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.
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