THE'BULLER LION'S'WILL

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1912, Page 8

THE'BULLER LION'S'WILL

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TWO-BENEVOLENT BEQUESTS, .fl'ei Press Asaociati oh ) ' .WELLINGTON/ August 22. The-late Eugene O'Connor, of Nelson, by-his \y ill, of which, the PublicTrustee is the executor, after a number of small legacies to nephews aiki nieces •: an^.an annuity to ins sister> gives. the residue of his estate to tiirce trustees ;> (comprising the ' Roman Catholic Bishop of Wellington, the Mayor of. VVestport and the member of. Parliament for the district in which Westport; is .situated), upon trust to establish an .Institute at Westport on deceased's property at the Nine Mile Roads-for. rearing and training destitute .children;;'.of both sexes and all denominations, and to take charge of old people. Such institutions are to be under the charge of the Little Sisters of;the Poor or other RomanCatholic^ religious order approved by the Bishop of Wellington, subject "to no religious exclusiyeness, and open to all'denomihations. The residuary estate^iii the. hands of the Public Trustee for such purposes is about j£i 8,000. HENRY SARGENT'S WILL. The late Henry Sargent, of-Wanga-nui, by his will,' appoints the. Public Trustee executor and '. trustee. He directs his wife to have a life interest in the whole estate, which is worth about ,£35,000. After her death a number of legacies are to be paid, includang; £500 to the Wanganui Astronomical- Society, £250 to the Wanganui Orchestral Society, and the Wariganui :■. Museum, and the residue to the Wanganui Borough- Council to establish an<i maintain in Wangainui borough a Fine Arts Gallery, fpr^^^ the reception, purchase., and .acquisition''of works of art for the benef.it of.. 'the Public. Deceased's expressed., desire '^ that any such works of art be • purchased only 911 account of \their in-trin's"ic-value as w.orks of art. , 'The Gallery is to be managed by thje "Watigan\ii Borough; Council,' to' whom the Public Trustee is to account "for the income.