CHRISTCHURCH ESTATES
SWORN FOR BIG AMOUNT [Per Press Association. — Copyright .] , CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The estate of Mr Jeremiah Connolly, formerly M.P. for Mid-Canterbury, was sworn at less than £72,000. All the bequests are private. The estate of the late Mr H. A. Knight, sheep farmer and racehorse owner, of “Racecourse Hill” station, was sworn for probate at less than £160,000. The bequests are nearly all of a private nature.
Special reference to his racing stud is made in Mr Knight’s will and he leaves £IOOO to F. D. Jones, his trainer over a long period. Mr Knight also directs that Jones be consulted about the disposal of the stud. He left his horse Limerick to his daughter, Mrs Gladys Woodhouse, together with £SO for his keep and a rough memorial stone to mark Limerick’s grave. The deceased left £SOO to the Anglican Church property trustees, the interest to be used to augment the stipend of the vicar of Darefield.
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Northern Advocate, 23 October 1935, Page 6
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