ALDERMAN’S BEQUEST
The sum of £12.000. left 12 years ago by Alderman William Boote, Is now to he used for the provision of n cats’ homo, says a London paper. This Is ii* accordance with his will, which directed that his widow should have the interest on the money and that al her death the home he founded. Mrs H.mle has died following a fall. II is exported that her estate will amount to about £7OOO. and in all the cats’ home will receive £15,000 from the couple. Mr A. E. Lawson, of Wallasey, a
His £12,000 Goes to Cats
nephew of Alderman Boote. said: s “After the death of his only child, my s uncle’s fondness for animals developed f into an obsession. Human beings, he said, were able to look after them- , 1 selves. 1 "His house was equipped with all 1 kinds of devices for the comfort of - cats. Ladders were placed against i high walls and each day the garden i | was filled with rows of plates coni taining salmon and saucers of milk. ) Ho was never more pleased than when [ hundreds of stray cats congregated i there.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)
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192ALDERMAN’S BEQUEST Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)
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