ESTATE UNDER £1,000,000
BEQUESTS TOTAL £6OO AUCKLAND WOMAN’S WILL (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mrs. Emily Porter, Auckland, whose death occurred on August 15 and whose estate has been valued at tinder £1,000,000. The will contains provision for three charitable bequests, ehch of £2OO, to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to the St. John Ambulance Society, Auckland, and to the Salvation Army for the purposes of its Eventide Home at Mount Eden. Mrs. Porter, who was in her eightyseventh year, was born in Sussex and came to New Zealand* with her sister, the late Lady Brett, in 1864. She married the .late Mr. Alfred Porter in 1871, and became known for her many private benefactions.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20035, 6 September 1939, Page 14
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130ESTATE UNDER £1,000,000 Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20035, 6 September 1939, Page 14
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