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"NOT A DOWAGER OF FASHION"

Sylvia Rutherford's Claim For Bigger Share of Estate

WIDOW'S MITE A SUBSTANTIAL ONE

(From "N.Z. Truth V Special Christchurch Representative).

Nineteen, a widow, and a legacy of slightly over £9000. To most young women such a sum could be expected to represent comfort, an adequate income, and protection against hardship and distress, but not so Ruth Sylvia Rutherford, the young widow of a mair who belonged to the well-known Rutherford family m North Canterbury. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Rutherford was Miss Derrett, only child of George Cecil Derrett, of Hororata.

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