A SOLDIER'S WILL.
a LETTER ADMITTED AS PROOF. Auckland, Oct. 31. In the Supreme Court to-day, Mr. Justice Hosking admitted as proof of a soldier's will a letter written to his father in England before he left New Zealand for Ihe Dardanelles, where he was killed. The will, according to the solicitor's testimony, made family bequests .of substantial amounts, and gave the residue of his estate to a young lady to whom the testator was engaged to be married. Before leaving for Wellington Cam]) he met his solicitor, and the will was destroyed, the testator—whose name was Charles Edward Milling—giving as his.reason that he was about to break off his engagement. In a letter to his father mentioning details of the will, he states that he had broken off his engagement, as it was not fair for the lady to be tied to him, as it was impossible to say how lonn' he would be away. The Judge accepted the letter in deceased's own handwriting ps proof of the contents of the will, presuming I that in the hurry of departure deceased had neglected to make a new will.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1916, Page 5
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189A SOLDIER'S WILL. Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1916, Page 5
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