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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 10 January 1912, Page 2

In regard to the future of Polar exploration, Dr. Nansen recently said that when both Poles had been reached, the time had come for scientific work in the Polar regions, and he did not see why in the future in the Arctic and Antarctic the Hying machine should not be useful. At present, of course, the aeroplane was not sufficiently developed. Ho was sure that other contrivances that might be devised would make it possible for them to get a thorough and scientific exploration of those regions. A fortune estimated at five millions sterling awaits the next of kin of Peter Taylor, an Amsterdam millionaire, formerly a native of Falkirk, Peter had' a 'brother William. The brother’s did not agree, and Peter emigrated to Holland, and eventually amassed a huge fortune. The feud between the two brothers continued, and the millionaire, having no family himself, left Ids money to his nephew upon condition that if the latter died childless the fortune should lapse for one hundred years, and then pass to the next of kin. By this means William was prevented from over touching a penny of his brother’s millions. The nephew died without leaving an heir. A century has now passed, and since the news about Peter Taylor’s millions leaked out claimants thereto are multiplying daily. The parish records of Falkirk are now being carefully examined for traces of the millionaire’s nearest collateral relatives.