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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, MARCH ⠀ 26,

1935.

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PORTUGAL'S NEW DICTATORSHIP

LITERATES' SHARE IN

GOVERNMENT

By MILTON BRONNER.

London. jed by the people for a period of **The world has been-so-busy-four yearn Watching Roosevelt's New Deal, and the events in the Saar, that an other matter of first-rate import ance practically escaped attention -the birth of a now kind of gov ernment, invented in Portugal.

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HOARDING HAPPINESS

MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD

SLIPS THROUGH.

FINGERS

The Hon. Mrs. Victor

Bruce

Happiness is of higher value than gold, and it is Hoarded by hundreds with even greater care. Yet the misers draw no dividends. Like quickaliver, happiness slips. through their fingers. I know a case of a man who, married the girl of his heart long before the war, and money went further in those days, but they wore poor. They decided that they would have a very inexpensive honeymoon and then, when he was earning bli money, they would enjoy a really wonderful honeymoon at Venice. Their first brief week of happiness coat them very little according to their plan, and then they went back to strive for that other aplendid vision of the future.

Attached to the National Assem-By bly was to be a Corporative Cham- ber. representative of the local municipal authorities and the social interests, those being considered in tlicir

economic, culturai and Stocky, bronzed, Antonio Oscar administrative branches. In other Fragoso Carmona, soldier Prest-words, there were to be representa dent of Portugal, and his close co-tives from the towns of capital and ndjutor, alive-skinned Oliveira labour, of the advanced professions Salazar

former professor of econ-men possessed of special know- omics at the University of Coimbra, ledge of their subjects. handsomest statesman Hving, to Every measure Introduced in the gother have given not only the Assembly first had to be considered Portuguese aomething to chew upon, but have furnished to stuby this Corporative Chamber which dents of government a new kind was charged to make a report on it before it could be discussed by of constitution to study.

In October 1918 a revolution the elected. Assembly. Contrary drove the late King Manoel into to the Assembly, meetings of the Chamber are not to be public. The exile, and Portugal became nomi- Premier and his cabinet are res- nally a republic. But most of its ponsible only to the President. rulers were dictators. One follow-They can not be ousted by an ed the other quickly, there being adverse majority in the Assembly some 23 revolutions in all. Since Carmona took the helm in 1920, nor by defeat of any of the mea-

Aures they propose, Portugal has had comparative

peace.

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ONLY LITERATES MAY VOTE

The

Last year the vision came true. The man is now earning £2,000 a year, but somehow hitherto they had never had the chance to got away. And when they got to Venice.it was not quite what they expected. Somehow the thrill had into his, the wife know that some- копе. Even with her hand slipped

hotel she found out. thing was lacking. Later at the honeymoon couple ant at the next An obvious

table, utterly immersed in one an- other.

SAVED NATION'S FINANCES The vote of the people is not univeren. To the contrary, all Carmona, the soldier, used to a literatea-60 per cent of the pop soldier's life and surrounded by antlon-ure disfranchised. generals and colonels, did the best bulk of the voting power is in the day's work of his life when he hands of the responsible heads of called the quiet Coimbra professor families, be they men or women. to the post of Minister of Finance

This new form of Parliament and Inter made him Premier. was opened with due solemnity the Portugal was sunk deep in a hole. other day by President Carmona, Its finances were in a tangle, its In his address Carmona outlined roads had gone to pieces, its busi- the work he wanted it to do: ness was at a low ebb.

atrengthen national defence, infen To-lay, as a result of Salazar'ssify the means of transport, in-one minute of our fortnight. unremitting toll and scrupulous crense the production and distribu-| honesty, Portugal is one of the tion of electrical power, carry on

of

few nations in the world which has shown ♫ continuous series balanced budgets. The country, despite world-wide depression, Is distinctly on the up-grade.

Two years ago dictator Carmona and chief nide Salazar gave their country a surprise. Everywhere i elee dictators were tightening their grip on their countries. But Car mona and Salazar suddenly, pro- sented to the Portuguese a hand- made constitution which virtually nieant the end of dictatorship. It represented a compromise between dictatorship, and parliamentarism.

From the Palace of Necesidades (top) in Libson, the soldier president. of Portugal, Antonio Carmons (be low), administers now kind of dicta. torship, to continue which he aneks

re-election.

CORPORATIVE CHAMBER Adopted in March, 1933, it pro- vided for the election of a Presi dent for a period of seven years. the great work of Irrigation, and He was to be independent.of-par- tighten up the bonds between liament, could appoint and dia- Portugal and is colonial empire.. mies hla ministors at will, nad dis At the same time, it was un- solve Parliament when the coun-nounced Carmona would stand for try's interest required it. Ife was re-election to the Presidency on to have the advice of a Council February 17. He will be support- of State, composed of the Premier,ed by the party that Premier Sala- the President of the National Anzar has created the Union Nation sembly, President of the Corpora-al.. which includes many former tive Chamber, head of the Supreme republicans and monarchists. Tho Court, Procurator General and five chances are very great that he will men of "supremo competence" be "re-elected.". Even semi-dicta- whont he was to name for life. torships have a way of winning. The National Assembly was to Besides, the bulk of the people are be composed of 90 members, elect-satisfied with the regime

NEW YORK FANCIES BOCK

SURE HARBINGER OF SPRING

New York, Mar. 25. Beer-drinkers.nre jubilant at the arrival of spring. The back beer

signs.are-up.

[creamy, foamy collar,

, Bock boer in this country has become symbollent as well as prae- tical, being generally accepted. na indicating the imminence of spring. This year, however, bock beer on March 13 is considered more of an Indication of apring rather than of its actual arrival.

The origin of the name "bock beer" is buried in history. Añ account generally accepted by stud- ents of beer loro is that in the. town of Elnbeck, Germany, an ex- ceptionally fine boer was browed According to New York brewers, long ago. Einbock means "one bock beer is a legendary brew of billy-goat," so naturally the barrels Central Europe. It was browed in containing that beer were market- the fall from the first of the fall. od with a single gost

or book. crops, laid away in the stone caves Throughout the country; bock, beer and cellars and brought out to became widely known and, of drink as a libation to the health of course, imitated, until finally bock- the Goddess of Fertility and as a beer ceased to be the brew of an toast to the coming.Benson of individual town and became a type growl Bock beer in a brow rich of bear browed in many cltles In In malt and dark in colour, with a many lands.-United Press.

husband, "We'll have to leave to- "I say darling," said the young morrow. We've scarcely got a bean left. Goodness knows how we can furnish; but I don't regret

"You can never regret the most "Regret." whispered the girl,

wonderful thing in the world!"

"And that," said the older wife to me with a sigh. "is what we ought to have had the pluck to dot"

ONLY YOUNG' ONCE

She was right. We can only be young once and the years take the sparkle and bubble out of happi- ness just as surely as they do out of champagne. No matter what trials you must face in after years. nothing can rob you of the memory of those exquisite moments. Hay- pincas is paying you interest. It! is something that you can back on with certainty.

There are so inuny people who have acquired the miser habit un- knowingly. Having trained them-1 selves to the habit of sacrifice in the cause of that Blusive "Hap piness one day," they cannot get out of it. There is a man and his wife who have always had a strug gle to make ends meet. Living in a charming farm house, they have rubbed along, and have put by each year for a six months' cruise round the world, when "Their ship comes home." And now the ship has arrived in the shape of a handsome legacy, Spending a week-end with them I congratulated the wife.

DEEP IN A RUT

In 1904, according to a story which has just come to light,' Henry Ross, of Sheffield, England, took John Whitnear on a fishing trip from which he did not return, the trip ending in America. A warrant was recantly worn out charging Henry Ross with kid- napping, and he was placed on trial for the long-forgotten crime. Above, Left to Right, are showns William Whitnaar, who brought his brother John back to England in 1909, their mother, Mrs. Wood. ward, and John Whitenear.

Formerly Governor-General of New Zealand, and called by many England's foremost farmer, Lord Bledisloe is mentioned as successor to Lord Bassborough as Governor-General of Canada,

comfortable beds. And I cannot be blacker than they really are. We sure that the roses would not be are so afraid of the future that we ruined in my absence!"

cannot come to grip with the pre

Sho had gone so deep into her sent and turn it to our desires. "When do you start?" I asked. ru tant now she has no desire to Personally I believe in snatching She shook her head rather sadly, look over the edge. All those wast- at, happiness, and repaying if "John won't go," she replied, "And ed years of striving for ultimate neccessary by the instalment plan. I'm not so sure either. Do you happiness when she might have bad Then, no matter how much the know after twenty years here, it at the beginning, and be hanged payment, you have always got your travel doesn't attract me as much to the consequences! Usually we own secret fire at which to warm as it did. Bad food in hotels, un-picture the consequences as much your hands.

One, the Prince of Wales, gambole in the snow of the Tyrol, and enjoys that vigorous life; and two, the

* Duke and Duchess of Kent, enjoy life in the balmy airs of Trinidad...

PALE, PEPLESS GIRL BECAME PRETTY

--AND WASN'T SHE PLEASED! ~

It all happened in 30 days in a leading hospital in Canada!, in Novem- ber 1933 the girl was palo, run-down api lacked vitality. Weight subnor- mal; only 1% ha. Her blood, when tested, was found to be low in red corpusclos and lower still in haemoglobin, the red substance in the red corpuscles. She was given a 30-day treatment. And what a happy change took place!

She gained nine pounds and her complexion glowed with rosy health. Her face rounded out and she became positively pretty. The treatment shown by a second blood test-had greatly increased the red corpuscles and haemoglobin in her blood, consequently she felt and looked radiantly well. The preparation that worked these wonders was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.

This famous old remedy restores health in a most constructive way, We know that the blood carries nourishment and vitality to every part of the body. But unless the bloed has a sufficient number of red carpuscles and red colouring substanco called haemoglobin, it cannot carry on its vital work. It la here that Dr. Williams Pink Pills produce constructivo benefits. This remedy increaser, in most cases both the red corpuscles and the haemoglobin. Blood testa prove it!

Good looks and good health are too preclous to neglect or experiment with. If your feelings and your mirror tell you that you are under-weight, norvous, sallow, casily tired out take this tested remedy, Dr. Williams Pink Pilla, for 30 days, as the girl mentioned above did; they are obtainable from your chemist. Then see how substantially you have gained in beauty and health.

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