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Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1922, Page 4

J’HE yyiLL AND rpHE AY. (18.)—PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE IN PUBLIC TRUSTEE. Sir Julius Vogel, founder of the Public Trust Office, said in the House of Representatives fifty years ago: “Honorable Members must be aware that it is very difficult to obtain trustees for wives and children, or executors under Wills, with sufficient time at their disposal to do justice to the task; and even when after some difficulty and a great sacrifice to friendship such trustees are obtained, no one can be sure that in case of death or removal their place will be well supplied.” To meet a vital need of the people Sir Julius Vogel secured the establishment of the Public Trust 'Office. The remarkable expansion of the business in five decades is a great monument to a far-seeing statesman. By the middle of 1921, the number of wills safely deposited with the Public Trustee exceeded 31,000, and this total is increasing at the rate of about 300 a month, These figures, in a country of I,2so,OOOepopulation, afford very emphatic evidence of the people’s confidence in their own State-guaranteed OfficeFor full, information apply to the Public Trustee, Wellington; the District Public Trustee. New Plymouth or Hawera, or the District Manager, Stratford. Part-time Offices also at Waitara, Inglewood, Eltham and Patea.