BIG FORTUNE LEFT
BY AUCKLANDER
£IOO,OOO IN- I3EATH DUTIES.
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AUCKLAND, November 1
The estate of the late 'Mr Geo. McCaul, of .Aucklaridj 'who -died on October 17, at the age of 96, is valued at £260,000. Practically his entire 1 for--, tun© was made since- he tame t 0 Auckland 47 years ago,, and established a ( business in Wellesley Street as an importer and manufacturer of plumbers,' supplies. , . Over £IOO,OOO out of the estate will go ■ -to the Government in , death duties. , •! h v-, . ... •; ?
The late Mr McCaiil did not leave a will, and the ba'jnce of the £160,000, -will be divic’.jd between h}B two nieces, Miss Alice Mary McCaul, who lived with, her uncle, at Wellesley Street, and Mrs Edith Luoy Andrews, of Matoomba, New South Wales. 1 Mrs McCaul died about 2Q years ago, and there are no-children. ' ’ -
When he died Mr McCaul was, living f dn six rooms over his shop and'factory in Wellesley Street. .His mod© of life wae of the simplest. He did not own a motor-car, and he did not ■ travel, He wae a very havdU worker, and had scorned the thought; of retiring,' • ■ ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 November 1932, Page 5
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