MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1961
A 5
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
?. As the sightseeing bus
'passes through the City of
"London-which Is the financial
.and big business part of' this
great metropolis the lecturer
points out a huge building on
2rour. right. "This," he ex
plains, "is the world's most
valuable acre of ground."
- How much is it worth? ,
' Its value, he goes on, is
TEN MILLION POUNDS. The
present value of the English
pound is about $2.80. For pur
poses of easy comparison the
-value of the pound is ordi
narily considered to be about
three dollars.
'V, So
; The value of this acre of
ground (which doesn't include
the value of the building
standing on it) is 30 MILLION
DOLLARS!
" With, say, a quarter section
of such land in one's possess
ion one ought to be able to
pay taxes, even in this day
sot fantastic taxation, and still
'keep the wolf from the door.
.rriHAT brings up the story
of land ownership in Eng
land which is a very, very
Jong story, indeed.
Speaking in broad and gen
eral terms, the land here all'
belonged in the dim begin
nings of history to the Saxon
kings, who parceled it out to
their retainers. Then came the
ifateful day when William. the
.Conqueror crossed over the
-Channel and in the battle of
Hastings took the land away
from Harold- the Saxon and
promptly proceeded to parcel
it out to his Norman retain
., ers. ... ..
A RATHER considerable
part of the land of Eng
land is still in the hands of
'these descendants of the fol--lowers
of the Norman duke.
SHU' speaking in broad and
'general terms and allowing
for the normal exceptions,
-these great families rent the
'land to others, who erect
'puildings-both dwellings and
business structures-to others
.yho occupy them and pay
,rent for their use.
In the . English economic
"structure, ground rent is a
j'very, very important item Indeed.'
'THAT brings up the subject
of house rent which, all
6ver the world is a basic item
; in the cost of living. How
J ttiuch does it cost 'to rent liv
ing quarters here? ''
It all depends, of course, on
jthe KIND of quarters. We
nhave some friends who live
in. a four-room apartment on
" Berkeley Square (pronounced,
incidentally, B A R K L E Y
Square.) It is a very nice
neighborhood, adjacent to the
American Embassy and only
a few blocks from Park Lane,
which borders Hyde Park.
' For this apartment they
;;pay $7,500 a year. ;
"TT ISN'T a posh neighbor
hood, but it is a good one.
" The building is old, of course,
'as nearly all of London's
buildings are. The apartment
-is comfortable but by no
" means luxurious. So let's drop
little farther, down the liv
ing scale. . .
" In an interesting article on
w housing in London, the Times
s tells of a van driver who lives
. with his wife and seven chil
' dren in a three-room flat in
a strictly working class area.
It is old. The walls and ceil
ings are stained and cracked
l.and there are many leaks.
, .For these quarters they pay
six pounds, five shillings
(roughly . $20) a week-or ap
" proximately $85 a month.
STILL speaking in broad
and very general terms,
one would say that living
costs in London are about the
. same as in the Unid States.
" Prices of basic items in the
'. food store windows appear to
r.te about the same.
'" !;-. Clothing appears to cost
" about the same. Here in the
'-home of Scotch whisky, the
. average price of a highball is
, about -70 cents. From the
. tourist , standpoint, hotel
vrooms are about the same
price, quality considered, as
" in the U.S.A.
Tunisia President
; To Receive Parade
New York - HOT - Tunisian
i President Habib Bourguiba
will receive today New York's
''traditional welcome."
, Countless pounds of paper
from torn-up telephone direc
. tories will shower down from
. Broadway skyscrapers on the
presidential motorcade. It will
pas through the "ticker-tape
r parade canyon" from Bowling
Green, at the southern tip of
Manhattan, to the city hall.
. From the windows and In
i the streets, thousands were ex
pected to mass behind police
lines to shout their pleasure
at seeing Bourguiba in New
. York. Newspapers, radio and
' television networks have glv
en prominent space to Bour
guiba's visit hailing him as
a great statesman and a good
friend of the United States.
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