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almost unchanged in 1959 for couples with two or more
children , but rose by 3 per cent in the older two-adult
Compared with 1958 , the expenditure index for 1959
As in 1958 , younger couples paid some 12 1/2 per cent
compares the prices paid by different types of household
for whom the index declined from 91 to 88 . Table 27
diet in 1959 .
for the commodities constituting the average household
more per calorie than the national average , and families
with four or more children 19 per cent less . The only
substantial change was in families with three children ,
also shows the corresponding values of an index which
in younger two-adult households to 4.8 per cent below in families with
all households in the sample .
four or more children , compared with +3.6 to -5.4 per cent in 1958
For all foods the range was from 3.6 per cent above the national average
in which the index fell by 1.8 to 97.5 per cent of the average for
and +2.8 to -2.6 per cent in 1957 . As with the price of energy index ,
the only noteworthy change was for households with three children ,
which have been carried out .
are highway payments , clearance payments ( for clearing remains of
5 . Other forms of war damage payment made by the Commission
differing in certain important ways from the ordinary cost of
structures from " total loss " sites ) and church payments . Although
works payments , the sums paid under these heads have the
common feature that they are all payments in respect of works
the answer . Disturbed by vague uneasiness , she
on that point , for she was certain no one
could not have overheard anything they
her fan , in passing ; but she did not wait for
asked idly , tapping the girl's cheek lightly with
had been standing near them .
' Are you enjoying yourself , Olimpia ? ' she
was wondering whether Olimpia had been
watching her talk with Orsini . Surely she
said ? A moment's reflection reassured her
put Vittoria on guard . ' Santa Maria ! These spying
stopping on the way , to point out , with childish pride ,
information , which held no interest for her :
fringe of the party , caught snatches of this
objects of beauty or interest . Vittoria , on the
' ... now this sapphire ...
However , something inimical in the girl's look
eyes ! ' she thought , bitterly . Doria was continually
leisurely fashion his few possessions into a ramshackle and
along . " To her great relief they arrived at the cluster of little houses
where Hubert had been living to find the old man stowing in
said shortly . " Personally I 've no more to say , so I suggest we get
in her quivering flesh . " You 've an answer - of sorts - for everything , " she
incredibly ancient car , surrounded by innumerable friends and relatives .
She was tempted to laugh , but it was as though that barb still stuck
everything had gone over her head . It didn't really
matter what was being said because she was
face pale . Philip , she knew , got on his nerves , but
retorted and in that second , he became the man of
success exerting authority . Sandra watched her father's
Philip bristled . ' It was never our intention
no longer a part of it .
to have one of those carnival affairs , ' he
The thought of Nicholas haunted her , the sense of
of our friends at the ceremony . '
he said , ' I was not talking of a carnival . But I
presume we shall be allowed to have one or two
loss crucifying . Her father's comment roused her as
their share , and there were precious few
self-employed . By the time his monthly salary
reductions in tax save for wives , children ,
drawn between ordinary wage-earners and those
He had long sensed injustice in the distinctions
encumbrances which Cecil had so far avoided .
life-insurances or any of the other normal
arrived , the Inland Revenue had already taken
postponed demanding the tax until her financial year
process could , and often did take several years .
was ended , audited and agreed by the Inspector . The
to claim relief on the most unlikely purchases , but also
provisions of Schedule D taxation which not only allowed her
He read the film star's sorry story and frowned at the
At one point the astute Miss Cheesecake
chase of several mink coats which ,
to a depreciation tax allowance
as plant and machinery . The
that the warm coats were heating
had claimed tax relief on the pur-
it seemed , were necessary to fur-
appliances and therefore susceptible
was reported , she tearfully claimed
ther her career . Alternatively , it
three of which were in her husband's name ,
Royce and a Sussex manor house , all
agreement had been delayed long enough for
Discounting one chinchilla jacket , a Rolls-
by rights should have been reserved for her tax .
Miss Cheesecake to spend all the money which
she now declared herself bankrupt .
Between all the interested parties , the final
and Cecil , with a further six stops
tax relief for a jacket used
had had with the Inland Reve-
The train drew into another station