ORPHAN BOY TO MANUFACTURER
BEQUESTS TO OBFBAMAOE. •' "! ’ .v£. Per Press 'Association.^ -V? AUCKLAND,'Las*.Night. Under’the will of Thomas Kirkup, of Auckland, who died while visiting! Eng- . .land .last year bequests 1 of' £SOO- each are made to the Anglican Orphan Home ■ at Papatoetoe, tho Salvation Ariny Home at Auckland, and Dr. Baraardo’s Homes. • "*. ' There are contingent .legacies providing in tho event of certain happenings for payment'to these iiulitutions* of a • further sum of £SOO each. Mr,'Kirkup, who was born at Newcastlo-on-Tyne in 1855, was left an orphan at the.age of six and worked as a pit ,boy in a coalmine, but ran away, eventually coming to New. Zealand and .entering into partnership in a. manufacturing con- , cern. " . :
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 6
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116ORPHAN BOY TO MANUFACTURER Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6672, 27 July 1928, Page 6
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