-United Chamberlain-Lloyd

Slovak Agreement

George

Londoa, Mar. 31.

After delivering his announcement

Budapest, April 1. in the House, Mr. Chamberlain re- The Hungarian and Slovak delegh-ceived Mr. Lloyd George, who was Decem-tions net late last night and reached British Prime Minister during the

general agreement for settlement World War-United Press. of the now frontier.

But while revenue is highly satis factory, expenditure has made consi- They will meet again on Monday toi derable advances, the total for the work out the specific detalls.-United · year up to the end of February being Press. $0.270,758.13 as compared with $5,- 520,022.32 for the same two months last

year.

During February last expenditure amounted to $3,276,020,03, which was an increase of $573,000 over expen- diture for February, 1938.

While charitable

services took $205,354.31 during the month com- pared with $20,031.13 for Februny last year, the military contribution for the month also showed an inercase of $60,000, while police force expen- diture advanced by nearly $25,000.

expenditure the education

sub- stantially declined from $421,100.75 In 1038 to $154,825.29 this February.

On the other drtment

оп

A further heavy expenditure item which did not occur last year was $433,790.20 for water works.

ASSASSINATION IN SOOCHOW

Shanghai, Mar. 31. Reports from Soochow state that the Shochow representative of the new regime's People's Congress at Nanking, was assassinated in a tea house to-day.

1t ig stated that Japanese troops they a cardom around the tea house in an effort to arrest the assailant, who is believed to have escaped.— i United Press.

Underground Collision

!

New York, Mar. 31. Qvu-60-propte-were-injured--11-of- them eriutsly, when two ground trains collided on the qui- skirts of the elty to-day.

under

Panic and hysteria reigned among the passengers, who were hurled in. all directions Amid the crumpled ironwork and flying glass,--Reuter.

Internees Escape

Shanghai, Mar. 31.

It is reported that three Chinese soldiers have escaped from "Donnett Battalion" camp.

the

Police offrers and members of the Russian regiment which are guarding the camp. will neither confirm, nor deny the report.-Uuited Press,

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