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AUCTIONS. mO-MOHROW. /OTOf'W TOE OQ 1915, AT Til HI X A ITT lON i VnVIM /«/ noons. 10 MABKET SQUARE /-tWFFITHS, "pRASER AND QO., LIMITED. Will Pell, no Account uf J. T. Skeltnn an.l Snns. for tho Beueflt of the Hospital Shin Fuart, TII'KIR HANTROME DONATION OF 2ft) 1 K-nriT AND ORNAMENTAL TREKS. conflstlnß of Lev...vs. reaches, Venn. Apples. Nectarines, riums. etc., also Grape vines, rinn* tnsUrnls, Macrorarpn. and Tiuiis Murleatn. These Hues will lie sold, ITNCTI ALLY AT 12.30 P.M. Q.RIFFITHS, pUASBR AND QO.. LIMITED, ; AUCTIO-NEER?. 5 rn,o->IORROW, WEDNESDAY. TUNE OQ IOIS - AT THEIR ADOTION" ROOMS, 10, MARKET SQUARE. /-GRIFFITHS -pRASER & QO.. TTD., Will Pell by Auction, commencing at 11 ■I'eloek, OAAA mm TREES, all leading variewUUU t \r ft f rom j. t, SkeltOD aud fous' Noted Slock — Apples, Fears. Peaebes, Plnms iJapaaese and Englisbi, Apricots, Almonds. Nectarines, Lemon aud Orauge Trees Also, A >■" ASSORTMENT OF HEDGE TORES. ->-V Including .VH> llakea (Sallßiini, Tecnnin up to two years old, Klejignua, and a variety of Ornamental Shrubs. ALso. A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF ROSE TRES. which will be sold punctually at 12 o'clock »horii. NOTE HOUR OF STARTING. /GRIFFITHS & QO., TTD.. AUCTIONEERS. 4 QTAHUEU TTORSE OALE. jgATURDAY. JUNE f>g 1010. QrECIAL "pNTKIES. On .Account ft f Jlpssrs Fpjjruson And of Walmate North, -1 PI-RST-CLASS TEAM OF YOUNG J- TMiALGItT HORSE'S, from .i to 7 years old, Straight Out of Work. On Account of Other Vendor?, ■7 HEAVY DRAUGHTS 1 S LIGHT nARNX?? HOUSES AND -LO HACKS. Further Entries Solicited. TVALGETY AND QOIirAXY, TTB. CON. CIIRISTIE, Auctioneer. 2 MEANING OF A WILL AN ELLERSLIE PROPERTY CONCERNED. DIVISION' OF HOUSEHOLD LA>~DS. An interpretation of the "will of the late Eli/a Laycock, of Eilerslie, was sought by means of an originating su:n- ---■ mons which was brought 'before Mr. i Justice. Iloskingr at the Supreme Court ' to-day. I The jud-ge "'as asked to determine th? meaning of clause 7 of the will, whicii reads as follows: "As to my land and dwelling house at EHerslie aforesaid, in which I now reside, known as 'Victoria Villa,' together with the furniture and ! household effects in or about the said dwe.llirtghouse. or if the said house or ] furniture shall have been sold, then the ■ procwds thereof nnd the investments I for the time being representing the same upon trust for my said two daughters." .Hiia Honor was asked to decide what constituted "Victoria Villa,'' and what land went with it. In addition to the house in which the testatrix resided, , rhere. aro on the property four cottagea, which arc let to tenants. Thp question a»kcd wa<3 ■whether the adjacent paddocks went with thr- house and land when the late Mrs. Laycock made the will. It was claimed by the two bencI fk'iary trustees that the plirase cmi braced all the land except the four cotp ; UprcH let to tenants. On the other ' hand it waa arsrued that the phrase apI plied only to tiie land round the house, land that the paddocks fonmd part ot a the rmidilc to be divided imon; all the • children. The date of the will wad July 12, lOtMi. nd the date of the testatrix's death vvas December 20, 1912. Mr R. H. Bell appeared for the true- '• Itecß (.Mrs A. A. and Mn, ,1. [.. firowne 2 and E. M. Coleman), and also for ji nard and Archibald Lnycoc-k. Dr. 11 Bamford a.ppeared for Mrs A. A I and Mrs I. \j. Browne as specific dcvi 2 Bees. Other counsel were: Mr ('. T{ >' Walker, for Mrs Hannah More; Mr K. .1 y ' Prendergast, for Mra Harriet d< e'.Tliierry: Mr ,1. R. Reed. X.C.. with hin n Mr W. A. Sty:ik. for Mrs M. A. Bennett \t William Henry Laycock. Mrs Mabel Wil [eon, Mrs IClizii Wilson, and for the guar diaii of the infant children of Svdnei • i Laycock. deceased. v i Evidence given by Jessie Browne j a daughter of the tcsta'trix. and by he [.husband, Thompson Browne, 'builder j Tlie witnesses were interrogated as U j the e.rection of building on the land ii question and conceraing the n<un<i i I plifcUis on the gales^

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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 6

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