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No Races To-day

Course Flooded

There will be no race meeting nt Happy Valley to-day.

This was officially announced this moratug. The track is under water in consequence of the heavy over- night rain, and the meeting has had to be postponed.

This is the Third Extra meeting, and it will be conducted next Satur- day,

At 9.30 this morning no decision had been reached as in whether the Memorial Cup soccer game would be postponed. The hon. secretary of the Hongkong Football Association said he and not then received any

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to the state of the ground. Cricket matches at the KCC and HKCC have been cancelled, including the game arranged for to- at the KCC against the University. The KCC ground is under water.

morrow

Hard Labour For Rape

Peijing. Mor. 7. The authorities to-day announced that Pfc Warren C. Pritchard, the second Marine involved in the Christmas Eve rape case, has been sentenced to ten months hard tabour without pay or allowances and then he will be given a had conduel dis- charge from the Press.

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CHINA LIGHT TO REDUCE

CHARGES SOON

New Equipment On

The Way

HINA Light and Power customers may look forward to a reduction in electricity charges

sometime in June.

This is because there is on the way from Eng-. land new equipment that will enable the company's No. 7 turbine to be operated, which will be both more economical and more efficient than existing plant.

Mr F. C. Clemo, manager of China, Light and Power Co., told the "Telegraph" this morning that he could not, at this stage, estimate the precise reduction in light and power charges, but he could guarantee that, immediately the No. 7 turbine was in commission, cum- tomers would have to pay less.

Mr Clemu sald that the equipment | worry would be to fix up the re- now on its way from England was placements. a front bearing pedestal and n By this means he hoped that the governor's Rear. The stuff is ex- † rejuvenated No. 7 Turbine would be pected to arrive at the end of this operating by the first week in June, Bonth.

20,000 KW SET

At the same time, an Erector in due to arrive here by the Strath-

more. His job will be to assemble the new plant,

Mr Cleme said that the company wens now busy overhauling the exist Navy-Uniteding turbine, ko that when their mechanical expert arrived his only

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Mr Clemo also disclosed brand new 20,000 kilowatt set would be "Teaving England for Hongkong at the end of June.

When

It arrived and had been 'i- stalled it would have a tremendous, effect upon the services which the China Light could offer to the publie. Mr Clero said that the No. 7 lur- bine was the principal operating machine before the war. It had to he blown up when the Japanese verran Kowloon in 1941. Con- sequently the company had been forced to operate plant since the reoccupation which

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He considered that it was a tribute to the skill of the company's staff that the existing machinery had nuintained light and power during the past 17 months.

Return To Civilisation

Wellington, Mar. 8. Three thousand men of the Navy's Antarctic expedition had their first Laste of civilisation ufter three months when their ships put intc Wellington to-clay.

They are the Mount Olympus and icebreakers, Northwind and Burton Island,

Admiral Richard Byrd told n news conference that the Antarlle is the "most" valuable place in the would scientifically, especially for links in evolutiones processes”.

Je told reportery the United States never made furmal claims to any part of Antarctica adding: "I conct conceive of any controversy arising between the United States

and New Zealand over Anteratiza."- Associated Press.

Taxation

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Murdor Trial Ends

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In Search Of Public Opinion

Two subjects are beginning to impinge themselves on the Hongkong mind.

One is the Imminence of income tax: the other, constitutional reform. Taken together, they appear much too large a helping of citizenship for the average Hongkongle to digest. To hundreds of thousands neither income tax nor reform convoy any meaning, any privilege, any sense of responsibii). ty; to tens of thousands, the one looms as a new and terrifying throat to existence, white the other is regarded with suspicion-as a possible method of allencing complaining tongues; to thousands, both measures are amusing, because evasion of taxpaying is going to give them a lot of fun, and as for representation, they are confident the "right people" will be chosen to pro- tect their interests. This may appear to be a brutal estimate of Hongkong. pubile opinion, but experience suggests it le not unjust,

Generally speaking, public opinton in this colony in left for newspaper editors to formulate and express. The average man leaves the im pression, alther that he is incapable of exprossing a viewpoint, or he doesn't feel it is worth while. With two such vital issues now calling for attention, public foruma should be the vogue, to bodies like the KRA, the YMCAs, the Rotary Club, "Ye" Men's Club, Opportunity to direct these are given the Democratie League, Sino-British Club, and the unions which recently became sufficiently allied to submit a petition to government on the question of salaries. These are the various organisations which can and should ra present genuine public opinion, for between them they strike a cross section of community thinking not always to be found in editorials or expressed by Unofficial mombore of Legislative Counell. The public has a democracy- given right to make itself heard, but if it refuses to do so, it must accept the consequences. That goes for income tax and constitutional reform.

Bristol, Mur. 7. After deliberation for hour and 18 minutes, the jury In a 90-clause draft Bill on to-day found Mrs Rosinn Ann Income Tax published as a Corneck, 34, not guilty, of mur-supplement to the Government dering her husband for love of Gazette to-day, it is revealed the a crippled friend, 24-year-old War Revenue Ordinance, 1911 Is Gilbert Kenneth Bedford, who repeated; that no standard rate testified in her defence at the has been decided upon (In 1911 trial.

it was 14 per cent); that Pro-memes. perty Tax. Profits Tax and In- terest Tax will be charged at the full standard rate, with provi- The foreman of the jury said firm- | sions for allowances ander cer ly and clearly, "We find the prisonertain conditions. not guilty."

Mrs Corneck Blood between two wardresses as the jury returned to the courtroom.

Mrs Corneck moistened her lips und the Judge said, "Discharge her," She apparently did not hear and after a few seconds the Aidge noticed her still standing in the dock and repeated, "I sald discharge her."

Mrs Corneck quickly walked out. There was no demonstration from the crowd in the courtroom,

Bedford, whose testimony the judge had asked the jury to dis regard, was in Court. I left by a back entrance, shepherded police, He nearly collapsed outside and was given first nld, after which he left by himself.

The police arranged a decoy automobile to fool this large crowd gathered outside lu see Mrs Corneck leave, hutsho, quitely slipped away by the back entrance which Bedford had used. United Press.

IN ENGLAND

YESTERDAY

London, Mar. 7. Events: Prime Minister Attice's Fuel Crisis Committee met at 10 Downing Street, reportedly to cis- the industry, which was offered as cuss further double day-shift for

an alternative to round-the-clock shifts.

the Midlands to melt lanes through

Over 20.jet-engines-were- tused - Hi- drift-choked highways. A light tank

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A 10 per cent allowance will be provided for repairs to property.

in- The draft Bill provides for creased personal and family allow- лисея. Personal allowance rocs from the 1941 .Agure of $3,000 to $5,000; wife allowance from $3,000 $4,000; second child allowance Increased to $2,000, third and fourth increased to $1,000.

Allowances will also be made for life assurance premiums. -

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It is proposed to charge tax lower rates than the standard upen the Arst $15,000 of chargeable salaries and personal incomes, in- stead of on the first $5,000 of charge- able salaries only as in the 1011 Ordinance.

TO PAY MORE

It is also intended to charge tax in excess of the standard rate on personal incomes which, after the deduction of allowances, are in ex- cess of $20,000 a year, in accordance with the HOW #enerally accepted

principle that higher personal in- comes should bear higher effective

cates of tax.

The draft bill also provides that capital expenditure on the moderni- sation of bulldings, structures, ma- chinery and plant will rank as in- tial allowances of 10 per cent and 20 per cent equally with capital ex- penditure on new undertakings.

Provisions are mode for the carry-

ing forward of losses.

Taxation is to be applied under three headings-salaries, corporation profts and interest.

specially sited with two jet engines MORE ARRESTS

was reported to be eating into ten- rosterifis like a boy on nngel-food cake. Additional tanks were to be itted with jets.

Sun bathers at Brighton laconical- ly watched workmen breaking ice in the beating lake.

Seventeen villages were isolated In North Bedfordshire. Planes para- cuited food and medicines to some

which had been cut off for weeks.

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Athens, Mar. G. (delayed). Twenty-seven more person Eleusis, as Premier Maximus were reported arrested to-day at

announced in a formal statement that his government was pre- pared to extend clemency to de- serving cases but would apply the law to its fullest extent against those "not repenting."

Mr Maximas sald 500 EAM members arrested on Monday were taken on precise charges. He said the police had evidence they were backing querilla bands by supplying food and clothing as well as war material.

The Premier said n special judge would be sent to the island of exile to examine cases.United Press.

DANUBE RIVER

ICE BLOWN

Frankfurt, Mar. 7. Army officials said to-day that 70 American drmy engineers

were using two tons of explosives dolly in blasting a 10-miles lee pack in the Danube near Ingolstadt, Ger- matay.

Omeials said the water rose, seven feet behind the lee Jam, and they were doubtful if the bridges near Deggendorf, further along the river,' could be saved United Press,

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Four Killed In Accident

Catania, Mar. 7. Three United States sailors from the merchant ship Henry Dearborn were killed and seven seriously injured when the bus they hired for a trip to Mount Etna

"plunged" off the mountain road and into o raving last night.

One Italian was killed and four injured in the accident.-United Press.

RIOTERS OUT OF HAND

Lahore Situation

New Delhi, Mar. 7. Steel-helmeted British troops, fully armed and ready for mediate action, took off to-day for Multan, where pillaging an lootlug mobs were reported to be rioting out of control.

An official

clal communique from the Punjab Governor, Sir Evan Jenkins, said that the Lahore situation was "quieter" to-day, but private sources said arson, looting and murder con- www.tinued to spread, accentuating the

general panle.

Dawn Raids

In Palestine

British

Jerusalem, Mar, 7.

The 24-hour curfew at Amritsar was extended to Mulian, 200 malles Vasuthwest of Lahore, where umeon-met

firmed press reports sald 100 had died and flamea were raging un- checked through much of the town. NEW DELHI BAN Fears that the Punjab rioting, already reaching into. the northern troops using large halt of the province, might touch off forces assisted by planes ex-outbreaks at New Delhi, the capite tended their six days search for part of the province caused an off- of India which is in the southern terrorists in Palestine to-day by cial orier to-day banning the carry- dawn descents on three towns, the next month."

lug of any sort of weapons here for Rehovoth, in the orange grove Lahore was proclaimed country south of Tel-Aviv, arsonists, who used gasoline-soaked Nathanya "the diamond town" rags to ignite their targets. and Hadern,

All Ghazanfar

Khan, Health Minister for the National Interim to Meanwhile unknown gunmen open-Government, to-day appealed ed fire on Rishon le Zion police Hindus. Sikis and other minorities station-neur-Tel-Aviv-shortly after reach an amicable settlement-with- & o'clock to-night Simultaneously n

the Moslem League for "sharing

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military jeep, 300 yards from the police station was also attacked by automatic fire.

There were no casunities.

A combined force of police and troops gave chase but the gunmen caped through 4. neighbouring orange grove.

following today's searches and the Thirty-two persons were detained

arre-fed persons are understood to Include at least one "top-grade" terrorist-Router.

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CASUALTIES ESTIMATE

London, Mar. 7. The Daily Telegraph, reported to- night in a dispateli from Lahore that 203 persons had been killed and 945 injured in Punjab disturbances.

The dispatch sald three persons were killed and many injured when a mais attacked a frontier mall train

Ferozepur and Gujranwala, 50 miles The curfew has been extended to an I was standing in Taxila station.

north and south respectively of La- hore, the Daily Telegraph said. United Press.

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At 10 o'clock this morning it was decided that the Navy ground at Causeway Bay was unfit for piny. Accordingly the Memorial Cup soccer match, scheduled for this afternoon, has been cancelled.

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