MR WHITELEY'S FUNERAL.
Press Association—Copyright. , London, January 81. Mr Whiteley bequeathed about | £1,000,000 to provide alms houses and homes for the deserving poor. Thousands of his employees attended the funeral at Kensal Green. Many shops were closed. A quarter of a million spectators ■watched the procession. Mr White-ley's estate amounts to ! about £1,500,000. lie bequeathed £12,000 to hospitals and benevolent institutions, £SOOO for the promotion of outdool sports.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8729, 1 February 1907, Page 2
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68MR WHITELEY'S FUNERAL. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8729, 1 February 1907, Page 2
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