Two Canterbury Estates
SOME INTERESTING BEQUESTS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Tho estate of H. A. Knight, sheepfanner and racehorse owner of "Racecourse Hill” station, was sworn for probate at less than £IOO,OOO. The estate of Jeremiah Connolly. M.l:’. for Mid-Canterbury, was sworn at less than £72,000. In both wills the bequests were nearly all private. •Special reference to his racing stud is made in Mr. Knight’s will and he leaves '£looo to F. D. Jones, his trainer over a long period. Mr. Knight also directs that Jones be consulted about the disposal of tho stud. Ho left his horse,Limerick to his daughter,- Mrs. Gladys Wood house, together with £SO for his keep and for a rough memorial stone to mark Limerick’s grave. He left £f)00 to tho Anglican Church property trustees, the interest to be used to augment the stipend of the vicar of Barfield.
No details are divulged about Mi Connolly’s will except that all the be quests arc private. Probate was granted on both will by Air. Justice Norlheroft.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 4
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173Two Canterbury Estates Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 4
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