"Up the Spout!”
A BIG ROYAL MORTGAGE. KING ALFONSO’S SCHEME. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received 8 a.m.) Madrid, January 19. King Alfonso, after laying the foun(dations of new garden city buildings at Carabanchel, near the capital, conversed with pressmen. His Majesty stated that he intended | constructing cottages for the men employed on the Royal estates at Seville and Elpardo, costing £12,000, and also [erecting cottages for the poor in the workmen’s quarter, Madrid, mortgaging the Seville cottages to meet the cost.
After outlining various schemes His Majesty added: “Eventually I will have everything up the spout, and as tor myself I will be gaoled, although I hope the tribunals will find means of pardoning me. I could never sign my own pardon.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 5
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125"Up the Spout!” Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 5
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