SUBSTANTIAL BEQUEST

Hokitika Guardian, 1 February 1929, Page 3

SUBSTANTIAL BEQUEST

SURSTANT!A L BEQBESTS. BY AUCKLAND CITIZEN. AUCKLAND, January 31. Under the will of tbe late Air Thomas Grainger, of 27 King Edward Avenue, Epsom, tbe Church of England and various charitable institutions in Auckland will benefit to tbe extent of about L*36,(; )(). ibe estate lias just been sworn at C60,0!!0, and. after the pay-n>-m‘ nf jegae'es to relatives and'charitable institutions and succession and death duties, 11 1 ,• residue will amount to net less than £30.060. This sum Mr Grainger bequeathed to tbe Church f En 'land, to be held in trust by the Bishop of Auckland, and to lie applied by him to such charitable purposes as he thinks fit. Allhough there is ,no direction in his will as to how the mm -v v'ijiU h<. spent. Mr Grainger expressed a wish that the bequest should he used for the establishment- of a training farm under the (. hnrrli of England immigration scheme 'lor boys or girls of British parentage. The money is at present invested in securities. The legacies to charity include Clooo to (ho Orphans’ Home at Papatoetoe, C6OO to tbe Jubilee Institute for Die Rlind, C6OO to the Society for the lVnleelion of Women and Children and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which were one body at the time the will was drawn; l‘60!l to the Manurewa Children’s Home, £6OO to the Salvation Army for expenditure in Auckland, and C6OO to the Thames Hospital Board. Air Grainger, who was an old resident of Auckland. was a retired hake)'. He "as Mu,m| yi! years of age at the time ot Ids death last December, lie leaves a widow but no children.