£150,000 ESTATE.
LATE MR. W. E. BIDWILL BEQUESTS TOTAL £16,000. WIDE VARIETY OF OBJECTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) MASTERTON, this day. The estate of the late Mr. W. E. Bidwill, of Featherston, has been sworn at £150,000. Bequests totalling £16,000 are made under the will. The bequests include: Wairarapa Radii" Club, £2000; Featherstor. Anglican Church, £1000; Kaliutara Public Hall, £500; Grey town Hospital, £500; .Featherston Borough Council,
£500; Featherston Public Library, £500; governors of Christ College, £500; National Red Cross Society (for backblock nursing), £250; and New Zealand nurses' memorial fund, £200. A number of bequests from £200 to £2000 are made to relatives and friends. Several employees receive bequests, two of £2000 each and four others £500 each. The Rototawai Station is to be divided between Mr. J. Carne Bidwill and Mr. H. Campbell Pearce. Mrs. Bidwill has a life interest in the homestead block, together with an annuity.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 73, 28 March 1933, Page 5
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