THE REVELSTOKE MILLIONS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 January 1925, Page 4

THE REVELSTOKE MILLIONS.

CLAIM NOT PROVEN. A DOCUMENT MISSING. MR REVELL’S STATEMENT. “I should be glad if you would give an unqualified contradiction to the statement as published in the Taranaki press that I have received definite news regarding my succession, together with co-heirs, to a legacy of £2,000,000,” said Mr J. Revell, of Kaponga, when interviewed this morning by a representative of the Star. Explaining the position, Mr Revell intimated that his lawyers, since his father’s death, had been endeavouring to establish the claims of himself, two brothers and a sister to a property valued at £2,000,000, situated in the town of Revelstoke, in Devonshire. The estate further carried the sum of £IOO,OOO in Indian money. Owing, however, to their inability to find certain documents which were believed to have been in the possession of hie father at the time of the latter’s death, they had not yet proved the claim.

He understood that the property had been willed to his father, William Crocker Revell, together with his father’s brothers, James, Henry and Charles and their sister Tamson, of whom James,- residing at Wanganui, was the only one at present living. While the present claimants could establish heirship to the above-men-mentioned legattes, the latter’s succession could not be proven because of the missing document he had previously mentioned, and for the time being the estate is in Chancery. Mr Revell further said he had been told that a statement to the effect that the claim had been definitely proven had appeared in an English paper, but he had not seen it. Even if such had been published, its authenticity could not he relied upon in the absence of legal notification concerning it. “Obviously,” said Mr Revell, in conclusion, _ “I would be notified immediately if our claim was established, our lawyers being fully aware that the other claimants have appointed me as their representative in the proceedings.” He fully anticipated that the legacy would some day revert to the family, but at present nothing definite was known.