UNHAPPY PORTUGAL.
STORMY SCENES IN PARLIAMENT. THE ROYAL FAMILY'S DEBT. Lisbon, June 9. There have been stormy scenes in the Portugal Parliament in consequence of the discovery that the Dowager Maria Pi* owe* the State £200,000. The Dowager explains that the '£14,000 per year allowed her has proved insufficent to maintain her household in royal state. The new King of Portugal, tie joang Manuel, recently made a very oopour announcement, stating that he intended to wipe off the large debt to the Mate which had been incurred by his late father. . I. ——=Hf
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 146, 11 June 1908, Page 3
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93UNHAPPY PORTUGAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 146, 11 June 1908, Page 3
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