BIG BEQUESTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 October 1908, Page 2

BIG BEQUESTS.

— <r- \ A WINDFALL FOR AUCKLAND. Auckland is fortunate in the. public spiritedness of its citizens. A striking instance is the caso of Mrs. Knox, of Symoids Street, who, dying last week, willed away nearly £70,000 to charity and deserving pub- ' lie institutions established in Auckland unci elsewhere. , Believing that there was a great necessity for a home in Auckland for poor people suffering from incurable diseases, Mrs. Knox set apart a sum of £20,000 for the erection'and maintenance of a suitable building. The next local necessity which she- considered required to bo met with the erection and endowment of a night shelter for homeless men, and towards, this object she bequeathed £2500. The Jubilee Institute for the Blind benefits to the extent of £1500, and St. Mary's Homes, Otaliuhn, to the extent of £1000, while to. all the other various local charities sums of from £200 to £500 have been bequeathed; ■ Whilo remembering local institutions, the ■ deceased did not forget her birthplace,and she accordingly directed that the suni of £4000 bo remitted to Ardstraw, Ireland, for the relief of the deserving poor, and a further £500 for the improvement of' the Presbyterian Church there. Dr. Barnardo's Homes are also to receive £1000, and the Danneford Mission to British soldiers ill India £200. The following is a complete list of "the'benefactions:— . • ' • . •• ■ ■ £ Home for Incurables , ... ... 20,000 Deserving Poor, Ardstraw ... . 4,000 Night Shelter ... . -V.. ... 2,500 Blrnd Institute ... 4 .;. ... 1,500 St. Mary's Homes, Otahuhu ... 1,000 Dr. Barnardo's Homes ... ... , 1,000 Door of Hope >- ... 500 Salvation Army Prison Brigade ... • - 500 • Ladies' Benevolent Society ..V.". - ... ~ , 500 , Little Sisters of the Poor ... ' ... ' 500 Presbyterian City Mission ... ..v > SCO Presbyterian Ministers' Widows , and : .Orphans' Fund y.... ' 500 , Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund . 1 -i: (Presbyterian) ... , 500 Presbyterian Maori Mission... ), ... v 500 . St. Mary's Orphanage, Ponsonby \.*. ", : .500 Veterans' Home ...... ... .1.500. . Maori Girls' School ... ... .... 500 Y.M.C.A. ... ... ... ... . 500 Y.W.C.A ... . , 500 Wesleyan Orphanage v .:: r" ' 500 St. James' Presbyterian Church fiOO Knox Church 509 Sister Cecilia's Home, Parnell ... . ' aitf'' Knox Church Sunday-school... , ... 500 Metho'dist City Mission (East Street) i.L 500 — Children's Home, Remuera 500 Leslie's Presbyterian Orphanage ... \ 800 Society for the Protection of Women ' , and Children ...' _ 500- ■ Picnic Fund, Mental Hospital ... ' " 500 Orphan Home, Parnell - 500 Presbyterian Church, Ardstraw ... 500. ; Sailors' Home ... . «... ... .... .. .300 Helping Hand Mission 200 Central Mission ... ... ... . 200 Danneford Mission ... 200 Prisoners' Aid Society , 200 Grey Street Creche ... 200 Technical College ... ... ... • 200 Total ... '.£44,000'