BEQUESTS FOR CHARITIES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LX, Issue LX, 29 December 1910, Page 6

BEQUESTS FOR CHARITIES

A DISAGREEMENT. AUCKLAND, Deo. 27. As the outcome of the disagreement between th© trustees of the estate bequeathed by the late Mrs Elizabeth Knox to certain charities, a petition has been f^ed in the Auckland Supreme Court by Mr A. Clements, whose views do not coincide with' those of his cotrustees—Messrs T. Buddie and F. G. Clayton — praying that the Public Trustee be appointed the sole trustee of the estate. The petition and affidavits filed by both sides have been forwarded to Mr Justice Edwards, at Wellington, and the matter will come before him for decision on January 10, at Wellington. The late Mrs Knox, wht died in October, 1908, left legacies amounting to £22,500 for distribution among her nephews, nieces, and friends, most of whom live in Irelandjmd America. The residue of the estate, amounting to about £44,000, she bequeatKed to oertain charities, £20,000 "of the amount being specified to go towards the establishment of a home for incurables, .tlie trustees being given discretionary powers with regard to the remainder. Shortly after the death of Mrs Knox, the trustee decided to add the Residue of the estate to the fund for the "Incurables" Home, bringing it up to about £40,000, and about twelve months ago it was further decided to hand over this money to the Public Trustee. For a while the trustees worked in amity, but some time back disagreements crept in, producing a deadlock, the result of which is that the £20,000 specially bequeathed to the institution of a home for incurables, together with about £10,000, part of the residue of the estate, has been lying unproductive at the bank on current account.

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