WILL IN VERSE
LABOURER'S ORIGINALITY EVERYTHING TO WIFE ' A retired Cooranbong labourer, Reuben James Harries, composed his will in verse and left everything to his wife, including' his body. Signed by Harries on September 23—only 13 days before his death — I the document was headed, '"A Tri-f bute To My Wife," and it said: "This is my one and "only will, without a legal flaw, which makes it easy to fulfil without going to law "For I am leaving everything, including all I've got, and all the future yet may bring into my lawful lot. "To Ethel Daisy Harries, my loving wife, for her to keep or use, without reserve throughout her life, however she may choose. "My body also shall be hers, I definitely state, with which to do as she prefers, to buiT or cremate. "And if my wife dies intestate my two sons shall prepare, and so divide the whole estate to each an equal share. "N'oav, Edgar Ernest Harries and Mostyn John Harries, my sons, I declare my two executors shall be, to see that all is fair, o "I think this covers all I need as far as I'm concerned, so I will this my act, and deed by signature confirmed." The estate lias been valued for probate at £579.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 234, 6 November 1940, Page 8
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215WILL IN VERSE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 234, 6 November 1940, Page 8
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