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...single turban. But by & large, the states' incomes are fabulous. An astounding proportion goes to the native rulers. One rupee in every five of Kashmir's revenue goes to its maharaja (compared with approximately one pound in 1,600 of British revenue to King George VI). And the taxpayer gets almost nothing for his money. In one state which charges taxes of $5.50 per head, 10? per head is spent on education, 8? on public health. Much of the rest goes to keep the maharaja well supplied with pearls, virgins, elephants and other luxuries. If taxation fails, there...
King-George VI will receive an honorary LL.D. from Brown University when he and Queen Elizabeth visit Providence on the trip to America this June, the Brown "Herald" announced with modest reticence recently. President Wriston said that the gesture would help to "cement Angle-American relations...
...right to display the royal arms of the United Kingdom over the words "By Appointment to His Majesty" is granted to a select few tradesmen who must have served the King or Queen for three years before applying for the privilege. Since George VI has been King for only two years, his warrants are still rare. He has granted them to 34 and Queen Elizabeth to 31 personal suppliers who served them before they reached the throne. George V issued about 1,000 (he had nine bakers, twelve grocers, eleven chemists).* Altogether, including those granted by Edward VIII, there...
With the royal visit of Their Britannic Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, only three months off, loyal Canadians could not let such treasonous talk go unnoticed. Authors, educators, businessmen hastened to disavow their mayor. French-Canadian members of the Dominion Parliament at Ottawa publicly disagreed with him. A raucous debate was expected. Minister of Labor William Tremblay of Quebec declared: "Mayor Houde missed his shot with the Communists and is now trying his luck with the Fascists, poor fellow." Noteworthy it was, however, that the Quebec Government of Premier Maurice Duplessis preferred not to enter the argument...
Informed by worried Hudson's Bay Co. officials that its charter, granted in 1670, requires the Company to present a visiting British monarch with two live elk and a pair of black beavers, King George VI agreed that on his visit next spring he would accept instead, two mounted elk heads, two beaver skins...