A FORTUNE AT THE BAR
In the last full working year before he became Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord Russell earned nearly £IOOO a fortnight. In four months of 1894. before he succeeded to the bench, Lord Russell’s income was over £IO,OOO, the total for 1893 being £22,517. In 189$ the total reached £15.299; in 1891, £13,783; in 1890, £16,077; in 1893 k £17,913; in 1888, £14,028; and in 1887, £16,651. In six years, therefore, this famous lawyer earned £IOO,OO0 —in spite of the Irish brogue which somebody once told him would lose him £SOO a year. “I would not give it up for five hundred pounds,” said the loyal Irishman. A favourite si ory of the late Mr Montagu Williams comes to mind of two members of the bar who could both command good incomes, but one of whom worked hard to make a fortune, while the other was satisfied with a reasonable income and a fair share of the enjoyments of life. The two met, and the rich man asked the other what he had been doing. He had been on the Continent, and had hacl a capital holiday. “I have been working,” said the wealthy Q.C., ‘‘and have not been out of town at all. I bad too much to do.” “What is the uso of it?” asked the other, rather scornfully, and with a touch of blasphemy; “you can’t carry it with you when you die, and if you could it would melt.”
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1617, 25 February 1903, Page 13
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248A FORTUNE AT THE BAR New Zealand Mail, Issue 1617, 25 February 1903, Page 13
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