SPANISH REPUBLIC

Grey River Argus, 2 May 1931, Page 5

SPANISH REPUBLIC

MAY DAY HOLIDAY. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) ■ MADRID, April 30. ! Labour Lay promises to be a rest I day, transport stopping, papers not j 1 publishing, and shops and restaurants > 1 1 closing throughout the country. Asked whether Trotsky is anxious to A settle in Spain, the Foreign Minister i replied that he saw nc 5 objection to his | J presence. 1 i LONDON. April 30. x There was a lively incident in the 1 House of Commons, when several 1 questions relating to King Alfonso t were disallowed. Mr Kirkwood said: . t •‘This question has got to be discuss- i ed. This man was driven from the a count.y. He murdered my class.” 1 (Cries of dissent). ; I: Mr Kirkwood: Only the Speaker will ' put me down. The Speaker; I shall have to deal with you if you mi -behave. Mr Kirkwood: Dea’ with me as severely a? you like. Put that in your * pipe and smoke it. | The Speaker: You will leave the h House if you do not behave. The incident then subsided. ROYAL PALACES. ' * THEIR NEW USES I c (Received May lat 10.30 p.niA \ " Madrid. May i. Th? Spanish Government have de-1 cided to convert ten of King Alfonso ’hi palaces into State Museums, including! th-? Royal Palaeo at Madrid. One ivingof the Madrid Palace may ; becomp the President’s' residence, but i ( tic..will, not. take over the San Sebas- ‘ tian and Santander Palaces, which are. regarded as King Alfon’s private pro--i perty. The El Pardo Palace and Park, eight, miles from Madrid, which is surround-> ed by a sixty-two miles wall, will be! given over for small holdings. It covers an area as big as the capital. | f