1942 - 1947 Nikolas Pal
Known
Pal, a Hungarian, was living at Bodfa with his daughter in law and two film stars
He was fined £300 for exceeding the wartime limit on house repairs and decorations.
Pal was said to have gone on trips to Beaumaris with a pony and trap.
Questions
What ‘expensive decorations’ were added at this time?
Last City Evening Express
Liverpool, Friday, February 11, 1944
Expensive Repairs to House
“All these alterations may be called luxury alterations, as they were extravagantly done. In my view you recklessly disregarded the defence regulations.”
This was said by Mr. Justice Hilbury, at Anglesey Assizes, at Beaumaris, today, to Nikolas Pal (54), a company director, of Bodfa Blas, Llangoed, Anglesey, whom he fined £300 for executing a building operation, the cost of which exceeded £100, contrary to the Defence Regulations. Pal was also ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution, not exceeding £100.
Jointly charged with Pal was Maurice Caplin (38), of Beechcroft Avenue, Golders Green, London, who it had been alleged by the prosecution, acted as supervisor for the work.
Caplin was fined £50. Both men had pleaded guilty.
Pal was stated by the police to be a native of Hungary, who came to this country in 1926. He bought the house Bodfa Blas in 1941 for £5,100 and according to Mr. J. P. Elsden, who prosecuted, he expended £1,434 in structural alterations and decorations to the house.
Defending, Mr. Harvey Moore, said that only a few months before the work was started there was no limit to the amount which could be spent on decorations. The Defence Regulations were then amended, but the defendants were not aware of them.
The judge said it was essential that building materials should be conserved in war time and this was a grave offence against the safety of the Realm in a critical time.