LATE SIR JOSEPH WARD
WILL GRANTED PROBATE ESTATE OF £337,000 Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The actual amount of Sir Joseph Ward's will sworn for probate is £337,000. Probate of the will has been granted by the Supreme Court to the sons, Cyril and Vincent, and the daughter, Mrs. B. B. Wood, who are the executors and trustees. The will, which is dated August 30, 1928, directs the burial at Bluff, the disposal of the testator’s correspondence (private, business or official), and bequeaths the caskets, certificates, grants of the freedom of cities, diplomas, presentations and addresses to his children as the trustees think fit. The will gives £I,OOO to the Home of Compassion in Wellington, and various sums to relatives. The residue of the estate is to be divided among testator’s children, except that the eldest son’s share is greater than the share of each other member of the family.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1060, 26 August 1930, Page 16
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149LATE SIR JOSEPH WARD Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1060, 26 August 1930, Page 16
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