BEQUESTS TO CHARITY

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 222, 16 June 1930, Page 10

BEQUESTS TO CHARITY

Will of Mr. J. McMenamen £3500 FOR HOMES Charitable bequests amounting to £3500 are made to Wellington institutions under the will of the late Mr. James McMenamen, of Island Bay, who died on April 14 in his eightieth year. A sum of £5OO is also bequeathed to a Chicago hospital. Following’are the bequests:— Anglican Boys’ Home, Lower Hutt £loo ° Presbyterian Boys’ Orphanage, i Berhampore 1000 Presbyterian Girls’ Orphanage, Berhampore Mother Superior, Home of Compassion, Island Bay 500 The Mercy Hospital, Chicago ... 500 Deceased managed his own sheep station, “Te Kamera,” until 10 years ago, and his father was very well known as the owner of the adjoining Terawhiti station. The will provides for legacies to the managers of both stations. ,

The late Mr. McMenamen never married, and his only surviving sister, Mrs. Montague Laing, resides -n London.