—AND COSTS
FULL WIG AND GOWN, £3OO SYDNEY, Dec. 24. Before they can conform to the full dignity of Justices of the High (Joint. Dr. Evatt, K. 0., and Mr. McTiernnn, each face an outlay of £260 to J3SCO the cost of a rohe of scarlet and ermine and full-bottomed wig. A custom that goes back to the judges of William the Conqueror requires this ceremonial splendor on such occasions as the opening of a new law term or the talcing of the oath of office.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17456, 3 January 1931, Page 5
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86—AND COSTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17456, 3 January 1931, Page 5
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