WILL IN GREEK VERSE.
M.P. WHO WAS KILLED. A RELIGIOUS PROHIBITION. London. August 24. Sir John Rees, Coalition-Unionist member of Parliament for East Nottingham, who was killed by falling from a train near Chesterfield, left an estate valued at £84,837. In a codicil to his will, written in nuaint Greek and English verse, he directed that his remains should be cremated. He further set forth that any beneficiary other than his wife who professed the Roman Catholic religion should forfeit the benefits. His children, he directed, should be brought up removed from Roman Catholic inflwanoa.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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95WILL IN GREEK VERSE. Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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