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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1932.

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PARLIAMENT DOWN THE AGES

PRIME MINISTER'S BROADCAST

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LONDON, Sept. 30. "I want to increase the prestige of Parliament," declared the Prime Minister in a National broadcast.

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CAUSE ALARM TO

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STATEMENT AT AMERICAN | (By ELENE FOSTER, Special from

COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

The Christian Science

Madrid.-Spain's surplus of wo- St. Louis, Oct. 25.At least 8,300 men constitutes the biggest question | persons have been definitely cared mark in envisaging the future poli- of cancer in the United States and tical development of the Second Canada, it was stated at a session Republic,

of the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons here, Distinguished specialists have re- ported to the College of Surgeons more than 4,000 authenticated cases of cancer cured by means of aur gory, or radium, or both. The num-

The numerical superiority of wo men renders the prospect of a gov. ernment controlled by feminine votes a theoretical possibility. Ab solute control is not a practical probability, but that the women's in other countries, and when, be-votes will be of profound import tween the wind of the demagogus

ance is admitted on all sides, and the vanity of the dictator, it is

Woman's suffrage was written in hoing questioned in our own."

to the Constitution in Article 38, Mr.. MacDonald was discussing which anys that "the citizens of on interim report which is publish- both sexes, or 23 years of age or od to-day of EL committee more, shall have the same electoral that has been acquiring in formation for more than three rights-an article approved prac years past (under the chairmanship tically without a struggle. Women of Cb), Josiah Wedgwood, M.P.) on in Spain, with notable exceptions. showed little interest in getting the vote...

the personnel and politics of mem- bors of the House of Commous, be tween the years 1904 knd 1832.

**What a Fagoant!"

Mr. MacDonald said that the re- port enabled them to see the House at Westminster as an organic and unbrokim whole through all the centaries. And what a pageant it would be when all the volumes were completed!

It would be found that every family of note which dug its roots into British soil and flourished found a place in our Parliament ary records,

There were 200 Parliamente "to

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Question or Franchise.

The provisional government of the Republic, when it called the general elections of June 28, 1931, did not decree women's suffrage, but did make then-eligible for membership in the Cortes Consti- tuents. As a result, three women deputies were elected out of a total of 470, namely, Victoria Kent, Clara Campoamor, and Margarita Nelken.

Monitor Bureau.)

PORT IMPROVEMENTS

IN PORTUGAL

GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES

$8,000,000,

During the past year thero has been considerable activity in improv Consul Leslie A. Davis, Oporto, ing the ports of northern Portugal.

provided the great sensation of the Paris-It was Jean Patou who winter collections by his revival of the low waistline, which in many of been appropriated by the Govern- . reports that about 88,300,000, has the models was placed at the hips.ment for this work, of which more This return to the mode of a few than $5,000,000 was alloented to the short seasons ago came like a bolt ports of Leixoes, Viana do Castelo, from the blue and it is still and Aveiro, mooted question as to whether or not it will be accepted by fashion-appropriation was for Leixoes, the Approximately half of the total ber of cures registered with the able women who have only just be- Atlantic port for Oporto. This pro- / College in addition is 1,983,

come accustomed to the higher belt-ject involves tho construction of an Dr. Walter C. Alvares, of Roches-linp. M. Patou stands quite alone additional mole, 1,000 metres ip ter, Minneanta, has reported that in sponsoring this revival, for the length, outside the harbour; the as the results of treatment at the other great dressmaking houses, dredging and removal of rock from Mayo Clinio 881 have been cured, almost without exception, are show the harbour; and the construction while Dr. George W. Crile has re-ing models which have the waist of a dock. Work on the mole was ported 737 cures in cases treated by line oven a wee bit higher than its begun by a Netherland firm in himself and his associates is the natural position. Cleveland Clinic.

It is pointed out that in onch of thesa instances the patient treated was alive and well after five years the period during which it is assumed that the disease would re- appear, if not eradicated.

Cure Can Be Effected.

This symposium was given in order to impress doctors, and indirectly the public, with the fact. that there existed well-established methods by which cancer may be cured if diagnosed and treated in

There are so many lovely clothes to tell you about that one hardly knows where to begin, so suppose wo just touch on the general drift of the fashions and leave the de-

August, 1032, and is expected to be completed by Fobruary, 1937, Eng- fish, Netherland,

Danish, and American machinery is being used. The contracting company is under the direction of an English engi

tails to come later. In the first

neer and is amid to be backed by place, we are all interested in the British capital. Bids were invited length of the skirts. There is little in 1031 for the dredging of 1,000,000 change in these, they vary a little cubio metres of sand and mud and in the different houses but sports the breaking and removal of 300,000 and street skirts remain from 10 to cubic meters of rock from the har 12 inches from the ground, after hour; no contract has been award- noon frocks are a bit longer, oftened, as the bids were considered reaching to the ankles and evening excessive. Construction of the dock gowns reach the instep or just touch awaits signature of the contract by the floor. Skirta are not go ample the Government. Dr. H. M. Francis, of Chicago, as those of the last two seasons, the Director-General of the College in fact, many of those designed of Surgeons, said that in his opinion for the street, especially for the diagnosed early and treated by the if all cases of cancer could be tailored suit, are almost as tight latest methods, the annual death-A favourite form of street skirt, as the old-fashioned bobble-skirt

rate from the disease, which now amounts to no less than 150,000 in the United States and Canada, would be reduced by at least one third.

time. After having decided that the women should have the vote, the Cortes were confronted, with the necessity of deciding whon that right should be effective. Many deputies were in favour of postpon ing their participation in general elections for deputies to Cortes until after they had first partici. pated in municipal elections, Clara Campoamor led the fight against such a restriction, and in this she

which the Commons were summon ed before the death of Elizabeth and 35 down to 1832, each with any- thing from 204 to 058 members, and the committee emphasised the need for the identification of cach mem ber-where he came from, what he was und what he did. The,, would be over thirty thousand biographies was supported by the Socialista to write, and the sources of search and other parties and won out by were mostly in manuscript. Some majority of only two votes !

of these stories would red as ro

malices.

Among the interesting facts that had come to light through the cont mittee's researches Mr. MacDonald mentioned that

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Numerical Superiority.

Hence, by that simple majority of two, from the very moment that the next general elections are con The murderers of the Princes in the Tower sat beside the de- voked, the importance of the num- signer of Henry VII.'s chapel. erical superiority of women over The first English surgeon. Jcba men in Spain begins to be an in- Somerseth, found his place,

The pirate, Hob Wennington, posing reality-a nightmare sat for Dartrnouth, the Cheils for some. Stamford, and both Cromwells, Thomas and Oliver, spoke from the bunches.

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How will the women vote 1 will be recalled that when General

Ha predicted that the impressive given at that session, if made wide- evidence of the curability of cancer.

ly known, would cause an increasing number of persons to thike the cures,,

BRITISH BRIDGE LEAGUE

GROWTH IN DOMINIONS AND

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

In addition to the steady progress made in the British Bridge League at home, there is much activity in the Dominions and in foreign coun

which I saw in a number of the new collections and a perfectly plain back and a group of plents, or in some models, a narrow, shir- red panol, placed in the centre of the front.

Little progress has been reported. on the Douro River port, or the port of Viana do Castelo.

Work on the river port of Aveiro

tion of a mole along the north side began in June with the construc- of the entrance to the Vongas River: This work, coating appro- ximately $830,000, has been award-

ed to a Lisbon contractor. Somo machinery is being procured from the United States, but it is under- stood that most of it will come from the Netherlands and Belgium. The entire project, including dredging work, is expected to be completed within three and a half years.

Diversity in Sleeves.

Bodices are plain with interesting necklines and a belt of the sumo material. "Sleeves, as a rule, are simpler in design than those of last season and I noticed in several of evening jackets and capes looks the best houses a return to the exactly like shaven fur. long, straight, plain elcove. The leg-of-mutton ("gigot") variety is used on many of the now winter coats and there are also new inter- pretations of the raglan sloove. Fiat puffs are still seen on the upper part, giving a wide affect to the shoulder. The broad shoulder, by the by, is still seen but in a modi- fied degree compared with last season's models. Fulness at the

Another new velvet which is extremely popular for evening gowns and wraps and for formal afternoon con- tumos has a dull mat surface. There are also velvets in corduroy weaves, which are used for street ensembles. All in all, thero can be no doubt of the popularity of velvet for the coming season,

Tho pious bookseller who Primo de Rivera was Dictator, he tries. Centres have been establish- founded Quy's Hospitol was a had

a project for a new constitued in Australia, Canada, Now Zen Whig member

Oorded and Ribbed Weaves. Every Wentworth, Wingfold, tion for Spain, and in it he in-land, South Africa, Kenya, and elbow or from the elbow to the

Zanzibar, covering most of the wrist is used on sleeves of lighter- Harcourt, Hampden, Talbot and cluded woman's suffrage. The lato principal districts. The league also weight materials and there are marvellous now woollen materials And after, the velvets, there are Trevelyan had his borough or Dictator was confident that they has representatives in Austria, several varieties of what are known in corrugated weaves, sometimes county seat, and

When the Scots eams in, Camp. would vote conservatively-probab- Denmark, France, Germany, Holas gauntlet sleeves" in vogue. heavily corded and sometimes in

land, Italy, Portugal, Ewitzerland, Bell

Frocks are Hamilton, and Stewart ly influenced by their parish priest and America. Members of the lea

as simple as can smaller ribbing. These are used

for be, depending

their fought it out on the floor of the or their confessor.

in-most effectively by the Parisian de- guo proceedings oversea are invited dividuality on subtle cutting, the signors, for they may be cut House.

the to apply for particulars of thead use of new materials and branches, as the several secretaries colours and interesting arrange of the goods, and often the three new horizontal, vertical, or diagonal way will be pleased to render any assist

ments of the neckline and the are skillfully combined in a frock anco possible.

Although there are obstacles to alcove. The princess form is used a giving variety to what appears a overcome in the organization of such great deal for the afternoon and perfectly simple garment. Among

evening. an event, it is probable that one of

the lighter woollens, one of the fav the tasks of the British Bridge with huge folded collars and deep which is made of wool and rabbit Conts are quite plain' and straight ourites is the now Rodier material League in the near future will be to organize an Empire Tournament.khan is still the favourite fur and replaces Hodier's famous kasha and cuffs or alcovebands of fur. Astro- | hair and is called "-Djalap." This

The First By-election. Questions to be elucidated by this work were the following:

When was the first by-election called for 1

When did Mr. Speaker for the first time issue his warra.t to the Clerk of the Crown to muko nut

new writ

When first did the King's Min- isters think it desirable to be elected to the Lower House, and why 1

"When were outsiders first elect.

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23 MILES OF COTTON AS DECORATION

TEXTILE EXHIBITION

PLACES BIG DRAP ..

ERY ORDER

An order for close upon 23 miles of cotton drapery to decorats the What was the significance in textile section of the British Indus- Parliamentary representation of the borough of Ludlow's charter. tries Fair at the White City next of incorporation in 1462, by February was one of the first to be which it gained the right to send a non-resident to represent it in put in hand when the Lancashire

Poliament 1

Why did people desire or ather- wise to be elected f

Why did they desire to be re- presented?

woavers resumed work,

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after this comes the old-fashioned | in even softer and lovelier in tex- American seal, nutria, leopard, bure. There are also new jerseys, TRADE DEPRESSION AND galline and crmine. The cost of the some with a satin finish which are.

SUICIDE

MENTAL INSTABILITY THE CHIEF FACTOR.

mental condition of the individual

winter ensemble may be either full charming for the afternoon or oven- length or three quarters. The jacking frock, crinkly crêpe all of wool ets of tailored sports or street cos-or of a mixture of silk and wool, and tumes remain short, reaching only the now leavy all silk ones which a few inches below the waistline are one of the outstanding succeBEES and very few are worn with a belt of the season. Nearly every one For the dressier type of costume the of the dressmaking housse is show- jackets are much longer, often nearing ovening rocks of this heavy ly às long as a two-thirds longth crinkled crops in ivory white, simple New York, Oct. 2-The theory coat.

in line, without ornamentation, but that economic conditions are res "The weaving of the materia!ponsible for the increase of suicides

Round waist-length capos of fur extremely distinguished and univer- are shown with autumn street frocks sally becoming. will be started straight away," said is disputed by Dr. Louis L, Dublin, of heavy woollen material, with a Among the colours of the 'new Mr. F. R. Lewis the organiser of the statistician of the Metropolitan muff of the same fur: Several shaon, the first place must be given Life Insurance Company, who ar houses have also revived the long to the browns, not to any one shade, Further they proposed to investi the textila oxhibition, in an intergues that although suicides are now

cape, two-thirds" or three-quarters for each house appears to have ita gate such subjects as the invasion view. There are 40,000 yards of responsible

for 20,000 deaths in length, made of the same mate favourite and the shade range from of the House of Cinimons by low- Hozzi OXORI HOTEL

vers, by adventurers, by ocial - it, and it will be the dominating annually in the United States the rial as tis frock, with fitter shoul- tête-de-négre, seal, golden and cin TORTE STATION test after social interest, the pay feature of the decorative scheme rather than the general depression ders and trimmed with band of namon to café-au-lait. And after-

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the browns there are the purply fur which goes around the neck and ment of salaries to mevices, and prepared by Mr. Joseph Emberton, is their cause. Ho points out that extends down both sides of the shades (purply-roda and reddy- Bany other matters,

"suicides represent, a group more

"red Mr MacDonald's plea for fiban the well-known architect, to trans easily upset mentally and emotion- front. And, by the by the cape in purples), prune, bordeaux, ei help in the compilation of the form the White City during next ally than the average.”

all its different forms is still ex- | cabbage "-these are only a few- record was due to the fact that no

The suicide rate now sharply intensively used on both coats and then old-fashioned garnet and scar- provision has been made to meet year's British Industries Fair.

frocks.

let. Henna and a lighter brick coor crossing began as early as 1925 and

are both popular shades for the the cost of proparing the record by

has mounted steadily every year been created for the winter season, street and sports costume. Olive the Exchequer,

since. This period includes the The Committee, in its report, "The time at our disposal is not feverishly prosperous years 1927 among the most interesting of which and moss green is also often seen states that the cost of preparation...so amplo as might be imagined, and-1028.

are the velvete. There are first of and there are now shades of bluey- IN MANCHURIATM- will be about £30,000, and the work After the cotton has been woven it Dr. Dublin inclines to blame postall, the new, uncrashable velvets grean-and-greeny blue A new light CHANGCHUN 1--- HOTEN (Mukden could be done within five to ten has to be bleached, dyed, and fini-war reaction for much of this in sometimes in a plain weave and red which has taken the place of

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minimum in 1020, arguing 20 ed," resembling in appearance, still holds first place for evening, A HOTEL ZAKATÚ POZRIA

ed by the Government, would There are weeks of work in cut many things of grost significance thought not in texture, for they are and black, especially in velvet, wpro euro auccentut resposting it out, sewing it up, and mat were happening that personat difte soft as phillon, the covering of mises to be another favourite. *Open from April 1st until October Ülgi, orga

**The estimate of 250,000 does not ching it in the 20 different shades culties were submerged. Life on the grandmother's best parlour furni There are also inaum ble even include the cost of publication, with which the White City will be whole was an adventure in those ture. Ono variety of this which-is ing. Frooks mr the new brown and which, it is felb, would be barns beautified next spring. But we days and the suicide rate declined being used a great deal for short purple shades as well

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