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Faced by suggestion that for economy's sake he weed a few horses, grooms and coachmen out of the Royal Stables, George V, King & Emperor, produced last week an adroit counter plan. Hereafter dispatch boxes will be carried between the various Government offices and Buckingham Palace in royal carriages driven by cockaded royal coachmen. Up to last week the dispatch boxes were carried, at standard tariffs, in taxicabs...
...might tell your other magazine FORTUNE that there are not three slot machine gambling devices in Buckingham Palace. The . King and Queen cannot of course defend themselves against such nonsensical assertions but I take the liberty of defending them. The late King Edward used to gamble disgracefully at cards but King George is opposed to all gambling...
When Their Majesties had driven home to Buckingham Palace, when M. P.'s had returned to their House of Commons, tall, white-haired Leader George Lansbury of the Labor Part" rose trembling with indignation...
Next the Royal regalia was brought to the robing room of the House of Lords. Shortly before noon the King & Queen drove over from Buckingham Palace, were assisted into their gear and began their solemn, stately walk to the two gold thrones in the House of Lords. Once a year His Majesty opens Parliament for the excellent reason that he has closed it, and this salutary closing (a formality performed by the Lord Chancellor) kills hundreds of bills which have not yet passed both Houses, thus clearing the Parliamentary decks for action...
...Buckingham '33, B.C. Datfield '33, H.H. Hoskin '33, K.W. McMahan '33, A.K. Philbrick '35, W.H. Schofield '33, Leo Srole '33, H.A. Stone '33, E.H. Tayler '34, W.O. Thomas '35, J.S. Weld '35, H.K. Wells...