Four Alternatives To Income Sentenced to Two Years Tax Considered There were four prosecutions for Hongkong, Feb, 18. negligence causing fire. One man Interest in the income tax pro-was sentenced to two years' impriposals for Hongkong, which are being sonment and another to 50 days' detention, while another was fined considered by a special Committee, has been revived by reports that $15; in the other case a sentence of four special alternative taxes will 14 months' imprisonment was squash-be shortly recommended to the Goved on appeal. The four fires in reernment, spect of which these prosecutions were made accounted for the death These are a salaries tax, a corporation profits tax business tax (sore-of 18 persons and injury to 10 others.
Traffic and Accidents.—Traffic con-what similar to corporation tax) and a property tax, It is understood that gestion is still acute and, on certain final touches are being put to the toads where conditions are exception-Committee's report, which will soon ally bad, it retards the progress of be submitted to the authorities.
Brigade vehicles responding to fire and other emergency calls. The The Committee was originally appointed to examine the Government's Police, however, assist the Brigade in every way possible, and the drivers income tax proposals, whereby it was hoped to contribute a large annual of other vehicles, on the whole, show sum to the Empire war chest and consideration and do their utmost pay {or special local defence meapreyen& obstructions; consequently. sures. there is remarkably little cause for Subsequently, following spirited de-complaint considering the conditions prevailing. bates in the Legislative Council and Brigade vehicles were involved in the united opposition of the appointed Unofficial Members (backed by a a number- of accidents during the large body of public opinion), the year, but fortunately none of these terms of reference of the Committee was of a serious nature, were extended to permit of a study Arson and Incendiarism.—Arson and of other means of raising revenue—incendiarism were unusually pre-
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