GENEROUS BEQUESTS.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 21. r l'he will of Mr A. Liston Wilson, Remuera, whose death occurred last week, is understood to contain, after provision for a number of personal legacies and subject to certain life interests. bequests totalling £53.500 to the following charitable and religious organisations; China Inland Mission, £10,000; Foreign Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand for its work in Tndia. China and the New Hebrides, £3OOO each—£9ooo; British and Foreign Bible Society of New Zealand. £8000; New Zealand Bible Training Institute, £5000; St. John Ambulance Association. Auckland, £5000; Presbyterian Church in New Zealand for its orphanages in and around Auckland, £3000; Door of Hope Association, Auckland, £3000; Y.M.C.A., Auckland. £2000; Y.W.C.A. Auckland, £2000: Salvation Army in New Zealand. £2000; Zenana Medical Mission, £2OOO ; Beresford Street Congregational Church in recognition of the work of Rev. Lionel B. Fletcher, £500; Manurewa Children’s Home, £2OOO. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 2
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151GENEROUS BEQUESTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 22 July 1937, Page 2
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