Hugh Herbert and several other comedians will hold forth at the Cathay Theatre to-day. This riot of mirth has in its cast such players as Frank McHugh. Mary Boland, Alle Jenkins, Carol Hughes, Alan Mowbray and Frank McConnell, Tokyo, Oct. 6.
Japan's imports of raw cotto: foodstuffs and other "non-urgent" commodities will be severely · curtailed when the permit system comes into effect on October 10.
Under the system, which practically Prohibits approximately 300 com-Modities, it is estimated that the importation of raw cotton will be decreased by about 80,000,000 yen; Taw wool by 75,000,000 yen, lumber by 20,000,000 yen, and non-urgent imports by 230,000,000 yen.
According to the regulations of the permit system, non-urgent imports include - foodstuffs—such as canned goods—alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages except wines, furs, leathers, hats, chemicals, toilet articles, perfumes, vegetable oils, dye-stuffs, yarns, textile goods, rubber goods, non-urgent machinery, instruments, rarer metals and "articles not other-but She Couldn't Boil an Egg!
Did you ever wonder what happened to the family that won the $10,000 in that adver-rising contest? Well, here's what happened! wise provided for in the import list."—Reuter, Necessity For Economy Tokyo, Oct. 6.
Apparently in explanation of the projected restrictions on trade, the Finance Minister, Mr. Okinori Kaya to-day told the Cabinet that there was "an urgent necessity for economy in view of the
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