FABULOUS WEALTH.
A TAJ-E OP MILLIONS.
By Tolef'iT*•' '..—Press Association—Copyright Iteccivcd 10.00 p.m., May 20. London, Muy 25. The 'Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that Barker bequeathed . .nil'ion arid a half to his sister Esther, an an equal amount to Fournier. Sydney, May 25. In mfcronco to this cable, enquiries in Sydney failed to place the millionaire, Barker. A man of that name, who resided in Sydney some years ago, used to talk of his immense fortune. Ho adopted a lad, promising to leave him enormous wealth, but Ultimately committed suicide, being penniless. It is reported that this man’s brother, with his family, have a penchant for fabulous millions. They left Australia for Europe some time ago. | The following cablegram was received on Saturday :—Louis Fournier, a .young painter, and Baris correspondent of the Ball Mull Gazette, states that Harold Barker, of Sydney, who died at Itennes u week ago, bequeathed him a million and a half sterling, besides an estate in Westmoreland. Barker's sister asserts there is a later will not produced, which divide? tho property between herself, Fournier and tiro Comtes.so Majendie, the future mother-iu-law of Fournier. |
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 900, 26 May 1903, Page 3
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