WOMAN'S BEQUEST.
COURT UPHOLDS WILL. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, August 29. Mr Justice Reed, in a Supreme Court judgment, held that bequests in the will of Minnie Elizabeth Simmonds, late of Thames, of £4OO to the wounded and disabled soldiers of New Zealand, and £IOO to a home for wounded sailors of the British Empire, were charitable gifts within the meaning of the statutes. He directed the Public Trustee, as present trustee of the will, to submit a scheme for disposition and submit such scheme for the approval of the Attorney-General.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 273, 30 August 1933, Page 8
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