Tho Canterbury Land Board was faced with an unusual problem at its recent meo'ing, arising out of the death of a discharged soldier, tho holder of a section in one of the Boldier settlements in tho jicinity of the city (say's an exchange). Tho deceased discharged soldier had no relatives in the Dominion, his only relation living in Manchester, England. At the iima of his death his debts totalled between .£2OO and .£3OO, and his assets consisted of certain farm implements, certain improvements,' ! a crop of twelve acres of oats, ,and some seed potatoes. It was stated that if the assets were realised (immediately there would be nothing, or next to nothing, for the unsecured creditors, ns the oats were just four or five inches abovo tho ground. It! was thought that if the crop was allowed to come to maturity and the seed potatoes planted, (here would bo a better chance of tho unsecured creditors getiSng something out of tho estate. tin Saturday morning Messrs. R. Macaulay, D. SWell, and W. Cunningham (members of tho board), and Messrs. R. Lcckio (secretary), and A. W. Duncan (salesman), .and other officers of the Lands and Survey Department, visited tho section and went into tho matter on the spot. As tho result of their inspection nnd inquiries, tho board decided to incur somo necessary, but comparatively small, expenditure in connection with the oats crop and tho planting of an area in potatoes. The crops will be harvested and sold in due course, and the section will 1» thereafter thrown open for selection. A Berlin message stated recently that the Reichstag was debating sensational revelations which have beon made about tho transfer of the fortunes of many menibors nf the former Royal family, nristocrnts, and financiers to Holland. A hank raid revealed information that tho Gntsscr-Philipspn Company had arranged for on extensive remittance of capital abroad, including tho transference of the fortunes of the former German Crown Prince. Prince Eitel Friedrieli, Princo Adalbert. Prince Oscar, and Prince August Wilhelm, Count Eulcnberg, and General Lndendorfi (who has now n fortuno of .£300,000) to Holland.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 57, 1 December 1920, Page 10
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