LATE MRS E. PORTER

Grey River Argus, 6 September 1939, Page 12

LATE MRS E. PORTER

BIG AUCKLAND ESTATE. . - . NEARLY £1,000,000. •- ; AUCKLAND, September 5. Probate has been granted of 'the will of the late Mrs. Emily Porter, : of Auckland, whose death occurred Yon August 15, and the estate has been valued at. under £1,000,000. . ; The will contains \ provision for 'three charitable bequests, each of £2OO, to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Aninials; arid- ’to Sti John Ambulance Society, . Auckland, and to the Salvation Army for the purposes of its Eventide Home at Mount Eden. - Mrs. Porter, who was in hereightyseventh year, was born fir-Sussex, arid came to New Zealand with her sister, the late Lady Brett, She married the late Alfred Porter in 1871, and became known for her mariy private benefactions.