FARMER'S ESTATE.
SWORN VALUE £300,000
BEQUEST TO AUCKLAND ART GALLERY.
FINE PAINTINGS AND
PICTURES.
CHARITABLE HOMES BENEFIT,
(By Telegrnph.—Press Association.)
NAPIER, this day
The estate of the late Mr. J. H. Coleman, shcepfarmcr, of Napier, has been sworn at approximately £300,000. The greater part of the estate is left •to fnmily connections. A fine collection of painting and pictures is bequeathed to tlio Auckland Art Gallery. A sum of £50 annually is given to encourage rifle shooting, in which Mr. Coleman had always been interested, and sums of £100 a year are given to the Napier Salvation Army Home, Girls' Friendly Society, and Hawke's Bay Children's Home.
It is believed that deceased, who was during his lifetime a liberal contributor to charitable objects, expressed a wish that after his death the family should have the benefit of his estate. The majority of the residue is left to his daughter-in-law, daughter and grandchildren.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 228, 26 September 1928, Page 8
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152FARMER'S ESTATE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 228, 26 September 1928, Page 8
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