£16,000 WINDFALL.
WORKING MAN INHERITS NEW ZEALAND UNCLE'S WEALTH. The London "Daily Mail" of Starch 4 states: A Southend painter named Henry Howard, of Kingston House, Pleasant Bond, has just received information that by the death of an uncle in New Zealand lie has inherited a fortune of about ,Ell>,ooo. For many years the uncle had carried on business as a general store dealer at Wade, Auckland, and also owned a sheep ranch with 6000 to 7000 head of rattle. Howard worked for some years with his uncle, but thirteen years ago t'aey quarrelled and parted, and the nephew returned to England, never expecting to hear from his uncle again. Howard has since followed the occupation of a painter and paperhanger, but tho customary .slackness of work during the winter season has rendered him and his family almost destitute, so the news of the fortune has como at a most opportune moment. He is at present in communication with tho London agents and with his uncle's solicitor, and _will probably leave England shortly for New Zealand.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1099, 11 April 1911, Page 4
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176£16,000 WINDFALL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1099, 11 April 1911, Page 4
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