MANY BEQUESTS

WILL OF SIR GEORGE

SHIRTCLIFFE

PAINTING TO MR. SPEAKER

Under the will of the late Sir George Shirtcliffe an oil painting of the members of the National Cabinet in the Great War, by the late W. A. Bowring, a New Zealand artist of distinction, has been bequeathed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This fine painting will probably be permanently, hung somewhere, in Parliamentary Buildings. The Guardian Trust is administering the will, probate of which has been granted, and reports that it makes provision for the payment of certain bequests <■ public and semi-public institutions, but as these were all paid during the lifetime of Sir George they are automatically revoked by a codicil. They include the £5000 for children's playgrounds and equipment in them in Wellington; £5000 for the religious, charitable, and educational activities of the Wellington Diocesan Board; £1000 to be a capital fund, the income of which shall be paid each year to the churchwardens of St. Paul's parish (to be used for church purposes); £8000 to the board of trustees of the Wellington Anglican Cathedral Fund; £500 to St. Mary's Guild (Anglican home for women and girls); £500 to the Wellington Diocesan Board (for Missions to Seamen); £250 for the Plunket Society; £200 to the V.M.C.A.; and £200 for the Y.W.C.A.