THE ROYAL “CUT.”
Restoration Discussed in London. LONDON, April 20. The question of whether the Cabinet will recommend to the King that the £50,000 which he voluntarily sacrificed from the Civil List should be restored is being discussed in the Parliamentary lobbies, says the “ Star.” It is pointed out that the reduction was to continue “ while the emergency lasts,” and if the salaries of Civil Servants, Cabinet Ministers and police were restored, Cabinet would be bound, in courtesy, to inform the King that the emergency had officially ended and to advise the restoration of the Civil List to the statutory figure of £470,000. Most of the Royal Household and Palace executives also accepted reductions. Then the staffs, from the senior page to the junior coal-porter, followed the King’s lead and agreed to a reorganisation within the Palace, resulting in many economies. The King, when he heard of their proposal, directed that their salaries should not be reduced, so the economy adjustments were limited to matters like board wages, drink money and more efficient catering, some of which proved so beneficial that the staff may never return to the former system.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20291, 28 April 1934, Page 1
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