GIFTS TO CHARITY

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 229, 22 June 1940, Page 5

GIFTS TO CHARITY

Palmerston Resident’s Will Dominion Special Service. PALMERSTON N„ June 21. Provision for gifts to a number of charitable institutions in New Zealand w made in the will of Mr. James an old resident of Palmerston North, who di Mr eC ß?urke was keenly interested in the welfare of the Catholic Church and under his will, probate of which has> been granted bv the Supreme. Court to the Public Trustee, provision has been mm c for £lOO for St. Patricks- A l /’ 1 ' ® Church in Palmerston N ol '! l '’ i,wo {ol j Home of Compassion, B cllmgtoii, ami other necuniarv •legacies totalling v-i-o arc given to various-charitable institutions connected with the Catholic Church. Ip rovision is made for £lO for the Palmerston North Hospital Board for (lie general purpose of the Old People’s Home m Awapttni, £lO to the mayor for the b'cneial relief of distress in Palmerston North, and £lO to All Sainis’ Childrens Home, Palmerston North. All these bequests aie free of duty. The residue of the estate, worth approximately £3500, is given to the Iranian Catholic Archbishop of Wellington to be applied iu equal shares toward the general purposes of the orphanages conducted by the Roman Catholic Church in Auckland, Wellington. Christchurch and Dunedin.