TATTERSALL'S.
. THE ADAMS WILL CASE. (Br TELEGHAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT.) (Reoi August 27, 8.55 p.m.) ' Sydney, August 27. The High Court has dismissed the State Attorney-General's appeal against Mr. Justico Street's decision that the whole of tho charitable gifts under the will of the late George Adams (of Tattersall's) were void for uncertainty. . When the other appeals involved in the case were called, counsel announced that a settlement had been reached, satisfactory alike to "W. J. Adams, to the Tasmanian property beneficiaries," and to the beneficiaries of Tattersall's Sweep , One of tho provisions of the agreement confirms the action of the trustees of the estate! in distributing unclaimed prize moneys from' the year 1897,' as they become statute barred, among charities of the States of the Commonwealth and in New Zoaland. The agreement iila) authorises the continuance of the distribution of such moneys so that full effect be to the wishes of the testator in this respect. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 287, 28 August 1908, Page 7
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