HANDSOME BEQUESTS.
AN AUCKLAND BENEFACTOR. Auckland, Dec. 9. Under the will of the late Mr. W. J. Napier the foliowine bequests have been made: — Navy League, London, lov. Royal Colonial Institute, London, branch of the Navy .League, £25. Auckland branch of the A ictoria League, £5O, to be invested aud the income to be applied once a year as a pnze tor the best school child s essay on tne subject “What Humanity Uwes to tne British Empire,'’ the competition to be open to every child under 1/ ateudiiig and school in the provincial aibtricL oi Auckland. bisieis ot Mercy, Auckland. £5O. Auckland branch oi tne Piunket Society, lor the preservation oi child ine. Trustees of Dr. Barnado’s Homes tor Destitute Children. £5O. \ ictoria League, London, to be paid to the committee ot the Fresh Air Fund lor giving destitute childreu a week in tne country, £5O. Devonport Rugby lootoait Club, for a trophy, £25. North Shore Rowing Club, for a tropny, £25. Salvation. Army, Auckland. £5O. Devonport Borough Council, to plant flowers along King Edward Parade, £2o. Building fund of All Saints’ Church. Devonport. £5O. Devonport Borough Council, to provide seats for the public on Narrow Neck beach. £25. Takapuna Borough Council, to provide seats on the Taka puna beach, £5O.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 215, 10 December 1925, Page 5
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