PROOF OF A WILL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 270, 31 October 1916, Page 5

PROOF OF A WILL.

SOLDIER’S LETTER ADMITTED. Auckland, Oct. 31. In the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Ilosking admitted as proof ot a soldier's will a letter written to his father in England before he (the soldier) left Naw Zealand for the Dardanelles, where lie was killed. _ The will, according to the solicitor's testimony, made to the family bequests of substantial amounts, and gave the residue of the estate to a young lady to whom the testator was engaged to be married. Before leaving for AVcLington the couple met at his solicitor’s and the will was destroyed, the testator, whose name was Charles Edward Milling, giving as the reason that he was about about to break off the engagement. In a letter to his father mentioning the del ails of the will, he stated that he had broken off the engagement, as it was not fair for her to be tied to him, ns it was impossible to say how long he would be away. The judge accepted the letter of the deceased in his own hand writing us a proof of the contents of the will, presuming that in the hurry of his departure the deceased had neglected to make a new will. TRAINING NOTES. RICCARTON TRACK. Christchurch, Oct. 31. Training at Riccarton this morning was carried out in wintry conditions. There was a cold wind and rain. Most of the work was dons on the outside course which was faster than the plough. AVardancer beat Good Hope over a mile and a quarter in 2.18 3-5. Disdainful beat Panmure over six furlongs in 1.18 3-5. Balboa ran easily with Settler over ten furlongs in 2.18 3-5. . San Sebastin and Adjutant did a mile in 1.48. Glen Helen ran the same distance alone, while Chortle ran comfortably with Multiplication over five furlongs in 1.4. Flying Start and Battle Eve ran seven furlongs m 1.32. Snub proved better than Indigo and Sedd-el-Bahr, doing ten in 2.14. Fiery Cross ran ten furlongs accompanied by Slogan over the last six in 2.13 3-5, doing the best finish. Daytime ran half a mile in 51. Rorke’s Drift easily beat Ringforro over ten furlongs in 2.15. Multiply beat Toki over nine on the grass in 2.2 2-5. Desert Gold ran a good mile in 1.44 3-5. Merry Roe, with Bleriot in the last part, ran nine furlongs on the plough in 1.59 2-5. Ascalphus beat Sir Tarka over seven furlongs in 1.33 3-5. Mullingar beat Marc Anthony by two lengths, Marco Bello being beaten off, over twelve in 2.40. It was_ a good gallop for both horses. Hymestia and Estland were . well matched over half a mile m th® straight. Egypt cleared out from Beltane and Pourparlour, doing a brilliant mile in 1.43.3-6. Meltchikoff ran six furlongs in I.IL A number of horses, chiefly two-year-olds, worked down the straight.

ELLERSLIE TRACK.

Auckland. Oct.-31. The weather was fine for training operations at Ellerslie. .The work was done on the outside course proper which was in good order. Gold Necklet beat Soultane over six furlongs in 1.22 4-5. Gwent proved better than Tact over five furlongs to the new post in 1.5. Tatterley with the assistance of Homeric ran the last four or. five furlongs to he old post in 1.6 1-5. Colonel Soult went a round in 2.6 3-5. Hyllus beat Loyal Arch over six furlongs in. 1.21. Arran. . ran four furlongs, doing the last three in 38 2-5. El Gallo and Tepapapa ran together to the end of a mile, doing the last seven in 1.35 3-5. Alteration proved better than Rockfield over seven furlongs in 1.34 1-6. Bagdad beat two companions over five to the new post in 1.5 2-5. Bjorneborg ran six furlongs comfortably in 1.26 4-5. Glenroy did seven furlongs in 1.33. Bisogne beat Gold Lac over six in 1.21 2-5. After breakfast General Joffre beat Idra over six in 1.21. Kitty Bellairs ran four furlongs in 50 4-5. Lady Penury with the assistance of Pendoon and Royal Irish, at intervals, ran a mile and a quarter in 2.16. It was a good gallop. A lot of others also worked.

Members of the Hastings Horticultural Society are romird°d of the meeting to be held in the Old library at 7.30 to-nisht. when arrangements will bo made for the forthcoming sweet pea show. The balance sheet- in connection TV ith the recent bulb show will also be pre- ( sorted. i In connection with a Wellington message stating that the Hon. A. M. Myers had penalised the contractors for army boots to the extent for failing to supply boots up to the standard, Messrs. M. O’Brien and Co., of Christchurch, for several years contractors for armv boots, have received a telegram from the Minister stating that he in no way refers to their firm. —Press Association. The bottles collected by school school in Dunedin were sold by public auction last night for the Belgian Fund. A total of 307,000 bottles were sold and the total realised was A>ver £lsoo.—Press Association.