UNCLAIMED MONEY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 3 January 1910, Page 3

UNCLAIMED MONEY.

AUSTRALIAN HEIRS WANTED

TO CLAIM MONEY AND PROPERTY DURING 1909

i Sir, —During the present eventful j year an exceptionally large number !of advertisements have appeared in \ the Australian and New Zealand I newspapers for next of kin, legatees, | heirs, and persons inquired for for | something to their advantage. The 1 approaching Christmas festival, bej ing the season when most families are .(■thinking of their absent ones, and of kin- beyond the sea, I venture to send i you a short summary of the most ' important of these advertisements in ! the hopes that they may interest, and !.' possibly benefit, some of your large circle of readers. In the following list all the persons referred to, or their legal personal representatives, are supposed to be in Australia or New Zealand, and have been advertised for by solicitors, trustees and others in the United Kingdom and abroad to claim moneys or estates, or for something to their advantage: — Patrick John Maitland, uncle of the Earl of Lauderdale, who was last heard of in 1876, when his address was care of Charles Brown of Delenquare, N.S.W.; the children or next of kin of' William Prosser, who married Mary Ann Bradley at Hindmarsh, S.A., in 1877, and.who is bej lieved to have since died; William I Sturt Scott or his representatives; ! James Peacock Blackburn, formerly j. of Barnard Castle, Durham; Alex- ,] ander Grawiord Rodger, believed to ;, have been in Victoria in 1883; Josj^eph Dunn, formerly of Baltimore, ,|VU.S.A.; Annie Crawford, nee Garth; j the children of James Chishjlm, fori, merly of Government House, Parraj matta, deceased; ,the grandchildren of Susan. Chislett,' nee England; the {children of Elizabeth Ann Edwards, ■ pate of Sussex j Arthur .Hopkins, late |of Birmingham; William Charley 1 Hayman, of Bath; Thomas and Kate j Keogh, nee Mellroy, left Ireland for i Australia 40 years ago; Edward Kersey, late of Deptford, Kent, or vhis ! next of kin; the heirs of General James Ross, of Elmbank, Edinburgh, deceased; Edward Robinson, late of : Maryborough, Quensland; Edward Richard Allen, of Irthlmgborough, England, last heard of in Queensland in 1899; Archibald McPhail, late of Karromine, N.S.W.; the heirs of William Deans, late of Glasgow, decased; W. J. Cleveland, re Ameri- ■ can properties left him; the children or next of kin of one Helling or j Hollin, a Swedish miner who died in ■ India; Mrs Mary Hamilton, nee Conj ley; Hannah Dwyer, nee Lee; Jane I Wilson, nee Read; -Herbert Brook i Whitworth, late of Huddersfield; the children, grand-children or testamentary legatees of James Ward, who j left Letterkenny, Ireland, for Australia between 50 and 60 years ago, and who is believed to have died there; Mary Penry Garnons Williams; Edward Watson Smith, of Northamptonshire, last heard of in Queensland; George Joseph Waltham, last heard of at Christchurch, N.Z.; Albert John Avenell, last heard of at Port Pirie, S.A.; the children or grand-children of William and Jane McLean, nee McLeod; Henry Rodgers, formerly of Glasmullagh, Ireland, or representatives; Cornelius and Patrick Mahagan or Mehegan, who left Cork" 1852; John Jackson, who left Derrycorry, Ireland, 1861; Frank James Phillips, a son of Lucy Maria Phillips; George McNeill, left England for Brisbane, 1860; Jesse Bliss, supposed to have left Melbourne for the interior 17 years ago, or his next of kin; Mrs Fanny Barrett, nee Atkin; Alexander Beverley, of Gallowgate, Aberdeen, who emigrated to Australia, 1856; the next, of kin of Eliza Maria Gray, deceased ; John Gibson left Culbuoy, Ireland, 1866; William M. Forbes, at Sydney 1875; Samuel or Robert Forsyth; William Henry Bligh, late of Woodford, Watrnambool; Benjamin I Moseley Bint, at Geelong 15 years ago; Robert Fergusson, late of Perth, Scotland; John and Jane Nuttall, left Leeds for Melbourne, 1889; John Lyden, born at Kuwara, co. Galway; the representatives of Edward Lewis, late''of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, deceased ; the next of kin of John Henry Lamplough, deceased; Edward Shingles, son of Daniel and Sarah Shingles, or descendants; John Samuel Simmonds, at Surrey Hills, Sydney, 1883; Robrt Stewart, left New York for Sydney 1877; William Edwards Staite, last heard of in Sydney 1878; Frances Amelia Tomholt, or Holt or Wilson, nee Henderson or Deane; Henry Tate, born in London, 1837; Alfred Benjamin Conquest, last heard of at Nunawading, Victoria, in 1885; the children of John Bowers, who left Worcester in 1852 for Australia; George Graham, a native of Daylesford; Thomas and Matthew Wood, left Manchester for Australia 20 years ago; Ellen Margaret Bouch, nee Jackson; Thomas Buckley, son of Sarah; Constance Alexandra Baker, nee Sander; James, Mary Theresa, and Frederick Dillon, late of Linton, Victoria; James Walter Howlett, at Silyertown 1883; Charlotte Manning, widow of James, of Suffolk; Kate McCormick, late of Greta, deceased (next of kin of); Alice May Sampson, daughter of Thomas Waring Sampson ; John Charles Scroggins, son of John; William Gledhill,. left Huddersfield 30 years ago; the children of James McMahon, of co. Clare, Ireland; Patrick Noonan/left Poultrumple, co. Clare, 30 yars ago; James A. Murdoch, son of James of Antigua ; Jolm and Mary Burns; Jacob Miller, working for the Chatsworth Council in 1900; Albert James, carpenter; late of Ynysbwl, Glamorganshire; Thomas Mason, last heard of at Wilga Downs Station, N.S.W.; Walter Pollard Laslett, left Liverpool in the s.s. Drumalton in 1883; Allan McKenzie Hodge, supposed to be in Queensland ; and David and William Martin, born co. Down. I Pursuant to orders made by the Chancery Division of the High Courts of Justice of England and of Ireland, the following persons, if alive, or if dead, their next of kin or legal personal representatives, are required to come in and prove their claims be- j fore a specified date, otherwise they | will be peremptorily excluded from j the benefit of any order, decree, or | ] judgment to be thereafter made by i {th Court:—Dawson de Maid, com-j j monly knwon as James Dawson, last ' 1 heard of in Sydney, N.S.W.; the ' children of Walter ■ A Hanson, who ; died at Tickera, S.A.; Francir, Machines, of Lisnaharragh. Co. Down; : Fuller Thrown, last henrrl of ;;,t Blackball, Queensland; William Jjvmcs Burnham, at Brisbane 1901 ; T-Tivrh and Amelia Balfour Crawford, last

heard of at Townsville; Nugent Francis Collins, last heard of at Westgrove, via Roma; Arthur Biver Tuck, at Dunedin, N.Z., about 1875; the next of kiri of Sarah Glassan, late of Corcamore, Ireland, deceased; the children of John Howard, who died at North Yass, N.S.W.; Arthur Samuel Lucksforth, left Kent 1880; George and Edward Stiles ; last heard of in Tasmania; Frederick George Howard; Harriett Payne, at Launceston in 1875; George John Caleb Stockham Davis; William Henry Randolph, who left England for Australia in 1881; William James Burnham, at Brisbane 1901; the children of Richard Annesly Sparkes, who died at Katherine, Palmerston, Victoria; Frank Taylor, born in Herefordshire; the grand-children of George England, Joseph England, and Susan England; and William Blackburne, a son of Robert and Susan Blackburne, or his next of kin. Should any of your subscribers think themselves interested in any of the foregoing matters, I will be, pleased to give them further information on application to me, or through your paper.—Yours, etc., THOS. W. LLOYD.

80 Swanston"'"Street, Melbourne.