GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3482, 10 May 1920, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITISH TAXATION P‘|ROI"OSI-RLS. I’RO’.I‘F)STS AGAINST EXCESS 1‘ROI~"l’I‘>.‘» T;.\X.. __,,,.... LONDON, l\J.a_y (5. At the si_\"t.ll nleetiug of the Fetlel'u~ tion of British industries, there was reported the outcome of the joint deputation with the I\.SSOC-IJ.II-101l of Chulnl)er:~ of Commerce to Ml‘ Chumberlain pron-stirlg zxgainst the (30 per cexlt=exce:<s I>l'(s'fil:; tax. The repo.e:t said the (.‘ll-uncellor was detel'lnine:.! to make the greatest inroads possible en the eounl’ry‘s illdebtmlnesrs dur'm;__;' 1:1: anticipztt-ed period of pro.spel'i’Ly. T'nc Chancellor submitted altern:ltive "proposals: (1) Retention. of the 60 per cent profits tax; (2) a flat rutze tax of 90d in the 53 on profits to ]_3.’.'oLlllCC an equal amount; (3) :1 levy on \\'u'r wealth; the lastmamed to be in addition to some levy on excess profit.=.. The meeting, after discussion, referred the matter to the Federated Tax:lt.ioll Committee, which. later recomnlemled the Federation to emlsider the point bf View of the mnexpeetetlly higll proposed flat: I'u't'e.

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. FIRST LADY Ml’. ' C‘Al.’l~J’l‘(')\VN, I\l:xy (S. The fir.~‘l' 1.-my Member of ].’al'lizlnlcnt in. bfomh Africa. is Mrs Jollio, who won the Umrzxli seat as respon.s:iblc Government’ 111:\n(1i(lat(‘. U.S.-GER-I‘vIAN TRADE. _b \\'.»\S]-UNG'l‘()f.\’, M':ly 7. A. 8313 1:-us I’E"C‘: inl’l'odnce(l info the--.‘~'cn;l‘ro :'lllHl«J."i.\‘}llg‘ loans ummulting to 2:30 milliun dollars to Amer'lca.n purCh{lSCl'S of C-‘rcrlmm goods and permitting The \\"-2.1‘ Fixmm;-0 Corpol'atioll to a.;».<?cpl: G-mwnan securities. STRICKEN N'.S.W. V} DISASTROUS RESFLTS OF TiH_hl?l ' DRCTFFHT. SYDNEY. May 7. Owing fo the heavy demand .from ch-ougln‘ areas, forage is scarce and prices ex(:epfiiiollalTy high. The price of food-stuffs has led poultry-kevpors to make :1 large I'(3dnCfi(m. in stocks. Eggs are .<curcc__. supplies being smaller and pl'ivv.< hig"ilel' than for yc-211's.

THE FRENCH STRIKE.

‘ MINERS MAY STRIKI_+J. - I’{ARI[S, May 6. The strike s'll'uation. is unclmiiged. If the minors in the Nora and Pas de Calais districts decideupon an effec‘ tivc :;‘r.ril€c_. which is likely, the con-1 sequences will be immediately scrious,; b'o'cansr3 l’lm:<e two districts providej t'ln'oc-I"‘mn-Ih.< of Fr:lnce’s coal supply.‘ -:-_-----__.____.«.-4':---W MARKET PRICES lN WIVES. ..____..__.@,.._,________.. r\~l'.r Justice McCardle, who-_ was presented with his portrait in oils at the annual dinner of the Derby Law Society, has had a deal to say on “the value of wives" in the Divorce Court. Wife-selling was 21. "lawful practice in the sixteenth century, and in 1797 !the “Tinlesf’ publisheil the following: ' “By some iiiistalie in our report of [the Smithfielcl Market we had not Ilearni: the a\.='erzlgc price of"wives ‘r’-or the last wc->e}«:. The increa’sillg value of the fair sex is shown at Smithlfield, where the price of wives has risen in ‘the market from .‘_; guinea to R 313 guineas." I More curious still, in December of the same year, the “Tiln’e's" tells its I'eaders:—~ “At the sale of wives there was a poor show. but plenty ofvbidder-sfi’ ...m.,..........,...,.................. l):lm}_> foot u.-u.-il'.;' result. in n cold. ‘(Rm Nnzoir. r~:«» Cold is Nazoipl'()(;f'_ 431') d¢_...-,.g;. I/ti, Chcmisls and 1 stores. 3