RIGHT TO £1,000,000 ESTATE.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1924, Page 1

RIGHT TO £1,000,000 ESTATE.

LONDON. .1 mho 11. News which liiis reached Hath linm Iho ('ape th:it then: tin-. In-on (li'invi rcd in mi ii t tit- in tiu- house <il a Mrs Heshoif, iii Philippopolis, Orange l-'roo State, tho will ol .Mrs Sarah .Mullins, of Math, has cron I oil much interest in Hath. It is siif'fjostoil that the will may cstahlish the succession to ostatos in Chancery said to amount, in L'l.OOtl,000. Mis .Mullins is holieved to have boon a descendant of it Mr Kehhv, who inhoritoil bio Somerset estates from William liaymaii, who dic'd in ]7.'if). The theory is that the will and other documents were left in the house in Phillippopnlis during the Hour War. .ISfJtM'bOI. The documents include mortnaties dated in 17S0 and 175)0, in which the name of Kdtvard Mullins is mentioned: also an ISth-century eonveyance of property hy Stephen -Mullins. The will of .Mrs Sarah Mullins, so important to the Kohliy interests, is dated ISI It. Mr l-'.dward Howard Keh!iy. of Hampton View, Karfield Park. Path, yesterday told ;i reporter that there was a ctreat deal of his family’s property in (.'lnmcery. lie has family records dating liack nearly d'lO years. The Kehhys. lie said had much property in Somerset and Devon

M;- Francis (-Verge Kehby. doorkeeper at Lean Nash Picture House, Hath, who enmes of old West Country yeoman stock and is a native of Hristol believes himself to he financially interested in the discovery. SILFN'T FFNF.IIAL. LONDON. .1 one I’O. A funeral during which not a word was spoken took place yesterday* at Hastings, when Councillor Dr 0. Cl. Cray, who had a long public career, was lmricd. The collin was taken from the house to the cemetery, and there was no church service. At. the graveside the collin was lowered into the grave, and Archdeacon Cook stood tor several minutes with hi- watch in his hand. After a while a few handfuls of earth were thrown on the collin, and the archdeacon nodded hi- head to indicate that the service was ended. It is understood the service complied with the wishes of Dr Cray.

Dr Cirav resembled Sir Squire Bancroft, and was often mistaken for him by actors and actresses at the Hastings Caicty Theatre.

CHEAP CAPS. FACTOHY FOP AFSTPAUA. LONDON, Aug. 1. Mr William Moir anil Dr Marks, directors of’the Marks-Moir Motor* ( o--will sail by the Osterlev for Australia on August 10th. with several of their new type of ears which have been hunt in" Hritain. and which incorporate an Australian invention.

Mr Moir says that hi* company proposes to erect a factory, possibly at Sydney, and to build bodies and assemble parts made in Ilritain. Ik' claims that these ears will he cheaper than Fords. He states that they have alreadv received orders for thousands of ear's, but will he unable to turn them out in quantity for six months. Ultimately, they hope to manufacture complete ears in Australia.