LATE MR. E.J. HOWARD
WILL IN OWN HANDWRITING ./ . WARNING' MENTIONED Tin* estate of the late Air. Edwin John Howard, former Labour member for .Christchurch South, and Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives, has been sworn for probate at under £3307. Mr. Howard) died last April and the s will,’ in his own hand-writing, is dated June 23, 193 u. It makes a. number of small bequests to. relatives and friends, the substantial amount of the. estate being left equally to Mr. Howard’s daughters, Miss Mabel Howard and Airs. Elsie Lament. In an introductory paragraph very characteristic of Air. Howard’s method of expression he wrote: “Having had a couple of warnings, .or so the doctors say, I desire to put my house in order ready to leave should the gentleman with the scythe come suddenly. This, then, is my last will and testament.”
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 261, 20 November 1939, Page 1
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144LATE MR. E.J. HOWARD Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 261, 20 November 1939, Page 1
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