CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.
WESTPORT MERCHANT’S WILL.
Westport, Aug. 8.
Under the will of the late James Powell, a retired merchant, of Westport, bequests totalling £24,500 are made as follow: —Presbyterian Church, Westport, £1,000; Presbyterian Orphanage, Christchurch, £1,000; St. Andrew’s Orphanage, Nelson, £1,000; Buller Hospital Board, for Old Men’s Home, £3,500; Sailors’ Rest, Westport, £1,000; Public Library, Westport, £1,000; Prisoners’ Aid and Protection Society, Dunedin, £3,000; Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Auckland, £3,000; Ranfurly Veterans’ Home, Onehunga, £3,000; Salvation Army, New Zealand, £4,000; Dr. Barnardo’s Home, England, £3,000; total, £24,500. After all the private legacies have been disposed of the residue of the estate is understood to amount to a very considerable sum, and will be divided amongst Auckland, Wellington, North Canterbury and Otago Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2013, 9 August 1919, Page 3
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127CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2013, 9 August 1919, Page 3
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