REMARKABLE WILL
WEALTHY AUSTRALIAN GRAZIER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, November IS. The conditions of the remarkable will of the late Peter Stuckley Mitchell are being brought to the notice of the New South Wales Parliament. Mr Mitchell, who was a wealthy grazier, died ten years ago and bequeathed nearly £46U,000 for the physical improvement ot the Australian race by means of yearly contests, limited, to ten males and fifteen females. The main test is for males, and will be physical fitness, honourable fulfilment of military obligations and ability to swim and ride horses, and is restricted to youths under twenty-one. Females must have a knowledge of nursing and be capable of producing and rearing healthy babies. Both sexes must possess intellect and have a good understanding of the climatic and geogr&pbical conditions of Australia, and of British literature and specific portions of the Bible.
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Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 9
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144REMARKABLE WILL Evening Star, Issue 21881, 19 November 1934, Page 9
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