WILLS IN PROBATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 9

WILLS IN PROBATE.

Former New Zealander Leaves ', TWO LARGE ESTATES. ' (Received 11' a.m.)' SYDNEY, this day. x Probate has been given in the will of Mrs Enid Miriam Halsted, formerly of Christchurch, who left £14,370. The testatrix was the wife of Mr. Percy Halsted, who, with his brother Emil, of Dunedin, are the executors of the estate, which was left on trust for the benefit of the children and grandchildren. 'The will of Mrs. Dorothea Ziele, of Leeton, New South "Wales, has been lodged for probate.' It is believed that bequests of over £00,000 have been, made to disabled and blinded soldiers ' in Australia. The major portion of the estate is in. New Zealand. LIBEL ACTION. £400 Verdict For Returning - Officer. ALLEGED IMPROPER SALLOT. ■.(Received 11.30 a.m.) ,:•"■■ . . " : !.'-.<■ SYDNEY, this day. A libel action in which Thomas Arthur claimed £2000. from the "Ba.thurst ! National Advocate," for statements arising'from what is known as the ballot box scandal, has. concluded. :>'.'.: Mr. Arthur, who had been returning officer, was-alleged to have allowed im-' proper ballot boxes to be used in a certain ballot. ' A verdict was passed for plaintiff for £400. OIL COMPANIES; \ :'. • • '..■..-.'.'■ • " ■i . .. -~. ' ■ Plans Completed For Closer • Co-operation. RUSSIA. OMITTED. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) ■ LONDON, October 5. The "Evening Standard" says plans have been completed for closer co-opera-i tion between the Royal Dutch Shell, the Anglo-Per3ian and the Burmah oil companies. The combined capital of these companies is at present worth £400,000,000. . The deal omits Russia, becatise it refused to recognise the rights of those companies whoso .properties were seized by the Soviet. It- will probably be followed by a rise in the price of petrol. .

RAIN IN VICTORIA. . DANGER OF FLOODS. : (Received 11 a.m.) '. . ':■'■ . ■„' . ; -MELBOURNE, this day. Heavy: and continuous raiii throughout Victoria has provided splendid seasonal prospects, but there is a danger of floods in the north and south- ' western areas. , . ' ( i, KIDNAPPED, ROBBED. ~ N.Y. DIAMOND MERCHANT. ■ (Australian, Press Assn.—United Service.) ;. , ' . (Received 10 a.m.) . . SAN FRANCISCO, October 5. Murray L. Lanjr, a New York diamond merchant, was kidnapped at a busy down-town corner on Friday, robbed of ■.". £40,000. worth of diamonds and left ; : bound to a tree in the golf course by ' two automobile bandits.