PRIEST’S WILL
BEFORE PROBATE COURT IN SYDNEY —.J. 15> REFERENCE TO BREEDING RACEHORSES. PLEA OF UNDUE INFLUENCE FAILS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, March 14. Legal problems arose in the Probate Court at Sydney today over the will of Father Alexander Farthing, a former New Zealand priest, who died in July, .1939, and left an estate valueo at £9400. Father Farthing's brother and sister contested the will, alleging undue influence on behalf of two beneficiaries, namely another sister and a niece. The will contained a number of gifts to relatives and included a legacy of £lOOO to the Catholic Bishop of Dunedin to establish a bursary for students 1o the priesthood. Evidence was given by Mrs Daphne Benbow that she believed her uncle, Father Farthing, had bred racehorses in New Zealand, naming them "after his friends. She was unaware that he bred a horse called Nedda which won the Sires’ Produce Stakes in Victoria valued at £3OOO. Mi- Justice Nicholas admitted the will to probate, saying there was no evidence whatever of undue influence or conspiracy.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1940, Page 6
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175PRIEST’S WILL Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1940, Page 6
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