SIR. A JONES'S ESTATE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 14

SIR. A JONES'S ESTATE.

LARGE POWEBS FOE HIS TETJSTEES. v : 'The'Miate''oi;th«rlote.-SirrAlfted,Jones," tlie'fanions'jjiverppol shipoTOefj heis-been sworn at X 674.259, exclusive of real'estate, abroad. ■'■■■; . ' ':■ '.. -V ■■'■.- .>£, After certain % bequests .to' his Bister, Mrs. Pinnock, and her two daughters,, and to servants and < employees. Sir Alfred- 1 left all the: residue, of his estate; on'-^tiHsti-.forivVsuch'/ charitable .purposes in : England, or: on the-West Coast of Africa as his trustees.may;determine. He;, indicated research' into:fdisease on .tne> West Coast of Africa,'the relief of any of. his'-poor relations, or of-any poor , , employee or former employee, ,: as pur-\ poses to which the'money. might.he der" voted. His trustees power to; carry on any of his'businesses for ten years. 1 (It has since been notified by 1 cable that-Lord Pirrie, head of the Belfast shipbuilding firm : of■•Messrs; Harland' and .Wolff,-, has boughtt the businesses.);. There- are the following 1 specific be-.' quests to employees, if still in the service ofjany of- his companies:—Xsoo each to Williairi'Dempster,' '-..William ,, ' , Seddon, Leslie ConpaT, and L. M. Sharp; and : ie2so to' Thomas Batiks... Each clerk, :npt included, above, of'vten years' sott. Elder, 1 ; Dempster,Co., or Elder, Dempster.; Shipping, Lim-.. ited.w given a; year's salary, and there, are smaller bequests to all clerks of over, one year's service. ■■.-.- .';- : ■■- . ■■'■ Mr.- Wi 0. Harrison rWilHams, a director: of' Elder, Dempster' Shipping, Liin-. ited, is the sole, surviving executor, but-will..gives-power, to'a sole executor" .to'-'aot- ;;':■; ys:';ii ' ■■-.' .'{■: .-.:■ ■'i . .- •;