"A PITIFUL STORY."

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 119, 15 November 1894, Page 2

"A PITIFUL STORY."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sir, — A telegram under the above heading, dealing with the inquest upon the body of the lato Mr G. Probert, of Auckland, appeared in your issue of , Monday, and is calculated to reflect i seriously upon the benevolence of the Wesleyan Church in New Zealand, un- ! less some explanation be givon. The late Mr John Probert left some £14,000. or £15,000 worth of property to three vrell-known Auckland gentleman as Trustees. These geutlomon were directed to hand the yearly income resulting from this property to the Wesleyan body in Auckland, who wero to apply it to three specific objects in connection with their church. Any of your readers who have been unfortunate enough to act as Trustees for property will know that had a single shilling of tho income derived from Mr Probert's bequest been diverted from its object, the Trustees would have been held responsible. As to the supposed destitute condition of the unfortunate man who committed suicide, I have always understood that the members of his family were in easy circumstances, and certainly well able to maintain their father. I am, etc., John Cobbe. Feilding, November 14, 1894.