With 2,000,000 men on the dole, with steel-trap Chancellor Philip Snowden set to catch every extravagance at the exchequer, thoughtful Britons learned last week that it costs $3.20 per mi. to run the Royal Train—empty.
When passengers are carried, royal & imperial or otherwise, a surcharge for each equal to the regular First Class fare for the distance covered is paid.
It is 600 mi. from London to Balmoral, Scotland, whither the Court traveled in the Royal Train last month, whence it will soon return.
Meanwhile London General Omnibus Co. laid off last week 194...
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