QUEEN ALEXANDRA

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1924, Page 4

QUEEN ALEXANDRA

MOTOR-CAR DRIVE IN THE SNOW. LONDON. Feb. 20. Queen Alexandra, who is in her 80th. year, remains remarkably active for her years. She has been out for drives frequent ly all through the winter in the neighbourhood of Sandringham, u here dm i in residence, and has attended service regularly at Sandringham Church o” Sunday mornings. On A lon day afternoon site went for a drive in the snow and sleet. Several

times during the past tliree weeks she lias motored to neighbouring farms, and a few days ago she motored into King’s Lynn to see tho annual mart or pleasure fair-, and delighted a stallholder by paying him 5s for a Od doll.

VISA PROFITS. ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A FOREIGN OFFICE. VIENNA, Feb. 20. Austria’s attitude in regard to the passport- and passport visa nuisance will be dictated by the fact that the income from visas is about £230,000 and the entire expenses of her foreign legations and consulates £80,00!). The balance more than maintains the Foreign Ministry here. Mr Ramsay MacDonald recently stated that he is ready to recommend the extension to 5 years of the lito ol British passports. Nine European countries have abolished the visa so far as each other’s subjects arc concerned.