FATHER FARTHING
WILL CONTESTED
JUDGE GRANTS PROBATE
(Received March 15, 12.5 a.m.)
SYDNEY, March 14. Legal problems arose in the Probate Court in Sydney today over the will of Father Alexander Farthing, a former priest in New Zealand, who died in' July, 1939, and left an estate valued at £9400. Father Farthing's brother and sister contested the will, alleging that undue influence had been exerted on behalf of two beneficiaries, namely, another sister and a niece. The will contained a number of gifts to relatives and included a legacy of £1000 to the Catholic Bishop of Dunedin to establish a bursary for students to the priesthood. Evidence was given by Mrs. Daphne Benbow that she believed her uncle, Father Farthing, had bred racehorses in New Zealand, naming them after his friends. She was unaware that he bred a horse called Nedda which won the Sires' Produce Stakes in Victoria valued at £3000. Mr. Justice Nicholas admitted the will to probate, saying that there was no evidence whatever of undue inJiuence or conspiracy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 64, 15 March 1940, Page 8
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