REGULATING BEQUESTS.
PROTECTION OF WIVES AND CHILDREN.
REVISION OF TESTAMENTARY LAW PROPOSED.
UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATIONUNITED SERVICE.) LONDON, May 16. In the House of Lords, Lord Astor moved for the appointment of a select committee to consider testamentary law, specially with a view to preventing a man cutting off his wife and family with a shilling and leaving his estate to some other woman. The- laws of Scotland and Australia- prevented such injustice, yet there was the famous case in England where- a- man under an early will left his wife 31/- weekly and the rest to charity. He left half a. million. Another left £30,000 to his wife and children, but a £1,000,000 to his mistress and illegitimite,children. Lord Haldane doubted whether any judge was- capable of wisely varying wills; perhaps the bishops might undertake it, Q-r they c-ould trust to public opinion to compel men to- do the right thing.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 18 May 1928, Page 5
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