SHARE OF LARGE FORTUNE.
1 DRAPER'S EXPECTATipJf. '
'"'■ (By ■Telcgraph.-'Press, Association.) ' CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. •'it'is reported 'that Mr. John Watson whd has, Vdfapery at Springy ton, is to.receiye- £60,000,. portion o + f ; a, Se estate left by a .distant.; relative. who died,some years ago in. America. | ' The story is that • the relative,. Mr. ! John Andrews, left Ireland .as ay pungi man, amassed a fortune -in, er '^ nn of between. £16,000,000 ; and : £10,000,000, and died without .or a wile. Nothing was known of his relatives and th<j • money , was .held by the AmericanGovernment; which; advertised -tor., the heirs, i After litigation; one of Mr John Andrews' nephews .established the. family s claim. Mr. .Watson's share, ,it Jwas stated,: comes to him through an- aunt who-left no will.' '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 11
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124SHARE OF LARGE FORTUNE. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 11
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