1939-04-29 — Page 6

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 29, 1939.

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EMPIRE NEWS

CYCLONE KILLS 25

CALCUTTA.

A cyclunie storm devastated vil- lages in the Darbanga district, Bihar. It is reported that 25 persons were killed. The top roil was swept off and crops were destroyed.

Mr. Bose Defles Doctors.--Despite the advice of his doctors, Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose, President of Congress, who is in ill-health, proceeded to Tripura by special train for the con- ference there. He was met by an ambulance.

CANADA

£10,000,000 DEFICIT

EXPECTED.

OTTAWA.

A national deflelt exceeding £10,- 000,000 is expected for the fiscal year. Some sources suggest the deficit may even approach £20,000,000.

The last budget provided for a defeit of £3,000,000, but since then the rallway situation has developed unfavourably und Treasury Depart- ment losses from the wheat, quaran- tee will run into large figures.

The exact amount It will have cost the Government to pay the western farmer a guaranteed price of 80 cents a bushel will not be known until the crop year officially ends on August 1, More than 300,000,000 bushels were harvested, however, while the market price for wheat has not risen much above 60 cents per bushel.

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Alr Afall.- The Arst plane in the naiv overnight trans-Canadian air mall service left Montreal for Vancouver recently. A day Montreal-Vancouver service has been in operation since December, BURMA

MORE RIOT DEATHS IN

RAGOON

RANGOON.

Firing from several houses and in- dividual assaults continied through- out the city recently, where Hindu- Moslem rioting has been going on.

Three more people have been killed and 10 injured in a dozen assaults at different points.

The casualties since the rloting began, have rencbed the total of eight killed and 181 injured. There were 200 arrests during the past 24 hours. KENYA

SEAMAN

DISAPPEARS WITH LIFEBOAT

Mombasa, The Japanese steamer Africa Maru, 8,470 tons, reports that when 10 miles off Lamu recently a scamon and a lifebont were missed.

The captain searched for seven hours, but found no trace. It re- mains a mystery how a single man could lower a heavy lifebont and handle it unaided,

The Aly Khan,-The Aly Khan, whole on a visit here, stated that his father, the Aga Khan, had told him he intended to visit Mombasa in May. The Aly Khan wif join his wife on Monday at Kisumu and will afterwards go on safari

NEW ZEALAND

PREMIER'S FAITH IN FUTURE

Wellington.

Though I am not a young man, I am not a little bit afrold of the con- sequences of the pace which we pre travelling," declared Mr. Savage, the Prime Minister recently.

He was commenting on Lord Bal- four of Burleigh's statement at a re- ception at Overseas House in Lon- don on Thursday that New Zealand was going too far and too fast.

"People in London need not be the slightest bit worried about our obliga- tions to them, we will meet them to the full," Mr. Savage sal. INDIA

FIVE NEW TAXES FOR MADRAS

CALCUTTA.

Mr. Rajagopalacharl; Prime Minis- ter of Madras, was optimistic re- garding the future of the revenue in his speech introducing the provincial Budget. This provides for five new taxes and on increase in the Excise duty,

As Excise revenue falls following the introduction of prohibition, and the number of new taxes Increases, provincial Governments are forced to exercise greater ingenuity in dis- covering fresh sources of revenue. Mr. Rajagopalachari's haul includes tobacco, entertainments, petrol, elec- trielly, and firms' turnover.

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