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; ■-. .■ ,i ■ ■-.-. ..•■: ,i ' ■ ■,-.- ■'.' . ; 'BV TELEGRAPH—CRESS ■ ASSOCUTION—COI'TRIGHTV '.. ;'•. ' YET; ANOTHER CLAIMANT.' ; : Welbourno'October 22.- i ! Another claimant of tho Pago millions has iput in an , appearance in the person of Ar'thur'.F. Pago, of Carltdn, Mclbourno, who ' claims to bo tho lineal'descendant of' Henry I'agc, the last direct holder of theßestate • : 'The Page estate'is an'old story l as'regards ; tho allegation of defective .title. Sok.d littlo I time, ago the- London, papers suddenly became full of what appeared to"-be.a new'pliasbi'but •it was' subsequently stated that an almost ■■int. terminable legal process would have to bo|gono . :through/,.before the' Qrown's claim' reached finality. Now colonial claimants liavo'aVisen, . ■ and, as in the case.of tho Portland claimant,: a company has.been , formed to nrqsccato, tho; claim. According to a ■ recont issue ■ of,. tho : "Sydney Morning Herald," "tho' prospectus of-the,P.age-Morris Company, Limited, which pro'-, poses to. exploit, the Page millions, has .been j issued. This Company has. an interest quito ; outside that of an ordinary business undertaic- ' ing, seeing that ~'wholo. suburbs of London,'.' containing an area of some CO square miles, - aro involved. The capital of the Company is .£IO,OOO, divided into 5000 £1 shares subscribed' ' ,br the public, and 5000 fully paid-up sharw i which go to tho vendor and claimant, Georg? , Horton Morris, who alleges himself to be the grandson,of a.brother of ■ Henry Page, the last '■- lioldor of tho estate. In addition to the 5000 I shares, Air. Morris is to receive ,£250 in bash ■and,-bo handed several return : tickets to Lon- " don, for himself and .his family, and bo pail * £15 per,- week for six , months -after arrival' S.' ose: ' ,vho ' 6ubsi ""ibo the necessarv ASUOO are to receive. 50 per ' cent, of itho ner moneys received from' the, estate should tip claim bo uphold; up to the,first ,£1,000,000 «i C r r iinnmn • proceeds from ,£1,000,000 to ots,uuo,uuo, ana so oil. , '■■ I '■■~.'■.