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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9794, 18 October 1917, Page 6

The Duchess of Connaught ■"'Us one of the greatest, if not the greatest, heiresses who crcr married into our Royal Family from Germany. Her father, the Rod Prince, was a very rich man. Princess Patricia receives .SoO.OOO under the will of her mother, and ,£35,000 goes to the Crown Princess of Sweden, on whom a sottlomernt Was pqado at tho time of her marriage. It is quite a now departure to make public a Royal will, and a sign of the demwratio times in which wo are living. liven tho Duke of Fife’s will was kept secret on account of nis relationship to tho King. A Scotsman resident in London met a recent arrival from beyond the Tweed, and speedily got into a chat with him over conditions in the North. Tno new arrival told feelingly of the terrible toll of war upon the fair land of Scotia, tho sad tale of young men kiled and maimed, and . tho sufferings of the families left behind. “Why mon, we’ve been fair distractit wi’ it all,’-’ he concluded. “And, X suppose, the war has caused the price of provisions to so up in Scotland as well as everywhere else?” commented tho questioner, with sympathy. “Aye. mon, yo’ro rioht," agreed tho visitor. “Provisions has gone up in pfn’oe, four shillings a bottle tho ac sort, and sixpence a quart the ithor.”