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Thursday,

SHONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

LATE NEWS

TELEPHONE FRANCHISE

Now Bill Introduced In Council

At this afternoon's meeting of the Legislative Councit, the Telephon Amendment. Ordinance, 1040" "was read a first time, on the proposition of the Financial Secretary, Hon. Air. i. R. Bultera.

Mr. Butters said that one of the

Inside Germany

ininor recommendations made by Hotel Meal

Costs 30s.

the Taxation Committee appointed in 1036 concerned

oncerned the Telephone Com Tiny, saying "We are informed that the present franchise of this Com- Duny

is unsatisfactory in various ways both to the Company and to Government, and we recommend that Use possibility of revision in such a manner as to secure higher royalties for Government, while removing the HOTELS without warmth be features which are at present ob cause of acute coal shortage, jectionable to the Company, should and meals at 30%. ahead

In B-r-r-rlin

March 28, 1940.

Had His Car

Stolen Twice QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

Motoring Offender's

Ploa To Court

C. M. Manners, driver of a private car was summoned before Mr. Mac- fadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day for leaving his vehicle' un- attended on the west side of Gas- colino Road, Kowloon, from 7.30 p.m., to 0.30 p.m. on March 2.

Explaining the incident, Mr. Man- ners zaid; "I had the car stolen: from the opposite side in the car park on two occaklons phd, ngnin there was another attempt about a month previous to this offence.

h

equently, I left the car near |

station, asking the man in to keep his eye on it. I wrote to the Chief of Police and

саг complained that the and been stolen twice and I had myself re- covered it, parked once

near the arrodrome and another time near the Kowloon Golf Club,"

Explanation Accepted

Mr. Macfadyen sald there were car parks provided and this type of offence was undesirable oven If it; occurred on a wide road. will accept your explanation end 1

"However, in

I in the circumstances,

be in collaboration with

these are among conditions re-! But this is not a precedeni, and other {

the

-After

vealed in letters recently re- ceived from Germany.

From one, sent by n neutral re- sident, it appears that the weather is still bitterly cold and hot water is rationed.

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think a caution will meet the case. To-morrow QUEEN'S people must leave their

cars In

proper car parks," concluded Mr. Macfadyen.

Learner-Driver Cautioned

C. Barvosky, learner driver, was summoned for a similar offence but which occurred on the north side of Salkon. Street on March 5

Sub-Inspector Brittain sald Bar-

vosky wan a learner and probably did not know all the rules,

to the founding of the Telephone Company and the orighal arrangement

with the Gov- Mr. Buiters continued: erment,

incorporated in This arrangement ind the present Bill ja us follows:-

The Co

Company

provides Govern-

"There is no heat in most apuri- ment free of charge with a telephone ment houses and hotels, and no service for Government purposes up water," writes this neutral. "My 10 500 lines and arranges for the hotel, one of the best in Berlin, has necessary branch exchange in a place hot or rather warmish water from 6 from possiblej to 11 am, and a little heat if you sufletently protected air rakt damage. This exchange has are not too particular and keep your been constructed in the basement of hat and coat on.

"A few the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

places where you can Building

eat anywhere near the style to which "The modernisation of the Govern-you are accustomed, a meal costs ment system, wüleht is obsolescent, from £1 to 30% at the ordinary rate would involve considerable expendi-of exchange. There is no whisky, ture and on technical grounds it is and beer is 1 per cent, alcohol." desirable to amalgamate the Govern An exhibition named "Warmonger ment with the Company's system. England," opened in Hanover, shows The provision of this exchange re-exhibits from the lust war. "effects

ern-jut the hunger blockade, espionage might be warned that I have the presents u

nts a capital saving to Govern- ment of roughly one-quarter of a methods and atrocity ropaganda. million dollars. Also a discount of 25 Pictures show "th effects of the authority to hear the case in his ab- per cent will be allowed Government Treaty of Versailles" and British fence if he does not turn up next on the standard rate of subscription in war aims and activities of our "seerst week."

respect of any telephones or connec-service" are depicted. Trophies of tions in excess of these 500 incs. Ar-this war shown include the airscrew rangements will be made later for the of a British plane said to have been Company to inke over other Govern- shot down lust October. ment services when it is possible to obtain the necessary equipment, and until this matter has been further dis- cussed from the technical angle it is dimcult to estimate the ultimate saving to Government in respect of recurrent expenditure and personal emoluments, but

appreciable saving is anticipated in respect of both.

an

Company is

is permitted

Recruits In Africa

London, Mar. 27.

Telling defendant that he had ol- ways to look carefully as to where he could park his car, Mr. Macfad- discharged him with [1 caution. yen

5. Monnghar failed to appear be- fore Mr. Macfadyen on summonses of unlawfully driving a public taxl without the permission of the owner

at

1 am. on March 2 and driving without a valid teence.

Trame Sergeant. Youe, applied for week's adjournment and in grant- ing it Mr. Macfadyen suld: "He

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Thyssen Flees To Argentine,

Nazi Magnate Who ~Broke With Hitler

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

PARIS, Mar. 27 (UP),—Herr "Also an additional, royalty of ong half of the surplus profits over and It is announced in London that re-

Fritz Thyssen, the German in- above the amount required to pay a feruiting in South Africa after six dustrial magnate, who started 12 per cent dividend on the paid up months of war has not slackened. off by backing Hitler against capital shall be payable to Govern- The Botha regiment, named after communism, then later ment. In order to avoid double the Union's Brat Prime Minister, hos taxation the

nounced Hitlerism and refused brought two battalions up to war deduct any amount payable to Gov-strength since September and a third to return from exile in Switzer- ernment by way taxation on profits battalion is being formed,

land, is now en route to Lisbon, from the net annual profits of the The Imperial Light Horse, one of where he will embark on the Company before surplus prents are the most popular Johannesburg re- assessed for this purpose. This is giments, also had a start with a third based on the analogy of the treatment battalion. of such other utility companies as

The 8,000 South Africans actually; pay a royalty

to Government which serving with His Majesty's forces are will be

to deduct the divided fairly equally between the royalty

frolled

their profits before such Navy, Army and Air Force Hitler in his quest for the diclatorship arcasessed for purposes-of-war Reuter, taxation. It will be observed that the

steamer Conto Grande on April 4, for Buenos Aires.

For years Thyssen was one of the most striking figures in German in- dustry, and when he decided to hack

remaining half of the surplus exceeding $170,482 per annum there tycoon. remains at the proposal of the tors who need not necessarily employ it for the purpose of increasing divi dends.

of the Reich, inany wiseacres.believed that Hitler had become a tool of the

But later on Thyssen renounced will be paid an appropriation not Hitlerism, fed into Switzerland, and exceeding $92,677 per annum, plus had his properties confiscated by the the total amount of interest and German State because he refused to dividends received during the year return to his country to help in the "This Arrangement will apply from the investments made

on conduct of the war, retrospectively to the year 1039, so account of this reserve. This

This sum is that Government may anticipate a calculated as sufficient to accumulate the country because he had opposed He stated at the time that he fled considerable addition to the royalty the required amount in thirty-six the war and he did not return be- otherwise payable in respect of that years on a sinking fund basis of 3ause he valued his life. year. It is

is felt that Government, as per cent. Interest on Investments representative of the whole com- made on behalf of the depreciation munity, has a prior claim to a share reserve will continue to be credited to of the surplus profits in preference profit and loss account. Depreciation

to the subscribers who already enjoy of such investments will be debited

11

been

bly cheap rate of subscrip- against proais but any excess over!

realian-

Altmark Leaves For Kiel

their written down value on management of reserves has

tion will be credited,

COPENHAGEN, Mar. 27 (Reuter). varied by allowing depreciation The Bill is being introduced as a-The Nazi heil-ship Altmark of of existing investments to be charged Government measure but its terma H.M.S. Cossack rescue fame was re- to the capital reserve at once und in have been agreed to by the directors parted yesterday to have left the respect of capital reserve in lieu of of the Company." the appropriation

of

sum not

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this morning.

NAZI WESTERN FRONT CLAIMS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI BERLIN, Mar. 27 (UP).-The Nazl

ly the entire gold mining city of High Command clatins, in its com- Paracale, with a population of 10,000, munique to-day, that several Allied. was the scone of a spectacular fire troops were taken prisoner during

patrol rald south of Pirmasens

The communique adds: "The enemy No casualties are reported but the suffered many dead and wounded." damage is estimated at a million pesos,

CAIRO, Mar. 27 (Router)-The The Marsman Company's exten- combined manoeuvres of British, sive mining property was not touch-Egyptian and Indian troops began te-

dny in the desert south of Cairo...

ed.

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