THE PAGE MILLIONS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1424, 26 April 1912, Page 5

THE PAGE MILLIONS.

CLAIMANTS' APPLICATION REFUSED By Telegraph-Press Aeaociation-OonyriEht London, April 24. The Court has refused au application of Theodosia Hall and Charlotte Tappender, sisters, claiming to be the solo heiresses to tho Pago millions, for the revocation of probate on Henry Page's" will, on the ground of undue influence.

There are several claimants to the Page millions, which have been in Chancery for • It seems (stated a Sydney paper some time ago) to be settled that none of the Pago family themselves will ever be recognised as entitled, inasmuch as the bequest made by the l«st Pago (Henry) to Henrv Young is considered inviolable. It is the descendants of Henry Young, who are now located in New South Wales, who will probably bo held to be entitled to. the wealth. The lait Page holder of lands died without heirs in 1829. There came out to Australia in the 'fifties one Major-General William Henry Young, who is said to be the son or grandson of Henry Young, to whom the lost Page bequeathed, his estates. Major-General Young served in the Indian Army, and acted as secretary to Bishop Broughtou. He enjoyed a considerable remittance, and on sundry facts as to his mode of living coming to the knowledge of certain people in England, a committee of inquiry came to Sydney, the result being that his remittance was stopped. Before Major-General Young died he said to his relatives in Sydney, "There are tons of money for all of you. You are the wealthiest people alive." In 1008 a company, cailcd tho Page-Morris Company, was formed to push the interests of George Horton Morris. Mr. Alexander Jobson, an accountant, was sent to England specially to'' inquire into the case, and found that tho last survivor of the Page family, Henry, did not die intestate, but that oven if he had died intestato, the Statute of Limitations would bar tho company's claims. The value of the Page estate is'assessed at anything between'so aud 150 million pounds, and it yields an income of about two million pounds a year. Some of the finest residential districts in London have been erected on the waste commons, and the estate which is in Middlesex includes also a suburban area which will increase enormously in value within the next few years.