A Will Case
(Per United Press Assn.—Copyright). Received March 17, 10.H0 a.m Brisbane, March 17 Application lias been made to the Chief Justice by Mrs Willis for probate of the will under which she was appointed trustee for her son, in the matter of '20,W0 acres of land at Cuimaiuulla. The Chief Justice said the circumstances of the case were peculiar. Mrs Willis is the wife of Willis, who is concerned in the land transactions in New South Wales. She already holds the Turee blocks of 20,000 acres adjoining the one she seeks control under the will. The Act limits the holding of grazing lands to 60,000 acres. The witnesses to the will are Hoskings and McNair, whose names are also well known. The Chief Justice held that the circumstances were so suspicious that he must adjourn the application for fuller investigation.
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Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 5150, 17 March 1906, Page 3
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142A Will Case Hastings Standard, Volume IX, Issue 5150, 17 March 1906, Page 3
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