A GENEROUS BEQUEST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1128, 16 May 1911, Page 4

A GENEROUS BEQUEST.

p ,£3OOO FOR AUCKLAND CLEKGY i/iiAßitty l-'i/.Ni). A few months since (says "Tho Churchman") there uiotl at To .-Vwainuui a consistcnt member ol Inc .'uigncan Church m tue person ol Jlr. James Loured, who reMcieil in me Uainaio uisuict lor some years beioro ins utv.-s.-aii', na.'iiig. onyina.iy been a .suner at lass, m -\e\v Cuiun \', aies. Upon lus will tang proved it wiij lounu tnat among tuu numerous bcuoiaotions lie liatl iiioviueil lor cnureii and charitable purposes, both in tne Auckland uioeese aim in j.\cw ijoiiui Wales, no had remembered and j'nciitued in a most 'practical way liio Auciviaud JJioeesan Pension i'uiul. To this lie bequeathed (He whole ol his hcimsu.ul property, consisting ol lbS acres ol lirot-cutss land, with all its larga improvements, situated at Kangiuohui, two and a Ji:m miles li'om the township of Te Awamutu. 'Hiis property, Mr. (JoUrell, in his will, instructed Ins executors lo .sell ami hand the proceeds lo the .Diocesan Tension Hoard, to he used by that body, at its discretion as to the manner, in aiding the aired and needy clergy in the diccess of Auckland. Acting upon this instruction ol' Mr. Cotirell, his executors have lost no time in selling the property, and have realised the s.atisiatiory sum of about A'MOO, which will be handed {;, the board lor administration. The pip. sent and future clergy of tho Auckland diocese as well as members of the Church generally, have good reason to remember the name of Mr. Cotirell with gratitude. i