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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21993, 30 June 1933, Page 14

Prince George Chavchavadze, the pianist, who has gained considerable fame both in England and the United States, is a Russian by birth, or rather a Bessarabian. He was originally destined for the Diplomatic Service, but the Bolshevist revolution put an end to that aspiration, and he had to seek to earn his living in another fielii. The prince has a handsome sister, Princess Marina Chavchavadze, who has lived for some years in Switzerland. At a house party in Dorset a year or two ago she startled the locality with her remarkable riding, sitting Cossack fashion, ; low over the neck of her mount, and charging over the roughest country at a speed which would have meant a broken neck for a less skilful rider. The family formerly resided in a large house in Holland Park, shortly after they went as refugees to Loudon. One of Prince George’s childhood treasures is a piece of music which he composed at the. age of four or five and which was afterwards played at an imperial function for a war charity. Kaitangata Coal further reduced:. 3a per ton less for household and 2s less for nuts. —Advt.