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Down a well-greased slide, at Glasgow, lurched, last week, the portly Duchess of Bedford. A burly workman had tipped the mechanism of the slide, giving her a shove. At her had been hurled a bottle of champagne by Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, pious, charitable wife of the Prime Min- ister...
...Imperial League of Opera. His new scheme calls for 120,000 subscriptions of $2.50 annually to provide for an estimated deficit of $300,000; seats for $1.40; a six months' season in London, the rest of the year to be divided among Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow; the company to be organized from such British singers as John McCormack, Edward Johnson, Alfred Piccaver, Joseph Hislop, Florence Austral and Eva Turner; Sir Thomas himself to be artistic director...
...cents for a motorcycle, up to two dollars for a heavy truck. †About 1¾mi., longest of its kind in the world. Under the River Thames, at London, are Blackwall and Rotherhithe Tunnels, each 1¼ mi. long. Other important underwater vehicular tunnels are at Glasgow and Hamburg. The longest tunnel in the world, regardless of purpose, is the Shandaken Tunnel in New York State-28.l mi. It carries water to the Ashokan Reservoir...
...general election; but no overwhelming loss occurred; the Liberals and Conservatives still hold the balance of power; the Laborites control the Municipal Council in only seven towns and their gains were made chiefly in the industrial centres, while their most notable loss was in the radical stronghold of Glasgow...
...Glasgow. I was coming to a pharmacy, and the pharmacist said to me: 'Mr. Balieff, I was yesterday at your show, but I cannot understand in what language you spoke, and I think if you could speak English well you would earn very big money...