THE LATE W.J.T. CLARKE'S WILL.

Evening Star, Issue 3412, 28 January 1874, Page 3

THE LATE W.J.T. CLARKE'S WILL.

The Melbourne ."/Correspondent - of the 1 ‘Ba’larat Post’ thuswrites concerning the will of the late T... Clarke j4- “ Those who„feaow-jthodeoß&sed.weU enough; to be in a position to judge; ofjhig pars}- 1 monious habits, audt/;iporo ;tban; ordinary • peculiarities in the matter of; family relations, will not he surprised tor learn: that so far as pretty generally,; accepted rumor has it, tb|e will of the deceased: millionaire proyides fdr anything but an distribution; of his enormous wealth*: j.MfcClaritehad three sods; by his wife, now livingin Tasmania; -WiUiani,' who,has been his right hand man, for years, ThPUW. awd. i Joseph, whoj resides'on sta-" tions in Tasmania.,v To William is willed all the Victorian; property, ,the ! valu& of which s?y he. guessed whenl.state the probate auty'iio be' paid ’to the Yiptorian , Government on it will represent a surU' of ~:tXOO;dOOr "Thomas,- ther-second son,“iH"ieft I 'a,j pgor tiianj ) Hisahare will he two; ppdr the Midlifiid district of .Tasmania; mord, children;arefairly prp!hiin?elfi is almost-cut off ■ WKti r J Jcfseph the third mf » now tho ' lao^

and is certainly the most wealthy-man of his /day tfn -Tadosamar fcTo him has .fefeeh(Wil|eq. some of.the /finest grazing -esbatfea in the the Mount■ Schauck; estate,; neat Mount Gambier, and the whole of the New • Zealand and iSonth Australian.properties. So for the sons, now for the widows Mrs r o^ e has-been left the paltry pittance of LSOO per year ! The rest of -thelegacies; distributed over blood relatives, are so small ■as to-call-forno comment beyond the fact that ttyiy,are in the majority -of cases xkoi> worth‘lifting.’” The •Dunolly Express/ f followin g illustration of the late 111 i 053, several persona were assembled at ap hotel in’Melbourne, and Were speaking of the vicissitudes of life, and* the changed - ,rc r P^ ac y ß ;.’ r ; Clarke |( then .remarked j: •“,(! to-rporrow’, and.couldfibply raise the price of a bullock, team, I would care for nothing.’” ’■’•I 1 “Ho := gA"j I