MRS TOWNEND'S WILL.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14978, 21 May 1914, Page 7

MRS TOWNEND'S WILL.

£45,000 IX PUBLIC BENEFACTIONS. Th* -a-ill of the loto Mrs Totmend was read by Mr M. S. Brown, of Messrs Wynn-Willianis, Brown, and Gresson, .solicitors to the deceased lady, on Tuesday afternoon, at a meeting of the trustees appointed by the deceased. Messrs F. H. I'yne, A. McKellar, A. A. M. McKellar. and N. L. Mcßoih. After providing tor a number of private legacies and annuities, # tho lato Mrs Townend bequeathed tho amounts named to the following public institutions: — £1003 to tho trustees or other persons having tho direction, management, and control of the •Sanatorium for Consumptives at Cashmere Hills, for tbo purposes of establishing and maintaining a bed or beds to be known .as the "It. 11. Moore

Hed," in memory of" her late tather, Mr George Henry Moore. £500 to tho treasurer of tho Salvation Army in Christchureh for the purposes of advancing the work at present carried on by that body iv Christchuroh. £250 to tno treasurer of the Horticultural Society in Christchiuch lor the use of the Society. £250 to the Christchureh District Nursing Fund. £100 to the Prison . Gate Mission, Christchureh. £1000 to Dr. Ba'rnardo's Homes. £4000 to the Children's Convalescent Cottages at New Brighton. £-1000 to the Citisens' Benevolent Association in Christehuvch towards relieving distress^£4ooo to the ChriFtchurch Lady Visiters' Association of tho Hospital. £0000 to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals iv Christchurch. £5000 to tho chief charitable institution for relieving distress and affording help to the poor in tho Parish of Melew, in tho Isle of Man. £oCOO for the Association of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in the Parish of Melew iv tho Islo of Man. £10,000 to be invested, and the income to be expended in relieving distress amongst the gentlewomen or women of refinement residing within a radius of four miles of Cathedral square, with discretion to trustees as to expenditure of

income £SCOO to the Church Property Trustees in Canterbury, to be invested and the income to bo expended in augmenting the stipends of clergymen holding positions in the parishes or parochial districts of tbo Archdeaconry of "Christchurcli, who aro not receiving stipends with allowances equal to £300 a year.