Fortune From Parcels
WOMAN LEAVES £1,000,000 A fortune of £1,004,3GG has been left oy Miss Annie Lucy Watson, of Regent’s Park, London. Miss Watson was a permanent director of Sutton and Co., Ltd., carriers. Her father, Mr Thomas Watson, began work 60 years ago for Mr W. R. Sutton, who then ran a small receiving office for parcels in Chcapside. The business developed into the firm of Sutton and Co. Mr Watson became Mr Sutton’s right hand man. When Mr Hutton died he left tho business to Mr Watson. Mr Watson died in 1910, and lelt hia fortune—considerably over £500,000 —to his two daughters, and also bis interest in the business.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 81, 7 April 1937, Page 9
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111Fortune From Parcels Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 81, 7 April 1937, Page 9
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