MR. E. J. RIDDIFORD'S WILL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9541, 19 June 1911, Page 5

MR. E. J. RIDDIFORD'S WILL.

, ', PROVED FOR PROBATE AT £300,000 ' £12,238 DUTY ON PARTNERSHIP DEED. The estate of the lato Mr E. J. Rid.di- , ji ford, of Lower Hutt, has been valued . for probate at, £300,000.. The deceased } provided for the distribution of his estate • in a lengthy will followed by five codicils, v the last dated within a month of death. _ To the widow is bequeathed the resij deuce "Fern Grove," Lower Hutt, and i-l £IOOO for immediate requirements. It { [ is provided that upon Mrs Riddiford s '4 ' transference of her partnership interests :>{ in the Ruarnahanga property to her sons i (the remaining partners) ehc shall become entitled to an annuity of £2OOO per ani man, to be reduced to £2OO per annum 1 in the event of her marriage. I A trust fund is to bo created for too • benefit, of the three daughters. That m T ' respect-of Elsie Catherine Harriott Lincl- ' sav (who received a marriage settlement) is "to be £20,000, while the fund will total £30,000 in respect to each of the remaining daughters, Phyllis and Ngaire Riddiford. ; i The large landed interests of the dc- }';' ceased are covered by a deed of partner- \ ship with his sons, Edward Vivian, " Daniel Henry Strothcr, and Eric Leslie Riddiford, executed in June, 1907.. Upon ,! this deed stamp duty amounting to 1 £12,238 was paid. The deceased's in- ' forests reverts to the, surviving partners. The lands referred to therein arc as foli i !ow:-Te Awaite, 51.200 acres; Glcnburn, '■ ,' I 12.432 acres: Orongorongo, 581 acres freehold and 7196 leasehold; Puke Atua. 5088 freehold and 5886 acres leasehold; Tablelands, 8673 acres leasehold; Ruarnahanga, 761 acres freehold. « j LEGACIES. (] . ' The following legacies free of duty are ' '. provided:-To Oliver Ashby Bunny < I (brother-in-law of deceased), £500; Wu- ■■■■<& Ham Bunny (manager of Glcnburn pro- ' h perty). £2000; Daniel G. A. Cooper r M (nephew), £2000; Tancred Cooper i fif (nephew), £200; Kathleen Marjory and K Ruth Humphrey (neiccs), £SOO each; r Jane Hall (nurse), £100; David Danes (nx-employee), £150; William Anstis (stockman). £100; Annie Lee, wife o Harry Loo(ex-employee). £100; Mildred i - Butler (housemaid to Mrs Riddiford), I y £250 and & Hfo annuity of £IOO. lor [ the benefit of Emily Pratt (niece) wile ■ of John R. F. Pratt, the sum of £SOO is to be invested by tho trustees. . A codicil of April 16th, 1911, provides for the payment to tho vicar and churchwardens of tho Church of England parish, of St. James, Lower Hutt, the sum ot £SOO. to be applied cither to the churen building fund or to be used as they think • fit.