A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 4

A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP.

pecotiab provision a ■wax. (By Telegraph.—tress AfSflClaUonJ Auckland, Cotober 20. I When One follows a deceased fn«nd to the graveside out of'respect, reward for such action is no}; usually looked for, but bj the will of the late Mrs. Jane M'Glaahan, who died at he; residence, Parncll, on the 12th insbn , ., aged 72 >years, suoh provision is made in deceased's last will, which 18 of a short and nmpl» nature. BhD states! "I give, deviso, and bequtath to toy execitsr hereinafter naniaa tJI my property and estate upon trust as to onethitd shafe therefore for my fnand Mrs. Susan Pnce, Parnell, in recognition, of her Kin! less to me, and as to the residue oi my estate upon trust to divide the same equally between such of my friends, other than my executor, who shall in the opinion of niy isecutor attend tho fun»ral service al: my grave being,' moved so to do by a desire to show respect for my memory, and I direct my exesutor within one week .from my decease to sign a cerbiicate setting forth the names of the friends whom they (she) shall consider to he entitled." Mrs Susan Price was rnado the oxeontns, and tho word "they" al.ered to she in the will. The value of Che estate » about £1200, and tho number who attended the funeral was about eight. The deceased lady had one daughter, who died a number of years ago, and her husband predeceased her by a consider* able number of yeais She had no, rStotions alive, and evidently mede tha wffl to test tho value of her fner.d6.