GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Dec. 3, 1934

The Lords & Commons:

¶ Convened for the winter session amid a London pea-soup fog so dense and choking that for the first time in history the Sovereign left Buckingham Palace to open Parliament not in the gorgeous, drafty old State Coach but in his sleek, fog-tight Daimler. Even the Crown, which usually arrives in its own State Coach, was limousined.

In his speech from the Throne, George V ran rapidly over his Government's desire to do something for tramp steamers, herring, housing, agriculture and World Peace. ''Confidence and enterprise," declared the King-Emperor in his firm, resonant voice, ''has enabled this country to...

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