Gift To City For Vegetarian Home

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30535, 2 September 1964, Page 1

Gift To City For Vegetarian Home

A substantial bequest to the Christchurch City Council to establish a convalescent or rest home to be run on vegetarian lines is gpde in ttokswill of Johas-Younc, a retired farmer, ofXhristchurch, who died on August 15. The Supreme Court recently granted probate of the will, the estate being sworn at under £60,000. . -

Mr YOung left private bequests totalling £1725, established two life trusts for friends which total £7OOO, and gave a friend a life interest in one of his properties. To the Mayor, councillors, and citizens of Christchurch he. left his property at 43 Hackthorne road, Cashmere, teethe establishment of a CHtjVgteeent or rest home for ;UHgHß&fit of sick and needy elSfifas of Christchurch of goqSFdharacter, the home to be conducted on strictly vegetarian lines. The remainder of the estate after the above bequests is to be used to establish an endowment fund for the home, which Mr Young asked to be called the John Young Memorial Home.

His will said that as far as possible by use of the endowment fund the home should be fiee to the occupants, but if necessary a charge could be made so that the home could be carried on without loss. The remainder of the trust funds and the property in which he gave life interests are, after the death of the beneficiaries, to revert to his estate and become part of the home’s endowment. Other Wills The Supreme Court also has granted probate of the will of Elizabeth Ann Sears, a widow, of Christchurch, who died on July 31.

Her estate was sworn at under £l7OO, and after private bequests totalling £2OO the remainder of the estate is to be divided equally among the Canterbury and West Coast branch of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, the Cahterbury,

Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland division of the New Zealand branch of the British Cancer Campaign Society, and the Taylor’s Mistake Surf Life-saving Club.

The major beneficiaries under the will of Rhoda Stern, a widow, of Christchurch, who died on August 24, are the New Zealand Crippled Children Society and the Mission to Lepers. The Supreme Court recently granted probate of the will, the estate being sworn at under £5OOO. After payment of two private bequests totalling £2OO the estate is to be divided equally between the two charities.