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£IO,OOO DIVORCE SUIT 2,000,000 WORDS SYDNEY, Nov. 11 The costs in the Bakewdl case, which has now been in progress more than amonth, .are £7OOO, and, as the suit cannot end for another week, it is not improbable that the Till will reach £IO,OOO This amount will be a record for any divorce suit in the Southern 'Hemisphere Several years'ago, thy Vincent divorce suit oi copied the attention of* the then Bulge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Gordon, f0r,39 days. That hearing was the longest in the history of the divorce jurisdiction of N.S.W., but il is now probable that, the Bakewell suif will run into 40 days or more. There are pyramids of evidence, and the 36 witnesses called and recalled have spoken (including remarks by the judge) over 2.000,000 words.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17116, 23 November 1929, Page 18
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133FAT FEES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17116, 23 November 1929, Page 18
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