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Our London Letter.
THE HOUSING. PROBLEM.
HOW IT EFFECTS THE
MIDDLE CLASSES.
POSITION MUCH EASIER NOW.
JUDGE AND ABSENT BARRISTERS,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
WOMAN WHO PUZZLED
THE WORLD
MYSTERY PRINCESS TELLS HER STORY.
MARRIAGE IN A BLACK · VEIL
A remarkable contaltution has just been made to the long-drawn: on controversy that is still caging around the identity of the mysteri ous young woman who claims to be the daughter of the murdered Cias of Russia.
DIARY OF EVENTS.
To-day
(November 30th.)
St. Andrew's Day. Christian Fellowship Meeting, Helena May Institute, 10.80 a.m.
·Hockey: Club “A” ». HES.RA. Marina Ground, 4.45 js.
St. Andrew's, Bali, City Hall, 9.30
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Queen's Theatre: The King of King's.
The Grand Duke "Alexander "of Russia a fortnight ago issued a public statement on behalf of the World Theatre: "The Bugle nearest relatives of the Jate Im Cal.” perial Family repudiating the woman's claims. Now a book, Anastasin" by Mrs. Harriet vou Rathiel-Keilmann, has been pub lished which gives the other side of the care.
LONDON, November 3rd. Nobody can go far in English party political controversy at the present time without being brough up against the housing question in one form or another. Has the State is described as "a most extra. done enough, or less than it ought ordinary life story." It 16 Here to have done, in assisting to solve is the story of the supposed the working-class housing problem princess' escape from Ekaterinberg, This is the bone or contention and of how she was betrayed by one Whatever one may think as regards of her rescuers, a soldier called the working classes, it is certain Chaikovski. It has been compiled that in the case of the middle by the authoress from conversations classes the problem is no longer with the claimant. Here are ex acuta. The bottom has fallen out tracts of the market for houses of a better 7:47 Kind that is required for dwellings for the horas-handed sons of toil and their dependents.
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"The journey to Rumanid took weeks. After her arrival she was ill the whole time. While she was still ill. she was compelled to bear New houses that come into this a child by one of the brothers, better category sell "quite easily; Alexander Chaikovski. When the but in the sales of older houses a well enough to get up she insisted slump is apparent. In the years on his manying her, and the cere between 1918 and 1925 a new class mony took place in a Catholic of dealers in house property appear-church in Bucharest. She wasmar- eil. They did not build. They ried in a black dress and a hat with bought to sell again-at a profit black veil," Many of them had no previous cons
Shot. After The Wedding nection with the building trade, and they made a lot of money by speculakovski was shot in the street She Soon after the wedding, Chai "tion in housca. Now these people are
Star Theatre: "Don't tell the Wife."
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At Queen's Theatre: "The King of
King'""
help of Queen Marie, her aunt. P.m. first I was very ill; then, when
How could It she replied.
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As Mrs. Harriet Rathlet-Keil of aettling down in England was furnishes no legal proof of The mann says herself: "This book the difficulty they experienced Unknown's identity. The reader getting a suitable house in which to pass the evening of their days. For a long time the only way to
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and was appearing in another i Marseilles (Karmala), 10.30 course, everyone was treated alike Coffet in this respect; but I mention the
The significance of these a.m.; Europe vid Siberia (Luchow), returned exile in particular because comments from the Bench lies in the 5 p.m. I use to hear the bitter cry of those evidence they afford that pressure who had come back and were up is being put on all advocates to against something new and unexhall be able to perform the duties pected in their experience. They they undertake. felt this injustice more than the stay-at-homes who had become in- ured to the tricks of profiteers off The charge against the absent {
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1st Sunday in Advent Golf: Captain's Cup, Fanling.
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Monday. (December 3rd.)
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may see who reads the legal history He is typical of many others in the business. Where a first cash pay of Gilbert's satire in
ed that it was one of the subjects ment of £200 or £250 was formerly
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stato that if they do not appear Queen's Theatre:The Better
'Ole accepted about £50 or £100 is all their fee, and this ought to be an that is asked. The balance of the end of the matter. Quite recently purchase price can be paid in in there was a case in which an. stalments over a series of years. eminent K.C. offered to return his It has taken a long time to arrive brief, and his offer was refused, housing, but it has been reached at 2,000 for making a single speech. at this stage in the matter of the client being content to pay him
Barristers, And Their Briefs. This illustrates the popular belief that certain barristers are worth Laymen have a very old grievance anything they ask, and that in ad against barristers who accept briefs dressing the Court they possess an to appear in "Court on their behalf art that is irresistible. It is the and fail to attend. It is the big persistence of this belief that men who are the chief offenders in enables certain well known men at this respect, the reason being, of the Bar to earn up to £30,000 or course, that they have more work £40,000 & year, than they can do. Lord Merrivale On the other hand, there are cases has been protesting against the ab- where the conduct of the advocate sence of counsel in a case in the is not altogether above criticism. Divorce Court of which he is the He expects to be paid, if briefed, President, and declares that it" re- whatever happens. In one such flects on the credit of the Bar. ense nat long ago firm of It is not surprising that the criticism solicitors refused to pay the fees of coming from such a distinguished a very distinguished K.C. on the source has attracted attention. ground that he was not in Court
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