GIPSY KING
TINKER CROWNED (United Press Association—By Electro Telegraph —Copyright) LONDON, July 6.. The Polish gipsies, who nave decided to ask Signor Mussolini to grant thorn land for settlement in Abyssinia, have elected a “king ’ to present their request to 11 Duce. The “king” is Janus Zkweik, a 52-year-old Pole, who has a wife and lour childrenAbout 12,000 ./ spectators .• . watched the coronation at the Warsaw Stadium, the robes having been borrowed /from the ' "W arsaw Opci a House. It is the first time in 1000 years that a gipsy “king” has been crowned. “Zkweik, before his election, was a wandering tinker.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1937, Page 5
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